Evening journal., 1916-11-27
1ON-PROVIEC RANCE
Feared At Resorts
Shore Property Owners See
Menace in Bethlehem
Steel's New Grounds
LORE BIG CANNON
TO BE TESTED

SEA ISLE CITY, Nov. 27.-Nhat rs
roinr to b. the effect upon the resorts
along the South Jersey coast Of the rel
moval Of the big gun-testing grounds oi
the Bethlehem steel Company from the.
Delaware bay shore 70 the timberland
along the Great Egg Harbor river
barely ten miles from the seashores
How will the concussion Of great
pieces Of ordnance, from morning till
night. affect the business Of hotelkeep-
ing along the Cape May coast line =
viii il drive timid persons elsewhere :
Win es ct real estate values in tho
shore places hv making them less at
iactive as places OF residence'
These are questions some Of the en-
terprising men who made Ocean city
and wildwood and are still spending
their money % develop them further
along the lines which made Atlantic
city great are asking.
Put tho question 20 a Cape May city
resident and he viii say that Ocean
(Stv. Sea Isle. wildwood stone Harbor
and tha other shore places are going 10
rue the day that marks the opening OF
the new testing grounds. And Cape
Nav ought 70 know soemthing about 1t,
for II has been for many months hear.
ing NJ long range the roar Of gins tested
out on the bav shore grounds.
And these were small guns. from all
accounts compared 70 Inc steel-rihed
monsters which are 70 be tested over a
ten mile range driven straight through
tho timber from Mays Landing, on the
Great Epr Harbor river toward the
coast.
When tho wind was from the right di-
rection. Atlantic City last summer heard
o1ins roaring under tcst on tho shore Of
Delaware bav. forty miles away.
What residents OF Ventnor thought
we're earthquake shocks. when win
dovrs ratified and bric-a-brac fell from
parlor mantles. were traced TO tho
reverberatlng roar Of artillery as far
away almost, as Lancaster Is from
/ Philadelphia.
what then. will wildwood and
Ocean City summer dwellers think
about the firing OF bigger guns less
than half that distance from their ho-
tells and cottage homes7 Possibly the
south coast will have to wait until
the gune start 20 roar 20 answer these
questions definitely.
Having acquired title 20 a large
part OF the land between the Great
Egg Harbor and Tuckahoe rivers. from
Mays Landing down TO where the
TuckahOe river empties into the lar
GER stream, the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration Is going ahead with its plans
for the greatest guntesting range In
the country.
Most OF this tract ls uuinhabited
save for deer and smaller game. Moth
ing more permanent than a trail used
infrequently by hunters bisects the
tract OF stunted timber The road
from Mays Landing 70 Tuckahoe
passes around the upper end OF the
reservation and follows the sOutherly
edge OF Il for some distance. For
the remainder the territory Is wild
waste.
In It's nsrrowest part the Bethle-
hem COmpany's tract Is approximate
ly three-quarters OF a mile IN width
Straight as the crow flies from Mays
Landing toward the coast, men are
cutting and clearing a strip 100 feet
wide. This is TO be the range The
first OF the targets. 20 be connected
with the firing point by telephones
Is 70 be set up at Gibsons Landing
Take a map OF the south Jersey coast
and q ruler and draw a line from
Mays Landing down through the pen
insula between the Great Egg Harbol
I and the Tuckahoe and you will get
g general idea of the layout
5 A stout fence. eight feet gh Is he
ing built upon both sides of the cut
b ting Signs will warn interlopers from
r landing upon the river bank and tax
ing a short cut across country.
Guards already upon the groun,
Q viii be heavily armed and have order
q 10 deal summarily with trespasser
= when the range Is ready for bust
n ness.
Z. But all this is OF secondary inter
est 10 south coast boomers whel
r compared 20 the big issue. How /
u the importation al least OF the nois
e OF modern warfare going 20 affec
the popularity OF the shore resorts
IS PLEASANTVILLE. Nov. 27-Bus
. ness men here believe the propose
. testing grounds 81 the Bethleher
u Steel Corporation eighteen miles fror
IT Atlantic City will work injury far ey
ceeding any benefits Atlantic count
e can possibly derive from tha. enter
g prise.
J; Caspar lane suggested an invest
j. cation by the Chamber OF Commerc
e. and other civic organ izations Of AZ
" iantic City and trade bodies of IN
county II may be necessary" b
% said. 80 ask for legislation 10 pc
N tect the people and property Of Al
is lantic City and county from this z
r gantic nuisance. I avn told on goo
authority that the firing Of the lars
est cannon will make the window
le rattle IN the Traymore and the Mar
A. borough gh-Blcnheim IN Atlantic City.
n Residents OF pieasantvilie ca
c. hear the roar % the big guns on m
dupont proving grounds along n
Delaware River. which is great de-
further away than the Great El
ed Harbor River We ought to ha'
be some protection"
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