Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
CHARLES M. SCHWAR
STIRS ATLANTIC CITY
WITH SUDDEN vly'
Steel Magnate Arrives In.
pectedly and Some Folk Sus.
pect Preparedness
Convention
PLAN CONVENTION HA,,

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. s-n
curious coincidence that brought cbssi'
M. Schwab, Of Bethlehem stae, Nnals
makes shrapnel by the thousands whls
and guns to fire II, here upon ~. ua
day that large force of wortr.aS w
pleted on a beach pier a huga a,.' ~
sign extolling the peerless aual,t, y
Wilmington brand of powder.
A Philadelphia who saw tbs ,,.
Schwab simultaneously as tha I.s
emerged from the Traymore said a aus
be imagined Atlantic City is rettina ,.sa a.ti
for preparedness" convention.
Mr.. schwab, however is here "A :.
He came alone to play golf for a :.
days at Seaview, where stray steel ~.
mates and money kings meet in their ~
sleeves on the green's, and to draw ,..'s .as
ration also from the sea while he ro..s
the Boardwalk for n flye-mIls e.
daily. He will be Joined tomorro. \
Mrs. Schwab, and they will remain ~
10 days.
Many prominent llotelmen "a wan !.
Philadelphians who know Just how NJ
lantlc City feels about the veus,si
structures which the railroads mar. NJ
service as stations he.e are has,s,..
by DR.. Underwood Cochran. Cochran n
the head of a syndicate planning 70 49,
a million dollars to build a modern =.
vention hall here.
"It never would do" Doctor cn,s,.l
announced, in seeming seriousness NJ
permit the railroad companies TO to,A|
those two old stations. They ara MI
only relics we have Of the Atlantic N,
of 30 years ago. Let them be removal N
even substantially altered and rrlI
friends who have not seen Atlantis Cs
for 20 years never would know the a,
We must preserve those relics ntaSs;
In spite OF persistent reports last sun!
mr. about the contemplated erection n
q modern station to front upon AtarHi
avenue, between North and South csNI
lima avenues, neither the PennsylvfaI
nor the Reading apparently has III
thought of making any material chsrsI
this year.
A contract has Just been executed NJ
make the Meadow Boulevard, at meaeI
Atlantic City's only vehicular connectsI
with the outside world. a speedway. nj
marks the realization Of the dream n
thousands of motorists. The road Is 10 ii
hard surfaced with Warrenite from nj
Chelsea parkway here to the junction va
the paved Absecon-Somers' Point Bon
ward In Pleasantville. Edward L, Bsis
a former Philadelphian, is the contraee
A permit has Just been issued Tor u
provements to Haddon Hall, beach-indf
hotel very popular with Philadelphia
involving an outlay of $4,000. Work u
progressing slowly upon a new munidz
jetty at Illinois avenue, while the bed
for three squares above that point d.
washing away SO rapidly that owners u
alarmed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Blddle, who left d
Philadelphia last evening with hsI
daughter and two sons, will go almost b
mediately to Palm Beach for he rest
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Thomas, Of Phh|
delphia, iunched at the Brighton va.
Miss Marian Franclscus, of st. LouiS Gi!
Mrs. DeHoff Biddle, of Sylvan spritI
Ark.
Mrs. Francis Howard Williams tdl
Miss Nettie Guthrie were among y
newly arrived Philadelphians at al
Casino today.
Mrs. Tyson Elliott and Mrs. ElizassaI
M. Baldwin, who are well known
Baltimore society, are here.
r. c. Maxwell, Paul c. Hessler, Wei
liam Coyne, George F. Lord, I!
Doremus and Z. r. Calvin were guanI
at dinner at the Traymore.