Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-02-04

MY DEAR FRIENDS:

/ take the time and liberty in giVipe
to the Editor of the JOURNAL for pun
LEGATION for the benefit of you, that w
may get closer together and talk ont
with the other. There is nothing VIII
do us more god than to first gel ac
quainted and know how we feel VIII
our investments, and what is the pes'
thing to do for the betterment ana au
vancement of our holdings. Don
leave it to one or two, but let's all Joir
hands and voice in this mat er.
1 have been reading from time to
time the different publications OF news
relating to the Crest-our income, gu
expenditures and the talked oil I'LL
provements, both for and against same
The man who sits down and waits lol
things to come his way, genefally
waits. To my mind the man VINO IL
always on the go finds something.
If Baker Brothers when they mrs
landed on the shores of Wildwood mao
said, well it is too great a task, we mao
better wait-some other fellow wouio
have done what they have done, ano
they would still be waiting.
Now l wish to ssy / am a property
owner at the Crest aud have invested
several thousand dollars and am sui
investing and improving. l have also
been the means of several others invest
ing several thousand dollars, and there
fore feel interested both for our sake
and theirs.
We cannot afford to sit still and lei
or expect the other to do VIA we
ought to do. Many times the other
fellow does the best he knows how, but
it does not please you, but If you ola
your part he might be glad in your
suggestion. You say what can do
Well, if nothing more, express yourself
through the columns of this valuable
little paper. We need news for the
Crest. We read quite a lot about other
places not near so prominent as the
Crest, because the other fellow is doing
his part. L think it would be fine If
each property owner would express
himself once In a while through the
columns of the JOURNAL, and at the
same time increase the circulation. |
have heard owners say: Why, what is
the use taking the Journal, there is
nothing much about the Crest, every
thing seems dead? But don't you be-
lleve it! We are going to have a pros
porous year.
Now 1 have been reading of lots of
proposed Improvements and some dis
approvals of same. Well, we want
Improvements and want them bad,
and l for one am in favor of everything
for the betterment and advancement
of just what [ have my money invest
ed in. But / do believe in being a little
conservative in the matter. However,
let's get down to what we should have.
In the first place, don't go out Oh the
boardwalk and investigate whether we
want a new one or not, as you might
fall through. Certainly we want it,
and want it for this season too. 1 wish
1 had my way l would have it five feet
wider aud elevated about two feet
above grade, and 1 don't see why it
should effect the taxpayer in the least
to have this. We want a good band
and amusements on the pier. What
for? Why to hold the people of course.
You know what crowds gather there,
and we are going to double that.
want to say this, 1 believe in i'm
provements and advancement and such
that people want, and that will bring
the people and hold them. I know
there are lots OF owners discouraged; I
know them personally. But stop, let's
Join hands and be a booster and not a
gutter, the best is yet to come. I was
one of the first investors at the Crest
and I am not discouraged yet, as some
of you know what l have been doing
in the past seven years, aud am still
doing.
1t would be better if the middleman
was considered more and try and keep
him instead of putting things clear out
of his reach. He is the man and not
the millionaire who is going to build
the Crest. The reason Wildwood Crest
advanced so rapidly was that things
were reasonable, Improvements were
made-people did not say you have got