The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-06
BUSY PLEASANTVILLE
SEES GREAT FUTURE.
Commerce Chamber Starts Work of
Attracting Manufacturers There -
No Industrial Problems - Land
Cheap and Railroad Facilities Con-
sidered Among Best in State.


sidered Among Best in State.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger in
a recent issue contained a picture OF
our new High School building, as well
as likenesses of Mayor Crawford, AS
semblyman Whitman, Fire Chief
Wootton and John S. Weaver, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
These were used under the head of
"Some of Those Who Are Booming
Pleasantville, N. j." and in connec-
ton with the following article:
Pleasantville, N. j., Dec. II. To
make this one of the busiest manufac-
turing towns in southern New Jersey,
outside of Camden, is the task which
its newly organized Chamber of Com
merce, of which John S. Weaver, a
business man with progressive ideas,
is president, has undertaken with en-
thusiaSm.
Mr.. Weaver, Thomas B. Wootton, it's
secretary, and Mark w. Blake, who
are the principal officers of the new
body, are admitted to be particularly
well qualified for the work to be done.
With Albert L. Rogers, another of it's
organizers, they purchased an expert
mental plant to induce William F.
Taubel. a hosiery manufacturer, to
give the town a trial, and
thus laid the foundation for the busy
Pleasantville to which citizens are
looking forward. Taubel accepted the
invitation. He was so we'll satisfied
with the experiment and the co-opera-
ton extended to him that he has built
a large brick factory, modern in every
way, to employ 800 girls.
No Industrial Problems to Be Solved.
Pleasantville has other advantages
besides its proximity to Atlantic City
and its railroad facilities. Land is
cheap and there are no industrial
problems to be solved. Labor is plen-
tlful and ready to work for a reasona-
bic wage. These are expected to be
strong weapons in the fight the new
Chamber of Commerce is planning to
wage for plants to provide employ
ment for everybody in the town who
wants employment.
In the early days Atlantic City folk
came here by thousands to hold their
Memorial Day exercises once a wear
and then forgot the village. A trolley
line built across the m~arshland. oper-
ating cars at a five-cent fare, was the
determining factor which gave this
place a new vision. Atlantic CITY res
1dents began to move here and build
homes for summer occupancy. The
town woke up. Its main street was
paved as a part of the Shore Boule-
ward and modern improvements came
as a matter of course.
The trolley line that turned the tide
want hh1.OlnD hnao,,1N - -sa1-z1
a seven-mile trip failed to meet ope-
rating charges. A Philadelphia syn
dictate electrified the old West JERSEY
line across the meadows and absorbed
Its predecessor. Then boosters came
n with capital and progressive ideas.
liberalization of the whole of the old
West Jersey line to Camden brought
hourly trains, and the development of
automobile travel from PHILADELPHIA
to the shore helped further to f'put
Pleasantville on the map"
Town Booming for Last Five Years.
For the last five years the town has
been booming along at a clip unequal
ed probably by any similarly situated
town In the lower tier of counties.
Citizens wisely saw the need of a
broader scheme of government and
obtained a city charter. Newcomers
clamored for the customary municipal
services and got them. There is no
better water in the State. Streets are
well lighted. Property owners have
been wise enough to cultivate old trees.
and P~leasantville is a delightful place
TO 1--we l by summer and inviting also
during the other seasons.
Today the "slow town" of a few
years ago has a permanent population
OF 5500. Its people take Unsuitable
pride In three modern grammar
schools and a new high school, only
recently completed, which includes do
mestlc science, vocational and phvsi-
cal culture departments as well as
classrooms. The City Hall is a brick
structure, which includes also the fire
station, equipped with automobile an
paratus. Paul Wootton is chief of the
fire department.
Ihere are two prosperous banks and
seventeen churches, MANY thoroughlv
4p-to-date stores and two attractive
knowing picture theatres. The foun-
datlon for the future fame of this
pIace as a manufacturing community
hes IN a large hosiery factory, a chem
lcal works and a great laundry plant,
where enough linen to clothe a good
sized army is renovated daily.
One of the towns greatest assets is
It's railway service. 1t is directly up-
on the West Jersey electric line and
the Reading main line. 1t is served
also by the Atlantic and Suburban
Railway, operating from Atlantic Citv
to- Somers Point, and by the Atlantic
City and Shore Railway, which run
trolley trains to Ocean City.
Municipal leaguers, committed to
good government and a constructive
policy, won in the fall election. Thorn
as f. Crawford will become Mayor on
January l.. This place is the home of