Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-16
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U. s. Government official has beer
delegated to sit in the Council Chamber
of the North Wildwoo Borough Hall
for the purpose of listening to reasons
why the U. s. Government should
expend money on the deepening of the
Hereford Inlet. 1t is needless Cor Us to
impress upon the people of Five Mile
Beach the importance OF this meeting.
Should Hereford Inlet suddenly be-
COME closed such as is Turtle Gut inlet
what would be the result to this beach ?
Wildwood proper as well as Wildwood
Crest and the other portions of Five
Mile Beach have a vital relation to
Hereford Inlet; all u people we'll
know thatatleast One-third of the counS-
less thousands of daily excursionists
who come TO this beach winter and
summer make the Anglesea fishing
fleet their chief objective. Wildwood
has been brough,'to the front chiefly
through the advertising of the Dollar
Excursion and it ill becomes a resort
such as Wildwood is today to regard
those who have made this beach so
successful in a deprecatory light. This
official that comes TO the beach on
March I'd Is going to ave the U. S.
Government money if he possibly can
and if Five Mile Beach cannot chow
just and sufficient cause for the dredg-
ing of Hereford Inlet, and if Five Mile
Beach fails to respond to the call Of
this meeting, that official is going TO
report to the War Department that the
resort of Wildwood has no interest in
their harbor and it is not worth while
for the government to survey and ex-
pend money in which the public show
no vital interest. The trolley line of
Five Mile Beach will carry during the
season a total approximating SOC, 900
fares. Where does this trolley go +?
They have but two ends to ride to,
Anglesea wharf and Wild wood Crest
wharf. If the ocean were to be re-
moved from the front of Wild wood and
Wild wood still had Hereford Inlet,
everybody would come to Hereford In
let for their bathing, fishing and yacht
ing. This is merely to illustrate the
Importance of an inlet such as Hereford
Inlet is to the resort in general. The.
Turtle Gut Inlet is no " but a memory;
the near side of Hereford Inlet adjoin-
ing Augle.ea is now closed forever and
the north side of Hereford Inlet or the
northerly grounds is nothing but a
shoal break owe which no other crafts
but bank skiffs can go; this leaves the
middle ground, SO called by the skip.
pers over which the smacks and party
boats in summer time thump and
bump, running the grave danger of in
jury and wreck and seriously jeopardi-
ziDg the indu stries and pleasures OF our
Five Mile Beach visitors. Captain
Boyd, among others, stated on Sunday
last that all the Hereford inlet nee led
was 300 feet OF dredging in order to get
a six foot channel at low water across
the break. This means that il only 800
feet of dredging was needed, the gov
eminent would probably dredge a
thousand feet and dixie the channel the
same as Cold Spring Is diked. Through
the energetic efforts OF Congressman
Bacharach. Of Atlantic City, in con
junction with Governor Edge aud a
number of Five Mile Beach workers,
Congress was prevailed upon to APP
point an engineer to come to Wild wood
on March I'd for this very purpose of
hearing evidence on the part of resi-
dents here as to the needs Of the chan
mel. We do not have to impress upon
any man ON this beach the conditions;
and if he has any kind OF a future
vision at all, he will see that it will be
necessary for one thousand to gather in
the assembly hall and literally over
whelm with evidence the needs Of this
beach in the protection and extension
of OUT fishing aud pleasure ind ustries
through the deepening of Hereford in
let.
At the North Wild wood school for
the month of January there were 1870
scholars enrolled. The following
pupils were present at each session
that the school was open and were not
tardy and deserve to have their names
the honor list:
Miss Wills room-John Nipple and
Howard Rittersbach.
Miss Subber's room-Arthur Shivers,
John Sanders, Martin Newkirk, Ray
mond lowering, Ida Carlberg, Emma