Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-07-19
LAWMAKERS WILL
COME TO WILDWOOD
This Convention is Scheduled to
Arrive ON Saturday., July 20, :
1918. Government Places
wildwood In Wood Burn
ing District

1NU DhStEACS
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Trade was held Thursday eve
ming, July 18th, on Sd floor of number
one fire house. About fifty persons
were in attendance. The meeting was
called to order at $50 and adjournment
occurred at 1890. The most important
business of the session was the reading
Of Secretary Smiths first report, which
was necessarily very lengthy. At a
deferred meetingof the Board of Trade,
held in the High school auditorium on
Tuesday evening, June 18th, w. Court
wright Smith, the new paid secretary,
was formally introduced to the MEM
bers of the board, and whose official
duties began on the day prior, Monday
June 10. Mr.. Smiths report, therefore
covered a period of one month, and
dealt chiefly with furnishing a state
ment of all plans already effected and
all that are projected for furthering the
interests of Wildwood. He explained
in detail all the work that had been
done thus far in putting the Bureau
of Information room On the boardwalk
In a first-cIass condition for the recep-
ton of visitors, and of the supplying Of
an abundant quantity Of literature aud
stationery for their information, con-
venience and guidance. Mr.. Smiths
first report seemed to give general sat-
isfaction.
When the report of the committee on
railroads was called for, the chairman,
J. Thompson Baker, arose to relate the
experiences of his trip to Washington,
and his determined efforts that result
ed in placing Wildwood's protest for
lower rates and better transportation
facilities, before the proper officials.
Evans g. Slaughter, another member
OF this committee and who had accom-
panied the chairman to the. national
capital, also spoke at the Board of Trade
meeting, TO further show that all has
been done that really can be done, to
aid our transportation cause. Wheth-
err or not Wildwood's protest, through
her Board of Trade committee, will be
of any avail, remains to be seen. Every
body sincerely hopes these gentlemen
did not 60 Ton a wild goose chase p'
To further aid in the matter, a set Of
resolutions were passed, to be sent to
the Cape May County Chamber Of
Commerce, asking that similar pro-
test be made by that body.
William Todd, the fiscal secretary of
the Board Of Trade, reported hat the
dues of the members had been coming
in very satisfactorily, and that there
had been about a dozen new applicants
for membership since the last regular
meeting.
John B. Wright, the recording secre-
tary of the Board of Trade, next as
sured the members that the Rainmak-
ers of America convention, scheduled
to meet here tomorrow, Saturday, July
20, would bring quite a number of per-
sons to Wildwood. He estimates from
400 to 500 Rainmakers alone to be here,
without counting friends or relatives
Of the members of this organization,
which has been in existence for rs or
80 years. All sessions of this order
will be held on Sd floor of the Sd ward
fire company building. There will be
no parade. MI. Wright says he is ar
ranging to give the Rainmakers a free
automobile ride to the Cape May Wis
sahickon Barracks and Coastal Air
Station.
On the 9th day of June, Richard G..
Jenkinson, of Newark. State Fuel Ad-
ministrator, mailed q letter to each
coal and wood dealer on the Five Mile
Beach, conveying the information that
this district had been classified In the
state list of God -burning communities.
An effort is being made by the United
States Government to induce the peo-
pie in localities, close to wooded Sec
tions, to burn wood exclusively, and
forego the luxury of coal. In making
the classification for Cape May Coun-
ty, Wildwood and North Wildwood
have been linked with Goshen, Rio
Grande, Dennisville, Cape May Court
House, Seaville, etc., as being in close
proximity to wooded tracts. The in
structions forbid dealers to supply coal
for the coming autumn and winter to
any person or family except such as
have steam-heating plants. After
bordering over these letters of instruc-
ton for a couple of weeks, u coal
men became alarmed at conditions con-
fronting them and appealed to the
Board of Trade and the City Commits
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