Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-12
TROLLEY Strike Over

Trolley strike Over
One subject of very general satisfac-
ton is the amicable adjustment of At
lantic City's first trolley strike with the
return to work of the trained force of
carmen which has been a factor in CIV
ing Atlantic City a reputation for eX-
ceptional transportation service. With
out just this thing, atlantic City's
popularity with thousands Of Philadel-
phia commuters would be seriously in
volved, because many of them have to
make close connections from Nentnor
and Chelsea to get the fast morning
trains which carry them to their offices
before the stenographers put in an APP
pearance. A continuance of the same
admirable train service which makes II
possible for them to hike shoreward in
good time for a dip before evening din
ner, now assured, has had much to do
with the unusually prosperous rental
season.
This year brokers and owners both
are enthusiastic over the m
of commerce campaign to prolong the
busy period by adding September to the
season. Cottsgers are helping the cause
by making inducements for tenants to
remain over until the 1st of October.
Not a few are making leases with the
provision that they may stay through
out October as well, if the weather holds
good, a tendency induced by the fact
that October is one of the most agree
able months of the year at the shore.
Atlantic City's bill of standard attrac-
tions is in readiness for relaxation seek
ers. Starting will the Heinz pier, which
is popular because everything it has to
offer Is free to the public, there is some
thing doing" all the way to Chelsea,
The big Garden Pier Theatre, a vaude
vile house since it first was opened. has
been taken over by New York interests
which are billing musical attractions
The landscape gardening on the front
of this Philadelphia-built pier is one of
the most attractive features of the beach
front, the idea of a garden six feet above
land level being an unfailing novelty for
visitors from the interior.
steel Pier an Attraction
The Steel Pier, with its band con-
certs, its carnivals, movie shows and
Saturday night concert-dances. is enter
ing upon another successful season.
Just a square below is the famous
Steeplechase. without visiting which no
vacation is accounted complete. There
are new features this year as usual, a
galaxy Of devices for dispelling the
blues.
The old Ocean Pier still is here de-
spite all the talk about pulling IT down,
holding this year a collection Of dime at
fractions. A brisk walk further down the
big Million-Dollar Pier looms up with
its splendid auditorium with the multi
colored lights. the scene of some of the
biggest gatherings ever held on the
Jersey shore. OF unfailing interest are
the net hauls. bringing up hundreds
of tons of edible fish and many strange
denizens of the sea.
A bit further out is the only trap
shooting school in the United States,
Hundreds of men have been taught to
smash the clay targets flung from the
traps out over the sea. An authorita-
tive record shows that 1873 persons
have tried these traps, a very surprising
percentage of them m since the
school was established. Governor Har-
rington, of Maryland. was a visitor to
the ocean shooting grounds last week
A Young son of the State Treasurer OF
Maryland established a juvenile record