Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-02

The December meeting of the Cape
May County Chamber of Commerce
was held in Wildwood Wednesday
evening. President Luther G. Ogden
presided and Secretary William A.
Haffert, of Sea Isle City, was present,
as were also many visitors from all
parts of the county. The Chamber
was greeted by Mayor COPYRIGHT
Smith and Foster Goslin, president
kof the Wildwood Board of Trade,
both new officials since the Chamber
last met in Wildwood" said President
Ogden, and it gives me a great deal
of pleasure to introduce them to this
county organization" continued Mr..
Ogden. Mayor COPYRIGHT Smith took
the floor and greeted the delegates IN
fine style. He touched on ports OF en-
try and their advantage to the terri
tory surrounding them. Right here in
Cape May County, he said, there was
deep water at Cold Spring Inlet pro-
vided by the government and it only
needed vision and development to
make it an important port OF entry.
Because some of the Freeholders had
vision and attempted to build a county
road to this deep water they were in
dicted." he said. H. Foster Goslin was
introduced and he, too, added a wei
come to the visiting delegations. He
dweIt on the needs of extending the
advertising of the county and the m
proyement of the train service by hav-
ing a later train out of the county
than four O'Clock in the afternoon in
the winter time. Mr.. Goslin also put
In a word for the Wildwood Golf
Club now being built on the MacK1sslc
farm on the main seashore road, and
asked that it be regarded as a county
affair and invited membership in 1t
from all over the county. Gilbert
Smith. chairman of the membership
committee, reported an amendment to
the bylaws providing for individual
memberships in the Chamber. At
present membership in the Chamber OF
Commerce is confined to municipal
bodies and civic organizations. Under
this amendment individuals may be-
come members at $25 per year m
bracing full powers except voting.
The amendment was laid over until
the next meeting. Borough Clerk
Harry Nickerson made a plea for bet
ter accommodations at Winslow juno
ton for travellers using the last even
ing train down on the Reading. This
train leaves Chestnut street ferry,
Philadelphia, at six O'Clock and is an
express to Winslow Junction, where a
change of cars is made to reach Cape
May County points. Poor lighting at
this station was the principal com
plaint. Same was referred to the
TRANSPORTATION committee. Ex-Sena-
tor Lewis T. Stevens brought up the
question of salary for the small board
of Freeholders to be elected next No
vember and who will take office at
noon on January l, 1923. The board
will consist of three members, the
salary of which is fixed by law, accord
ing to the population of the county.
AS the population of Cape May County
showed a decrease at the time of the
last census, the salary for the three
county commissioners to be elected can
be only $1,000 each. Senator Stevens
did not think this salary was ample to
secure the services of good men and he
thought that a move should be made to
have the law amended. Referred to
legislative committee. During the
evening a physical culture drill by the
school girls and a t%ypewriting contest