The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-01-29
PlEASANTvILLE'S ADVANTAGES
ASA COURT HOUSE SITE.
the Gazette Review.

While public sentiment, except am
ong residents of Mays Landing, ap-
pears to be practically unanimous
throughout the city and county in fav-
or of the removal of the Court House
and other county offices to a site more
accessible than the present county
seat, there exists by no means unanim-
ity of opinion as regards the advisa-
bility and desirability of making Allan
tic City proper the home of these in
situations.
While the opposition that has devel-
oped towards bringing the Court
House and other county Offices within
the confines of the resort is not based
entirely on unselfish motives, those
who are behind it are nevertheless not
without logical reasons for their atti-
tude.
Among these reasons is the conten-
ton that this great health and pleas
ure resort would to a certain extent be
injured by having within it's borders
the County Jail, and the further con-
t~ention that an Atlantic City date line
over published reports of criminal pro-
ceedings emanating from the various
courts in session here at frequent in
tervals during the year, would not be
calculated to enhance the fame of the
resort.
These reasons, while w~eighty, are
only secondary, however, to the con-
tention that Atlantic City, despite its
population as compared to other COM
munities of the county, is no to be
compared with Pleasantville as the
logical point for the Court House, Sur
rogate's Office, County Clerks Office,
County Jail and other institutions nov
located at Mays Landing.
Opponents of the project that has
as it's aim the removal of these insti-
buttons to the resort, point out that in
the matter of accessibility, Pleasant
Vile is far ahead of Atlantic City;
that it is, in fact, as nearly the center
Of population of Atlantic County as
can be determined, and that the facili-
ties for reaching and leaving that com
munity are unsurpassed ever by At
lantic City.
That there is merit in this conten'
ton must be conceded, when it is con
sidered that the Reading trains, the
Pennsylvania electric line, and the
Suburban and Shore Fast Line troll.
leys pass through ~PleasantviIle at fire.
uuent intervals in both directions, fur
nishing unexcelled facilities to It'll
giants and others who have business
in county offices from all sections oil
Atlantic.
The removal of all county Offices
from Mays Landing to P~leasantville
would bring them within the suburbs
of Atlantic City; the outskirts of Som
ers Point, Linwood, Absecon and other
Shore Road communities; would bring
Egg Harbor and Hammonton immeas
urably nearer the county seat, an6
leave Mays Landing only 13 miles dis
tant, easily accessible by either trair
or automobile. Only Mays Landing
would be inconvenience, and thai
slightly, while practically all other
points throughout the county would be
brought miles, in many instances near
er their county seat.
Another advantage that would &C
crue from the selection of Pleasant
vile as the home of these county insti
buttons would be the considerable diff
ference in the cost of a site in the
mainland community as compared tC
the amount that would be necessary
for a location in Atlantic City. Taken
all in all, those who are behind the
movement to erect county buildings
in Pleasantville, if eventually it is de
cided to remove them from Mays
Landing, are submitting arguments
that are worthy at least of the most
careful consideration at this time.