Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-15

,v,suood, N. j., June 15.-Ihe trlo
wn",s-North wildwood. Wildwood
wildwood Crest--on Five-Mi
90 .,nsct n big season, and an
Bnen, =, tbe fncts available forecasts
's'v'| % outlook. Some Of the indications
I0', ,,,n,inued activity in rentals OF
~ ~sr,s and cottages for the entire
.. briskness and good prices forth.
- 80, IN realty sales. both in improved
e'I'pn "a uuimproved- land. and advanced
s.st,nss .s at hotels and boarding houses.
~Vn ~mnsement men and merchants report
sn.iness. with an optimistic expec-
| s.,,0 of an increase over last year,
e, muom W season. Some Of the reasons tor
~ 'torward movement is the greeter
tM..ac;ation tM .c;ti of the pleasure, recreation
WI investment possibilities OF this
~ %,,. Of Contentment,'. which mas
, M a marvellous growth with n the
sno"s score of years. The Crest, for
,...,.nee, fifteen years ago 1t was as
..s.sd at $500; today 1t bears an as
.s.sment Of Sl1 SOC. .OOO.. ,,-
Ths building boom which the three
...nrts have enjoyed the last year Is
.,sributed to the newspaper advertising
Ins nv the Board of Trade and indi-
'Mns,s' the distribution Of thousands
y hooklets the country over, the In.
,.aors' appreciation Of the natural
% .S.rm, Of the resorts and the freedom
lam taxation for a period of five years
| ~ those Who build. 1t might be well
"a adj the municipalities have shown
w,th In themselves by making a number
y his improvements-North Wildwood
rrd Wildwood Crest by building mu-
,iripal piers and the city of Wildwood
~ building a wider and more substan-
tial boardwalk and preparing plans for q
memorial building.
Hunt to Build Two Theatres
". G. Hunt, of Haddon Heights, N.
q, operating moving picture theatres In
pHladelphia, Jenkintown, Haddor
Heights, Cape May and Wildwood, ID
manning to combine all his holdings into
one biz corporation to be capitalized a,
100000. Mr.. Hunt entered the
moving picture business In this city
,bout a decade ago with the Jumbo
Theatre, now a bakery. and with faith
and perseverance became the head OF Il
undicate owning and operating a strinl
Of theatres. He will build two beautiful
plsyhouscs here this year, to be opened
re1t season. The plans for both struc.
tures were prepared by Mark B
Reeves, local architect. The first, the
Plaza Theatre. will adjoin on the ocear
dde the Casino Auditorium, where fol
I've years the Municipal Orchestra con
eerts have been given. The Plaza will
nave a capacity Of $500. 1t will contain
4 large organ and have an orchestra pi
capable Of seating twenty-five musi
clans. The grand entrance to thii
ocean. front theatre will be on the new
boardwalk, now under erection at Cedar
avenue.
The Rialto Theatre will be located or
The new boardwalk at Garfield avenue
Il will have frontage of 50 feet and
depth Of 200 feet. The structure vii
contain n costly organ and every device
Known to modern theatres. The cost o
that playhouse will be 500, 900. Th'
Rialto, like the Plaza, will be so con
aructed that its stage may be used fo
motion pictures or musical or dramatic
PRODUCTIONS. Mr.. Hunt snys "th'
theatre will equal IL not surpass th'
finest theatre on the New Jersey coast. '
A journey through the resort from
Anglesea to the Crest will reveal al
astounding number Of recently. com
pleted bungalows, cottages, apart
nents, dwellings and stores, and pc
rusal of the order booksFof contractor
and builders shows $500,00O worth o
structures yet to be built. Most of tn