The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-19
Ideal Site Now Owned and No
Money Necessary for
Purchase.
Property Is Convenient
Something Real for Chamber of
Commerce to Act Upon
Immediately.
Chance of a Lifetime

Vnance OF a Lifetime
Like the deepening of Absecon Inlet
so that Atlantic City may become a
port of entry, SO also the question of
the removal of the county seat and
county buildings from Mays Landing
to some other part of Atlantic County
will come up time and again and each
time it is discussed the movement for
the removal from Mays Landing be-
m the stronger, until some fine
day the staid residents of the present
county seat will awake to find the
Court House, County Clerks Office,
~Surrogate's Office, Sheriff's Office and
the County Jail gone from their midst.
The movement for the removal of
the buildings is now going strong in
Atlantic City. There are many argu-
ments in favor of the removal of the
county offices closer to the places
which have to conduct the business
with them, but there are other places
than Atlantic City, where the county
buildings could be placed, giving o
venience Of location and at the same
time at a considerable saving of ex-
pense, both for maintenance, con-
struction and the price of the ground.
Fol- instance, If the county buildings
we're placed just at the border line of
~Pleasantville and Mortified, where
Atlantic County now owns a fine piece
Of property ample for the needs for
many years to come, the question Of
greater convenience would be we'll
met and at such a great saving of
ynnnaN Thara AJottIl he p1kLiHn -
pay out for land and little for main
%tenance. The only cost to figure
would be the erection of suitable
buildings to house the courts, county
officers and the Jail.
From the Joseph Collins line, on the
bay side of the Shore road, to the line
of Dolphin avenue, is as fine a piece
of property as one could desire for a
location of a court house and other
buildings. Lying just across the street
is the County Farm and Almshouse
and Asylum for the Insane, with
broad acres stretching back for farm,
ing purposes. The more than fifty
acres on the meadow side of the
Shore road is an. ideal location, and
no money would be required from the
county, as title is already vested in
the county. With the kiwanis Club,
Chamber of Commerce and other or
CARNATIONS of Atlantic City cIamor-
ing just now for a more convenient
location for the county buildings, why
not ~Pleasantville Chamber of Com
merce start to work to have the
county buildings located on this
county land?
AS to the matter of convenience,
probably half of the people of Atlantic
City or Ventnor City who come to
Mays Landing today, to transact bust
ness with the county courts or other
officials of the county, travel by auto
mobile. For those who have not the
automobile there are two trolley
lines; one, the Suburban, running di-
rectly in front of the county property,
and the other, the Shore Fast Line,
only about two city blocks away; also
the frequent train service via the
Electric line of the West Jersey and
Seashore Railroad. If the county
buildings should be removed to Allan
tic City it would mean the use of
either automobile or trolley to reach
them, no matter in what part of the
city they would be placed, so that
tiCot HhdtLtio w dDOul tNtD.
If the buildings were located at the
Pleasantville Mortified line, the
county residents would have some
convenience in reaching them, as well
as the city people. Automobile roads,
paved and well kept, lead from every
part of Atlantic County to the loca-
ton. Taking into consideration the
cost, convenience, attractiveneSS and
all other points to be considered, no
better location could probably be
found in the whole county than the
very one that the county now owns.
Atlantic City people are talking about
81, 100000 as the amount it would cost
TO put the county buildings in that
city. They could be placed on the
county property here at considerably
less than that amount and in the end
everybody would be as well, or better,
satisfied with the location at the re-
duced cost.
AS to the method of bringing about
the change, any plan must first be ap-
proved by voters at the polls, and if
action is taken within the next few
months the voters of Atlantic County
will have an opportunity to vote for
or against the change or regular cleo
ton day next November. By resolu-
ton of their own v~olition the County
Freeholders may submit the question
TO the voters, or if a petition signed
by 20 per cent. of qualified voters is
presented to the County Clerk it be-
comes the duty of the Freeholders to
submit the question of removal to the
voters.
II the Pl|easantville Chamber of
Commerce would have a petition sign
ed by 20 per cent. of the voters, nam
ing the location as the county prop
erty or the Shore road, the matter
could be voted upon next November.
A WEEKLY FEATURE.