Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-08-18
Plans For High Speed Electric Line
Are Fast Nearing Completion
Men Back of Wildwood-to -Pennsgrove Road Are Going
Through With Proposition
Wrom The Bridgeton Evening News)

$1,000 $780,
been made thus far, the high-speed4
electric line from wildwood to Will
mington will soon be a fine reality.
The completion Of the new project
will be n Of the greatest strides to-
wards the development of South Jer-
sey during the past ten years. The
new line will run through Cape May
Court House, Dennisyille, Millville,
~BTidgeton, Woodstown, and Penns-
grove, and the freight and passenger
service on the new road will be bet
ter than the service of any other sec
ton of New Jersey. The company
Which will operate the road has prac-
tically been formed. Many we'll
known railroad men and capitalists
have purchased stock which already
insures the success of the new enter
prise and the board of directors of
the road will be composed of expe-
rienced traction men.
Just in what section the new rail-
road will touch Melville is hard to
determine. 1t would be impossible
for a high speed line to be run
through the residential or business
section of the city, and yet it is the
motive of the engineers in charge of
the work to find land for the erection
of the station that is convenient to
all sections of the city. A large
bridge must, be constructed across
Maurice River and it is possible that
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landing and the tracks laid along the
river bank to Main street where a.
site would be purchased for a station.
The new line could then be run sew
eral hundred yards north of Main
street, parallel with the Bridgeton
pike to Bridgeton.
1t is the intention of the promoters
of the line to run a large number of
express trains which will stop only at
Millville, Bridgeton and Woodstown
along the route. The local trains after
leaving Millville will stop at Pine
Grove, Carmel Road, Gouldtown and
Bridgeton, making the run in twenty
minutes. The express trains will run
at the rate of fifty miles per hour and
will make the trip from Millville to
Bridgeton in twelve minutes. The
cost will be the same as that charged
by the buses and the purchase of a
Communication ticket will lower the fare
to forty cents a round trip. Many
of the trains will have a parlor and
cab car, thus insuring greater COM
fort for fha noccono arC vrhA ora NAL
ing the trip to Wilmington. Another
feature of the new road will be the
late trains leaving Wildwood and Will
mington. These trains will make it
possible for the pleasure seeker to
leave Millville for Wildwood early in
will be able to battle, fish and amuse
himself as he chooses during the day
and still have the evening for addi-
tional pleasure, returning to Millville
at a late hour in half the time that it
now takes him to make the journey.
At a small expense he can go to Will
mington where he can get a boat OF
train for Philadelphia, New York,
Washington, Baltimore and all points
north, south, east or west.
The freight service is another boost
for the prosperity of South Jersey.
The perishable commodities, such as
fruits and vegetables can be placed
on refrigerator trains which will be
u to the Wilmington docks and from
there to New York City. By using this
route the farmer will save much time
and money. Sidings will be erected
at many places along the line, thus
saving the added expense of carting.
The new railroad will benefit every
resident in Millville, and it is only
right that Millville should extend the
hand of welcome to the Colonial
Power Company and signify their in
tention of helping the new project
along in every way possible.