Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-15
Wildwood Board of Trade
Receives Annual Report of
Managing Secretary
w. COPYRIGHT Smith
Most of IS Points Have Been Achieved and Urges Modern
Hotel, a Convention Hall and High Speed Line From
Wildwood to Wilmington

shore Railroad and asked him when
the Board of Trade could look forward
to the time when this elect~riication
would be completed, and his reply
states that his present information is
that there are no immediate plans"
That means hat we must be active at
once and keep showering requests for
this. By getting it we may hope for
later train service.
The action of the court in stopping
the acquiring of Two Mile Beach for
$400,0 900, O some similar amount, de-
prived our united community efforts
to get a landing on the northern side
of Cold Spring Harbor. Private in
itiative alone must and will develop
the port side.
The efforts of the men interested in
the High Speed Line from Wildwood
to Wilmington are now showing re-
suits and it looks as though this
achievement will become an actual
reality during 1923 or 1924. 1t is to
be hoped that such a thing is accom-
plished. We are fighting to make it
a fact.
1t is we'll for the organization to use
its influence and seek the cooperation
of the Cape May County organizations
to see that the State Highway Com
mission gives us ample road building
assistance, so that we can have good
roads from Wildwood to Camden and
Pennsgrove. This must become our
united effort and work and we must
take everyone into our confidence and
urge each and everyone to work for
this road building plan. Atlantic City
has hers now from Atlantic City to
Camden, and she is planning to plunge
northward and therefore we must con-
stantly work to obtain our good road
to Camden and also to Pennsgrove.
No, Z of our thirteen points states
we were out to get 100 new members.
We got them, and that is a bigfactor
when we can interest our community
in our work. During the year we lost
by death three of our members, one
our Governor Miss Rowena Pierce,
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lion McClain and William Wirth.
The report from the Financial Sec
rotary shows that the receipts for
dues were better this year than pre-
viously. This not only shows interest
in the organization but a healthy bust
ness condition.
This past year we were able to get
the Union Transfer Company to open
it's season on April Sd instead of the
last of May. This was an added ia
cility for our travellers. The hotels
that are remaining open during the
winter are apparently doing very good
business. One 1 know is regularly
turning people away. That is a cri-
terion of our lengthening season.
We endorsed the erection of the
instrumental and one of the factors
to have the formation of the coastal
cities to fight for the prevention of oil
dumping on the beach along the coast.
The Board of Trade fathered the
playground project and enabled the
city officials to appease the requests
of people residing in the third ward to
remove the ball park from the ocean
front. During the past year we had
two visits from railroad officials and
we had noteworthy speakers at every
Board Of Trade meeting. The attend
ance was greater at every meeting
than any other year since my incum-
bency.
We have given our members cards
and insignias to hang in their place of
business. We have gotten our auto
mobile owners to take automobile tags
with Wildwood on them. We have
put up automobile signs to New York
and to the southern part of Virginia.
We have bought a greeting sign which
illuminated and had it erected on the
Rio Grande boulevard and the illumi-
nation of this is maintained by the
Board of Trade. We have done more
extensive advertising this year than
any other year, thanks to the individ-
uals who donated an extra $500 for
this cause. There are some who
signed the paper n we are hoping
and expecting them to pay their $25
they no doubt will.
We also continued our service in
the Where-to-go-Bureau, and in the
40 offices of the Ask Mr.. Foster Ser
vice. The chairman Of the Advertis-
ing Committee will make a detailed re
port of just where the advertising was
placed. believe the Board of Trade
owes a vote of thanks to those organ1-
cations, like the Artisans, Tall Cedars
P. o. S. of A., Odd Fellows and Re
becca and Legion and it's Auxiliary
who worked to get conventions ant
outings here and who then worked
when their friends arrived. The value
of the service of these people is in