The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-12-15
COUNTY BODY
TAKES ACTION
Matters of Local and State Inter-
est Before Chamber of Com
merce Here Tuesday Night.
ADDS TO THE MEMBERSHIP

The first regular business meeting,
following its recent organization, was
held by the Atlantic County Chamber
of Commerce in the City Hall last
Tuesday evening. With President
Lewis B. Matthias presiding, there was
a fine attendance representing Allan
tic City, Pleasantville, Absecon, Lin
wood, Somers Point and Egg Harbor
City, as well as the Atlantic County
Board of Agriculture, which has only
recently joined the new county organ
ization. The delegates in attendance
represented about two thousand mem
bers of the municipal bodies.
The Chamber started into action BY
taking up several important local.
county and state matters. It endorsed
a resolution to the Interstate Com
meree Commission opposing the merg-
ing of the ownership of the Reading
Railroad and its subsidiary lines with
the New York Central Railroad. This
is a matter of deep interest TO Atlantic
County and South Jersey in general,
and many organizations are already
on record as opposing the merger.
Another matter of state wide inter
est was the endorsement of a resolu-
ton to support the movement for leg
islation at the coming session Of the
state legislature for an appropriation
OF $4,000, to properly advertise the
resources of New Jersey, along indus
trial, agricultural and recreational
lines to the people of the United
States. The object being TO attract
home seekers to New Jersey, and
showing its natural and commercial
advantages in their true light.
The Chamber endorsed a resolution
calling upon the mex legislature TO
pass al act for a permanent dredge 10
improve and maintain the inland
waterways of the state.
After some discussion a special COM
mittee was named TO take up the cues
tion of a new boulevard from Absecon
to Somers Point, skirting the meadow
side of the several municipalities be
tween the two points. This commit
tee is to confer with the Atlantic City
Chamber of Commerce and the Hotel
Mems Association, relative TO such a
boulevard, and then present the mat
ter to the Atlantic County Board of
F~reeholders and ask for a preliminary
survey OF a route. The committee is
5aHsss 2 ada11-. !. REe>-
H Nagiee, Frank B. Hubin md Arthur
Eldred.
The Chamber also passed a resolu-
ton to be forwarded to the Public
Utilities Commission. requesting that
an inspector be sent TO this section to
ascertain and report as to the trolley
service rendered by the Shore Fast
Line and the Atlantic and Suburban
Line. In the case of the Shore Fast
Line a fifteen minute service between
Atlantic City and Pl~easantville is re
quested, as well as adequate cars for
seating the passengers who use the
line.
Regarding the Atlantic and Subur-
ban Line, it is requested that the road
management be requested to furnish
better service, and to improve the
roadbed, especially along the Shore
road, or else have a motor bus line
substituted for the trolley line: also
that the one man cars be abolished.
The Chamber accepted an invitation
TO hold its next quarterly meeting al
Semers Point, at which time the Care
May County Chamber Of Commerce
will meet with the Atlantic County
Chamber in Joint session.