Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-02-02
Wildwood MOuTnS The
Death of E. 7. NyG

Edward T. Nye, for many years SUI
p~erintendent of the West Jersey Elec-
trio Company, at wildwood, died at
his home on East Pine avenue on
Tuesday, January 80, 1928, a few min
utes after noon, after an illness of
two weeks. Stricken with the grip
and run down physically from over
work and long hours, DR.. G. F. Dan
dois, the attending physician, found
little vitality to build upon. His wife
nursed him through his short Illness
and a trained nurse was obtained
shortly before his death. His two
sons arrived on Tuesday mornings
train, little realizing that their father
was so i'll. The father was just able
to mutter their names, but had not
strength enough to speak with them.
His friends could not realize that his
condition was dangerous and it was a
great shock to hundreds of them here
to learn Of his death. E. T. Nye was
a much beloved man in this COM
munity. He had resided in Wildwood
IT years, coming here in 1906, succeed
ing Harry NJ. Kalbach at the electric
plant. He was very popular among
the army of patrons Of the electric
and trolley plants and almost loved,
it is said, by the employees. He had
a winning personality and it was a
pleasure to do business with him.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist Church last night conducted
by Rev. I. H. Fisher, pastor of the
church. B. C. Ingersoll & Son had
charge of the funeral and interment
was made today in the Harleigh Gene
terry in Camden, the funeral party
leaving wildwood this morning on the
$40 train. Mr.. Nye was As years old
last September, having been born in
New Hampshire on September 20,
1874. When a small boy the family
moved to Haddonfield, where the de-
ceased attended the public school and
among his schoolmates there were
william H. and Albert r. Austin,
brothers, of wildwood. Those were
the days when the possibilities of
electricity we're just unfolding to the
world. He was attracted by the great
electrical show held in Philadelphia,
left high school and entered the m
ploy of the General Electric Company
and became a specialist in that line of
work. In 1906 he moved to Wildwood,
coming from PIeasantville, being To-
Gated 1T the latter place about a year.
At that time the electric plant in Wild
wood was owned by Henry D. Moore
and the late J. Fithian Tatem and
their associates. Under this manage
ment the electric plant here gave good
service and made money. About a
year ago Mr.. Nye surprised the State
Utility Commission by asking permits
sion to decrease the electric light rate
at Wildwood. AS Wildwood continued
to grow Mr.. Nye saw the possibilities
of a high speed electric railway line
between Wilmington, Del, and Wild
wood, by way of the Pennsgrove ferry,
touching Woodstown, Bridgeton and
Millville, going through the most fer
tile parts of Salem, Cumberland and
Cape May Counties. With this in mind
Mr.. Nye organized the Colonial Power
Company and was in the midst of the
preliminary work when he was strick-
by death. He had engaged Capt.
j. Henry c. Boig, who followed the
sea in his early life, but of late years
has been engaged as a bond salesman
and in the financing of many enter
prises in Texas, California and other
states. Captain Boig came highly
recommended to Mr.. Nye and his as
sociates, and has been in Wildwood all
winter engaged in the preliminary
work. 1t is understood that Mr.. Nyes'
family is DESTROYS that the work OF
building the road go right on and it
will probably go forward with renewed
vigor, as the deceased had the plan
pretty we'll mapped out to his asso-
ciates. The deceased is survived by
his wife, who was Miss Blanche Graef,
of Haddonfield; three sons, Julius F.,
Edward Jr., and George; two daugh-
tiers, mother and one brother.