Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-02-09
BEACH FRONT IMPROVEMENTS
HELD UP AND CITY COMMIS-
SIONERS ORDER CONDEM-
NATION PROCEEDINGS

Coney for the construction of a bulk
head and the filling in of the lots East
of Atlantic avenue, and running from
Schellenger nj to Montgomery
avenue. When the contractor began
to prepare for his work, however, he
found that the Beach Realty Company
owners of the riparian rights in this
section, refused to permit him to
pump sand from the beach to fill in the
territory. At the suggestion of City
Engineer Weir the City Commission
ers on Tuesday of this week passed a
resolution extending the contract time
of Mr.. Coney and ordering City Solicit
tor Palmer Way to start condemnation
proceedings for the land East OF
Beach avenue, between Spicer and
Spencer avenue, extending 1000 feet
Eastward. This is the ideal location
for a dredge, according to the engi-
neer, and the securing of this land
will help facilitate the speed of i'm
proving this beach front property.
Lawyer Mark r. Sooy, representing
Contractor Coney, appealed to the
Commissioners at their meeting rec
~ommending these steps. Mayor Smith
made a few remarks on the subject,
saying that the city had not officially
made any overtures to the Beach
Realty Company ON the matter. En-
gineer Weir told how he had written
to the Realty Company without au-
thorization from the city, believing
that that company would offer the
sand. They refused to do so, how
ever, and so he presented his recon-
mendations in writing to the city body
who acted upon these suggestions
through the aforementioned resolu-
ton which was unanimously adopted.
City Solicitor Way stated that it would
probably take two or three months for
the condemnation proceedings to be
carried through. Prior to the passage
of the resolution, which was read
through twice by the clerk, the Mayor
called for further comments on the
matter from the large audience pres
ent, but nothing further was said.
Charles F. Willis, of Camden, ap-
peared before the Commissioners ask
ing endorsement of his plan to run an
auto bus line between Atlantic City,
Ocean City, Cape May, Sea Isle and
Wildwood. He plans to make this a
year round line, running on schedule
and connecting with trains from At
lantic City to Philadelphia, etc.
Mayor Smith stated that the Commits
sioners could not say they would
back the project, but as they were in
favor of all possible transportation
facilities for the resort, provided they
according to law and pay the
proper fees, he believed that if Mr..
Willis would make his application for
license in the usual name there
would be little doubt but that his Ii
would be granted. Mr.. Willis
thanked the Mayor for his statement
on the matter and replied that he
would take out application papers for
filing before the meeting ended. These
were given him and will probably be
returned for filing in a few weeks. In
an interview with a Journal reporter
after the meeting Mr.. Willis said that
he had been in the bus business for
sometime. He stated that he had been
n of the founders of the Reliance
Company and was affiliated with that
concern last year, during which time
he lived in Cape May. He went on to
say that the Cape May officials recon-
mended his line and had promised him
their support in making it a reality.
IL c&afaI fI,of n nrAoao0I aah11,Ia of
buses had already been preparde by
him. This schedule provides for a two
hour run between Atlantic City and
Cape May and arranges for the last
bus to leave Atlantic City after the
arrival of the theatre train from Phila-
delphia. In this way a person from
Wildwood or Cape May could take an
afternoon train to Philadelphia, do
some shopping, see a play at a the
atre and be back in their homes at
one O'clock that night. AS the rail
roads running into our resorts do not
see fit to put a late train on their
schedule this system would prove of
great convenience to local people who
at present have to rush their business
transactions through in the city in
order to catch the six o'clock train
on the Reading for Wildwood. Jacob
Plasky, present owner of the Reliance
Bus Company, was present at the
Tuesday meeting and submitted appli-
cations for licenses for two Of his
buses. This company ran their cars
here last summer and gave fairly good
service between Cape May, Wildwood
and Ocean City. At the close of the
season their traffic dropped off and
they quit running their cars. This ir-
ritated the local people somewhat at
the time and the taxi drivers of the
city made an appeal to~the Commits
sioners in the matter. The applica-
tions were given the usual course of
action on Tuesday.
Solicitor Way stated that the title
to the athletic field and playground