The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-02-05
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In the State Senate the bill design
ed to relieve street railway companies
of the responsibility of paving be-
tween the tracks and for certain dis
tances outside the tracks, has been
reported out of committee.
1t is proposed to pass this legisla-
ton as matter of equity to the troll
ley roads, which have declared that
conditions of traffic today make 1t I'M
fair that this burden of expense should
be continued to be imposed upon them.
This relief will be very welcome to
the Atlantic and Suburban, which ope
rates along the Shore road between
Absecon and Pleasantville and Pleas
antville and Somers Point, where the
improvement OF the pavement is al
ready demanded by the Freeholders.
William A. Mcmahon, who has the
best interests of Egg Harbor Town
ship ever at heart, finds in his studies
of situations affecting his township
that heavy gravel trucks which haul
gravel from the Mainland to points
along the meadows, Brigantine and
elsewhere, do a great amount of dam
age to the highways, especially the
dirt roads. Mr.. Mcmahon expresses
the thought that there should be some
rules and regulations governing the
operation of trucks, because of the
damage they do the roads and the
expense of repairs forced upon the
township afterward.
Among Mainland cities, Absecon oc-
cupies a very advantageous position
with respect to assessments and the
amount of money which it is possible
to raise for improvements. The real
valuation in the city is increasing at a
great rate. Not only are developed
properties increasing in valuation but
vacant land is also multiplying in val
uation, due to subdividing and develop
ment campaigns. Lots are selling at
from $3.50 a front foot and upward.
These sales naturally increase the val
uation. When this property is assess
ed upon the basis of it's real valuation,
the increased assessment raises the
amount for which the city may be
bonded for improvements. This makes
possible many municipal improve
ments of a very substantial nature, in
Guiding school buildings, sewer dispo-
sal plants, city hail. street improve
ment, and every other detail which a
growing city requires. Father Abse-
con occupies the very comfortable po-
sition of having the resources to back
up bond issues. All that is needed is
revision of the assessments to meet
the new developments.
John L. Alliger. who has been an as
SCISSOR at Somers Point twelve years,
is happy with the growth of his city.
AT first" says Mr.. Alliger, 'the as
sessed valuation of the entire city was
about 100000. This year in the First
Ward of Somers Point we increased
the assessed valuation $4,000, and
the increase in the second was $175,-
600. The assessed valuation of the
city is now 100000"
In recent number of Tree Talk,
Secretary Buttrick, of the Connecticut
Forestry Association calls attention to
the identifying of our highways. He
says civilization is impossible without
roads land roads which are beautiful
as we'll as merely useful are an indica-
ton of high civilization"
Intelligent tree planting along our
highways is infinitely better than mar
ring the landscape with all sorts and
COlOI vi COIllLAcI duNSI tiSIlS SlSIIS.
Out in Colorado Springs the automo-
bile club has taken hold of this pro-
ject in earnest.
One night 100 advertising signs
were torn down in the famous Ute
Pass. The club ordered 10000 trees,
now seedlings, later to be planted
along the main roads leading to this
enterprising city in Colorado. OF
course, there are property rights to be
respected, but the public is fast be-
coming deeply interested in highways.
Fair and constructive ways of adding
to beauty as we'll as utility will be
found.
In a recent speech, r. w. Edwards,
in speaking of the many long-lived
persons in Ocean City, told this story:
Zone day he saw man in his eighties
working in a garden. In asking the
old mans age, Mr.. Edwards inquired
as to how old his father was when he
died.
"Oh! Father is not dead" the old
man replied. che is upstairs putting
| grandfather to bed.
| AS only seven persons attended a
meeting called to arrange for the cele-
bration of the seventy-fifth anniversa-
ry Of the time when Ocean county was