Ocean County , NJ History

 

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 The fishing season at Barnegat Pier just about opened this week. The fleet can be found there mornings waiting for parties. The Pier is not as good a stand as it was five years ago. Now all the parties from up the beach resorts, come by auto, and either stop at Seaside Park,or else come down the main shore road to Forked River, Waretown, or Barnegat. This leaves only the Philadelphia and Camden and vicinity trade for Barnegat Pier. To make it worse, the railroad is all the time advertising the south Jersey fishing resorts, like Stone Harbor, and Anglesea, but will do nothing to exploit Barnegat Pier. If the railroad would take a hand, and help, the business at the Pier could be built up in a couple of summers far surpassing anything that it ever was in the past, for there are thousands of fishermen in Philadelphia who would come down if they knew about the place.