Atlantic City and Atlantic County Officials, 1923
Mayor | Edward L. Bader | |
City Commissioners | Edward L. Bader, Director Department of Public Affairs | |
Albert Beyer, Director Department of Revenue and Finance | ||
William S. Cuthbert, Director Department of Public Safety | ||
Louis A. Steinbricker, Director Department of Streets and Public Improvements | ||
Louis Kuehnle, Director Department of Parks and Public Property | ||
Comptroller | Bessie M. Townsend | |
Chief of Police | Robert C. Miller | |
Chief of Fire Department | John J. Bartlett | |
Beach Patrol Superintendent | Dr. Charles L. Bossert | |
City Engineer | John W. Hackney | |
Board of Education | Lewis B. Glenn, President | |
Henry M. Fisher, Vice President | ||
Duncan Freedley MacDonald | ||
George H. Berke | ||
Harrison Cook | ||
John L. Kelly | ||
Hiram Mathis | ||
P.L. Hawkins | ||
Caroline M. Carmack | ||
Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders | F. Fraley Doughty, Board Director | |
Atlantic County Sheriff | Malcolm B. Woodruff | |
Atlantic County Treasurer |
Facts about Atlantic City in 1923
Permanent population of city (from 1920 census) - 50,682
Registered voters - 15,955
Assessed value of real estate - $163 million
Daily average number of visitors in August, 1923 - 300,000
Number of licensed rolling chairs - 2,500
Highlights of the Year, 1923
- World War I Memorial (also known as the Greek Temple Monument) erected
- New Atlantic City High School building opens at intersection of Albany, Ventnor and Atlantic Avenues with room for 2100 students
- First Atlantic City radio station goes on the air from Seaside hotel, WHAR.
- First traffic signals installed Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues and Tennessee and Pacific Avenues. Operated by an officer in a tower at each intersection.
- Fire Department's drill school opens.
- Entertainment included plays, concerts, moving pictures, pier amusements, and more.
Resources in the Atlantic City Free Public Library Atlantic City Heritage Collections:
Amusements: Where to Go and What to See. (Various issues from 1923.)
Boardwalk Illustrated News. (Various issues from 1923.)
Frank Butler. Book of the Boardwalk. Atlantic City, N.J. : Haines and Co., 1952.
Ed Davis. Atlantic City diary: a century of memories, 1880-1985. McKee City, NJ : Atlantic Sunrise Pub. Co., 1986.