Local history - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

PAGE IS — SECTION TWO THE SENTINEL-LEDGER, OCEAN CITY, N J. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1MWI
Advances surge in electric power boat motors
fty&AVRCARBER
Electric motors are tor casting. There arc abo parts, k» thing* to go wrong. When purchasing an heavy duty c«Htroct*on will
Anglers nshing brjacklsh
mmflabte in manual control or son»re«o controlled nntt»«n Economy b also a ptas electric motor, you ihMH translate late IttBgtr life.
rivers arii finding an excellsft
iinnfe conti'tiL Your sesda the market that allow vod to factor. Many etectric motors take Into consideration Another model may b*
Bshery of striped bass, perch,
would normally dictate which control the motor Iran n^ be pmAased to mwe a whether or not yon Intend to cheaper, bnt not tat as long,
largemouth ban . and
model you should buy. anywhere in toe boat,) wnill boat at a price toss than dip the motor Into saltwater at
tnosltelnnge. The trick to
Manual ublts arc good if the eltmjnatlngwtrea to trip over, that of a snail gas engine. some time In the tbtnre. If you Etecirtc motors are not the
rant river SihingtMttn Is to
motor win be intended as a
uKtiics Ma aJsf} ftt^iiffr to
be wtae to pnr-
hover around some object or
pwUnc engine replacement, Altfaaogh sflenoe Is an ex- run. lunxip RK oQCieni motor in s aalwater
tfructure me a (Jock ©r
ff FOS wJsli is n»fc|i*^mM toe
be nome Un» before roodeJs
cellent benefit of the electric ase of battery power, electric
This Includes
boat whOe you are tbhing, the
an available In 50 borslump.
motor, there art other tnotDTB are cheaper to ran per
paint coatings,
tfflwile to ideal, ^te foot pedal
T i d & tliat
benefits as well. Electric now m recnarge power (nan
steel shaft, and
has controls that anowapeed
UnUI then, tlw products on
took the boat to ftta kntte
motors are not as prone to fte pa parcnaaed at theomall
heavier construction.
and direction at the tuudi of a
the market today do make
may spook some fish and pose
breakdowns as gas motors pump. Elei.Uk. motors alto Even If you do not use the
tea leaving your hands free
d i
a difficult Ume to the operator
are* Tbsre art fewer moving lend to outlast pa enejnes. motor to saltwater, its more
Bait
hoUng Ihe bout In pbtM; u • did the stoe of the boats.
impossibility for the lone Mo longer cotOd IS pounds of Their We in tH*
angler
tent handle the new boats wosld be very short. The
The simple solution Is the when the weather conditions second style battery, the deep Chester company to take glass, aluminum
addlUdn of a bmrm^tod dMn't cooperate,
cycle Is larger and more
electric motor.
Witt all of the newruggedly
constructed. Deep As the first step In im-
Fishermen working th* technological advances In cycle batteries can be complementing Cape May
Qato tor tarpon, bone flah, tackle, motors, boats and pletely drained and recharged County's interim recycling
and toe eaiUy-tpooked electrooica, it was obvious •boot a hundred times., plan, commissioners on the
fish have always had to pole that the electric motor would An average auk battery Cape May Cwmty Municipal
their way up dose. Today undergo major changes. Now will deliver 85 amperes, and a Utilities Authority (MUA)
they have found a new tireless models are, availably with up dM( cycle 106. With more voted last week to approve a
way to sneek up on their prey: to sixty pounds of thrust. power over a longer periodi It 11-month contract with the
the electric motor. to addition to increased b obvious Oat the deap cycle Basslchis Company of
Electrics have ben around thrust, new motors demand tattery Is the one for the Job, ©eater, Pa. for the
for quite • few yean. IWr less battery power. Some Motors oat deliver more marketing of the county's
major Held of work has ben madeh can get 500 running than SO ponds of thrust glass and aluminum
in the freshwater area. Ban hours from a proper battery. should be powered by two * Discussions fell through
fishermen have been using Tta right battery Is very volt deep cycle batteries. early last fall with Gamden
foot-eontn>Ued units for pan Important There are two What Is thrust? For most County's recycling coor-
to maneuver Into position. iwrts of batteries with marine saltwater angle, thrust does dinator, on their acceptance
The problem win some of applications. The first, the not mean much. We are ac- Of this county's mixed glass,
the older models ma that -crank" battery which U customed to rating our aluminum, tin and bi-metal
they did not haw a lot of similar to the one found In engines by bone power. A cant, nld MUA solid waste
thrust, and they put a heavy your car, can deliver a good rule of thumb Is 11 manager Ted O'Neill.
drain on batteries. They were powerful charm of elec- pounds of thrust per oat "It was the inltal un-
One when hooked up with an tricity. Enough to, fire up •senower. This should give derstanding of the MUA that
aluminum John boat or •
you tome Idea of what power the Camden facility would
small bass boat, but ai the boards,
would be needed for accept those materials at no
professional haw gmme grew. they anal dlsigned to be your purpose.
charge to Cape May County,"
odd O'Neill. "However, in
early October, they informed
us that they would charge the
county a 112-per-ton tipping
fee for any recyclable*
delivered to them
"As a result, we began a
search for alternate markets
for the recycling of our
commingled glass and cans,* 1
mingled cans and mixed color -BassleWs will pay 111 per containers are used In a during regular operating
glass, But since tt Is primarily ten for commingled mixed month.
hours, Monday through
a glass processing/ glass food and beverage According to O'Neill, the Saturday. That date al«O
marketing business, the containers and aluminum MUA expects to fill more than narta the start of the WJtH
company will not accept Un- cans, but charge the MUA $50 tote of Basslchis' containers plans to begin receiving and
pkted, steel or bMwtad cans, per container load (or tran- monthly, beginning with the marketing newsprint and
Bie MUA said.
sportation.
start-up of the Interim otter "clean mi«e
County, tht MUA recom- Those containers will be in ft HI &||Q ft nJlTI| ft I itfi s^llljl iQ tteipating communities onla
mended — and the Solid rented by the MUA at »100 per the MUA'e transfer station In ton-for-ton basis," O'Neill
Waste Advisory Council month until more than three Burtelgh and to the landfill
approved — the acceptance of
•id. i>
mixed-color food and
beverage E*"— commingled
with aluminum cans during
the Interim period, said
O-NetlL
"imm, we do Intend to
Incorporate tin cans Into the
county recycling program at
soon as we have an
operational Intermediate
Processing Facility (IPF) to
handle them," he added.
Other recyclable materials,
Including plastics, will also be
Included In the county-wide
recycling program soon after
Qw IPF fa operational, the
OTWU1 said.
MUA announced Monday,
Basslchis offered to pur- Under the contract the'
chase the county's com- CMCMUA his with Barents:
ALL TYPES OF LOANS
• AUTO LOANS
For New and Used Cars
• PERSONAL LOANS
Secured and Unsecured
• EQUITY LOANS
Balloon equity Mortgage, Line of Credit,
Good for tax deduction
• CONSTRUCTION LOANS
Ask about our FIRST TIME
HOME OWNERS MORTGAGE
OCEAN CITY
HOME SAVINGS
LOAN ASSOCIATION
1807 -i$itt \ '
1001 AfburyAve,OceanCily >' 399-0012
105 E. RooiaveH Blvd., Marmora 3904044
I'liuni
nCHy 3993614
' •V
VAU/ DIM '
, PI"" turn to page 10)
Summer Court, across Bay avenue and
adjacent to the airport, m Included in
the complaint, he added.
The remainder oi the. Stoeco tract
either hasn't been filled or was fined
More W77, whin filling activities were
allowed, said Oak.
Although the developer was told in
August INS about the land's wetlands
designation, the builder continued
filling, the complaint states.
"All of the discharges
deseribed...ocsurring after Aug. 26, UN,
wen conducted with full knowledge by
Stoeco Homes and its agent, Michael W.
Hyland Assodltw, that the project site
contained wetlands subject to the Corps
at Engineers regulatory authority," the
suit alleges, .
Hyland Aisodates IB an 8th Street
engineering firm,
The suit further states that on Aug. a,
1987, the Corps requested Stoeco to apply
for an after-thMaei permit within 16
days for work already performed In the
and more •••*
Interim supers come, go ,
Supermarket robbed here
The day the dogs visited..
Plaza plan eyed by DEP .
Recycling plan detailed,.
OC school lunches ,
Mainland, OC notes
The Billows. ......
Obituaries.........
Crossword........-
wetland*, roang would be tagal with
M s^Nsponded Oct. I, tt» that
It would challenge the Corps* detJgnaJM
of its tract as wetlands, On coinplalnt
then reads, '' ' •
Stoeco never appUed for the after-U»;
fact permit, according to tht complaint|
Samuel A. Allto Jr., United Statts
attorney for the District of New Jersey,
announced In a prepared release that the
complaint seeki to require Stoeco to
remove all illegally placed fill on th»
tract, prevent further filling and to
assess penalltles against the longtime
Ocean City builder of up to $25,000 per
day of violation,
AUto noted that IMA wit Ml hta office
successfully obtained a court order
requiring developer in Lower Township
to remove illegally placed fill, restme
the wetlands area, and pay a 1235,000
civil penalty under the Clean Water Act,
(Please turn to page 8)
. Section l. page 10
.. Section 1, page 2
,.SMtlMiZ,pageS
.. Section 1, page 2
.. Section 1, page 3
,, Section 2, page 7
..Section 1, page 8
,„ Section 2, page B
...Section 1, page 6
,,Section I, page W