New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30
WATERING Place NOTES.

The coming season at most of the Summer
resorts promises to be unusually successful Among the
hotels opened for guests in May mentioned the
Pasade Mountain House, Lalrd's Mansion House, and
the West End Hotel Long Branch; the Genridge House,
Cornwall on Hudson; Mearne's Cottage, West Point,
and the Staten Island hotels So The Catskl Mountain
House, the Clarendon, and the Continental, Saratoga
Cozzens West Point the Gregory House. Lake Mahopac
the Peauot House. New.London the Heath House and
Belmont Hall, SchoOleys Mountain; the Ocean House,
Newport and the Cooper House, Coopersown, N w. are
some OF the hotels to DO opened for visitors in
June The at Sharon Springs will begin during
June also.
The NewYork Yacht Club will give its annual ball at
the Ocean House, Newport some time in June the West
Point graduates ball will take place about the middle
OF the same month. 60 New-Hayen fashonables will
congregate at Savn Rock, and Narragansett Pier
promises be well patronized by visitors from every
quarter. Poughkeepsie, Tarrytown. Yonkers and
other Summer resorts the Hudson It Is thought, will
have an unusual number of visitors this season. 80
The New-Jersey Southern Railroad will run five trains
day during the season. and open the Arlington at Long
Branch, as an excursion house. - The Long Branch
races beginning July 4, will continue about one week
80 Among the improvements at Newport Is men
toned the erection OF several handsome cottages.
Last Fall a number OF gentlemen from New York,
New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania purchased about $40
acres of land including the Peter White Farm" lying
on the Shark River, IN Monmouth County, n j. which
they propose lay for Summer residences and the
stock sixty shares has been nearly disposed Of For
each share lot is assigned upon which the owner must
erect cottage not less than $1,000, before the
lst OF September next. This ENSURES the immediate
building OF about GO cottages which will at form
an attractive place for Summer residences The land
has a front OF about mile on the Atlantic with bluff
similar 70 that at Ocean Grove, and mile and half
on shark River with high bluff somewhat like the
at Long Branch the river at this point is In
places more than mile wide and Is kept pure and free
from masmatc influences by the action OF the tides
There are many attractions about the place. and the
prospects that 1t will in short time become favor
te place those wishing pleasant homes during the
Summer. Another site for Summer residences has been
laid out the Shrewsbury River n j. extending TO tho
ocean. About 30 cottages erected last and
half as many more are TO be completed by midsummer
number OF prominent public have cottages COM
peted and others will have theirs completed In time for
occupation next Sumser.
new drive from Long Branch TO the Highlands,
seven miles, running close TO the Is to be made
E=== number Of handsome villas and cottages have
been erected at Seabrght and from that place along
the shore IA far as Atlantcyie. 60 improvements
have been made at Rchneld Springs, among them tho
introduction Of a complete and thorough system OF
drainage.