New-York tribune., 1873-05-17
LONG BRANCH.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEASON.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN coNrkMrLArioN-NE'

.bs Already the activities of the coming sea-
son begin TO manifest themselves. The last few
days of bright sunshine have aroused the Branch from
rs Winter torpor tO the life which early in each
lane begins infuse itself through all its veins and
arteries Through the open windows OF the hotels work
men and serving women can be seen renOvating the
rooms for the reception OF their Summer occupants,
many Of whom have already engaged apartments; AMI
each morung steamer brings down parties from New
York OF quarters for the season. or portion
OF it. Ladders are reared against mauy OF the cottage
walls and carpenters and painters are busily at work
TIE Pavilion and Clarendon Hotels are open, though
their guests yet few, and the others VIII DC ey
for the reeepon OF guests between 10th and The Goth
Of June TIE West End Hotel viii open on the l5 Inc
indications are that rush tins year will be greater
than ever BEFORE and hotel propretOrs anticipate rch
harvest. short distance back from the ocean hous
there are large number OF farmers who IN the seA
take from 100 $50 bOarders, and many OF theln ''
from year 70 year. enlarged their houses 70 1N'iN -
creased accommodations notice new Wings so'ns W
this year many OF these. Guests can se' s :.
board with them for from S 70 A2 per week, "he a.
the hotels it ranges from s. TO s5 per day. DOuru' ~
these houses Is always demand and al Ihe roous "a
fered are readily taken.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
In confident belief 10 the future OF Long Brancn III
creased railroad facilities being projected Tor reacn-
ing II with greater rapidIty from all directions Ihe
Kew,Jersey Central Railroad Company have recently
bought Sc acres for depot near the Pavilion holei anu
about three-quarter me south OF the depot OF inc
New,Jersey Southern Railroad, and propose 70 run
hne from Jersey Cityto Perth Amboy, where IL VIII
cross the Raritan River ami strike an air line from
ssuth Amboy 10 Long Branch. The land purchased Is
now held in the of John Taylor Johnston VINO pad
tsOO1 but il known that he only acted as agent Tor
the road This will constitute an al-rah route Toin
New-Yurk 70 Long Branch in one hour and a nall
The SeW-Jersey Southern Railroad Company also
propose an from their old depot to ocean
grove with an additional Long Branch depot near tie
Deal Road. or Llncoln-ave This will place the West
End much nearer New-YOrk in point OF time ana con-
ycnience This Company has also purchased the prop
erty known as the Arlington Hotel. which Is now nitng
up as an excursion house About 20 acres OF atce
land have purchased and viii be transformed uto
Measure grounds These viii be devoted exclusively TO
The use OF excursion parties, and branch road VIII De
Laid from the main line, about eighth OF mile Distant
by which tey can brought directly on 70 the grounds
The number Of bathinghOuses on the beach IN 'front.'
will be increased 10 meet the expected demand ms
property cost the Company about $4,000, which they
TO receive back through the increased travel on
their roai.
Arrangements have also been perfected for the prf
mary purpose Of through Western and Southern travel
and traffic % New-York, but incidentally they viii bene
h Long Branch by making more accessible from oiher
parts OF tine country. The NewJersey southern Rail-
road have lately ured control Of the Vneand Rail
road which connects their southwestern terminus with
the Delaware Bay at Bayside, the mouth OF the
stowe Creek They have also secured the Maryland and
Delaware Railroad and the Kent County Railroad
In Maryland. and building connecting
line from the west bank OF the Delaware To
Clarion. TO connect with the Maryland and
L. aware road, and the system OF railroads
down the Peninsula, and from Clayton 70 Mosseys
to connect with the Kent County road also one from
ChesertOwn the present terminus OF the Kent County
road IN the Chesapeake Bay al Rock Hill. contract
has been made with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by
,rI.b Ittfor maintain OF
tween tins point and Baltimore, which both
freight and passenger viii be earned,
as they were formerly at Hdvre de Grace
Elch boat 70 be so constructed as to
carry d cars. direct connection will thus be made
with the West the South, and saving OF from bo
s hours made, 10 claimed, through travel. The
line from Long Branch 20 Ocean Grove already spoken
Of VIII be continued ultimately 20 Cape May Thirty
miles Of this line already constructed, from Tom
River 70 Tuckerton. below Barnegat Bay The connect
ing iae from Long Branch TO Toms River is partly
graded.
Jay Gould has purchased all the land included IN the
Cooper and Corcs estates the n0rth.eas shore OF
Long Branch Brook md Pleasure Bay, with i miles oI
water from. and il is his purpose build up boating
ground From here have free access into Pleasure
Bay and the Little Shrewsbury River aud thence into
Shrewsbury aud out 10 the open sea- It Is said Oy
oarsmen that they unsurpassed for boating pur-
poses any in the vicinity Of New-York. MT
Could has obtained possession Of The lands border
ing on the shores which were most available for
these purposes aud proposes build another branch OF
the Neversev Southern Railroad. by which boats and
boating parties can be taken directly TO the waters
edge.
dne avenue will also be laid ont for driving. and the
old New-York Hotel Will be fitted mp as a restaurant
similar 10 Moons the lake az Saratoga II Will be III
the hands Of drscass caterer and boats will be kept
on hand Tor rowing and fishing parties. Il viii be
called the Riverside House, and the grounds the
Riverside Park The latter embrace more than 80
acres ana cost $4,000. Though purchased by Mr.
Gould It u rolled by company, including some OF
the heaviest stockholders the Monmouth Beach prop
eTty.
These are some OF the more comprehensive schemes
progress for advancing the growth Of Long Branch
Another aud not an unimpOrtan Is the placing Of
the steamer Long Branch on the route between New
York and Sandy Hook addition 20 the Plymouth Rock
and the Jesse Hoyt II is comfortable aud elegant In
ali its appointments, aud makes the trip with great
rapidly.
Seven years ago what was known az Long Branch was
small village situated about two miles frcm the beach
There a few hotels and cottages the shore. but
there was no cottage below HOWland's Hotel and not
more than half dozen above IT, The road to Deal,
southwark was only wagon track. crossing Green's
Pond by narrow bridge which at high tide often
submerged. AuAnuCville and soabrght were small
fishing villages whose huts Of the rudeEt construction
grouped closely together on the sands Now cot
tage dot the shore for distance OF hve miles from the
rayine, which a boundary line between Long
Branch and Deal, 10 seabright on the north.
THE SOUTHWARK GROWTH.
The growth southwark began some nye years ago nv
the erection the West End Hotel Long before that L.
b. Brown while spending fewdays at OF the hotels
Was attracted by the land lying north Of Green's Pond
with its abrupt shores gradual elevation back from the
ocean and the hne rolling country in the background
After Examining the whole shore for mlos in either drec