Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05


MoMAKIN's ATLANTIC HOTEL,
CAPE MAY, N. j., May 4.
The pilot boat John q. Whilidin sailed
through lot of cases of coal oil, last Mon
day, just out of sight of land, Cape May
bearing W. by N, about twenty miles dis.
tant, but such a heavy sea running and it
was blowing so hard at the time that she
did not pick any up. Tuesday she visited
the place and secured 86 cases, containing
two tin cans each of five gallons capacity,
making $50 gallons refined petroleum. We
believe the law of the seas gives her one
half for salvage, if the owners can prove
their claim. Otherwise it all belongs to the
salvors.
The Ocean House is to be managed by
Mr.. VIM. Fl. Cummings,a resident here this
year, Mr.. r. L. Tice, 80 popular there for
the past two years declining to leave his
own hotel, the Tee House OF Millville, this
summer. The Arctic has changed proprie-
tors, too. No other changes are announced.
Our new beach drive has nearly reached
the lighthouse Operations have tempo
rarily stopped, owing to dispute about
transferring the Sea Grove railway to the
beach drive and sea front which their char
ter permits them,to do. 1t ID a t rail, and
MIR. Mark Devine will not have it on his
property, but will consent to have flat ci
ty rail there. Others interested want
neither. 1t ie hoped that they may kiss and
make up, so as to complete the little piece
unfinished by June 1st.
One of our big houses opens on the 10th
inst, and entertains 600 visitors on the 23d
and oath Of May, the New Jersey Medical
Society Convention, held here this year.
Five houses are open here now and travel
is moderately brisk. About forty cottages
have been rented at usual prices. By the
middle of May they will be renting rapidly,
such being always the case.
|, We had the first Sunday train last Sab
bath and an extra train has been running a
month on Saturdays only, leaving Philadel-
phia at 8. A. M, and Cape May at 5, p. M.
Trains will run through from Camden this
summer in two hours, and not stop any
where. Track tanks are inserted in the
| ground between the rails, and the engine
scoops up the water supply as it goes
along at high speed, avoiding thus the old
stop at Millville, half way down here. The
tanks are being put in position now.
Fresh fish have appeared in great abund-
ance, perch, blue fish, drum, founders, etc.
Sheepshead appear about June LIST.
Sea Grove has wonderfully improved this
winter. Two large new hotels have gone
up, one near the pavilion and the other
opposite the west end of Sea Grove House.
Each is four story and the one nearest the
sea has so rooms and the other about 100.
Sea Grove House has new wing on the
west end with 33 more rooms in it and a
billiard. TSpon and ten-pin alley on the east
end. tsHre is no BAR, yet, n ei6her. 1he
roads have all been laid out, clear to the
light house, and the beach drive extends
beyond the lighthouse east and within 500
yards of the steamboat landing west. A
wharf or jetty has been run out in front of
A. Whilldin's house for promenade and
protection of shore.
A wreck lies almost against the wharf
side at the steamboat landing. IG ID the
schooner DR.. John Strddley, doubtless called
so in honor of the Wilmingtonian of that
name who formerly edited the Democratic
newspaper Commonwealth, in your city.
The vessel ran on March 25th, and went to
pieces hopeiessly in gale few days after
Portions of her still remain there.
The wreck of the Bark Hanna, lost here
in the hurricane of the I'd of February
disappeared on February l4th, in severe
gale and fog that lasted all that day. Wher
it cleared away at night no signs OF the
bark appeared and the vessel and the re-
mainder Of her cargo, about 2500 barrels oi
coal oil, have never been seen since. Hei
owner, captain and a wrecking crew ot
twenty mon, cruising in search of her tC
renew saving cargo landed abreast of the
Atlantic House, the next day, from theil
schooner to make inquiries If we had seer
the hull or any barrels ashore here, ou
their search was fruitless, and they gavt
her up. She has beaten over into deeI
water from the shore on which she wa
lying, it is supposed.
About forty new buildings have gone III
here this winter and additions to other
made swells the number to near fifty i'm
provements, 1t is believed we will havi
the largest season ever known, All til,
houses will open much earlier than usual
JOHN MoMAKIE.