The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-26
LONG BRANCH.
Dreary and Expensive
Summer Resort.
WHAT THE HOTELS ARE DOING
A List of the Occupants of
Cottages.


Of the season" IL would be hard TO conjure up Bat
tered AMI stained by last winters storms the long,
vrotesque. nakeshit summer hotels cover amid
Inc Juno toys Ike rows oil deserted cattle snods.
The painter carrying his pail, tho carpenter With
his box OF tools and the hotel porter acting tempo
rarlIy MS jackat atrades. haunt the dssoate veran
las doing ignobls patchwork Lswn-mowing ma.
chimes lazly rattle to aud fro the surround
ng green swards OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tho only
,ymphs OF the scene-lol at lew open windows
,mong the hundreds and hundreds that are closed,
and gaze out TO over the forsakcn bluffs. The In
sriors OF these Long Branch caravanssres
ret little than vods The pages OF the Office rcg
sters. slowly nled, seldom turned. Idle clerks
balance themselves the back legs OF Office chairs
and start up II alarmed by tho occasional
Tgnal dcnot,ng that 1--we guest, immured in
iome remote and melancholy room, requires
service to vary the monotony OF his or her i'm
prisonment Black hall boys and white, messengers
and porters middle aged and gray. await for hours
he stranger upon whose convenience they may levy
tribute add upon whose garments they may ply their
devastating brooms Tho lew people who assemble at
Tho dinner hour are swallowed up and lost
n the immensity OF the dining rooms, whore
,nly half dozen tables set out OF the
number Intended for the accommodation OF Jour
hundred, i've hundred, SIX hundred or even seven
hundred boarders Hail carpols awry. The
paror furniture, not yet completely overnauled, pre-
pcnts In some great inns aspect oil chaos Funerea
gloom regns In the billiard halls where each table
severed as with pail From time TO time the bar
echo 10 the footsteps OF vistans who enter TO
ask Tor beverages which have power cheer
Standing In tho doorways wandering hither and
thither ana directing the preparations that are in
progress against the expected rush, need with
The daily newspapers in their private Offices, pro-
when OF July viii thousands OF pleasure
seekers IRON New York. Philadelphia and elsewhere
here TO endure probable amount Of discomfort ex-
penditure, supsrcous neglect and positive fleeing.
such rs none but Americans would submit TO and
compared with which tho asagrceable experiences OF
Tourists at Niagara Fal for example, fsdo into nsg-
nineance.
HOTEL PRICES.
Tho ominous array OF hotel prices is by itself
enough 10 make all but rich men and spendthriils
,hiak twice before trusting themselves here over
Sunday. FROM IS TO 81 90 . day for board
10 the rule, and at the most preteniious places
this will suffice procure more than ordinary
com modaions. Every privilege enjoyed bv y visitor
WILL OF course, cost ezra, aud unless he 10 good
pedestrian tie expense oil getting about and
Ing The ncigh6ornood VIII eat deep into his revenue
Al present. until the regular omnibuses begin 10 run
mp ana Gown Tho beach, no ~ NJ the mercy OF the
hackmen, tor whose services he will have to pay
from 81 SO 10 81 80 hour, according 10 the style
Of the eQuipaga He need not think 10 economizs by
hiring y horse and buggy. ride OF hve or SIX
hours will him = ten-dolar bill; and II such
u charge is made now moro viii dorbtles be de-
manded in the busy times OF uly ana August. Al the
hotel bars drinks ana cigars may haa al Nov York
pnces Lager beer Is dispensed at ton cents glass.
For every service al his room or elsewhere one Is ex
pccied 20 'tipo tho servi,or Although such compen-
sation openly demanded the guest Will soon be
made aware that his comfort needs lubrcating ~
every lie who can hive ~ Long Branon hotel
or careful ha6its and muss ioreso many
Of the pleasures which It 10 customary ior
men Of he world TO indulge In ~ summer resort.
Quiet people csn of course, i've much cheaper W
pairing TO boarding house and keeping cot Of tho
hero Ia the middle OF summer, when racIng and sa-
Ing, and dng aud dinner ana dancing parties are the
rage. easily get from $3.50 $50 day each
as they can roll into bed 10 the sound oil the knocking
waves In the morning. when all the iun Is over
WHAT THE HOTELS ARE DOING.
The East Emu, Brighton, Clarendon, Ocean, Man.
ZION, United states, Pavilion, Rowland West End and
E5cron hotels have been opened since The 18Th inst
me IeIands stii retain the Ocean House. with its
proaa encircing paiconie It's convenient Restaurant
It's bowling ana billiard rooms and rife gallery.
grand opening dinner was gwen 70 $50 guests. Mol
enhauer's aud viii play there tnis season. There
MS already tnat guests VIII be served with the
harness that usually cnaracterzes the dealings OF the
Lelands with the pubc AT ali their obstetrics. Tho
livery charges however arc at present excessive But
traveller need subject himself 10 con extorlivn
IN this respect n he Will ignore Tho onenucr and
quietly make his own bargain Tor n aay or n
with some OF the numerous livery men, who VIII
Branch. The Mansion-repainted ted, pnpered and over.
hauled-is also PROVIDED with new parlor In the
northeast wing. OF the zl9 rooms available Tor
guests than 100 have been engaged. The Brish-
Ton apartments nearly all secured indeed, tHis rs
the case with most OF the hotels along INC
BLUM, that Their rooms have been spoken
Tor more or less permanently. Tne United
states and the Rowland are in fair run
ming order The former remains under the mar age
ment OF last year, which has substituted coiored
for he pale sces OF last season, ana uniformed
them imposngy. Tue West End IS not yet IN iuil
readiness. Its newly furnished parlor Is pleasant
Among tue list OF us quests 10 Arslsrcni Boy, the
turkish Minister The Eloeron, situated away out
he Beach drive. among the cottages arranged and
Intended Tor people oil means, and counts among us
patrons the vanderDilts Hodses ana Ph.ipscs, Henry
M MOI r.s pusuS proses Sa, in oo,
Iage style, has but sixty-bvc rooms but ,ners are
twenty-five cottages attached 10 H. having from eight
10 fourteen rooms each.
COTTAGE OCCUPANTS
Follow og rs list OF the cottage occupants, all be-
ing residents OF New YORK, except the FIRST named,
VINO are IRON Louisville, NY. -H.yIo New CONT
famty George Il. Dodge ana family sud Miss Coudras;
W. Is. orocker and family, John sloan ana family.
Dr. II. II. smith and family, n. q. Brown and ami,y,
Cornelius Vanderbilt and family !. Chaunccy ana
and family, g Crsckcr aud family, l. ". Brown
and family, WATSON n. Chase anu family. James
stillnan ana family, William ID. sloan ana family,
A. H. Ward ana family, William sloan family. W.
iIy Frederick II. Cassilt anO family, Mr. Crane and
family. Henry A. Y. Taylor anu ismiiy Richmond
Talbot H. A. Parker and family, John \. Scott aud
family James ". Brown and family, h. De Rose ana
family, ". spencer Miller ana family.
1he louow ing. named New Yorkors occupy apart.
nents IN the notei:-Hsnry A. Hurlbut aud WHO,
Hamilton NICK. lwomDiy ana vile, Mrs II. Hsuxhurst
Townsend, DR.. A. 4. wheelock and family, Niue. dc
Poloni and daughter, Charles u. Fosuyok and vile,
Charles Munxnger and iamiIy, Moses Taylor and
vile and W. H. fillinshast and vile.
Cottages esewn are not yet all occu Pied list
Of the occupants OF some OF the principal
ones will interesting to those who about visit
the Branch
On ocean Avc,ssH, Bet'oeen ne Ocean and West End
~ Hofeis
Judge Cardozo, Joseph Booth,
Charles Bisp nsm, }. ". Morrison,
Theodore Moss, > ). Moon
Mrs Harbeck, Anthony DrcxeL
youfh from the Wss' End Hotel
J. y. Chamberlain, General Alex. II Webb
N. Sternbcrger, j. Scligman,
s. SternDcrger, A. j. Drcxcl,
Mrs Rhodes, W. Sosne,
J. d. WRIGHT, W. Gurus,
George NJ Pullman, 4. q. Thompson,
Mr.. BumenlhaI, George W Chiids,
Mrs RoDcrl winthrop, j. W Gerard.
Brosrns Park.
J. II. Swaine, u. Martin,
J. sloane, j. .. Soutcr,
General Horace Porter, W. b. Croker,
II. :. wyckon, John McGnnis.
Park Avenue
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