The daily gazette., 1878-07-31
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Correspondence OF the Baltimore sun.
OCEAN GROVE, N. j., July "a, 1873.
ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND Capacity
CANVAS TENTS - CHEAP LIVING
AsBURY PARK-sEAsIDE RESORT
FOR MILLIoN-NoTHING N
INToxICATING-o Their
PLACES, &c, &c.
1t has been eight years since the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association pnr-
chased $50 acres of land and organized a
| religious seaside resort. During the past
year about 100 new cottages have been
erected, making total of 600 cottages
erected during eight years, besides fifty
hotels: There are 800 canvas tents, all
occupied. In addition to the fifty hotels,
most OF which are filed with guests,
there are perhaps $50 cottages occupied
as boarding-houses. Besides the large
auditorium under cover used for camp
meeting and other public services, the
beautiful Bishop James Memorial Tab
ernacle" was erected last year at cost of
So 900, capable of seating 1000 persons.
This may be said to be a seaside resort
tor the masses, for persons can be accom-
modated here from SO per day in the best
hotels to s3 per week In canvas tents.
Ocean Grove is closely connected with
Asbury Park, being separated from it by
the narrow Wesley lake, three quarters
OF a mile long, running from the ocean
to within few rods of the depot. On
this lake constantly ply hundreds of small
row-boats, rowed mostly by boys, who
charge one cent to cross the lake and five
cents to row passengers its whole length
Asbury Park contains $50 acres of land
and was purchased six years ago by the
present proprietor, James A. Bradley,
and is laid out in beautiful streets, has
. n n ot lar, 4.l,
about 400 cottages. 1t also has a weekly
newspaper, called the "Asbury Park
Journal" One Railway station answers
for both Ocean Grove and Asbury Park
Last year seven hundred and ten thou
sands railroad tickets were sold for this
place, besides those who came by other
conveyances. 1t may be estimated that
nearly million persons now annually
visit this seaside resort. In Ocean Grove
neither Intoxicating drinks, tobacco or
cigars are allowed to be sold.
Many new seaside places, apparently
growing and fiourshing, dot the seacoast
for about fifteen miles, winch have
sprung up within the past five years. In
looking at the large hotels and the crowds
of wagons and people at all these stop
ping places, the wonder is where the
| money and the people come from to
make such display. 1t is worth trip
along this coast to see the enterprise and
thrift of men and means. Camp-meet-
ings and other large religious associate ons
gather here during the summer. The
"Union Holiness Damp Meeting" has al
ready been held. "Six Days Jubilee of
Song" is next in order. Then the "Anni-
versary of the Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society" will be held. And the
regular "ADnual Camp Meeting" the
latter part of August, closes the public
meetings for the season.
Rev. John s. Inskip, formerly of your
city, has fine cottage and resides here.
Besides editing the Christian Standard,
of Philadelphia, he has been out West
for several weeks conducting national
holiness camp-meetings.
Visitors who come here are expected
to attend the daily religious meetings, to
devote themselves to religious reading,
religious conversation and prayer, in
stead of indulging in amusemcnts as at
other public resorts. Yet, occasionally,
may be seen even here men of "the
cloth" indulging in games of croquet.