The New York herald., 1879-08-03
OUR SUMNER RESORTS.
LONG BRANcH-A PROSPEROUS SEASON AND THE
CHRONIC GIuMBLER's GRowL L-''TAFFy' FOR
THE JERsEYMEN THE IRON PIER AND WHAT
Is SAID OF IT

CHRONIC GIuMBLER's GRowL -"TAFFy" FOR
THE JERsEYMEN- IRON PIER AND WHAT
Is SAID OF IT.
LONG DRANcH N. j.. August 2. 1879.
The last week in July and the first week in August
is annually the height of the at this favorite
seaside resort, and this year exception to tho
rule. All the hotels report vastly increased bus
any previous season. and certainly there is
immense increase in the number of visitors
patent to the eye of tho most casual observer.
The leading houses are full of permanent guests.
and the number of transient arrivals by train
is sat the pier in front Of the Ocean
Hotel this morning. watching the passengers from
one OF the boats as they landed. and much i'm
pressed. both by their number and their apparent
respectability. Although most OF these people had
come only for the day. their visit could not fail to
prove one OF great pleasure to thcm aud Of much
profit to every Long Branch interest," 1t was q fav-
orite remark of Judge Fitch. the president of
the Pier Company, that the building OF this
work would lead to the establish OF an ocean
ferry between New York and Long Branch. The re-
suit has more than verified this assertion aud it is
claimed that not fewer than from twenty-five hun
dred to three thousand people arrive aud depart
daily by the three boats New York. and that
Sunday the number reaches fully five thousand.
And what is more it is asserted that this 'Long
the New Jersey Southern Railroad or the Central
Railroad of New Jersey. but that on the contrary
their business is larger than it ever was before.
although the three boats from New York, ;" said
Judge Fitch to HERALD representative this
morning, ''come daily laden with thousands OF
human freight the railroad mon say they are carry
ing more passengers than last year and admit that
they have been benefited and not injured by the
pier. There is no hostility and real rivalry be-
tween us. and while the pier this year. in its ncom
pete state will pay twenty per cent Of it's cost. the
railroads have increased their business in proper
tion."
THE PIER.
Interesting as it to watch the arrival and de-
parture of visitors from this point OF vantage
during the day, 1t delight
tul in the early evening to listen to what
the wild waves were saying and sec the line
of equpages passing up and down Ocean avenue.
1t would be invidious il not impossible describe
the hundreds Of splendid teams which course along
this magnificent avenue on the beach every evening.
and even count them would be next to impossible.
gentleman with nothing else to DO took the trouble
the other day to count the passing vehicles and re-
ported 403 the result Of little hours OBJ
servation. The "machines" of every style ana
kind but the most noteworthy is nondescript con-
Germ on two wheels. which is a cross between dog
cart and an old fashioned gig This vehicle tho
haDitlis say is peculiar to Long Branch. and it
moves with the jerky swing OF New York
butchers cart, which it somewhat resembles. The
woodwork is only vanished. and the
natural color OF the oak is thus shown to good
advantage but this is the only charm which the new
peculiar institution" possesses. 1t is very agree
able however, to watch these springy vehicles jerk
ing in and out of the long line of carriages which
crowd the avenue. From the pier 1t is possible to
Bay to the West End and throughout the evening
the prospect is . very pleasing When the equi-
pages are withdrawn lights begin to shine in tie
windows Of the hotels like many stars twinkling
along the horizon while from every piazza heard
the strains Of the bands blending in subdued har-
mony with the incassant of the rise
and fall OF the tide. There is very little
movement in society here-so little social
activity in fact that ding along the beach becomes
u pursuit and sitting by the waters edge
business than pleasure. Landward and seaward
many objects to excite pleasant reflections. and
care away.
GRUMBLER's GRowL.
While the HERALD representative thus sat and
unused, debating in his own mind whether he should
take gaslight dip into the sea or plunge between
the sheets OF comfortable hosterie by. he
accosted by one OF those chronic grumblers who
infest every pleasant place on the Atlantic coast
from Passamaquoddy Bay to Cape Henlopen.
"Well. young man. are you getting tired of this
placer he began.
Tho HERALD man nterposed gentle negative.
"You will be. then. soon enough the old gentle
man continued. II have been here ten days. and
every day has been month to me. One cannot get
Tas chairs re a ao
women--insipid women ut that, by gad-and sitting
for hours in chairs that l would not compel my
servants ut home to sit in am not apt to complain,
sir. not apt to complain. but gentlemen or the
old school. and l must say that the men here are
or all the evening but stand ones way aud 1t is
not easy to determine whether there is a gentleman
eoat ans sncs I've been here Ths old @ seuteman
stopped, partly to take breath and partly that his
auditor might be more fully impressed by this awful
MANY people like Long Branch oil the better for
that very reason the HERALD man interposed. 1T
Is go you please sort OF place..
That is always the way with you young men,
said the growler hotly always using some vulgar
phrase the prize ring the walking to
vey idea that could be better expressed by gentle
manly language, tell you, sir. society suffers i'm
measursbiy by the in such improprieties
OF speech, by the failure to observe the etiquette
social intercourse. Society men have almost disap.
psared. Here at Long Branch. it is impossible to
distinguish bridegroom from groom. Shall We
have glass OF beerY'
out OF Difference to his new found friend the
HERALD man put dime on the table and uttered u
gentle yes" Before the foaming fluid had entirely
disappeared distinguished leader OF society in New
bishop of the church Separating somewhat re-
uctantly from the gentleman Of the old school the
scribe accepted an invitation to walk on the pier.
where famed by the ocean breezes. there was sub
sequently some pleasant discourse about Long
Branch and its surroundings.
A HosE-CoLORED PICTURE.
"write" said the Judge-ror he 1t was-after the
Bishop had retired. land l will supply you with
something worth printing.
The scribe seized his notebook
'peope who visit Long Branch" exclaimed the
Judge seeing tho gleain OF the pencil. ''are. ~ u
class totally and entirely distinct from those who
visit Coney Island"
The writer raised his eyes with look Of mild OK
postuiaion.
II want to give Coney Island a rub" remarked the
interviewed, observing the look. 'Ihc Residents OF
the B anch and or Southern New Jersey, we'll as
the visitors who annually gather here nave always
borne the stamp and distinctive mark of severe
spectabity In every respect they aristo-
cratic upportendom. The county OF Monmouth al
though democratic in politics, contains probably the
most aristocratic population i'm the United States.
Tie whole tone aud tendency OF the people have an
air OF 4 holier than tnou.' This air OF good
breeding. politeness and refinement seems t. spread
itself the entire New Jersey coast aud to inec.
ulate by its virtuous breczc, by so.ne called sea
breczes, purity OF character and gentiiity OF
which are not and cannot be found Mt any other