New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-25

cost and trouble and turmoil of Summer at Sara
tOga or Newport; and the balance was largely IN
favor of the Point. II will cost 5000 per month 20
maintain the hotel, less than $40 month interest
on the investment, and the hotel will belong 10
Havemeyer when the season is over Fifteen Per,
per week, or 5000 per month, besides lhe extra
dressing required and he wouldn't be able 10 bring
away single stick Of timber he could call ms own
Even at the Surf Hotel Just across the inlet where
they charge SO 80 day Tor transient custom, three
months board for fifteen would cost more thah
the building and improvements at HaVemeyers
Point.
And here they have the blessed privilege Of doing as
they please in sort OF suits they fancy 10 wear
and without consideration OF anybodys opinl0ns
The still bathing is so near the door that the ladies'
of the family dress for the morning bath III thclr
own rooms in the hotel. The sandy beach IS so heaf
at hand that Will and Harry dig canals under MOTIF
eT's glance wondering where the oozlng Water WhlCh
fills their channels comes from ana INC itIc
girls make sand pies under the very snauo" %
nursery aud the Fraueln's eye. Ana the SoHns
ladies' take their sunbaths almost without stlaylug
bevond the shadow of the house. There j. no ceIe-
mony which requires elaborate toilet. lDeIe are
no exacting servants who demand punctnahiy al
dinners of dozen courses to be eaten VIII, DEFER
ence to others appetltes rather than ones oMn
The larder and the aforementioned wardrobe go uh
locked, that the stranger may get Dte OF n,op
without consulting host or hostess. ana soou-IIh
ture mirth fun, frollc and happiness appear equa3
unrestralned aud the property Oh all hoSt anu s"'
or course, made trips to the Surf Hotel ana TOOK
sails about the bay, and there were d bardIY
of interest and importance whlch c1uu naiu ~
Gein nofic1ng The persons about the bay, Tor
instance have been killing their goose very fdpuly'
dOnbt if it lays golden eggs Tor them many 9cal'
longer The DOatmen at the surf llotel nay ~, "
come very tyrannical. There is neet mere vi VII
teen boats costing from 5000 10 $1,000 the charge
for which is Stj per day. or SO 30 tor bali daV, 10
PARTIES wishing 10 sail or fish. they are mOoiGu av
The dock in front of the surf Hotel and yet theSe
avaricIous bOatlnen allow the poor proprietor vi
the hotel only As per cent OF their earnings
for the privilege OF landing there. 10 DC
SIRE they give him in addition all tle
fish they catch, but as he only gets S3 oo
a day for serving mp to customers tneSe,
which cost nothing, what advantage can that glft
be considered There is diapldated little steamer
called the Surf with "a wheezy, coughing engine
and boiler, which carries passengers from BaONiOh
to the Surf Hoel, nine miles, and the collector mas
the impudence 10 charge 90 cents each way. FOR
tbe same sum YOU can 80 from Harlem to Manllat-
tan Beach and return. Dir. Sammls cOuid really
afford 10 build his own boat ana carry ms guests 10
his own hotel without charge, rather than nave
them subjected to the imposition OF tins boat pro-
prietor And at The hotel itself the proprietor seems
or head-wajeT, or some autOcrat OF the table, VINO
without regarding the price charged per day refuses
to allow more than dozen dishes t. appear ON DIS
bill OF fare at breakfast and tea, four OF when are
fish and one of which is vegetable. The vegetable,
however, is the costly and succuient potato, ana
this is cooked in two different ways, SO that there
can really be no Just complaint for lack OF variety
in potatoes, Besides, the simplicity OF such
bill of fare the wear and tear OF nina Wnlch
doubtless everyone has more OF less felt IN selecting
what TO eat from an elaborate bill such "a Saratoga
hotels impose OH their guests Tor tue same money.
The Surf Hotel proprietor doubtless recognizes that
these several autOcrats of the bay and beach are
lions. and will eventually rescue his guests from
then aVarIciUus clutches.