New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-27
RY TIE 8EASIDE.

OPENING DAY AT MANHATTAN BEACH.
THE OLD HOTEL, PAVILION AND THE BATH HOUSES
TO he OPEN TO THE PUBLIC T0-DAY-1HE
GREAT NEW uoTKL-IMrRoVED SEWERAGE
hYSTEM.
The opening of the Manhattan Beach Hotel
to-day may he said TO mark the beginning OF the sum
mer season. so dear TO the hearts OF waiering-pace
managers and sea-heach companies President Corhln
selected better than he knew when he rejected the sug
gesiions and inducements OF fair May duy, for the
month past until within day or two OF the day decided
uuou by him has been unCOmfOrably chilly near the
ocean despite the long drOuth IN the Interior To-day
which Is TO see the formal opening az thu beach, prom
ses to be Us intensely hot as its two immediate rcde'
CessOrs have been.
The old hotel familiar a. the Manhattan, the Pavilion
for lunch or picnic parties the several thousand bath
houses and the Marine Railway TO Brighton Beach are
70 be thrown open the public today bnt there VIII DO
no for the present and the new hotel ami grounds
will bc occupied until about July l. All the atac
tons OF the Old establishment w however BE- acccssi
BILE and enjoyable Boats to run 10 Bay Ridge. "a
formerly from four landings North River, ana the
Grcenpont routc viii also be In active operation John
H. Starn's elegant excursion boats viii DO employed by
this company.
Tie new hotel at the beach Ia an immense structure.
II has front OF 500 feet and depth Of 100 feet and
much as It may surprise those accustomed 10 a,socate
only one and or. at the utmost thrccsiory hotels
with the sea shore Will be six high There nrc
AG4 bed rooms If each holds two persOns there VIII be
accommodations for 02S persons daily say 900 In.
Guiding the infants. at 81 pOr day will be $4,000 per
week or about 700 for the season Of two mouths
and half There two largo aud fifteen small din
ine-rooms besides three similar place. Of banishmcn
for Dnd children. a large Kitchen and
q strVants dOrmitOry are separated rom The
main building, as also the bOilor and gas
houses. There II beautiful frontage ON ehtepshrad
BAY well tho ocean ana one can approach the
still water edge. The office and corridor are large and
the latter runs through the entire depth OF the build
ing, thus admitting a freq 0Tau or nr Broad plhZZis
on each story overlook both bay aud ocean The com
pnny. apparently h"H uet discovered TIE beauty Oi the
BAY aud means 10 put use its frontage thereon An
other beauty Of the hotel lies Ia tbc very great hrGht
ia coillngs All t0OfS are so hTI"hSc ~ 10 ue ~!
thrown INTO suco VI ratlor, dining hud cdtdnWA ne
upholstery Is To- be ~ gorgeous character rather INA"
the severely plain style al the olhtr hOtcI
The company has built Il bulkhrhd along itH entire
font which the seycrest at"im s. nryci krly 10 dis
turb. IL consists OF two ~ driven piles cght f'c
apart ell scly bound together by iron rods, and the
space between filled with stones and cnrth II Is
strongly braCed from the ocean mont RLd lbo pies con-
neOied by heavy boarding such hS IL seen IN berry
docks. Tho company wisely concluded that "a pcrmh-
nent bukhead was cheaper aud better thHl one which
had to De renewed every yCGr.
Tho Improvement In tic sewerage sYBlOm II also very
noteworthy. The big IIpcS which formerly carried tho
sewage OF the old hotel iutO 8hccpshead Bay have
been extended 10 and under the new OrrntR Holel.
Thence they have been carried ut heavy down grade
tar out into Shccphead Bay near Rocknway Inlet where
they empty, not Into the lay. but Into u huge
tank built IN The bay. The bottom OF tbs tank Is lust
about foot below low water mark. The side looking
sunwurd Is IA gate hung upon hinges the top. When
tide IA running in 10 closes gate. making tho tank
water-tight when tho tide Is running out tue Rnt"
iups omen and the sewage accuinu atoms Of tho ure
und Of course hey never return With the gate CLOSED
the incoming tide cannot carry the hcwatc up The bay
and through COneY Island creek into New York lGraur
II now does from other points on COncy Island There
f. "a scheme, projected by e.. =. MOuOu. Of the Nav
haitian Beach Company, to extend tho same system
westward 10 the cud Of TIE island giving tho other
hotels IA chance 10 connect Win II.