New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15

I ,o,,, t,,,o aeo, in ;be information and obserya
ton of its projectors 10 lead them TO Du'ia Nv,
story hotel quarter of o milo long, WIN o"
convcnlences tor summer and winter rcSi"'"''' "
| a calculated cost of million OF oo'"''' !" ,a
modate crowds which have. " Is no'o'o'', ~ ~
years Como there only for the days oNcui s'""'
crowd winch has every summer gone TO Rocka"ay
has nor been greater than throe boats ana as many
trans could accommodate each day. me ''s'''
have been wholly OF the poorer classes OF NC" i''
working people who go for a daFs on'l"B' ""'
who generally take their luncheon Win i"'"
rhe Mace has never been attractive to the
wealthy classes who have money TO spend ana tno
experIence of ali seaside managers has been t'"'
81. oroy,d - drives away the richer who can
oNord 10 nav for case with quiet. The very fact
that the Mammoth Hotel was calculated to ioed on
its oround # ,or rs miuy as 10000 visitors "a CAV
might be fully depended upon to keep the rooms Oh
the upper floors empty The experience i'r '"o
seasons only Of the Manhattan Beach Company III
this respect induced the managers TO bnd announcer
hotel which they endeayored to reserve Tor resi-
don,s for the whole season. to the exclusion oil the
onc-day customers. And II the average daiiy eN-
pendlture OF the richer class at the Manhattan
Beach Hotel was only about 30 cents exclusive
of fare. what return could have been expected ov
the Rockaway Hotel from the class gong 10 tha'
beach There has evidently been some Diuhoei'"S
by the projectors Of this mammoth caravansary'
The increase of rufhanisn at tho West emu vi
Coney Island is almost a direct consequence OF tho
overcro,yd NC of that part Of the island with cheap
hotels and shows and tho active rivalry OF pro-
prietors who are cutting each others throats IN
stead of pleasant retreat where can find rest
and peace the part Of Coney Island west OF
Brighton has become sort Of Donnybrook falr.
Noise and confusion pl1dOminate. runners
of hotels, shows, stages boats, piers ana
tho like solicit with all the vehemence
and annoving persistence of New-YOrk hackmen.
Bathing there is not only not exclusive, but rchned
and delicate people are apt TO sGbect themselves 10
insult. rs well as annoyance, from loOers-on ana
fellow bathers Police dis Iplne has relaxed; the
officer, act apparently IN the IN crest OF the pro-
pretors rather than of the public they are put there
to protect: and a citizen has little assurance OF the
assistance in case of trouble. Possibly when the
weaker propretors have been absorbed by the
stronger the survivors may see the need Oh as
cipline and decency, but just now they are occu-
pied in the work of eating each other up III II
hardly necessary to add that these remarks DO not
apply to the eastern half Of the island. The con-
trast between the two sections is too apparent even
to casual visitors there to require such d4stInc-
ton.
Another serious difficulty arising from the IN
crease of small hotels and the general overriding Of
the business at both Rockaway and Coney Island
is imperfcct sewerage facilities. There IS and
can be no combined action of the small propretors
TO secure good sewers and a consequence the
refuse is deposited either in the waters behind or
the surf directly in front of the hotels. What VIII
be the effect on the health of these places If this
policy il continued 1t Is not difficult to imagine