New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-08
LAST rorcHES At CoSET ISLAND.
MoRr AccoNMnDArIONs FOR GUESTS.
woEKMEN Busy At ALL POINTS -THE COW AND
"rnr HOTEL pE CLAN NOT TO 1879 REPAIRED
-TIE NTW IRON PIER.

woKKNEN Busy AT ALL POINTS -IHE COW AND
THE HOTEL III CLAN Not TO 1879 REPAIRED
-TiE NTw IRoN PIER.
Some seven OF eight hundred men were az work
Yesterday AZ COnnv Island. bu-ily preparing thc
buildings and grounds There Tor ihc Summer season.
Sidewalks were hring repaired; tle damage done
ions was being rcmclied thr hotels were being rr-
painted while here and there new building
was going up. 81 Mlnhattn Beach alone
5nSTe E The SSa1ii1hcad in front Of t6c
hotel was badly damaged hy thc winter storms and
n new one has been constructed. Carpenters were
busilv engaged yesterday in covering THIS With
heavy plankiug. 4 Temporary track h1- been ltI
in front of ihe hotel. and trains of st cars wc.r
drawing sand from the east end Oh OBJ. tac gaps made
bv the storms The hOtl itself ls u. ing CLEANED
aud rcpan,sd for its opening which takes place to
latter par; OF tIs month. lhc ba,hug pavilion
will also hc thoroughly renovated. An additional
picT las been run out into fr water about 100 feet.
Surug-hoards are 90 ho placed upon this io give
tho lutbtfs au opportunity 10 practice diving.
Eight workmcn w.rc busy completing Oh" work of
STRENGTHENING tine hulAhcais 90 front of the or
entail with heavy stones. and Tomorrow SIXTY more
will begin filing 100 and lrNtlhug tlr plot OF ground
between the huikhcai and tlc hotel preparatory 10
soddiug In the h0f"l which B. 700 present 90 the
hands Of cleaners. numhr. OF rooms have hrrh
constructed especially for thr accommodating oi thc
nurses and servants of the guests. II l- thougu
that there will Dee many more boaIicrs tn, summer
at these h0.es than IN any previous -'a-oh, l''c
has been torn down. Considerable work ell b"
needed to pat the Marine Railway in order. The
beach adjoining the f'ad-hcd ha. been almost com
pctclV washed away, and the picket fences which
inclo,ed the track are down IN many places. Along
the track are scattered rubbish and poles.
Brighton Beach Hotel has been changed very lit
tie The damage 10 the bathing pavilion has been
repaired and thc buldiug has been Iclnlntcd a"i
rcittcd Just south of the bngltnn Beach Hotel
were ten or twelve 40 work preparing FOR an at
tack tomorrow upon the tOnCOnIc. The concrete
paveuent has become badly cracked and is M very
bad condition. A large force OF men viii begin re-
pairing this tomorrow. IL Is also 10 Zoe extended
about 100 feet beyond the present end t1 the lrgi-
ton Beach Hotel The stages, as yet, only run Oh
the CoucOUr-e sundays.
The greatest activity was 10 be seen al West
Brighton. 4 large bathing pavilion Is being erected
by Mr. Naudcryecr ou the beach opposite ln- hotel
The framework of this Is already in position and n
is expected that 10 viii De ready for usr june /. II
is rs feet by go feet, and viii contain 400 hath
houses lis architecture and color are 10 Dee Of tie
most striking KIND, ana are warranted 10 pdrtlAIe
all behOldc,. just south of thS the new iron pier is
advancing into the ocean. 80 the contractor says at
the rateOf 10 feet aday This pier vii be- tie landing
place for the ROrkaway steamers and ucw lluc OF
Coney Island boats. and Is To Doe about 1000 feet
in length. Not more than 100 feet are done now,
hu, the contractors hope to complete it early iu
June. Between thirty aud forty nll were at work
on IL Yesterday. and th.s force VIII Doe increased
s',,nrwhgt tomorrow. Tue Hotel dc Clam viii
M he altered at All, nor the cow, which lest sum-
NOR furl shed fresh milk To- thousands. The Sea
Beach Palace. a relic of the hiadcphia Ccuienuial
Exposition and the plaoc where the late Gotthold
CaTlberg gave concerts IN the early part of last
summer is being changed into a hotel The large
room in which the rcstauriht was is being paril-
toned oil into bedrooms. and There IS to uc an ad-
ditiopal wing built, making accommodations for
from 100 10 80 guests.
The West Brighton Hotel will open May H. the
only additions beng small dinln2-foom and re-
cention-roou There are L2j men NJ work ou the
brighton and West Brighton Elevated Railroad.
The track has been completed except about 200
feet al the southern end aud across tle Boulevard.
The work on this and the station at West Bughton
will begin tomorrow. The contractors expect 10
have the work all finished iu three weeks. Felt
mans Pavilion which has been used as Theatre IS
being altered into a daucing-hdil and restaurant.
Nearly all the smaller bindings no West Brighton
have been enlarged or improved IN some way
Several of the railroads already running trains
20 COuey Island at intervals of one or two hour-
and they are usually well filled in the afternoon.