New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
CHANGES AT LONG BRANCH.
PROSPECTS OF A GAY sFAsON.

WHO HAVE ENGAGED ROOMS.
ttr,u , s,.y,l,1 corri >ruNDrNr or TIL TG'rr>rI
Iovr BnAxcu. Nav 26.-paint aid Vl.c"a
rein, suprcmr in tn hotels. !! one walks down
Ocean-ave from the brighton to the West I""
,,. Lsc il sccI, TO b. elistoniue IN a irr,h coat
OF paint On the spac;ou, vcrnnda of ia" Wet
End appcar, daily group hnrclius CURES io"Hiug
like MnA>ulniars at prayer instead oi the indus
trious ~ inters that tn are. Ihe sound oi thr car
pcntcr's hammer come, instantly 10 the ear hNr
the Tapping Of huge woodpnokrrs. Long IIa",H
has avail rcd from lis winter s,WnheT~ and is N'A9
prepared To- emerge from Us Sr,lu>ion ni" l"i me-
Next week cones the first inius Of c"fta-"r' ana
permanent visitors. Several of tn" h"''iN VIA
open and by June - ~ca.on viii hf b'-uh "'"'h
promises to be- tho most porous that Long h'"''"
has ever known. 81 have hccu here FOR twenty
nine wears and never have known su'h 'I"""d
for rooms" said Howard stokes of I'll, Eiieai"n ia"
day. and NJ. J. Butler Of ;ho Mansion lIou,r. added
d" In my six years experience never hnr" 81 p"
many applications for board at iii, uDI,. j. cN'ry
hotel on the beach. with perhaps one or two SWAT
exceptions hale and in some Cl>'> tuHc i"dIlh' Oh
the rooms have been engaged Every h"t"i-h'r"r
shows great files Of lcttcrs and rl',rauS asking Tor
rooms. At present only two houses are OPEN the
Elhorun and the Atlantic; but after June 20 IL Is
safe tO say that desirable room fronting DO" ocean
in large hotel will I've ~ difficult Of attainment as
the solution Of the Whitaker case. Cottages are
| also in greatly increased demand. Thomas Cooper
the well Unknown real estate agent hcrr sad To-day
| More cottages are being built, more have been
rented higher prices have been obtained for cot
tarcs and land and more land has changed hands
than in the last five years" Nearly fifty new cot
tagcs have been built at different points between
Scahright and Elbcron. Bat before noting IA de
tail the changes at hotels aad in the cottage colony
there are some general changes Of interest which
have taken place in the last year
THF REIGN OF TIE HACKNrN.
In the village Of Long Branch itself an unusual
amount of building has been going ON. The pros
pcct of greater popularity for the beach has led
to the erection Of many new stores, although the
village appeared to be amply supplied before. That
the hackmen share these visions Of golden gains ls
! evident now for spawned stccds and rckctY car
riages are being daily rcsurrcctcd and furnished up
that visitors may do pcnancc Tor their SINS. Inc
| hacllncn are like the jersey mosquitoes. W ith
their horses they emerge from their season of iib"r
| nation lean cadavtruus and hungry. but painfully
| energetic The warm weather cNcii"s them even
now to n noisy activity. although there Is hardly
one visitor to be seen for every two earnings but
| meanw lille the muscle of jawbonc aud check grows
mighty They whct their bills for IN" seasons
| feast and in "A short time will begin gOr-ing them
selves with the blood Of their victims until they are
| boatcd with insolcricc and ill-Cottcn gains They
| prevail principally at the Long Branch station Al
| Branchpor, a new station has been built. winch
! will be used next week. The pinning mli near 10y
has been running daily until lo"Clock ~ hlsht ~
| order 10 supply lumber for the unprecedented
| building. At the racc-cOur>e tho TRACK mas i"''h
! put in good condition and some additions nave hth
| built to the stahlcS increasing conSdcriby ne
\ number of horses that can hc accommodated" Al
| though the red dust OF pccan-aNc. j. not Nuit'l
| hV one carriage al present Wh"r' iilv viii dd~h
| over il IN the season yet the cntlrr avenue when
watcrcd will be- in excellent condition for du'iuE.
Ii has recently undergone Nl"c"> ~ m!, l,'''aI
| ing. The roadhcd has been c"Ntr'd WIN -fhNri
and rounded of.
One of the first changes that Will ~trll 90 visitors.
and one certainly to he much regretted Is o. the
hluii which has suffered seriously Dung ih' winter
from the nroads of the >ra. Heavy storms It'r
washed away its baS' IN many places, ana ihr .in
mt films undermined has crumbrd away back To-.
ward the drive. a little east ~ li""lanHo H"l',
some twenty or thirty feet Of tn hluu las 'a'rd
| in making a zap that c,tcnd"i .ui" TIE nVr'u',
/ and had To- lee li.lcd The whole front If tI" l.h
Srrns to lie falling back h,iorc Obj, SEA. and ,he
! avenue j, in danger 90 heinz 'ncr"I 'irG upon.
| REPAIRING I'M lEDN FER
| Work on tho iron pier h,- been pushed forward
vigorously tbs week in or,cr Tat III" damages
! done b, the winter, storms may bc completely Ic-
haired before Decoration Day; for on that day ilI"
| first boat of the Is Apcctrd with an c>'nI-
sion party although II now seem, doubtful whether
or not the pier III be- suitable for landing place
Ii has been an interesting p!rcc "i engineering W'ih
TO replace the twenty-five OF thirty icci al the end
! OF the pier which were washed away. Iir water
is here twenty four feet d,cr. Hollow non Pii's
are used perhaps a foot IN diameter AND hitt five
feet long At the lower end Of the pile Is au iron
sloe with a hole about two lnchc, IN diameter III
the centre The pile j. pat IN place and Is ailoWr.
! IN sink 10 the sand with u cap screwed tightly on
/ the upper end. 4 ppe communicates with III" m
! terror Of the Pile just below the car. l'y means Of
/ a steam engine water i pumped mp ana i"r'rd
through tins pipe INTO the lrlc at an exceedingly
3 lit,h Ia.
small hole in tie hoe at the bottom WASHES away
the sand, forming an eNraN Hl"n mt" WI" lI" pi'
/ sinks of it, own weight. In tli~ way tl'," plies
aTr sunk twelve feet deep III ia" sand. and ~ many
! ~ six have been driven I'D one day Ir Outer 'hd
of the per will Dee strength ned rY placing .rNcfll
! piles Close together II VA rr"nhI( hr lIr middle
OF June before The pier with H. freshly painted lamp
posts rolorrd light and >m""ih floor VIII hr 100 iu
! readiness Tor Its u'r ~ - lr"i'h1"' u iS "i'-
! what uncertain ~ yet when the hoat' viii l"-lh
their regular trips {" the lH,r' although PI"h"hN
/ within the next ten days Meanwhile. is" ways
] of travel are orcn the all-T.il rout" JOS tIr NrN
j,r,cy Central from ia" foot Of lirri' IT. am, thr
! nnd thence hv boat To- ! at Long Branch. summer
Timetables for both routes viii 10" is-"i "n Naiut
/ DAY and alter that cate the Central hHI"hy Viii
run fourteen trans ihll!'
A GLANCE Al SOME NrW COTTAGES.
Erfore visiting the hotels tie cottages dcu..nd
attention. 4, usual a, summer r--rrt~. ~ Isl" are
becoming yearly NOE costly more c.H""id a..I
I more fantastic IN their eccentric moIi"raii"i> cd
the Queen Anne style winch prevails. Ih~ j. ra-
pccially noticeable near Elhof"n, where the most
expensive residences are situated. Her II - mat
the feature of thi, year, buduE l. {" Ice remarked
| in the cottag, costing $1,000 winch Commodore
! Garrison is building on the east side of Ocean atc.
! in front of Thomas Murphy, COTTAGE, and next Ia
! the summer residence Of Moses Taylor, which cost
! $50 900 Under such circumstances thc life OF
" Golfer" and love in cottage certainly oilcr
| substantial inducements. Commodore Garrl@ons
cottage is the largest private cotia'c at lIbcI"p.