New-York tribune., 1881-03-28
SUMMER RESORTS OX LONG ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENTS FOR NEXT SUMNER.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS on THE RAILROADS
AND In THE HOTRLs-NEw wATERING-PLAcEs
on THE ATLANTIC COAsf-AN EARLY AND PROF
TABLE SEASON EXPECTED.
The machine ear and paint shops OF the Long ISL
and Railroad Company at Hunters Point. Bnshwick
and College Point are filed with workmen who are
repairing tho engines and cars. The depot at Hunt
er's Point has been enlarged to double its former
SIZE and the tracks in the yard bave been arranged
80 that lye trains NAV be flied at the same Time
without compelling passengers 10 cross the tfacks
rAis will afford ample accommodation for the sum-
mer business The station buildings along all the
lines being put IN thorough repair, ana ma9y O
tIem have been enlarged. At Babylon new depot
Is being constructed, which Will be the largest one
on the line outside OF Hunters Point. The right Of
way has beeu secured and the survey compieSeo LOT
The extension of the MOntank Railroad from
Pafchngue 10 MOrcbes. The ties ana iron tor build
ing the road being prepared. and the work Is tO
be begun soon. The new managers nave unuer AL
VisrInent the extension of the Glen Cove Branch
from Locust Valley TO Oyster BaY-iOHr miles New
paror aud engines are being made ana tue ROAD
will be put such acOndItiOn that trans can be run
ab AS high rate of speed aud with a. great safety
| a. Oh any road 10 the country. From present
Appearances Long Island Will nave dnrng the com
ng summer the best railroad service IT has ever
known.
On Long Beach marine road, three miles long,
viii be constructed from the hotel to the cas- eriy
point OF the beach where pavilion Is To oe built
| The Long Brach Improvement Company has made
tages. TO be completed by the middle OF June
SchreInePs orchestra has been reengaged.
new watering place has been established on the
sontn s,de ot the island on Joness Beach about SIX
| miles east If Long Beach. large motel anu cot
ages are 10 DO erected aud they will be ready Tor
guests July l. The beach Is bounded on the south
by toe ocean and on the north bv Great South Bay
lt has recently been leased for tfty years by New
York capitalists, who propose to spend hall inlioD
dollars ~ improving IT, Oak Island. w1ich Is sepa.
raj from Jonrss Beach by JoneSS Inlet, was eased
two years ago for term OF MY years TO seVeral
Brooklyn capitalists, and they lntend 10 erect on IL
"a large hotel aud summer cottages. A branch road
connecting with tue MOntauk Railroad at Amlty"
Vile is 10 cross the bay Oh trestle; and will take
visitors tO tine beach Fire Island Inlet separates
Oak Island B,ach from + re- Island Beach.
Additions are being made TO the surf House on
Fire Island. Tne hotel was filled with guests last
yer from the opening oil the season until late IN tue
iaily aud applicants Or accommodations were turned
away daily. Tue heavy storms III the last winter
damaged the bathing-houses aud platforms 10 the
extent of several thousand dollars. AT East Hamp-
ton QdOgue, BTidgehamptOn and Southampton most
O tho pIOprIetOrs oil no. els ana private OoaTdlnR-
houses report that their rooms are already enSakeu
fer The coming season, and several additional hotels
ars III OF construction. Another season IN all
probability will witness the extension Of the sag
llarbOr Branch of the Long Island RIrOad To Mon
tank Point. With sieam road 30 MODtauk nearly
the entire south side of Long Island from COney
Island to MOntauk Will be occupied by summer re.
all of them aordIng excellent saltwater and
surf bathing. With the completion OF the Back
wells Island Bridge aud railroad to Montauk, pas
snngers could land IRON European steamers at
MOntauk and take tans iOr any part OF the United
States. thus saving from four to tive hours tlme
Grain cOuld be shipped from the West direct To the
sieamrrs There is line harbUT at MOntauk, with
wator sufficient 10 1oat the largest steamers and
amplu room for warehouses. The landing OF steam
ers at MOutauk has Deen contemplated iot seNelh
years. .
common TO tue place 50 early IN the season The
surf mas made changes IN the beach. The iron
pier has wIthstOOd the force OF the storms but many
of stoOps and plazzas of the hOIels ON tue sand
hills overlooking the ocean have been washed away
together with many bathing g-hOuses. Opposite the
Seaside Pavilion q bar has formed thai extends
nporly 10 the iron pier similar bar formed eight
wears ago where the South Side Pavilion Stood cre-
ating an inner channel so broad anu deep that 1t
had 20 be crossed IN boats 20 Teach the surt Inc
great bar at Far R0ckaway known as Hog lslaDd,
the ownership Uf which is disputed IN che courts
originated IN the same way. lew men have Deen
at work on the interior OF The mammoth nOteI our
ing the winter. l s now positively stated that tne
hotel will De open before the summer Is over. With
in "A week, 1t Is reported, tho contentious among
those interested in the hotel have been settled. and
the necessary money to complete tbe building and
grounds Will be supplied. The hotel shUuld bave
been opened last summer, but II was allowed TO lia
idle, although the furniture, bedding, crockery,
ETC.. were stored ON the upper floors, whe the eel
lars were stocked with wines, the ranges were put
up in the kitchen, and almost every preparation
was made Tor opening. The hotel, counting us ha-
bihtles has cost 81 900 0O0 and $3.50, 900 more -
needed to knisn it. The large bathInR-hOuse begun
last tall aud carried up Que story remains un-
changed. Recently men have been at WOrk putting
the carpets aud furniture IN 800 OF the bedrooms.
The building ~ to have sleeping Recommendations
for 5000 persons. ana Tue restaurant wn s W ar
The property continues M the hands Of kecelver
RIce who has issued $2OO.000 of certificates,
$780, 900 of when were gven 20 the mechanics and
iaborers lol wages The debt of the hotel will prop
ably amount TO half million dollars. The work OF
constructing park With sDady groves west OF tne
hotel has been intrusted to Frederick Law Omstead.
Tie construction of tins park will De pushed
gradually forward. but 1T viii not be finished tins
season.
A corporation Of wealthy Hebrews has been
formed IN New-YOrk for the purpose of establishing
a Waterng.place on the beach exclusively tor their
| race They have purchased large plot of ground
| extending from the bay tn the ocean, west ot At
| Iantie PARK. Tho new railroad which is TO run
| across Jamaica Bay, under permit granted by she
Queens County Supervisors, vail nave its terminus
I M gho grounds,
Manhattan and ROckQway Beaches suffered the
most damage by the great storms last winter. The
/ cost OF repairing the bnlkhtSd at Manhattan Beacn
/ Will bo largo.