New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
REAL EsT1rE AT LONG BRANCH.
UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY IN BUILDING OPERA
TIoNs ALONG THE COAST.

UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY IN BUILDING ofEHA-
TIONs ALONG THE COAST.
lFROw AN,OCCAToNAL CORRESPONDENTS FrHE TlhBUNh'I
LONG BRANCH. Dec. 26.-Ihe present de-
mand for masons carpenters aud all kinds Of building
aborers along the shore is unprecedented Inc con
tractors and all interested in building operations nave All
they can possibly do aud they find great difficulty III
obtaining enough wOrkmen to supply tie demand INC
lumber men report an unusually lively business Inc
real estate operators report number OF very heiVy
sales ana an Increasing demand for shore property me
present activity in real estate promises to continue III
winter In the spring there will be an advance Oh Hoih
Is to 20 per cent in the price Of the prop
erty along the shore, and in special cases. "here
the location very fine, the advance will he about 80
per cent The most marked increase in price of property
along the coast ia at ElborOn Twenty-Five years ago.
or be exact September II, 1892 100 acres oi h
sold there at lS per or II 500 for the plot lt"
wcckE ago cottage plot there sold Tor T2OooV caSh
and it was net very large one Mr.. Lewis b. Bro"h'
the owner of the tract of land from whose name was
fashioned The popular title Of Eberon only paid about
81 500 an acre for the land shortly after the
opening of the war OF the Rebellion The cottage OF
Mir Charles G Franckyn, in which the President dieo'
has closed for the winter but hundreds o persons
visit weekly and gaze sadly up AZ the windows OF tDe
room once occupied by the President Every Vesuge oi
the temporary track has disappeared with the eNcep-
ton of the marks made y the ties across the noo COZ
tagc lawns and the places where the brown earth shows
up through the grass the Franckyn cottage and
the railr, ad cmhankmCut.
Opposite the Elbcron Hotel is the villa plot pur-
chased last fall hv Mr. George Il. Blanchard, Vice
President Of the NewYork, Lake Erie and western Rail
road Company 4 large force Of workuen
is engaaed in erecting the plot a
beautiful cottage. Several Of the cottages
at Iberon being repaired and improved or the
coming season. and several new ones are TO be erected
between now ana next summer The blum III the rear OF
the cottage OF H. Victor Newoombc has been thoroughly
rrncctcd from the possible roaIs ~ the sea by stout
hnlhead The hi OF the railroad is in the vauahe
tract Of land owned by John Hocy His line run- for
over a mile hy the side Of the railroad and embraces
some of the choicest property along the entire coast
The tract Of land south OF MIR Hoey country seat,
Hollywood Park" aud the new station 10 Be erected
by the railroad company the tract will be known as
" HOLLYWOOD" Tie new cottage Of william A.
Garrison son Of Commodore Charles X. Garrison.
crowns the lAl. II is about oue-han completed
and il viii he one OF the most perfect of yia4 The cost
is estimated at upward Of $4,000 Tie band winch
II stands is the highest point The coast bet1cen
and Florida with the exception of the Savc,iuk
HisAiauds The view III all droc,i u- from the roo, IT,
- o,.o W. a, n ne nroTrrtv and has brrin the cree,
ton of several cottages In hollow in the centre or the
a LAX 90 pIrC sVTluF water, ON Ntdtt3Ntr "N
'ita the ,e-gtes of HOLLYWOOD Park are Two cot
tagcs erected l,t year by Mr.. Huey. 4 new one is
UIe csllar being drg for q third
oI cIe gg..aa rba.s that are complr,.d arc mrri.,
throughout in TIE most costly mauuer The one a""ut
hal completed very larc and not tooi 20" space hd-
been wasted The ball on the main h"or runs TIE 're
lcngh OF the building and taLJ -AO coacA could De
driven through il with ease.
The Board of chosen Frtcholcr1 Of the cOul. .r has
given out the contract ior the ne" IRON hHd-. over
Green's Pond. m Ocoauyc, and Will b" erected dur
inc the winter Mrs Green has donated the property 90
tie association formed by She cotiagcrs and tue
sides OF tine pond VII Dc dug out and uc banks laid ont
in drives ana walks, lkuEit ~ The lgg-t spots
on the coast The estimated cost uf tIc Improvement
incuding the bndsc, j, over ftODJJ i"' e"tia-'IT
have raised fund Of over 3u,OOO Tor the Improvement
of tpe shores of the lake ln DcC1H-avc Mr. hlu", OF
New York Mr. Herman, also OF NCWGurk, are building
fine cottages for private NJ ana $. Sicr1cr2rr arc
erecting tWo COTTAGES Ia Ctdaravc Mr.. Kiug-and who
purchased portion OF the property bepu- nE 20 drs
Edwin Adams is erecting cottage that VII cost aooui
$4,000 - 49, .,..
Messr Prcsburv and IildIItI, OF tie Wet End Hut'
are making improvements 10 their house. auc WiI also
make additions the West End cottages. the private
cottage vi Mr. PrcsBury Is being completely Tomodricd
A large wing being added 10 tHc Rowland Hotel and
wings will also he built 70 the NnutioH House aud the
Ocean Hotel. Richard J. DobDus OF Phrdclnmd. the
owner of the HuWi.nd. Central. AuaAIC ana other
hotels here. has begun the erection OF new one az
Ocean and south Batayos. All along the line the
activity - year promises 10 De the great
est yet known in the history oi This coast.