New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
LONG BEACH TRANSFORMED.
THE CHARACTER OF THE HOTEL CHANGEI

THE CHARACTER OF THE HOTEL CHANGED.
MADE MORE POPULAR AND sUCCEssFUL-IMPRoYE-
MENTs THAT HAVE BEEN MADE-soME OF THE
GUEsTs--A STORY ABOUT EX-MAYOR wICKILAM.
TYRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUsE.l
LONG BEACH. Aug. 7.-Whoevcr designed the
great changes which have been made at Long
Beach since last season evidently in the mood
of the man who was earnestly searching for that
which no did not want 10 find. The al
tcrations have been made with tho design
of making welcome the class of guests that
were not van cd the making at one and
the same tine quiet family hotel for an exclusive
class and popular resort for democratic pleas
urI--seekers. He was genius OF landlord or
architectural | fancy he was something of both
who hit the happy mean in tho construction of the
Long Beach Hotel. This hotel was hastily CON
structed when tho Coney Island fever, winch
Austin Corbin 50 artistically melted and spread
few years ago, at its height; and the blunder
was made of building y hotel for the acoOnmOda-
ton of excursion parties. The whole OF the ground
floor was thrown open to them; "A dining
room was provided capable of seating at least
three times as many persons as ever applied for
dinner ut one time; there was a parlor for dancing
nearly large enough to be lost in; while the original
barroom would have accommodated 800 or 600
thirsty souls at the same moment. The result was
that the bedroom space was limited. All this bas
been changed The dming-rOom has been reduced
one-half and in the space thus saved ten handsome
cottagc-aets have been constructed. The parlor or
danci ,-hall has entirely disappeared, and in the
barrack-like space formerly thus used six more
cottage-sets and Offices, barroom, reading
room and barber-shops have been
built These cottages unique and
charming feature of the place more attractive TO
my mind than the detached cottages. They have
all the exclusiveness OF the others, amid the
hustle OF the hotel and are i'll every respect most
elegant ana attractive. They face on the broad
piazza as on a street, bat are rallied OH as with
fence. and are surrounded with growing vines ana
shrubbory, which give them home-like mir. These
and other changes added 1875 rooms 10 the hotel,
and all Of these arc filled on Saturday and Sunday
nights. M
design of making Long Beach a. once attractive to
excursion parties and TO families for the season,
were made with the result of rendering the hotel
qulet and homclke. Inc depot Was placed al some
distance to the wet of the hotei. tat noisy and
dusty trains do not run past H. as at Manhattan
I;rlth or INTO Il, as at Brighton. The bath-hUusc
rouize, are nj a considerable distance from the
hotel. and not part OF If OF IN 'front.' OF H. Even
the music stand Is at end OF the hotel, That
one may, If he chooses, avoid tEo concert without
leaving Inc piazza. In short, eyc3 thing possible
hos been DONE tnG successfully uOHc, 10 make tile
hOic as exclusive as possible, ana yet 10 accOlnmo-
date the hundreds Oi poasure-seckerS who prefer
tor a single day the peace OF Long Beach to the
nOIse and confusion ami upror Ol Coney Island and
RUckaWay. .
gate is making the hotel successful in another I'M
portant particuiar-the financial. The class Of
quo sts as indicated by the list / send selected
from very much longer list, would Indicate that
mi, rcport Is true Most of the gentlemen named
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