Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-24

a Picturesque and Historic Resort
Ocean Groves Growth.

letter to the Jersey City Journal, speaking
ofthe coast resorts, says OF Elberon:
Ii Is safe to say Of this place. 80 well adver-
tised last year, that had the Cabinet known as
much OF IL when the summer arrangements were
made In May as they did on the sad September
days when Gen. Garfield went away. they would
never have gone there at all. The picturesque
hotel is only the dining-room OF the close cor
poration OF cottagers whose score OF buildings
DOT the twenty acres or more OF lawn
strangers are not only not wanted, but
they are not lolerated. and the class OF people
VINO Hooked back there after the season was
over were not on the social level of.the men OF
the Cabinet whom they ogled from the porches
or OF the dying President who was 10 them
only social advertisement. Even the telegraph
once asprtvate and the lawns forbidden ground
their bulletins until they did 30 by government
favor and the kindness OF Macveagh, after
Lincoln had taken charge Of the Office by q War
department order. Everything but q twenty
WORD bulletin had to be sent from the West
End hotel, two miles away. and the coach hire
bills OF the hundred and fifty newspaper cor
respondents were ten times greater than their
board bills Forty coaches left the hotel In the
space OF twenty minutes when that terrible and
unexpected message Of Schocumaker6 was
licked through the silent rooms "He is sinking
rapidly" Half an hour before the lights had
been turned down In the Francklyn cottage and
the message had been, There has been no un-
favorable change and none 10 expected"
Tens of thousands OF summer soiourners
along shore will visit the place sanctifed
by the sufferings Of the dead President
which have made II historic but they will
not be wanted. The place. with it's cottages
ana surroundings is, however, the bandsomest
ana most picturesque along the whole ocean
shore OF America. and all the sight seers want
can be seen from the splendid ocean drive which
passes directly through the center ofthe grounds
and whlchis the public highway.
The dOuble-decked town of Ocean Grove and
Asbury Park, with its two names, and two local
governments, and two post offices, and only one
railroad station, Is the most remarkable piece of
development since the Northern Pacific railroad
invented Duluth, and Lands by risky invest
ment, and by dint OF advertising established
Vineland, in the sands Of South Jersey. Twelve
years ago drove down here with Gen Grant.
VINO spent an hour about q little group OF
tents which lay In the shade Of some yillainous
scrub pines on the edge of q brsckish frog
pond. IL was about as unpromising a place
as there was on the Jersey coast Brush
maker Bradley had bought a mile OF land.
hall swamp on the other side of the frog pond,
and said he was going to build q city, People
smiled and wondered what was the matter with
the brushmaker's wits. That same brushmaker
had pluck to put $50 600 INTO the sand before
ne ever took out cent, and now he can afford
TO smile, because he is q millionaire aud likely
TO become much more 30. Now there are
thousands Of houses, thousands of permanent
residents, and many times ten thousand sum
mer visitors. Think Of two miles of bathing
houses, 500 or more In all, and then imagine
the scene along shore when I'm bathing hours
They are not sufficient to accommodate the
bathers, more than half Of whom dress in their
own cottages up in the grove.