Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-21
LETTER FROM LONG BRANCH.

LETTER FROM LONG BRANCH.
The Season There-A Good One Clatmed-Lone
Branch's Fusure-(;en. G;rant-Thc Bathing
and Driyes-The Tariff Commission-Per-
sOnal. Etc.
Special Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
LONG BRANCH, August 1S.-The season at the
seashore, that is the hotel season, generally
begins to decline after the middle of August.
IL mas thus far been fairly successful one at the
branch-in fact the largest hotel here claims that
IL has had more guests than ever before, and am
inclined 10 believe it, for rooms cannot be secured
now unless applied for in advance. The cottages
are all occupied, and in the evening vast popu-
latlon CROWDS Ocean avenue with every conceiv-
able kind OF carriage This "city by the sea-" with
its real estate estimated at fifteen million dol
lars, Is pushing on down the shore towards the
dt eal r Beaen ana extending back along the splen-
rear Ihis week the Hathaway property at Deal,
Gan Ola Time seashOre resort long before Long
brancn was thought of sold for si6O,00a 1t is to
be cut up into building Sites and as it is the high
est point or land on the beach between Sandy Hook
ana Cape May it win sell readily Ten years ago it
then only accessible by stage from this place, ana
was, In fact, quite Isolated, having few mails and
has sprung up, just mile south of it; Elberon is
almost uggng 1t on the north, and trains fly by
on on douole track road every thirty minutes. Not
1ar distant, beginning with Sandy Hook, and going
south. the towns Of Monmouth Beach, Seagirt, East
Long Branch, Long Branch, Elberon, Deal Asbury
Park, Ocean Grove, Ocean Beach, Spring Lake.
Point Pleasant, Barnegat and Toms River Will al /
be United: On the other side OF Barnegat Bay to
AIlantlc City, and beyond to Cape May, the same
I De required to carry them out. Save by an occa-
s,on3l lnteregnum of bays and rivers there will be
one long, continuous line OF SeaShore resorts for
quite one hundred and siXty-flve miles OF coast.
WHY LONG BRANCH?
Sitting on the portico the other evening listen
ing 10 ex-Colector Murphy'S description Of the
past OF this place and to what is contemplated in
the future. ! asked him why it is called Long
through its park, along the beach, but nothing
InaI could possibly suggest the name came in
v. view. FOR moment even one OF the founders Of
the new part OF the town hesitated as If unable to
remember, but finally rising from his chair and
pointing down towards Elberon, he said: cat the
foot of the hill on which Grants cottage is located
is little outlet of stream which YOU can almost
Jump across That is the long branch of the
shrewsbury river, and from that the village Of
Long Branch-a cosy little country place a couple
OF miles from the beach-takeS its name Wien
this shore was built up. though it has no more to
the heg vge a6 with New fo
oeeh several suggestions made to change 1t. but
", avail. The projectors Of Elberon, which
IS as much part of Long Branch to the eye as it
could well be, came upon their name as is pretty
wen known, by an accident. The not uncommon
name OF 81. e: Brown" became euphoniZed into
EioerOl, and the hotel and cottages near it have
always been known as such and got a world wide
reputation In the death Of President Garfield
u.
even IN watering place.
GEN. GRANT.
Gen. Grant confines himself quite closely to his
cottage, and those OF his sons and neighbors only
occasionally visiting the hotels. The oLher MORN
ing, during the music at the West End, he came
upon the portico and sat down for chat with
Gov. Whyte, Of Maryland He goes up to New
York every few days, but takes the rail, in the
face OF his narrow escape from the frightful acct
Hs ann IeGeeh h IN wach some were killed and
Ine evening you Will find him invariably in linen
custer lying off on the excellent country roads
W WL there Is no law against fast driving. Gen
Grant consented to accept the cOmmissiOnership
10 MEXICO before his name was sent to the Senate.
THE BATHING AND DRIVES.
The bathing continues to be the exception here
as much as it is the rule at Cape May The bathers
are almost wholly confined to the hotel guests and
among the ladies the more fashionable they are
IT. the pail room or parlor the more fashionable
they are in the water Some OF their bathing cos
tunes are very attractive. though calculated to
daZe beholder on his first visit to the beach
Now and then an excellent swimmer far out proves
to be a lady-nOtably Miss Kate Forsyth the
actress But in driving as well as in bathing many
ladies' take the lead with single and double teams
displaying great skill in the lines OF elegant turn
outs that go up and down the avenue. Some ladies
nave the handle OF a paraSOl made into whip,
to shade the head it looks quite odd to see a long
whip projecting above the parasol.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
IdrOpped In on the Tariff commits sion Yesterday
They have magnificent quarters in the parlors of
one OF the new West End cottages. They looked
like an appellate court hearing tcst.moay-if such
thing could be. Thus far the best statement
they have received has come from Assistant Secre-
tary French who has shown the Inconsistencies
and contradictions of the existing law, and, what
Is worse the confusion which has been created b.
ununlform decisions in constituting 1t. II this is
remedied the commission Will not have lived in
vain They arc tlking so much testimony, how
ever that it IS feared it will not be read any
by the average Congressman than that taken 50
many years by the committee on ways and means.
PERSONAL MENTION.
The following Westinghouse are here: Dis
trict Attorney Corkhill; Judge Embry and family:
Mr.. and Mrs. DaFord Webb Mr.. and Mrs John F.
Waggaman; Miss Mary Wilson; Mr.. and Mrs. Al
lison NailOr; Aristarchi Boy, the Turkish minis
ter; F. a. Richardson; Chs. T. Murray and WIFE,
Suicide in a FoIfce station.