New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-28
THE SEASON ATLONG BRANCH.
PREPARATIONS AT COTTAGES AND HOTELS.
The SUPPLY OF COTTAGES EXCEEDING THE DE-
MAND-A PROMISING OUTLOOK AT THE

| MAND-A PROMISING OIlLOOh Al III
| HOTELS.
| IRON SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIL TRrBUNEl
LONG BRANCH, n. j., May 25.-The few
warm and bright days thus far have been sufficient Il
wake from their mdwnter inaction the hotel propeor'
with which this resort swarms in hot weather They
have descended upon the place with their renues OF
painters carpenters and house cleaners and once more
Long Branch is asr The hotel doors and windows are
thrown open. the shutters thrown back aud nearly
all the hotels receiving their annual spring airing
In their private Offices are the porting over
baskets full OF correspondence; letters from the wealthy
engaging rooms the poor asking for sua-
tons Carpenters enarging the pazzas and patch
ing up holes in the roofs and floors Painters are giving
brightness to the barn-ke exterors OF the hotels
Kasominers whtewashes and paper hangers are cover
ing last years dirt with tint and tnse more aesthetic
| All the hotels show scenes of great activity.
Not so the cottages They stand with bolted doors and
barred shutters and look forbiddng. Not in all
this great company Of cottages from Elberon to the
Hotel Brighton, shows signs OF taking any conspicuous
part in the summer campaign. One hundred new cot
tages have been built since the close OF last season
Many of them arc ready be occupied, Others will
ready before the end OF May. All of the are
Of better GLASS than many those built in previous
years Besides being attractive in their design,
they bigger. Twelve large and costly ones nave
been built at Hollywood by John HOey. Their estimated
cost is S2500O0 At some distance back of the Hotel
Brighton Miss Minnie Cummings. the actress, has built
six small cottages called the Ocean Spray Cottages The
supply OF cottages is abundant the demand Is not
cessive People who have them TO let hopeful that
the demand viii increase as the warm weather
approaches. but all lamenting the dull
OF the market at present. The
hotel propre,Ors unusually pleased this state Of
affairs and predict for themselves very good
All of them say that people getting and more
tired of cottages every year. particularly those who rely
on their kitchens and servants for their daily
bread
In quarter however there has been vigorous de-
mand for cottages And that has come from sporting
Ever since the raids OF the police on well-known
resorts III NewYork City there has been persistent
effort by the keepers OF gambling houses and sporting
places OF every description to get foOthod on Long
Branch the main their efforts have been unsuccess-
full. The hotel keepers say they viii make determined
war upon them II they come within mailing distance Of
their property
COTTAGE AND HOTEL LIFE AT FLBKRON,
There nave been few changes Eberon. Along the
front there have been cottages built Among
those who will occupy here this summer with
their families the following: II. Victor NewcOmb |
A. j. Garland, George n. Miller Mr.. God |
frey, Francis N Whiting, Charles I. Cook |
Hiram Warner. Robert B. Mnturn. J. II. Hewson |
Thomas II. Hubbard. C. g. Bryce Arthur Mouton, Ben
janin e. Clarke. Richmond Talbot, Judge Granville r.
Halves, J. W. Fraey E. a. Packer. Harvey Durand, |
George r. Blanchard, John Scott Dr. Andrew H. Smith
Frank G. Brown, Arson Howard George Croker Robert
Winthrop General Horace Porter. Mrs. Moses Taylor
and George Kingsland all OF NewYork; George L. Har-
rison and Mrs j. Edgar Thompson of Philadelphia. and
Thomas 7. Kinney, OF Newark John Sloane Of New
York, has rctted the interior of his cottage Will
rupy 1t this summer. The Franckyn cottage in which
President Garfield died will he occupied by Augustine
smith.
Between Elberon and West End the cottages
Will be occupied by the following: Commodore
Garrison, James L. Getting, II. c. Fahnestccs, TX
President Grant, George W. Childs. Lewis i.
Brown, George NJ. Pullman, General Thomas +. Eckcrt
Mrs. Turner. l. b. Binsse Charles NJ. Fry, Mss J. II.
Billings, Robert Barbour. Mrs. Wright, the Brokaw
,rOhers, George Curtis, Elb.idge T. Gerry Robert Lv
ngston, A J. Drexel, Henry " Smith. Jesse segman,
ir Brandon. Hr. Henriques and James seligman.
The principal and In fact almost the only improve
nent which has been made at ElborOn is the building Of
he Casino 1t has been erected at Lincoln aud Elberon
ves and is only short distance in the rear Of the
Theron Hotel. 1t built by subscription partly
hose who own cottages and property there and partly
rom those who have simply rented cottages for the
eason 1t is novel building in its design and nTchec
re. and viii when finished be OF the chief attrIc
ions Of the place. It's cost VIII be $4,000. II is
eslgned to furnish suitable place for theatncals
oncerts and entertainments generally II cont aims
rge auditorium, farsizcd stage and vera dressing
oOms and is well arranged for summer entertainments
here ladies' parors In grOons ana restaurant
the Casino, and while It is not as large as
ne Newport Casino, It will much the same par
ose. Peabody Stearns, of Boston he architects
uring the summer the 7th Regiment Band viii give
)ncerts III IT, Heretofore there been nothing al
heron In the way OF enter 1inmrnt because there
emed TO be no demand for IT, But the colony each
has changed somewhat there has been noticeable
crease in the number of young people and with their
lvent there has arisen a call Tor music. dancing and
nusemcnt generally.
Ex-Judge Henry Hilton, who owns about twenty five
res at Elberon has thrown them open to the public
be grounds have been laid out pleasure park and
i'll be used by the people OF Long Branch driving
I'd walking. Il
The ElOeron Hotel will again be under the manage
ent Of c. T. Jones. who has been connected with II for
ven years. There have been changes in the build
& II accommodates about eighty people 1t Is one Of
e features OF this place that the ladies spend ali
e in changing their dresses. There "a an In Il
Iendence about 1t which is unusual but fascinating
xcen families IN cottages rely the Eberon for their
Gals. The rooms rented In the same way as IN II
els on the European plan and the table board is 50
r day. There are French waters in the duingroom y
ii each family has a regular waiter ami a table by '
self. The cottage and hotel people on The same Ii
isis in this respect Cottages without Kitchens II
lamand rent OF 81 200 the season. Those which b
we kitchens vary from $1,000 1900 Most OF the Ia
tagers take their meals in the hotel which accomrlo
ties IN its dinDghall 200 guests. People spending he
miner here find tht time much occupied by aWn.te- "a
S. for which the beautiful lawn about the house IS in al
cry way adapted Oceanavc. is wGcred ST. or seven u
mes day to furnish comfortable place for driving al
d riding short drive through n fine stretch OF n
unty brings 10 Pleasure Bay where there every b.
,ity for boating Eberon possesses many excellent Sl
drives, and most OF the visitors bring their pr III
to carriages for which there ample accommoda- IL
us a short distance from the hotel.
Among those who have already engaged rooms at the
ler0n are the following George W. Baou George II. II
les. Mrs Ireland Walter c. STOKES, Herbert Smith ~
ln Stokes and Mrs. Robert l.. Kennedy all ! e
York; j. ii. Dulles L. H. Butter Waller Lippin sc
t. EnUood Davis AID Mrs McCrea. OF Pniladep hia Oh
I'm MeGinnss, General T. f. Winslow, william c. | pa
vies and Henry d. Rogers, OF Now-York and Mrs ia
me- ~. ,,iuot...,, 60. ., -. $3.50 - | W.
INV va O''' ii'A"Co "HlVe Mas rented or
cottage and his family have aged rooms a. the
,crOn With these families the botel will La no,rl, w
l dozen rooms kept tirOngh the snasnn Hnr ~