The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-04
yhr A,inmnc CAV Hotels

.e,ftlgs4. etar,s, hnck>iers, stands On
tbr tFacl. etc ST. 80 have been col
jrr'rt.. sVr'l.us 1l" total tecrIpS for
p.,n,, S Oh So 800. This is the Big
rt~t showing Ir aUy resort ou tine
\rv Jersey coast. Itst year the IT,
r,iprs 5ur i|jcrlStS Amounted 90 so 600
making "a 1,ucit tins year owe 1855 of
81 Hil. THIS shrtukase IS accounted
for %, the lfg falling Oh iHthe Hgmbrr
pI boarding houses, which 'tre taxed
.Gtty cents FL each sleestug T om for
he ,rlr. As the number uf hutviS IN
creased the c5mpetiti0n among tlrui
lrramp sharper aud Ia cs have come
du,,u "A Deg nr TWO. lporle found out
f.. many Instances that mt somc of Tie
hotels they could board lust as clivap
as at a BOARDING house, and rs u lndl
many melrr hotel life to boarding
bousps mpmctouy they went To the bo
fpls and this iloZe cut a utHber OF the.
boarding houses. Another AUS Tor
the decrease ~ he number of board
mg houses is that u pers.lls who
bearded last year have either rented or
butt cottages. ) nee last season near
IL uue hHud ed new cottages l.tte hCeu
erected, and while real estate has not
increased in plice on this account It
bulis IFS owu But lie big DAYS of in
vestmcnt in raj estate have gone 10y.
Ten Years Z a whole square uu At
Iautic avenue could have beel bought
for What 81 hundred feet go, 5 nov
During July things looked blue FOR
The hutel-kpcprrs. The weather US
50 moderate IN tie cites that peup,e
s,aypd at home. but duTing the last
three weeks there has been a big rush
20 the sea shore and t accommodate
the sunday visitors cots have becu put
M in the halls. This large influx Of
pleasure. seeL ers had made the no ct
krpppIs hearts dance and their faces
TO bp wrrathrd in smiles but their SEA-
son is ncw waning. The liutel season
is brief ut best: five or six weeks OF
good trade is about all tie proprietor
can count ~. The p%relinliraI!
season DOESN'T pay expenses. The a.
mil of walters and cooks and d'sli-
washers is enormous wlleu masSed To-
retbpr. They've got TO bt paid and II
takes guests with big, fat pocket books
to pay them. The proprietor ol one
of tie biggest hotels said that there was
no money in keeping a hotel at At
lantic City unless there WAS a bar at
tached to the house. There + 'ihont
s. = gallon profit on The whisky sold at
most Of the hotel bars in Atlantic City
and thprs are Il great mary gallons sold.
Men oct thirsty before they 90 III bath
mo and they swallow ~ much salt wa
Ter while in the surf that they stay
thirsty TIL they go To bed.
One of the biggest items of expense
that stares the hotel proprietor III the
face is the orchestra of his hotel. One
bio hotel pay $40 a week for its bands
aud boards the musicians to boot.
The hotel proprietOrs of Atlantic City
will sppud $4,000 this year for music.
When a proprietor WAS asked whv it
was necessary to have an orchestra he
said:
'sWhv. Knight just as well STINT mp
shop. Nearly every letter of inquiry |
receive abOnt rates has III it a query
about tht music. It's got to that Stage
that people want to eat to some tune
T ey want to 90 to sleep to music and
they expect the music just as much as
thy do their dinIer Instead of daing
away with mnsic the hotel proprietnrs
of Atlantic City will have TO improve
on their orchestras every season. At
Ianilc CITY as a winter resort is in its
irfaucv AVID as a SUMMER it hasn't be-
gun TO reach the summit IF its popu-
Iarity. As phttadFtpilia and ifs suburbs
grow 80 wil Atlantic City. OF course
there is some foreign trade, but not
enough to SUPP ort three good hotels.
What Atlantic City needs, and ] sup,
bose itnl come in tffrfe, is local gov
eminent wi h broader views and anubili-
IL on Tie part of its officers to consil-
err the resorts future. Ii Development
is i'm a large measure due TO the push
and energy of the railroads. Trains
are now run so frequently and fast
tha it's nothing to come here from
Philadelphia OF to go hack again III
point Of time II money"
For a place with such a small per
n:anent population the ho ell licenses
are pretty steep. the hotel men think
The S a View Excursion House pay
ihe biggest license, 800. The West
Jersey Excursion House pays the next
highest. S275. The Lafayette EXcur-
sion House. Sclranfier's Hotel Fmte-
scue. on the bach. Guvenatur, on the
beach and Doyle's, ON the breach, each
pay $3.50 Kuehnle's and the Uni Cd
$ atts Hotel each pay 1925. Albrecht'
Hotel. Congress I1all, Hotel Albion
smiths New In5et House and Plume
Pavilion are each charged $500. Iht
Bristol Cottage, MalatrSta Hotel
Ashland House, Mansion House, Col
loty's Hotel, the Travmore aud the
Brighton each pay $40 and all The
other hotels and saloons pay $50 each
Bonding houses that sell liquor are
charged 500.
The four biggest livery stables each
pay a license of 500 and the nex'
three in size pay So each, and all 9th
er livery stables so. y two horst
hack is charged sl5 and a two h"rs'
omnibus SO. With II horse the II
ceusc i, Si2. While the licenses fol
hotels "A I'd saloons non under SLOT
restaurants are charged Oaly 81. Nv
cry sLo ting ga lery has to pay so ant
the merry-g0-romds pay the same
amount. Variety shows have to pay
fr m SO TO $3.50; push cars, 50; mil
walons, $40; express Wagons, sl0 an
SIS. Fruit stands pay $40; ice-crean
and confectionery stores, Sl2; without
the ice-cream $40 aud with lce-cream
alone s.. Every ~viiiage-cart, phaetol
or saddle-h0gse is charged %.
City Clerk Alb, itsan was asked i
the place wasn't getting rich and M
said it wasn't, because il took SC muel
money to run the town. The hotels
furnish most Of this money III licenses
and The tax on the property, and y
seems a mystery how the average hotel
man, pays his way btek To town at tht
end of the season, but they do, am
most OF them buy big diamonds and nv,
well all winter on their summer pro
fits.
Atlantic City, however, is a head o
the games. Her bond ind btedneSs 4
S33. $50, and her cash assets W IT $50
600. 1t will cost this year SS6,3l4 IL
THIS IS provided for by the collertlni
of licenses, taXes and lines Tue ponce
force gets Sl1.000. There are twenty