New-York tribune., 1891-04-24
MONMOUTH PARK.
MR.. wIrHERs GOES ON WITH THE M
PROVEMENTS.
THE FARMERS SAY RACE. LAW OR NO LAW
THE POLITICIANS ARE SCARED AND SAY
NORTHUMBERLAND THE HOTEL MEN SAY.

Long Branch April o3.-The people living at Long
Branch, Red Bank, Oceanport Eatontown anu h''Vi'
Silver are greatly exercised In mind over he propoSeu
closing Of Monmouth Park during the coming SUMMER
The farmers Of the county are also teiriDS eAo'eu
over the articles published in the Ne" 1orA he"spa
pers. In spite OF their religious ahliauohs' anu os
Of the New.Jeresy farmers are church members 10 a
man the tillers ~ the soil of Old Monmouth" want
the racetrack kept going and II the crowds VIII not
come to the park unless betting Is allowed every
farmer would gladly vote II he had the cnance W eC
the bookmakers carry on their business "illouV
being moested by either the State or county author-
tiles.
From the day John Chamberlain and his colleagues
beran work on the first racetrack of the monmouth
pr Association the farmers OF the county have had
there good market for their farm ana gardeh
products The average politician Of the county faVorS
both racing and bookmakng but the determined move
made BY the church people against eambhng a' .,,0
tracks has frightened him, and he refuses 10 laih WIN
the newspaper reporters. The hotel men along tiis
part of the NewJersey coast are in favor OF iethg
ibe racetrack men and the bookmakers do as they
like law CT no law, long as they help brhg laree
crowds down here every summer. Last year 'hes
,oudlv asserted that il Monmouth Park was closed
Long Branch would be ruined as summer resort.
Now they do not make any declarations oI Uia0 NIL"
and refuse to "talk for publication
John Hoey president Of the Adams Express Ooih-
pany owns more property here than any hVe vi Din
mon He stoutly maintains that the racetrack crowds
have not made the prosperity of Long Branch Mon-
mouth Beach and Elberon, and says that the coming
season will be big one no races. Ihe future
nrosperitv of the two little villages of EatontoWh ana
Oceanport will doubtless be retarded If there are 10
races at the park They are Immediately south vi ''
old track and are largely settled by men employeu Ill
various capacities at the racetrack
The complaints made against the PARK anu Vho
o,t41
1881 have been based in every case upon to us =.
orderly house This law is one OF the widest IN
scope upon the statute books OF New-JerseS' A"o
courts have construed "dlsor1erly hOuse' to mean
any building, structure, place or incosure Ill "ion
nrcces contrary TO law are carried on, or which Is
a nuisance to the owners Of adjoining property III
dictmens could be found under this law against man
who allowed men TO play craps in his stable OF
against the owner Of a building in which 100 noisy
religions meetings are held. The bookmakers look upon
their arrest as the keepers and inmates oi dsouerN
bouses as joke OF huge dimensions. But heSsr'.
David d. Withers, A. J. CasSatt and othcr nehoc VI
tbe Monmouth Park Association nothing 10 lang az
whom they were arrested upon charges OF keeping di
maintaining disordery house. It matter oi history
,bo+ tbe members of the Monmouth Park Association
bavo narrowly escaped criminal indictment several times
in This comfy upon complaints that they kept and MAN
tanned disOrderly house within the mcloSure o'ou-
MED nv the bOOkmakers. One OF the leaders III uc
movement 10 ndlc the park officials once theaehcu 10
have Mrs George l.. Lorillard arrested because she
was then the owner Of the stock OF the aSS"ciauoh
which was held by her husband. The officers and
friends Of the park have always maintained that the
efforts made 10 indct them grew out of personal spite
This was true I'm several but sometimes the men
who wanted to stop bookmaking at the track were
Influenced by the fact that number OF young men
had robbed their employers and their parents in order
TO secure money to spend in buying tickets from the
srt,:~ tpfo GQd
ure Of several business men who had beggared them
selves in the betting ring.
The feeling among the members Of the several re-
lgOus denominations in the county Is stronger than
ever and notlceably among the members OF the
Methodist Episcopal churches. They want the ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association to hold a meeting
at the ocean Grove Auditorium next summer to protest
against racing and all legislation In favor OF the book
makers.
The statement that David Durham Wlthers and his
colleagues would not have racing here this summer is
regarded at the track a simple case of "bluf."
The statement has been published that Mr.. WitherS
had stopped all work at the park, and had sent the
teams used about the grounds to Philadelphia, where
they were to be sold. This statement evidently lacks
the element of truth. reporter OF The Tribune went
to the track yesterday and found it scene of hustle
and activity. A lot Of teams were at work hauling
earth and the merry sound of saws and hammers
welded by sturdy armed carpenters came from an
parts of the enclosure. short distance inside the
main entrance a gang Of carpenters was al WORK
erecting long she'd where teams can be ued curing
the races The building is about halt finished II
will be 500 feet long, and Will afford sheter
from the sun and rain for 100 equipages. sur
veyor and his men were at work Temeasurlhe
the track Where the track had been washed
ont on the sides by the storms OF
the winter and spring it had been again filled In ana
leveed up to the old grade. The trackmch hhd Deen
using their harrOws and the track was III prhe coh
don excepting where the new earth lad Deeh thrown
In the washouts. There it was little solt Men
were at work grading around the stables ana the
houses occupied by the stablcmen during the rCIhS
pairing them fOr the reception OF ne hyeIs. , Hen
and teams busily engaged IN grading ana s9uuS
the lawn at the south end Of the grand stand ana
the members stand. Plumbers were ut WORK OH the
water pipes. ., -, 80. .,,o % +bo ,,orl,
and the tracks of the New-iork and Long Bnincn men
Railroad the association is building an lmgnfg Fe% &
vide and $50 feet long 1t has 49, c0mmodious BOX
stalls The building will be completed IN aDont Two
weeks II has four large entrances, and IN case OF
fire ali Of the stalls could be quickly empted Across
the street the south side OF this new sttot5 & cL
pners and ag T at Se %orA oeupcd S by the
men Who have charge of the stable irot ard I'd
its inmates a small army OF artisans employed by
Dobmns a Loeb is at work on the new hotel near the
main gate and il will he completed about the first OF
mem began work this week a oval track where
The yea ngs viii be exercised daily in p asant weather.
the work at the park with the exception OF The dnlng
f the aresan wells and the new hotel Is beng d0Ie
hv the associations wOTkmen. The sage OF Brook
dale" Is at the park nearly every day and personally
supervises the various Improvements.
An excellent AOw Of pure water is obtained from the
two new artesian wells in the park The original well
has been abandoned because the contractors drilled To-
depth OF 900 feet and then struck ledge OF sohd
basaltlc rock. ,.
The association has at work securing signatures
to the petition and application tor liquor ceise ior
the new hotel which will be presented to Judge Cohover
next MONTH
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