Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
ATTRACTIONS AT ATLANTIC.
New Ones Will Welcome Pittsburgers-
Gossip From the Gay Beach City.

| new OneS VIII "elCOm0
| Gossip From the Gay Beach City.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1sPATcH.J
| ATLANTIC CITY, June l3.-The seashore
| hotel proprietor who stops you on the ave.
nue. to gravely declare that the season just
opened is going to be the greatest in the his
tory of Atlantic City is not SO overly enthu-
siastic in his predictions that they will fall
far short of the mark. The season will be a
big one and to send out a letter from this
resort just now without calling attenh n to
! that fact would not be doing justice to the
| existing situation.
Atlantic City by means of unexcelled nat
ural advantages and enterprise has forced
recognition as the greatest seashore resort
in the world, and in support of this claim no
better proof is needed than the fact that its
patrons come not alone from the principal
cities in the United States but also from
that historic region bounded by the time
honored phrase, "from every quarter of the
globe"
There was time when the place depended
entirely upon the support of visitors from
Philadelphia, but now the registers at the
leading hotels have the variegated char
acteristics of a polyglot dictionary. From
Pittsburg, in particular, is attracted vol
ume of patronage sufficiently large in itself
to sustain an average watering place, and
that the army of visitors from that COM
paratively far-off city shows an annual in
crease is cheering to the hotel keepers.
For the Pittsburg guest is doubly welcome
here: he comes to have a good time and is
willing to pay literally for it. Therefore,
the aff1x Pittsburg to his name on the regis
ter secures him a room on the ocean front,
which is the greatest distinction that can be
conferred by an Atlantic City hotel keeper.
Visitors from Pittsburg will find on their
arrival here this year that time has worked
nro1 ma oNHr a11aya In mt rNf
their favorite resort.
New Hotels and Brighter Old Ones.
New hotels have sprung up and the older
ones have put on new dress, and many
improvements added for the more COM
Portable accommodation Of their guests.
The scene In the vicinity of the Inlet has
been practically transformed, and it will not
be surprising to find that neighborhood the
leading attraction of the island this summer.
The marshy meadows surrounding the
Inlet are now occupied by handsome
structures, designed primarily for the
amusement of visitors and incidentally for
the corralling of the nimble nickel The
grounds of the new Atlantic City Amuse-'
ment Company cover large area adjacent
to the Ball Park, and while no definite de-
tailed programme has been given out, it is
probable that within the fences will be
found almost every known device for divert
ing seashore soiourners. The work is
rapidly nearing completion and in q short
time the place will be in full blast.
A few blocks farther down the boardwalk
is located the nearly completed structure of
the Atlantic Casino and Steamboat Com
pany, a handsome building in the Moorish
style of architecture. The Casino is stu
ated directly on the landing OF the pier from
which the company's splendidly fitted
yachts make their ocean EXCLUSIONS and Is a
beautiful addition to the surroundings of
the inlet.
+1,a %ol-
a sudden bend, is the famous iron pier,
shattered during the great storm of
September, 1889, which made kindling
wood of the old boardwalk and lighthouses
SdEer SR esaah essr came S its to fury EaSto Mt Fifty esy
during the palmy days of the
iron pier without paying it visit, and it
will be cheerful news to hear that it has
fallen into the hands of the Reading Rail
road Company, and is being restored to its
former beauty. The pier is situated at the
ocean terminus of Massachusetts avenue,
and the Reading Company has just secured
from Council permission TO occupy that
avenue with single track connecting with
the present terminus on Baltic avenue. This
completes line from Philadel-
phia direct to the beach, and in return for
the franchise the railroad company proposes
to give the vicinity the benefit of capital and
To this end the iron pier is
being rapidly restored, and when completed |
will be occupied by an operate company or
ment. In the course of time, possibly next |
year, magnificent hotel will be erected near |
the beach, and the interests of the locality |
will receive an immense boom.
Another and even greater change will |
greet the Pittsburg visitor at Applegates |
pier, which from now on wih be known as |
Young and McShea's pier, those enterpris- |
ing gentlemen having purchased it for a |
considerable sum. In the roasting days of |
summer, when sickly children stifle and fret |
under the scorching sun and melting NOR |
tails pant for breath OF fresh air, this pier |
is the coolest of the few cool places on the |
island, and, on the authority of a we'll |
known physician, annually saves the lives |
OF more babies than all the medicine in the |
Yet not long ago the city
fathers discussed the advisability OF tear
ing it down, but the bare mention OF the |
idea raised such storm of opposition from
all quarters that the subject was speedily
dropped, and the owners began to improve |
their property. When the work now in
progress is completed the pier will have
been extended 400 feet. further into the
ocean. This is done to permit good fishing
In the main pavilion hops will be held as
usual, the opening one being given tonight
under the auspices of the cottage colony.
So far the place has changed, but
otherwise it is the same, gay old
Atlantic City of last season and of
many seasons 10 come. The weather,
are almost entirely dependent, has been
simply perfect during the week, and the
daily range of the temperature several de-
yrees lower than thatin Pittsburg or Phila-
ielphia. Bathing has already begun, al
though the regular season for that luxurious
pastime is yet a fortnight off. Early crab
ping, brought about by the mild winter, is
mother sport which is being enjoyed. The
are spinning, toboggans sliding,
'achts gliding saltwater taffy cooling, mos.
Iuitoes still weaning on the bottle and what
more do you want?
The Pittsburg Contingent
Miss c. B. Stewart, Of Pittsburg, is an at
ractive guest at the Dennis where she is
lomiciled for a prolonged visit.
F. @. Hutchinson, well-known Pittsburp
business man, is at the Raymond with his
amily for brief stay.
Select Councilman Fred Gearing, of Pitts
,urg, is an evening exponent Of political
,roblems to q knot OF interested auditors on
he porch Of the De Soto, where he Is resting
rom city cares.
Miss Fannie Nicholson, an attraos,ve
'oung Pittsburg society lady, is greatly
dmired guest at the Oriental.
E. H. Cahill, q well-known Journalist CON-
ected with the Pittsburg Press, finds relax
tion in quiet sojourn at the Seaside House.
George Sands, a well-known Pittsburg
lumber, is regular porch promenader at