Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
THEY poTE on PIrTsBURGERs.
Atlantic City People Think This Is the
Best Town on Earth.
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Best Town on Earth.
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ATLANTIC CITY, July 25-If hotel keepers
were a triie despondent last week and
reryously fingered the useless stubs in theil
check books, it was because the weather
showed an alarming disposition to interfere
with the prosperity Of the season Mt seashore
resorts by blessing city dwellers with cool
waves that made them content to stay at
home. The sight OF untitled pages on their
registers transformed the ordinarily genial
bonifsces into gloomy pessimists, and for a
time they forgot the old slw that it is dark.
est just before dawn and its side partner
that declares that every cloud has a silver
lining.
With the current week came O happy
change for the better, and until further notice
Atlantic City hOtel proprietors opti.
Eists of the most pronounced character. 1t
seemed as if the many people who were
waiting to be driven TO its seashore by hot
weather had suddenly grown impatient ut
the delay and had packed their trunks at O
moments notice. The first symptoms of
the approaching boom were noticed last
Sunday. In the crowd that poured into the
teland from Saturday afternoon to the suo-
ceeding morning there we're over 2, 900 visi-
tors. OF this number fully two-thirds came
down prepared to remain for periods rang
ing from one 10 six weeks. Monday and all
throughout the week the rush continued, of
course in lesser volume but still above the
average Of daily arrivals.
Not Mere Transients, Either.
The concourse of visitors represented the
regular patrons to whom the hotel keepers
look Tor their main support. Until now the
season which was expected to be the most
prosperous in the history of the place, has
really been the most uncertain, but during
al the various ducCuati0ls il was noticeable
tnat while the Philadelphia patronage was
tnrdy. there was no detection among the
guests from other cities.
This is particularly true of the Pittsburg
following which was never larger than this
year. The anxious seashore correspondent
presents himself at the hotel desk
Erd asks If ne can get the names of few
Pittsburg guests. How many DO you
want asks the accommo datlng clerk, as he
shoves out a register pieniifully sprinkled
with the names of visitors from the metrop-
Oils Of v estecH Pennsylvania At the Grand
Cperu House tho astute comedian nightly
perpeUTates a Pittsburg gag, and the round
OF applause that follows warrants his pre-
sumption that in his audience that city is
not without ample represe esentation: Bath
house proprletors hang out Inscriptions of
"PItrsnurg headquarters." In their adver-
tIsements in all the local papers crafty hotel
Keepers emphatically assert that the enter
tainment Of Pittsburg guests is the sole OBJ
Ject of their existence, In front of one hotel
on Pacific avenue an immense canvas sign
with 'PlIJsburg' in big, black letters. so
shat he Who runs may read, is swung above
tne sidewalk. In fact, the entire place is cov-
cred with webs TO catch the Pittsburg iy.
Why Pittsburgers Are Popular.
And why is not the same effort devoted to
securing the patronage of visitors from New
York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
or from any other of the larger citiesH Be-
cause, to quote a leading hotel man: 1--WE
don want them II We can get Plttsburgers.
W want guests who like good fare, plenty
OF 1t and who ara willing to pay for it.h That
Is the secret Of the matter in a nutshell.
5ATCTEJ f0f lam hoo Tho
collapse OF some of the ponQerous new
amusement enterprises OF Atlantic City was
presaged. Disaster has already overtaken
the Atlantic City Amusement Compan one
oi the concerns referred to, and nun
dreds OF creditors are vainly clamor-
ing for their vanished shekels. The man
who supplied the lumber was caught
for ,0oO; the paint dealer suffered to the
extent OF 81 500; hardware men want s., coo: q
local restaurant keeper has been bank
rupted by accepting check signed by an
agent Of the concern which has since proved
to be worthless; and John F. Betz, the Phil
Rdclphia brewer, is out $1,000 which he ad-
venced on the guarantee that he was to
have the exclusive beer privilege of the
park. In the meantime a Mr. Amos Mich
eneT, who is said to be q wealthy Floridan,
bas stepped in and leased the grounds, with
the tOOoggan slide, merry-go-rounds, booths,
IuuEeunl. Wild West race track and priv
Aeges and viii operate the park for the rest
Of The season Hereafter the grounds will
be known as the Inlet Park, and company
Of specialists has been engaged to give
O6ly performances. LCulSe Bates makes q
balloon ascension, descending by means OF
c parachute; Prince hatnak, the Japanese
ESggitlr the Davenport Brothers, Seaman,
the club swlnger, Nile. Lotsette, ballad
singer, and Sonora Del Rey, a dancer of the
CarmeuciuR type, are all at the Inlet Park
this week.
They Didn't Keep Open Sunday.
As 1Rr as Atlantic City is concerned the at
tack OF the Liberal party Oh the existing OBJ
BCrvGHce Of Sunday has been dire failure.
AFr told TlTszs los
Prietors Of places of amusement on the
boardwalk decided to keep opap on Sunday
In open defiance TO the law. The local
authorities replied that every person who
threw open his place would be arrested, and
fhe probability of lively conflict attracted
6 great crowd OF people to the boardwalk
evgr- Sunday morning. They Looked anx-
iousIy about for the first Individual who
wOuiu be hardy enough to fire the opening
gun in the fight. but the bold inovators had
weakened and their places were closed as
tightly as a clamshau. The cause OF the
1gnominious back-down was the opposition
Of the visiting clement and the news pc pers.
Now thar the Sunday question has been
settled lor Some time TO come q new contro-
Versy has arisen to engage the attention of
that class Of visitors who write letters to
the local papers over the signature of "Con- |
stant ReGGsT.' or Fiat JUstitia." At pres
Cnt Atiar tic City is undergoing a severe at
tack of the bicycle craze. The. town has |
gone wheeling mad. and the craze holds the |
CITY by the sea in grip that embraces
young and old, rich and poor and all sorts |
and conditions of humanity, except the /
lame, halt and the blind Everybody who |
can buy, hire, borrow or steal d wheel has |
been tnOculated with the cycling bacteria, |
and the pedestrian who attempts to cross |
Atlantic avenue by night or day axes his |
life in his hand. In the tricky steel steed |
old Neptune has found q formidable rival
for his subjects no longer throng the board |
walk TO pay GGmiring tribute TO his charms |
but HE them to the avenue and beStriding a |
machine ill the air with f-inE wheels |
Sometimes the effect lie heightened by a 1
IEeianEe of twisted feet. for q goodly pro-
portion Of the cyclirYg slaves are novices |
The presence Of these embryo enthusiasts |
adds greatly to the danger, and as Atlantic |
avenue Is crowded with buses. carria ges and |
electric street cars,,tAere is little show for |
the haplesS pedestrian
An Epidemic of Reckless Driving,
10 shis evil In added the reckless break.