The Sunday morning news., 1891-06-14
ALONG THE SHORB.
The Many Attractive Sea-
side Resorts that Afford
Rest and Comfort.
JERSEYS SUMNER CAPITAL.
Where the Governor and State Of
ficiaIs Seek Recreation-A
Jersey City Resort.

Notwithstanding the increase IN noun
tain resorts in the northern part of the
state the coast still retains its attractions
for the great majority OF the large army
of people who each summer fee from the
heat, dust and discomfort Of the city.
The surf bathing, together with the fish
ing and still water bathing which the
numerous creeks. inlets and rivers which
flow into the ocean along the
New Jersey shore, afford attrac-
tions to the summer boarder which
the mountains and the springs know not
of. The idications even at this early day
are that this will be one OF the heaviest
seasons the coast has known The chief
places ia this section will OF course be
Asburv Park and Ocean Grove. Their
popularity is as wide as the country, and
even foreign Ian ds sends their citizens to
increase the number OF transient resi-
dents. Most Of the hotels are open
already, and the others are making ac-
tive preparations to accommodate the
thousands that will flock there when the
heated term sets in. The Coleman
House. the Albarmarie, the Brunswick
and the other large houses have been
thoroughly overhauled and renovated for
reasonable prices at the two hundred and
odd small hotels and boarding houses
with which the park is crowded.
Across Wesley Lake lies the summer
paradise OF the Methodists, Ocean Grove.
There can be seen the tent of the print
tive campmeetingite, an institution which
Is rapidly disappearing from the face OF
the earth. Notwithstanding its Metho-
distic, and to some extent puritanic ten
denotes. the Grove is O. most popular re-
sort. 1t has eighteen large hotels. with
accommodations each for from 150 to 400
| guests. besides more than 2D0 boarding
| houses, whose prices place good accom-
modations within the reach of all.
! THE ATTRACTIONS OF LONG BRANCH.
Long Branch was for many years the
| most fashionable resort in tue country,
and still retains much of Its old time
| prestige. Palatial hotels and princeiy
villas greet the eyes on every hand, while
| the ocean drives and the inland roads are
| such as to make driving and horseback
riding most enjoyable. The greater part
of Long Brancn's summer population are
1 cottagsrs, who inhRbit the pretty soburbs
of West End, Hollywood and Eiberon.
| Still there are several large hotels along
! the ocean front and numerous boarding
houses and smaller hostlefies scattered
| inland along the pretty thoroughfaRes Of
| the seaside cities
Between Sandy Hook and Long Branch
are Sea Bright, Low Moor aud Monmouth
! Beach, three resorts which are occupied
mainly by cottagers Between Long
Branch and Asbury Park Is Deal Beach.
| which is In reality a suburb Of Long
| Branch, being only three miles south o +
that famous resort. Theirs IS an air of
I religious quiet about Deal Beach. IN
| duced, no doubt, by its close proximity to
Ocean Grove. The visitor who can not
| decide whether to embrace the world or
the church cannot do better than 10 settle
I xxrho hs,x nil 4 reo f.f
these institutions on either side of him.
NEW JERSEYS SUMMER CAPITAL.
The next place of importance on tn Q
| coast going south is Spring Lake. which
has come to be known as New Jersey s
I summer capital. There Governor Albeit
/ and his staff make their summer home for
/ a large portion of the season when not at
1 the State camp, and many of the staff
| official and legislators either have cot
| tages there or live at the commodious
hotels. A striking feature OF this resort
| is the wonderful blending OF pastoral
scenes with the ordinary beach sand and
/ surf of the ocean. To the sceue produced
1 by this combination the beautiful lake
I from which the place takes It's name,
adds an increased beauty. Between
! Ocean Grove and Spring Lake is AvoE,
| the new name for Key East, with its
ocean front and its long stretch along the
shallow and crab-iaden Shark River.
| Its elevation is a trifle higher than that
| of some of its neighbors, aud the original
! grOwth of forest trees still remains In
/ certain spots. 1t is settled mainly with
| arti stically constructed hotels and villas
which contrast strongly with the lofty
pines at their back and the vast blue in
! front.
| Next to Avon is the picturesque Bel
mar, which was known for many years
as Ocean Beach This, too. extends along
the Shark river, which no longer harbors
| the raDacouS man eater. but furnishes n
| home for the succulent shedder crab aud
the toothsome blue fish. Next to Spring
/ Lake still going south Is Sea Girt, the
! summer home Of our brave soldier boys
! 1t Is one Of the most attractive resorts
| which beautify our coast. The avenues
and streets are laid out on broad and
liberal plan, ana a bluff near it's southern
| limit affords magnificent view Of the
ocean and the surrounding country.
A JERSEY CITY RESORT
OF the many pretty seaside resorts
! which dot our coast no one is more aEtIac-
\ tive than Brielle. wnicA is essentially a
| a Jersey City resort. IL was founded by
Jersey City people, and Jersey City people
| form the bulk of its Inhabitants Its
| southern portion Is washed by the Glim-
merglass. an arm of the sea SO smooth as
to warrant It's name. IL has several hotels
which thoroughly equipped with all
modern conventences, offer most agree
| able home to the sojourner Across the
| Glimmerglass comes Point Pleasant, for
many years the terminus of the line of
railroad down the coast. 1t resembles
! more than any other Jersey coast village,
q new tiny land seaside resort with It's
! steady groves, running streams, luxuri-
ant grass and blooming flowers and grea {
sand dunes here and there, overRrown
| with salt grass From that point down
to Cape May the coasJ is dotted wi tn
beautiful and attractive seaside resorts