New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-05
SEASIDE RESORTS AWAKE.
PREPARING FOR A BUSY SEASON.

ifnces In anticipation o! the approaching season.
Unless the weather disgraccs itself by GOING OIL IN
ct OF alsummer sulks. the coming wear wi pfooaoN
be successful from the point OF view OF the
landlords pocketbOok than any OF its Immediate
predecessors. Inquiries for acoomm dations al SEA
side hotels have been coming In much more hn'''i"
than before at this early date. ana 'ne o'ii'"
for cottages is Unprecedented. ~ the miuuic VI NOV
several Of the New jersey landlords had more oo'"
rented than were let during all tho preceding ssaso''
MANY novelties and improvements promised Mt
the old familiar resorts. and many OF the promises
have already reached fulflment. 800
The Manhattan Beach Hotel will open on June ana
the Oriental Hotel June %. Both VIII DC uhuer
the management of I. +. slieek ~ ''''
haitian Beach there have been few changes In the
shore line and the face Of things has not been
changed upon the ocean side. Free concerts Will be
given on the vcranda by Professor Charles Moleh
hauer's string orchestra every afternoon ard eve
Ing from June TO July . on That Iat'er "h'e
Gilmore will down and tahe possession oi '''
amph,theatrc A fireworks display, devoid Of AL
setting the shape OF and OF the assistance
OF a regiment OF supcs7 and dancers. Will be gwen
every evening by c. T. Brock & Co., who have been
giving immense exhibitions of this nature MT the
Crystal Palace In London for the last thrtvhrcc
years. Ten OF the meadow o''"
OF the hotel have been drained and fcnceh IN
with a woven iron fence, and walks have been l;hl
out Twenty six elk now grazing In TINS lhcoN'd
SPACE having been imported from Mr.. Coroin
parks in New-IIampshie and at Babylon. h. /. Eeh'
buffalo are on tho way from Montana Tic Jour
sea Hons belonging TO him. In Prospect Park. VIII ne
brought down TO the shore soon ms n pond can be
dug for them. This pond will be flushed with every
tide.
\ new electric plant with two hundred arc-light
capacitv has been put in and the grounds and stations
are expected TO be made as light as DAY. Inc water
supply which is derived from driven wells. VIII be
taken rom point one mile further north thah
heretofore. thus inSuring greater purity
special express train service with special
boat connections Long Island City, Will be put In
this senson. The running time from the station 10
Manhattan Beach will be cut down TO thirty minutes
there being no stops. More closed cars Will be run
than previous years, the cars being 50 uncon-
Portable In wet weather. The approaches to Inc
Thirty ourtlst. ferry will also be materially improved
special service on the Long Island road for the
North shore rY,ria will be put Into effect IN June
23 The Pat, hogae o~riess Will ru., or 70 sag liar
bor and new train, leaving New-lork at 6;a0
.. M. will be added to the schedule. fast cN-
press from Long Island City and Brooklyn VIII run
to Manor without STOP a distance of sixy-nvc mile
Tho Avon Hotel mt Far Eockaway Will be mar
aged BY r. IL. stevens this season. The Long Beach
Hotel opens on June 81 with Charles l.. Hitchcock
IN charge. The ten cottages at Point
Lookout not opened last season, and IN
the course Of the winter Father Neptune. evidently
growing tired of their deserted appearance broke up
been hauled down to position just east of the
hotel. They were hauled specially built
track by locomotives. They were all rented and
occupied by June /, when the trains for cottagers
began running.
Tho Brighton Beach Hotel opens June %, under
The management of Thomas F. Cable. The house has
been thoroughly Overhaucd and will make a speciality
Of accommodating New-York business men whose fam
lies are away ior the summer and want to escape
from the hot city for cool nights sleep.
The elevated ard the electric roads to West
Brighton will 10 in full running order, and the train
service from Brooklyn viii be run at frequent inter
walls, with % cents round trip fares.
Tho West End will also have cheap train service
this year, as the Culver Route Will put the price
down TO 25 cents for the round trip. Pain, the IRE
works man, has pitched has tent near the elephant
where he has built modern Venice after the style
the reproduction of this city OF the sea winch mas
proved such success at the Olympia, in LONDON
There will be canals and gondolas with fireworks and
pageantry In the evening, on and after June 10.
Surfave. is being paved all the way out 10 Norton's
Point with Belgian block and brick sidewalks II IS
expected that this will the tide OF buildings
westward. A new street has been opened from surf
ave. back into the interior Of the island.
South Beach on Staten Island reioiccs this year In
the possession Of large amphitheare In which the
spectacle Of the Fall Of Plcvna is produced every
day and twice on Sundays and saturdays. New
buildings and catchpenny devices OF various kinds
season afar off, and tho strong lunged organ that
plays "Maggie Murphy's Home has Joined forces
South Beach proper extends for about mile and
three quarters: but forms part OF sand beach Of
Ts a' k beoH sSan RescS 70
Is projected TO be called Lower Bay Beach, but
Manhattan Beach is TO Coney Island. Here 1t is
intended to establish frstclass racccorse, law n
moth clubhouse The Rapid Transit Railroad is to
extend its lines down 70 this point and an electric
n. J.. is also projected south Beach has an enor-
NOUS popularity among the common people, for this
ance there some occasions has been enormous.
The receipts OF tho Rapd Transit Railroad certain
that 85 600 fares Of 10 each have been taken
a. thus indicating the presence on the beach Of at
least $4,000 people. This Is the population OF O
The visitor 10 Glen Island this season will be CON
WINGED that John II. siarin has determined TO make
his popular resort more attractive than ever and 70
insure TO lis visitors all the Somfot and amusement,
Glen Island and the various Islands OF the group all
Sss ass 70 ens n s With e ss at
the visitor can enjoy meal in the grand cafe or par,
without that rush and crowdlng which unavod-
able in seasons gone by Ihe mnsicsland has been
will help one forget the oppression and heat Of
swelterns city Mfe Additional force pumps have been
seal tribe Will furnish amusement with their eambos
formerly With new tropical plants, foliage mors
the charm which has made the place verable fairy
Land still remains. New buildings for the bowling
alleys and billiard hall have been erected while at
Glenwood and Little Germany special Improvement
and additions TO be noted. 10 the former island
have been added twelve OF ground, spread over
which are new cages for the animals, houses
for the deer aud pheasants, and new quarters for
the unique and altogether remarkable collection OF
poultry which has made the place famous. To this
latter collection, there will be made throughout the
season additions OF all sorts OF domestic fowl from all
parts OF tho world At Little Germany. veritablc
Castle the Rhine has been bult. reproducing the
days of the eleventh century. 1t is OF stone through
out with medieval doors and oaken halls.
Beach lawn will continue tO accommodate It's picnic
parucs. The Children will derive pleasure from the
swings, carousel dairy and donkeys while In the pa
vilion, q full regimcntal band will give two concerts
Sccomodate their hosts and the row ioats their par
ties. At the boat houses. the nucleus Of colec
ton of curious boats will be on exhibition. A sail
ing canoe, a birch bark made by u native In
dian japanese bat and bicycle boat will be
among the number. The last Is Of Mr.. Starin's