The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-16

SEASIDE WAKING UP
Summer Resorts Preparing
For the Coming
Ill. Season. :
EVERYBODY BUSY AT ASBURY.
Big Conventions And a Little COneY
: island Expected to Give the
Park a Boom.
EVERYBODY BUSY AT ASBURY.
Special to the Jcrsey City Meas.

has been awakened from It's long winter
sleep and is beginning to array itself in its
summer costume. From Sandy Hook to
Barnegat Inlet the air Is filled with the
sounds of busy preparation. Hotel pro
prietors are freshening up their hostelries
with new paint and d~evising fresh schemes
to attract the summer pilgrim, while cot
tage owners are throwing open shutters and
airing rooms which have been shut up dur
ing the long winter months. The promot-
ers of the various sea side resorts which
make the Jersey coast SO attractive in warm.
weather are looking wise and dropping
mysterious hints of the various new attrae7
lions which the borough of each will offer.
This is, no doubt, the busiest place alQiISs the
shore. Great preparations are beng sNna9e
for the various conventions aud otheFsgath@'
erings which the hustling toSpnsfaea LghaTe
/ succeeded in inducing to ScoIne herassSRIhe
greatest of these is the Natienah EdiboriaE
/ Convention, which meets herethef first week.
in July, and the National Educational Gont.
| yention. which will be in session from July
6 to Is inclusive. Then there follows a long
array of State organizations and fraternal
bodies which will hold their annua meet
ings here.
A WELCOME INNOVATION.
| Inc nrSG In1nS WHICH you see WneH you
! leave the train at the Asbury Park station is
the hackmen and expressmen in a line at the
rear of the platform where they remain
until you want one when you beckon to
him and he comes to you. Those who have
had the exasperating experience OF being
surrounded by a bowling shouting mob OF
Asbury Park expressmen and remember
their delightful Monmouth county repartee,
will greatly appreciate this new departure
ii it is kept up during the remainder OF the
season.
After you have broken away from that
beautiful sight, the mex thing that attracts
your gaze is a large banner strung across the
main street bearing in letters q yard big the
word welcome" This is in front OF the
headquarters which the citizens have estab-
lished for the various committees which have
been appointed to look after the comforts
|sand entertainment Of the delegates to the
fstwo big conventions. 5.1[There is an Executive
EConliriittee FOR bothsand Committees on
Hotels and accommodations, transportatioDs
and excursions, entertainments and every
thing else that such Vide awake gentlemen
as the Asbury Park citizens can think of.
There is also a General Finance Committee
to take charge of the large SUE which the
citizens contributed to defray the expenses
of the plans OF the other committees.
The Asburyites certainly do intend to
nave the newspaper men enjoy themselves,
and with the drives, bathing and sailing on
the ocean, athletic sports, carnivals on the
lakes, baby parades, banquets, old-fashioned
clambakeS and q dozen other ennlf destroy
ers, it is hard to see where the editors are
going to find time to transact their bust
ness. .-
The round of pleasure is to begin on In
dependence Day with u grand excursion to
the Monument Battle Field at Freehold,
which will be in charge OF the Sons of the
Revolution. PATRIOTIC, services will be held
at the Monument, and in the evening, upon
their return to the Park, there will be a
grand display of ireWork upen the beach.
There is to be a genuine banquet at the
Coleman House on, onerof the evenings, and
sacred concerts, morning and evening. will
entertain the editors on Sunday. :
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.
The National Educational Society, which
follows the editors Is composed of teachers
aud others insonle way connected with. the
work of EDUCATION. ,It wastorganized in
1851 under the name Of thetSational Teach
ers' Association, and has members in almost
every State in the Union, besides Canada.
Governor tWers will welcome the dele
gates to eWyJersey and Senator Bradley to
Asbury Park IN the opening day. DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, State
Superintendent OF Schools Addison B. Po-
land and United States Commissioner of
Education w. T. Harris will also speak at
the same time. AT various sessions of the
convention addresses will be made by Secre-
tary Hoke Smith, Bishop John II. Vincent OF
the Methodist Church, besides leading du->
Gators of the United States and Canada.
In addition to these two great conventions,
the wheelmen will hold their annual meet
here; the knights of Pythias will nave their
field day: knights of the Golden Eagle, Odd
Fellows, Red Men, Knight Templars and
Junior American Mechanics will also hold
meetings.
These are all keeping the various citizens
ao,,y,ittaa h,1Su onA tho charm rattIa of a
dozen or more typew1iting machines mani
pulated by as many of Asbury Parks fair
daughters fill the air at the headquarters.
The hotel proprietors, boarding house keepers
and merchants generally expect that these
events will bring an unusually large crowd
of visitors to the Park this year, and they
are also actively engaged in preparing to re-
lieye the stranger OF any spare money he
may have.
A LITTLE COMFY ISLAND.
tits said that Senator Bradley will not visit
the Park as much as usual this summer; that
the. arduous labor of changing his mind every
half Z hour on important questions. which
OCCUPIED his time in the Senate, has so under
mined his general health that his physicians
have advised him to seek rest and quiet in
some secluded spot in the mountains. He has
resigned as chairman of the committee ap-
pointed to receive the editors and all indica-
tions point toward the truth Of The state |
ment.l At any rate some enterprising men
have enough faith in the rumored absence of
the fonnaer to begin preparations for esta-
blishing a little 7Coney Island within the
sacred precincts Of Asbury Park. Among
the attractions which this will present are
mentioned, a ''Haunted SWING; a scenic
theatre with a continuous performance of
the good old fashioned variety kind, which
now masuuerades as vaudeville; a Crystal
Maze.n a s'Razzle Dazzle'' and a genuine
Ferris Wheel. Shades of John Wesley and
Philip Embury, think of it, a little Coney
Island almost within the shadow of the tall
towers of the new Ocean Grove auditorium.
SUMNER BoARDER NOT ON HAND.
The summer population has hardly begun
to make its appearance, although it is
expected to be very much in evil
dence by Saturday. There are always
enough all-the-year-round inhabitants to
make a good showing, and on warm
nights of the early part of the week
the board walk was quite lively. All traces
of last years storm, with the exception Of
here and there q spar half buried 1inEthe9|
sand have disappeared. The places where
the planks and bricks were washed awayd
from the walk have been restored4tg their
former appearance. No noticeable changes |
have been made along the beaeAAexceptli
where a few: boards and ONE fresh paint,
have been used to advantage gl&l
Those who have tried the surf say that the
temperature of the water is delightful, and
on Saturday some of the bathing pavilions
will be opened to- the public.
The summer time table will go into effect
on June 25, and matters are not expected to
get over lively until July l.. Nevertheless,
many of the cottagers are here, and more
are arriving by each train. A number of