New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03
ATLANTIC CITY,S BEACH,.
NEWCOMERS RIVAL PHILADELPHIANS
IN ENJOYING ITS PLEASURES.
A GOOD SEASON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CASINO
CHANCES FOR EXCURSIONS.

CHANCES FOR EXCURSIONS.
Atlantic City. y. J.. June GpeclaD.-That the |
summer season Of 1894 will be one OF memorable
prosperity here is assured fact. and any one VINO
doubts the accuracy of this statement needs only
to glance at the well-hled pages of the registers
of the leading hotels to be convinced OF Its truth
Already the tide Of travel trendlng strongly In
this direction and there is every reason TO be1eVe
that the midsummer rush Will be something phe-
nomenal. for Atlantic city, where Dig crowns
OF visitors the rule rather than the exception.
This reassuring prospect IS not a surprise, how
ever TO those whose occupation causes them to
watch the entrance and exit Of the seasons. In
almost every instance II Is found that bad season
IL invariably succeeded by good one. for the same
conditions which induce the former react to produce
the latter Especially is this Of seashore travel
for where a multitude kept away from a favorite
resort one summer. by a variety of opposite at
fractions. they long all the more ardently to make
a visit during the following one. and Will not allow
any petty distractions stand in the way OF gratl-
flying their desire.
PROJECTORS OF the various big hotels are unani-
nous In their assertion that the waning spring sea-
son has been the successful one they have ever
experienced and the effect OF Worlds Fair adver-
Using is shown by the widely divergent points OF
the country from which the visitors have come
Heretofore Philadelphia has always sent by far the
largest number. and In fact for many years At
lantic City was only known a seaside annex OF
that city A most decided change Is noticeable now
however. and the number Of arrivals from New
York City is fast rivalling the Quaker City con-
tngent. An official Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
as a conservative estimate. places the number OF
New-Yorkers arriving In this city over their lines
during the last months at $500, and the Reading
system has transported almost as many more. II
the stream Of travel from NewYork Is literally
directed toward this city the coming summer, the
Brighton. Traymore Dennis Shelburne. Windsor,
Haddon Hall. Sea side. Chalfonte and Senate Will be
pretty to reap large share of the BENEFITS
The present season IS no exception to the rule, and
the number OF guests VINO have registered at these
houses alone since the first Of the new year. for
that was when the spring really opened. has
approxlmated nearly 1000. Many other houses
have been equally successful. according to their
size AMI a respondent hotel proprietor would be ex-
tremely hard to find just at the present time.
Practically little or damage was done by the
recent coast gales and the famous Boardwalk,
which has an uninterrupted course of over four
miles along the front Of the city, to-day pre-
ssnts n most animated picture. Gay fashion, on
pleasure solely bent. sits In the pavilions or sroIs
along the walk. side BY side with the corva.escent
invalid. and this picture furnishes the key 10 ATTAIN
tic Ctys enduring and rver-lncreasing fsme-unlim-
tied pleasure for the and tried and tested
health giving properties for the other.
At the Inlet there is a rush and hustle which is
sure Indication OF the way In which the yachsinen
regard the prospects for the summer. Every owner
ment TO Il, not because the boat especially needed
H. but keep in the OF progress with his neigh
bors and the probable result Of all this labor Will be
more closely contested races for the valuable tro-
previous season In spite Of all these preparations,
captain sam Gale still wears the quiet smile and
proudly exhibits the diamond studded medal which
he captured last year In the champion yacht John
f. Mehrer. From the present appearance OF things.
yacht racing VII! b. prominent feature Of summer
sPP9mms in in Which tSe %ewYoTk and other Yacht
invited partlClDlfp
The bathing season cannot be SAID TO have really
opened but the warm weather OF last Sunday
brought 1t near and a few pioneers have been seen
in the surf nearly every day this week. Fashion
does bathing viii not become the craze
Even though this be true. the visitor need not
want for either amusement or recreation. for on
every hand one can ind something Of constantly
recurring interest. zone Of the best points about
Atlantic CITY. remarked we..known Newly orker
recently rs tina, II YOU tire Of i you can get out
50 quick" lie was referring to the numerous snort
trips that can be made TO outside points. These IN
cludc delightful ride on the electric cars TO South
which rurs the very brink Of the ocean, and per;
mlts an unObstructed view Of that wide eXpanse OF
terminus OF the road. the trip may be continued by
steamer 10 Ocean city and Somers's Point or
ANN 't rounds a!ong the Jersey coast, Another
captivating trip Is that 70 Brlgantine Beach. via
the steamer from the ln!et AMI the electric hne OF
Il must not be Inferred from this that It neces-
ones self Of ennu far from IT, 4 finer or more
select resort does not exist along the Atlantic coast
than the Brighton Casino. located directly on the
BoardwaIk With rs cosey sun parors. reading,
% Wd nesan HdI 10 this Spacious ballroom. in
which the famous Russian court orchestra nightly
Pays ps so Sfn Rh of hundeds OF @ny shaded electric
lights and you have the Casino as II really Is, the
rbcn ot th . Is the bier which extends out over
the sea "A distance OF some $50 feet ana AFFORDS
favorlte point Of vantage for the angler, to say
nothing Of the nightly hops that are held In the
commolious central pavilion, which Is always de-
may be at other points. OF lesser pleasures there
are lengthy list the merry-s0-rounds' tne toDoge,
gan slides and mystifying Illusions a number OF
improvements are being made to the city now, ana
stll more are contemplated me soaraWak LIS Is
be widened the streets paVc ana ,he WhCer s. ~
plv Increased, to give added fire service along tne
ocean front Atanc , w es s snd ost pop
lar summer resort from Bar Harbor to Old Point
N@W-Yorkers in town the past week include the
TSe Iseworth-Miss e Graetz. Miss T. Ber and
VT" The IrYington-w L. Rice A. b. wertner. James
IL The leoV Seaside asia House Miss Monet J. " john
son: Mr.; and Mrs Julius Bi ,L.o urs Howe Miss
Darling rhf s,o j. 8 Garner ard c. b CLAYTON
Haddon Hail.. b. Davenport and c. s Dun
' Hotel George Foster Peab2ay v X
M Manr' Mr.. and Mrs James Miller, Judge y. Y.
ruen Mrs p RE Mr. ThO% Mark Krk EanrIe
Marks Miss Blanche Marks Mrs. D. NJ. Koehler,
J. b. Van Worst and Albert Phenis. Quilt.
Herman Sanders Miss V. b. Bonigeril, II. G.
Hemming and W. Wilkinson. .,,,,
Hotel Brighton-Mrs. A. s Anable Mrs william
Ravlis Miss Edith Baylis. William G. lvison Theo-
dore Braine Martin J. s. De Garmenda, Nj and
Mrs Daniel Holden Miss Holden Mr. and Mrs s,, y;
Alice Walsh. John Brooks. Mrs. Henry s. Brooks
The DennIs~H H. Isham. Mrs. A. F: r; Lansing;
T G Taxon Mrs Taxon H. Il , WenSheIl Pr w end
ron s Ciustall and Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Maxwell
The Waverly-William W. Magee and W. Fur
ness - 49,, =, - rrou Den
iamIn Wood Mrs j. Emmons Miss Emmons. Bart
WcDonald H. NJ Cuden Miss Bindle. 5. +. Paul.
Mrs paul Mrs Clara Hurd. Miss Mclean; MISS
Rovd Miss l.. A. Lewis. a. II. Lewis and Miss
Carrie Myers.
sEABRIGHT READY FOR SUMMER.
HOTELS nEFITTED AND CoTTAGERs ALREADY
ARRIVING.
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