Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-17

GALE BY RECEIVERS.
OF
Lincoln Park and Steamboat Consolidated
Company.
The subscribers. Receivers appointed by the
Court Of Chancery Of New Jersey, in the case of
James j. Cowgirl, Complainant and Lincoln
Park and Steamboat Consolidated Co, defend
ants, by virtue of an order of said Court dated
March y. 1897, will offer for sale on premises
TUESDAY, JULY Goth, 1897,
At $50 o'clock, p. M.
At Lincoln Park, Gloucester
County, N. j.
The Famous
Family Summer Resort
Known as
Lincoln Park
Situate on the Delaware River
u Miles Below Philadelphia
I'm Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Having frontage on the Delaware River about
1000 feet, and containing
35isSso ACRES
Together with the riparian rights and all build
ings, improvements, fixtures and furniture there
in and thereon, excepting the structure known
as "Shoot the Chutes" This properly has been
operated since Juue, 1890, as first ass family
summer resort, having been built, ed tipped and
furnished for that business. The improvements
and buildings are large double-deck steamboat
landing, pavilion and pier, stone sea wall along
the entire river frontage of the Park three-story
oil and failo
plumbing for water, steam and drainage ~
story cafe building with toilet rooms). bridge
and stone tower on river front, extensive ice
house and refr1gerating building, electric light
building with boiler house, dynamos, engine ETC.,
2 toboggans. with boiler house, sheds and car
houses; gents cottage, barber shop, Wristbands,
bOer-house, ice cream pavilion, photograph
building. haunted swing building, pool and
SWITCHBOARD pavilion ladies' cottage(two-story)
with retiring rooms, toilet rooms aud lavatory
handsome music shell building with rooms, clos
cts etc ;Ssupply bar building with ice-h house and
refrigeresor, dairy building, segar stand, fruit
and confectionery stands twO-storj residence for
superintendent, large twO-story house for SER
wants. large two-story barn and shed, DO horse
sheds, and stables, water tower buildings with
tanks of $4,000 gallons capacity each, with
pumps machinery, etc.; handsome substantial
wooden bridge over roadway. EGGPLANT building,
| toilet-rooms and urinals, grand stand structure.
seating capacity 5000 persons, cement lake, the
whole enclosed with 8 feet high fencing around
the same. Upon the premises is a complete
electric light (incandescenL and arc) plant with
sufficient capacity for lighting buildings and
| grounds, switches, lamps, poles, lights and
wires; complete drainage and sewerage system
for buildings and grounds; extensive supply
| coo gallons daily of pure water; numerous
| fire plugs located upon various parts of ground
| and connected with water works.
This property is one of the most handsome,
complete and commodi0uS summer resorts ia
| the United States, and is beautifully located
upon bluff 25 feet above an expansive and hard
beach on the Delaware River. 1t has been ex-
tensively patronized by Philadelphians. line OF
steamers leaving Philadelphia every As minutes
| for Lincoln Park.
! The entire property, with the improvements
and buildings (except the structure known as
shoot the Chutes) with the furniture and fur
nishings including household goods cooking
utensils, glass, china, crockery, cutlery, and
linen ware, etc contained in the buildings will
be sold as one property.
| first mortgage with interest thereon from March
!. 1895, and also subject to a balance of Siy 500
due upon second mortgage with interest there
on from February 60 1885,
\ $40 to be paid at the time of sale, the
balance of the purchase money within ten DAYS
after the confirmation of che sale by the Chan
cellor of New jersey.
BERNARD GILPIN, ESQ,
ALFRED B. srONEY. ESQ.
Receivers.
On the day OF sale leave Market street wharf,
Philadelphia. i.SG p M, via West Jersey Rail-
road TO Woodbury.. N. j., and from Woodbury.
| {via Delaware River RaiirOad) to Paulsboro, ar
irving at Paulsboro 22U D M Lincoln Park is
within Is minutes walk of Panlsboro, j.
For further particulars apply to George Nc
Gowan, Esq No. 9N Girard Bull ling; Bernard
Alfred B. stoney. Esq Keyport New Jersey,
Receivers, or to s. H Grey, Esq, No. i0i Market
i N. THOMAS i sons, Auetioneers,