New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
EARLY SPRING BY THE SEA.
ATLANTIC CITY ENTERTAINING A LARGE
CROWD OF LENTEN VISITORS.

PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT FOR THEM OF WHICH
THE BOARDWALK IS THE cHrEF-crrY
IMPROVEMENTS PENDING POSTAL
AND RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Atlantic City y. j.. March I3.-The number ~
visitors to this city has been stu further aug
mented during the last week and the crowd %
promenaders on the boardwalk has reached pro-
portions that surprising II is probable that
tho weather has been largely responsible FOR TIA
influx Of strangers all the week At any rate. I,
is a fact that the railroads never brought so many
passengers here during single week thus early
In the season as they have carried during the las.
seven days. 4 large percentage OF tho visitors
come from New-York and other points north ana
east. indicating that the resort Is rapidly becoming
more popular with residents OF those sections All
this Is gratifying 10 the hotel propretors and other
business men or the place. who as much IN
terested In spreading the fame OF their city
throughout the country, they in filing
their hotels with guests and their pockets with
dollars. There is no class OF persons more public
spirited than the business men OF Atlantic City
The hosts OF strangers who have come trOopnR
In recently have not suffered for lack Of amuse-
ment. The very crowds themselves have furnished
entertainment for each other. The boardwalk OF
course. is the Of attraction and the thronsu
that move up and down from morning until night
find their attention divided between the beauty ~
the ocean, the improvements that are IN progress
on every hand and the endless panorama ~ their
fellow romenaders. The strolers come from
every point Of the compass. and there enough
odd characters among them to furnish some anus
ing Incidents. The weather has been so mild and
delightful that the mere pleasure Of walking IL an
attraction sufficient keep the majority OF visitors
out OF doors all day and good portion OF the
night
Atlantic City is particularly interested in the
Street Paving bill I'm the hands Of the Com
Senate. There several avenues IN this city
that it will be difficult to have paved under the
present laws, which require the OF such I'm
proyemonts to be assessed against the owners ot
adjacent properties. The bill under consideration
would give the desired relief By providing a way to
pay for such work by general taxation num-
Der OF city officials and prominent citizens visited
Trenton On Thursday for the purpose Of urging
favorable consideration ot the measure II i,
passes. the work Of paving VIII begin az once.
1t now looks az though tho purchase OF tbs
schauner property site for the proposed new
City Hall will be accomplished. Acting
under authority recently granted by tho Council.
the City Hall Commissioners have renewed tho
various options on the land. the sum total OF ne
purchase price aggrega;lng about $1,000 Al that
win tho west JERSEY and Seashore Railroad com
pany by which the ground owned by the railroad
will be turned over 20 the city. II - thought tnat
this can easily be done, as proposition ac,ep,eea
by the company "A year ago j. supposed sun
de iSr 69 location seS brighter than over
The spring schedules Of both the Reading and
Pennsylvania railroads went into eject tni- week
a number Of new express trains are provided ana
the time between Philadelphia and this city has
been shortened by five minutes for several trains
Additional New York connections have been sched-
uled, making communication with the meIopons
changes IS the provisions made for an additional
train each way daily by way OF b ,ne besn art
into effect earlier than this year, on account
OF the unusually heavy travel
Iasfr ,lgfa- m
able to have an extra delivery OF mail made daily.
1t has been customary TO put on additional car
riers during the summer but the increase nas
part Of Aprii or early in May Postmaster Devins
states that the increase In the arriving mall wltnIn
the last two weeks has been enormous e9uaiIns
PT9gsys spshrs party yyDSs sy hs p Z; IN:
B Band G5'S An s@s Pr and MISS Annie TG -:
hce T. Neade Mrs A. F Bannister, Miss Flor
ence Bannlster Miss n WaIiace Ms NJ rr S,e'
Mitchell Miss Rena Mitchell. Miss Annie 5 lay
Tor. Miss Blanche Ainscow OF Wiminstt22n; Mr,
IT BGtow Mr and Ma Ms Yos OF PsOars
Mrs J. C. Leary. Miss Netiie Leary and Mrs. ana
' Beg i to-mOrrow evening Francis AIns Of
YORK. n y2n ,ss R W'.. aP orche.tra
The weekly dances az the, Hotel Rud9 Si., are are
largely ATTENDED every given mere
The csslno dances every Wednesday and Saturday
evening also attract a larsr Al'b
able people. Tho splendid orchestra 81 me tO.s'
Windsor * now giving daily concerts MI "a'.h,
mo rropr .e,or has extended invitation 20 tne
guests Of other hotels 70 visit the windsor al any
time and enjoy the music OF his orchtstra, r..
4 highly successful progressive euchre parry wa.
given one night this week al the NeStln'hsrrss'.
Under The direction OF Miss Anna A. s,ier' p,ns
nri2e- winners were Miss May Kennedy, MISS r'i"ns
bradley Mrs 2. Cah!ll, y. Lane Or Marle W.
Haydon VI. Mccormick and Mrs Cremin. ,A
senator lanes Smith. Jr or TINS STATE, u ~.
Ing few days at the Brighton. lie arrived on
Wednesday. , l. c,es, Al
the Grand Atlantic t.t,or q,
Governor Lowndes. or Mary laic' Is N'so' -
IIaddOn Hall.