The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-05
THE FOURTH At ASBURY..
Real Soldiers From Fort
Hancock Swell the En-
thusiasm.
HOTELS RAPIDLY FILLING UP.
Jersey City People Who Will
Summer by the
Ocean.
Especial Is .srhe Jersey city News.rl

rcneo;a7 IN ssrla Iersev Civ News. ~
AcpTrpv p4pr ~, 5oas Zprao-
A0pohi lily .
Ideally speaking, saturday was the opsh7
ing of the season here Although visit
ars ba,a haan eonstan+lx ar,,,-;ng alring
: Hass oesi
the last Two weeks. u IS douptlui Il ever
before this place has had such a large
inta,,x ~ p,,asts rertain1v Yesterday will
- -.
go down IN the history or Asbury ParK,
as a red letter Fourth. All day Saturday
fba baavy Iadsn trains drew in r. tbe
depot, each pendfn from ten TO twenty
minutes depositing passengers and bag
=, fant u h,sy woras avnpessmen
9a5s. :. 49, - oany ~ 49, arnnahIa a.
tiasl eleas mas 9 y n,nu - snn s,tnd.5T
the non appearances q truilhS ~ suiluas
Many guests spehI the cay II picycie
costume as a consequence me notes
nlied UP with great rapidlty, ana the pre-
prletors now wear a more h9peIul
%tenance. especially as perhaps two
thirds of these people have come down
for the season. Sunday was almost as
kept the men about the railroad depot
busy. il greater part of this influx
was owing to the intense heat and the
mosquitoes of the city.
Beth Saturday and Sunday were ex-
ceptionallv hot DAYS for the seashore re-
sorts as well as the city. There was no
ocean breeze. and that which sprang up
e,.on, tba West was anvth;ng b,lt refresh
mo re brestb was hat and tiresome.
NJ nritbe+andi e. +bis 800 ho1vexar tba
ralioia,,s antb1siasua u-ss a,,ita &c Great
- 80 li+tIa rraa+ar 49,, ~ aaol e,n5av &c
and sba,,t twa tba,,sand 5ndivid1sis AT.
alau ~ m ~ t.4i+avs,,na
tended the ocean Grove Audltopium
lno ri seIvise, - IL rs ~ W. : JP5o es ~ =
fatnaan. there was not SuIhclent seasilg
capacity, and many OF the audience haa
to stand,
The beach meeting of the season WIS
attended nv a1011T flTGf Tn0ISJnC neODi2.1
All day long Ocean Grove had the appear
anee~of camp meeting time, which opens
August 49,
Fourth, and Monday witnessed one Of the
biggest celebrations in which this resort
mas eyer participates. one OF tns pflne
clpai Iedlures q ms was the pressneesgl
~ ~ spaulels - sne ParaaF lness sp5
ITS wele a.Isct iI9ln ort nSieoen, asiu
m5fs Coiipal a 2 ! .ns inira lsss.llcsis,
49, ~ ! NE ! 1870 $3.50 y ME- aMlsssroi 80
Rird sra r p gno "A n neJs Ian 49,
90 MA ! tbraa dars f prIo ~
T5ve5 IN The part sa+,rdav alaning x;a
thr piaac,,ra pey bnst arsi sneei3i sal
lev cars. From Main street and Deal
Lake the soldiers marched through She
town amid hearty cheers rrom Jhs Inn
mense crowds that gathered on the side
walks to welcome them. were
discharged while the beach band played
s"The Star Spangled Banner and enthus-
iastic excitement reigned supreme. On
Monday these soldiers marched again, but
Asbury Park had become used TO them by
that time, and though they. were heartily
cheered by still larger crowds, the excite
ment was nottquite so intense as On Sat
urday.
Yesterdays programme also included q
nag raising. Wlth the usual speeefleS,
songs etc. Inc nag was raised li Rail
road square N. front OF the depot, ana IS
OF geherous dimensions. a IahdmaTh OF
Malcn AspQLy taIh may Wcl pc prouu.
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= :, rs dia1- ~ Ty - g. = = ~
~ y Seases :sossl liHelie ~
e e. St = ~ "a 81 Doa} III BE- saslns siaei3r ~.
Linition
About half mast fo,,r O'clock n tha ar
feruoon 4 heavy thunder stoyn, snrane
m ynh;ch 40 n,nanaS ~
f,,y+bar oaiabra ting tba 49, w IA, : fnaE,a
~ ia eyeSsng a5a tbis 1.r+ ~ ~ rs
ann was nostnonad ,,rtiI Saf,,rdaS-
AItho3Ieh real estate cents sav fbst
INC ranting IL A sb,,rse Toer1- 4his $500
;s haiorn tha ~ &c = hn+aI - 800
= t,road sn,ila rrbay aia;ns ~ 49, 4.
d,la n the No sosra Sa++aras 60 Az
SIM ,aer as . r,,le are renfed IN Anrii
~ No ~ +ba go 49, +ba~ $3.50
tha heta1 49, 49, 49, Iii = 80
rood boa rdfag seasan rThap 20 tbaT
hava the hof Tvaathar r. aneo,,r oa thans
as people do not care to rent and pre-
pprefer 10 boar nea' Du'
M prs51ea- ~ sva uu
MI, Bra9ieg mas, as As asual, spent a arg
nd ND n,nr = X 'nas ssaf y tepalllns
p ~ D. xiie ene 9esah lI9n.' Mnale
rsoss SiIi1ll, WHICH ulNluts ocean
Grove and Asbury Park. has been i'm
proveu OUT OF r~ecognallon.
All the roads nave oeen improved, not
ohiy N Aspury FarK, put IN the surround
ing country. making driving and cycling
along the shore an unalloyed joy.
The most noticeable of these improve
ments are at Bradley Beach,, where the
roads last summer were so sandy that 1t
was almost impossible for heavily laden
express wagons or stages to enter. but
where now these same roads are all ma
cademized There is to be an ocean drive
way. from Shark River to Sea Bright
and perhaps further. which # is nT9n,
ised viii be omen to the nlYblic .J,lv a
Wide bridres s1,itahIe "a, Tyabicles and
sbark River Dnnlt crsek FIa+cb a nd