The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-19
ASBURY PARK.
Season Opened Saturday
Night With Prosperity
Assured.
BOARD WALK CROWDED
Favorite Resort Presents
Scene of Midsummer
Activity.
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ASBURY PARK, June 10, 1S99.-Even al
this early date Asbury Park presents
every appearance of midsummer prosper
lily. The fact is the season here is very
much ahead of itself, and the recent hot
wave has sent from neighboring cities
hundreds of summer guests who had nc
intention of reaching here until a few
weeks later.
AT no place is the sign of prosperity
greater than at the station, and this yer
there is added to an unusually large mob
of express and stage men a regular army
of trades sharks. They surround each
stage as it leaves the station, gathering
in strength at every square, and upon
the arrival of the unfortunate passenger
at her destination she is lost in a deaf
ening throng DESTROYS of serving her
with milk. meat, vegetables and grocer
les. This torment, of course, is limited
to feminine humanity, only the children
escaping, and proves that while as yet
trade is not over brisk a heavy season
is anticipated.
Never before has the season opened SO
early, and Saturdays crowd of tran
sients was just such as might be ex-
pected over the Fourth of July. Mr..
Bradley already has his bath houses open,
and beach receipts are one-third ahead of
fast year. and though as yet there are a
large number of summer hotels unopened
while those that are nave but few guests
real estate men say that nearly all the
cottages are rented. This has its effect
r.7n 80 T1ihurbs and agents are doing =
larger business at Deal Lake, Interlaken,
bte4-ey Beach and Avon thar ever be-
fore. Everything is renting well and at
its market value.
Saturday evening was practically the
opening of the season on the Board
Walk, being the first concert. This year
the Henry Lambatti Band of Philadelphia
has been secured. and Saturday evening
saw the Asbury Rfalto crowded with en-
thusiastic pedestrians and h ubiquitous
p~erambulator. Sunday night the crowd
though no less in numbers, was not quite
as enthusiastic. Evidently Asbury is not
partial to sacred concerts, even when in
terspersed with snatches from I'll Trova-
tore" and the crowd hat gathered on
Bradley's Pavilion for the most part
looked bored.
1t was a great mistake to place the
band on it's present elevated position upon
the pavilion. The low roof produces an
back upon the band to quickly cause
in the louder strains a most discordant
din, while upon the very coolest part of
the structure, that over the ocean, the
tunes cannot be heard at all. In other
words, unless one is too near the band
for pleasant, musical effect. he must lose
the inspiration altogether.
Evidently Asbury feels safe from the
ravages Of fire along the beach until
July Fourth, for it is not until July 1
that the beach auxiliary to the fire de-
partment will be placed on duty.
Everything, however, is in readiness for
bathing. Saturday life lines and poles
were placed at the various grounds and
masters will be put in charge today.
At Ocean Grove are to be seen the
same signs of early prosperity, with one
addition, that of the Auditorium crowd.
Sunday might almost have been the be-
ginning of the camp meeting. so great
was the church going population.
At Bradley Beach there are a large
number of new houses, and a big hotel
has been erected on the Ocean front.
Pipes have been laid for running water,
and cottagers are doing away with their
old iron pumps in consequence. The
roads are in excellent condition, wen
the short streets having been macadam-
lied. Sewerage is promised for the near
future.
A%llenhurst, too, presents a midsummer
scene and adds greatly to the attraction
of the Rumson road, with its stylish
%turnouts, while the golf links at Deal
are constantly fiecked with the red jack
cts of club members and visitors.