New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
MILD DAYS AT ATLANTIC CITY
PROSPECTS OF A BUSY AND BRILLIANT
LENTEN SEASON.
A NUMBER OF HOTELS TO REOPEN sooN-A NEW
HosTLERY TO COST HALF A MILLION.

HosTLERY TO COST HALF MILLION.
Atlantic CITY. Ian. 2s (speciaD-This week has
been an unusually pleasant one here. With the ex-
ception Of a portion Of day, the weather has
been clear. and the air during the greater portion
OF the time has been particularly mild ana paifhy
This has made outdoor life agreeable. resulting III
an increased number Of strollers on the board
walk while reminders of summertime are iouhu
in occasional groups Of children playing In the
sand on the beach II is times difficult to realize
that Il is midwnter in the usually bleak North IL
would be easier TO imagine ones self at some place
in the middle South.
Hotel proprietors have reason to be well satisfied
with the number Of guests they are entertaining
at present The trains have been coming IN We"
laden with passengers all week. and the ho'eis are
euinr IN at n rapid rate. Several OF the larger
beach-front houses have more guests than ever oe'
fore at this season. Many rooms have oeeh en-
gagged and there is every reason to believe 'ha' ''e
coming Lenten season will be one Of the busiest
and most brilliant on record
CHANGES AT THE HOTELS.
The Grand Atlantic will have a new owner but
will continue under the management OF rs ou
lessee Charles Prettyman, the former owner Oh
tho hotel has sold the entire property TO clarence
NJ Busch already a large real estate owner mere
Tho nrice maid is stated TO be $4,000 which Is not
considered excessive, In view Of the size ana mag
nifcence Of the house. The change IN o"ieisHp
will not affect the management IN any way anu
Charles f. Cope will continue to direct the aharS
of the house. Mr. Cope is one or the most sue
cessful hotel men in the city. and has built up an
enormous business at the Grand Atlantic Inc
hotel is one of the largest here. The house has
heen closed but will reopen February !, AFTER
undergoing extensive Improvements and removal
ton.
Several other prominent hotels Will reopen snort
w. Mr. Cook will reopen the Hotel senate next
Saturday The house is being renovated ana pre-
nared for the busiest season In Its history Inc
Hot a INN. rial in Virginia South. is being I'M
nroved and will reopen shortly The CieaVer
House In Tennessee-ave. South, has betn leaseu pS
Percy Peale Of Philadelphia, and Mrs E. behe
Blocker of Baltimore. who will take possession lm-
medately, and will open the house Tor the recep-
ton of guests on February Is. The Hobson House.
which was badly damaged by the beach-front hre
in October has been rebuilt. and Will shortly be IN
readiness 10 receive guests. Mrs. Z. l.. Charleton
will remain as its executive head. g. NJ. Mckinney.
q veteran Philadelphia hotel man, has leased the
Westminster Hotel in Kentucky ave. and will re-
omen II on February / The house has been man.
aged for a number Of years by its owner, Mrs. NJ
Roche and an excellent patronage has been Sc
cured but Mrs Roche has decided to retire and
enjoy a we-earned rest
GOLF AND TRAP SHOOTING.
The golf links have been most popular TINS week
For short time last month there was an unusu-
ally large amount Of rain, which prevented the
golfers from enjoying their favorite sport. but
since good weather has returned, and the atmos-
phere has resumed its customary mildness. the en-
thusiasts are indulging in the game with renewed
vigor The County Club of Atlantic City is pc
culiarly fortunate IN having its grounds situated In
place where the climate is so equaDle Ihere
are probably more golhng days here in the course
OF the winter than at any other resort IN the
North There was only one day this week when
the grounds were not in fine condition. and then
they were only little wet on account OF heavy
rain the previous night. Even on that day there
were a number of visitors to the grounds, many
persons finding the comfortable clubhouse a suff-
cient attraction. Every other day the links have
been thronged with golfers, and many friendly con-
tests have taken place. At the clubhouse yester-
day President Frederick Hemsley proprietor et OF
the Hotel brighton was tme eueSt OF to tbe club
\ number Of invited guests were present IN addi-
The club has made arrangements to include trap
shooting in the list Of sports TO be enjoyed at the
g9nm1s WIEN me nnner without nterfering in any
way with the solf-players
PLANS FOR a NEW HOTEL
project is or foot for the erection Of another
immense hotel on the beach front. The plans of
the syndicate that is considering the matter are
said TO include the expenditure OF at least 100000
1t is stated that the hotel If the plans carried
out will be erected on the Fortescue property, at
Arkansas which has frontage on the board
posed to build a block Of stores on the walk, with
an entrance the motel In the centre, and another
entrance from Arkansas-ave Inc site is close 10
other large hotels and convenient to the Reading
A contract was awarded by the city this week for
large amount Of additional street paving inns
SO that by the middle Of May the avenues will be
in better condition than ever before; me new
contract includes the macadamizing or nearly an
the principal crosstown thoroushfares from At
lantic-ave to the beach. The old gravel roadways
were good enough as long as Atlantic CITY was only
a summer resort. and IT'S beach the only attraction;
but that the city patronized by visitors at all
seasons and driving and riding have become popu-
lar pastimes. il has become necessary 10 provide
highways that will be less dusty In dry weather
and less muddy after transforms. When all the
Improvements in contemplation are competed Al
lantic City will have avenues that will compare
Importance
SUCCESS OF THE JETTIES
Small fortunes nave been made for several per-
sons in Atlantic City in the last few years by the
action of the in building up the beach front.
Year by year there have been accumulations of
sand on the beach. and the high-water mark is now
many feet further out than II was fifteen years
ago But this not always the case. 1t has
not been many years since the making
great inroads on the beach in the upper section of
the CITY, and 1T one time the stability Of the light
house itself was in danger. Then the Federal Gov
eminent obtained from the State Riparian Comms
sioners the rights 10 the beach from Connecticut
to Adriatic ayes. A distance OF a mile and half.
and built jeties for the purpose OF protecting the
than had been expected resulting in a building up
Of the beach that has hidden the jetties from sight
and added many acres OF available building sites
in that section Now the Riparian Commissioners
again come forward and ask that the Government
was a little uneasiness among the owners of the
land when this step was frst announced. but
the titles are insured. and that the insurance com
panies had full knowledge Of the state OF affairs