The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
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Wrightsv de beach presents an espe-
Crafty Du ~ scene just now, large forces
OF car enters being engaged all along
the each from "Breezeland" to Ocean
w -, in the work Of putting old cot
ages in thorough order, erecting new
x,ues and making various improve
ments all along the sea and sound
fronts.
Repairs and extensive Improvements
! are being made on h cottages OF MI.
NJ. j. Corbett, Colonel A NJ. Waooeu,
Mr.. James H Chadbourn, Jr., n
MI. w. H. Chadbourn. Formidable
breakwaters are being constructed IN
front of the cottages of the Messrs
Chadbourn. They are also having their
grounds neatly terfed.
Mr.. p. l.. Bridgers is making extern
| sive improvements and an addltion 10
| his cottage. The cottages OF MI. John
! McLaurin and Mr.. a. David are also
being considerably improved
Timber and other material IS Delng
placed on the grounds for a handsome
new cottage TO be erected at once Dy
Mr.. j. A. Arringdale in the stead OF
the one which was destroyed by the
storm last October. The new cottage
will be erected on huge cedar plllngs'
Forces of workmen are engaged IN
| the task of rolling back the cottages
| of Mr.. Walter l.. Holt, Mr.. T. j. row
| ers and Captain z. w. VanC. Lucas 10
positions nearer the railroad track
and in making very improve
ments in the cottages.
Work is being pushed just as rapidly
as possible on the Carolina and Allan
tic Yacht Club houses and both will
certainly be ready for the use of the
| cl~ubmemberS just as soon as the sea-
son opens. The old Judge Russell cot
tage, now owned by Messrs Stone
Rourk & Co, is being extensively over
| hauled.
The VanAmringe property, the cot
| tage, bath houses n reStaurantyhaVe
beer purchased by the Ocean View
| Company and are being put in
thorough order.
The Ocean View Company is also
having a commodious pavilion con-
structed in the stead of the old one
which was swept away by the storm.
The new structure is a very decided
| improvement over the old one.
Further up the beach where the old
Hewlett place used to be a new sa-
loon and restaurant are being con-
Structed.
The store building on Ocean View
which was occupied last season by
King Brothers is being repaired but no
announcement is yet made as to who
! will occupy it.
Many of the cottagers are ha Ting
| new boad walks constructed along the
| railroad track, all of them being
placed five or six feet from the track
so as to avoid accidents.
Both the hotels, Seashore and Ocean
View are to be put in thorough order
| for the season at once and will be
opened not later than June LIST. FIX
tended reference to the plans of the
new manager of the Seashore
hotel, Mr.. Joe H Hinton, was made
in yesterdays paper. Mr.. Hinton is
determined that this shall be the big
! gest season in the history of the Sea-
| shore hotel which, he says will GER
tainly remain open for guests until
October LIST or later.
The Wilmington Seacoast railroad is
having all their passenger cars thor
oughly overhauled and upholstered
lent condition regular runs being made
now from the Wilmington station to
the Ocean View terminal
Mr.. Robert Merritt has been appoint
ed as manager of the freight depart
ment and Mr.. George Bishop as assis-
tant conductor.
Captain Edgar L.. Hinton, travelling
passenger agent has just returned
from an extended trip up theWilming-
ton and Weldon, the A. and N. c. and
the Wilmington, Charleston and Au-
gusta railroads and makes an especial
ly favorable report of prospects fol-
summer visitors. While he was away
he arranged for quite a number OF
excursions to be run here early in the
season, two Of them to come the lat
ter part of this month. All things
point to decidedly the most success
full season in the history of the beach,
as a summer resort