New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

from the cities, but II the sun continues to shine
it has this week all will be well with the hotel
keepers and those who depend on scorchng
weather and plenty of it, for financial success at
the shore.
Nearly all of the large hotels now open for
business, and some, notably the Minot House. the
Grand Avenue Hotel and the West End. have their
early summer quota OF guests. Next week will find
all open, and thousands Of tourists enjoying the
attractions here
The city authorities have anticipated the coming
of the summer visitors Several of the avenues
leading TO the have been sravelled, the parks
have been beautifed. and the boardwalk has been
put in first class order. No new hotels have been
built since last season, but several of them, es-
pecially the Minot House and the Fenimore have
been enlarged and so thoroughly Overhauled that
they practically houses.
The movement to have Sunday trains stop at the
North Asbury station instead of nterlaken received
boom this week when Mr. Bradley indorsed the
efforts being made by the Hotelkeepers' Associa-
ton to induce railroad companies to rescind the
cast iron rule which was adopted years ago At the
nstigation of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting As
sociation
Striped bass running, and fishermen
have been jubilan in consequence. This week there
were four bass landed from the shore front weigh
ing over twenty pounds apiece. and scores of lesser
weight Were captured. The favorite rendezvous OF
the expert anglers is the end of the Deal
Lake fume, although hundreds Of fishermen haunt
Asbury Parks original attraction-the baby
parade-Wil be held this summer The date has not
been fixed. but the show will be given on the hoard
walk time in August. The march Of the
in decade. wing to MT' BradIe%s Illness and and
thousands of little ones We're heartbroken over it.
the procession will be record breaker. both to
ntrodueed He is now at work arransin HIS pIans G s
and the Common Council will appoint i committee
TO assist making the affair a success.
Dr.; Conterno has been engaged TO direct the band
employed by the city TO give free daily concerts
He was chosen from a list of fifty applicants for
the position; and will bring first class band and
The, project to build modern winter hotel on
who has offered those back Of hS movement 10
on 6 ocean roI r1k Wne der4be site
II is proposed to form a stock company and erect
also renewed his offer to sell his boardwalk pavil-
Ions and the beach front to the city for S5o,cGo and
the transfer of the property-estimated be worth
$500 a0J0-will, unless the owner again changes his
charge OF The beach front extensive iInproyements
including new steel boardwalk, win be made. and
be made for Winter and fSs5ep spins 9 '
waiting the coming Of the army Of lethodists from
all parts OF tie world. many of whom already
the camp grounds The formal opening Of The
June 2 when the Auditorium. the largest building
devoted to Protestant worship in the world. will
VIII % he hd on T t6e camp % srounRs day
The The Grafton orr m on IndePendenGs Day is to ne dev
eonR;n fG eam9 nDt Gstns Will begin on AEsus II and
gi9uss festival is in progress ten meetings are
held daily on the camp grounds. Charles H. Yat-
man. the evangelist, will, usual conduct the
young peoples meetings. and the choir of 200
voices ard an orchestra of thirty musicians will
be under the leadership Of Professor Tall Esen
Morgan of New-York
I, The visitors this week include former Mayor
Edwin 3 Stuart of Philadelphia; Frederick 5
Gibbs, of New-Yorf: the former Speaker of the
Assembly George w Macpherson. Of Trenton:
Mayor James NJ. Seymour of Newark Governor
r. roster Sts N voorhees, General Richard A. Donnely
NJ: ID. Berlitz, of New-York.
New Yorlsers at the Minot House include George
W. Biauvelt. Mrs. r.. n. Ryan and family 4
ssbsrf sbsnier HuP1 Pfsnk Mr. p AND %osn Mr. DfemaT l.
- Mr. and Mrs. Albert King S b. Buckley Frank
I'm Stoz and Herbert G.. Sterat are among the
New-Yorkers at the Bevedere.