New-York tribune., 1901-09-09
ASBURY PARK SEASON
IT WILL LAST AS LONG AS GOOD
WEATHER CONTINUES-A PROS
Porous YEAR.


season Asbury Park will extend far into the pres
ent month. and longer. If the prevailing delightful
weather continues. The opening of the public
schools in New-York City caused thousands 10 de-
part last week. hut there have been numerous
arrivals during the week and the fashionable hotels
are stiu comfortably dIed.' This Is especially
OF the Hotel Brunswick. where Boniface Parsons
is entertaining unusually large number OF guests
for this season of the year The Hotel Brunswick
has enjoyed a liberal patronage this summer. II
is a family hotel and ts guests come early and
stay late II is patrouized by the best families OF
Philadelphia and New-YOrk City and Proprietor
Parsons has The happy faculty Of making his
patrons feel AT home The house will close for the
season next Thursday.
Hundreds of cottagers in North Asbury Park
Will tarry until November l. September, 1t Is
ceded. is the queen month of the year for rest
at the seaside, and the cottageTs. realizing this
fact. do not hurry home the madding
crowd begins to melt The bathing and
fishing are at their best this month and it Is a
fact that the ocean is in October than It is
in July For these reasons the cOttagers grad
ually extending their annual STAY at the shore and
predictions made that in another year two
the resort will be filed with visitors all through
September and October.
The season drawing TO close has. the whole.
been prosperous for the hotel and boarding
house keepers. The vacationists began TO pour In
on Independence Day and from that time up TO the
end of last week the hostleries have been filed.
Last month the hotel men taxed to hnd sleep
ing quarters their and nearly every hotel
was Obliged TO rent nearby cottages for the over
flow.
Much of Asbury Parks popularity is due to the
good roads in and adjacent to the resort. Every
thoroughfare in the resort is gravelled and there
hundreds of miles of excellent roads on the
north, south and west. Wheelmen appreciate this
advantage. do owners OF automobiles who come
here in preference to tarrying at a resort where
the roads are in bad condition and limited. Then.
fsifor ASbt1r PARK Of
with mosquitoes. This is a feature few watering
places boast of and means much to the visitors
from the Jersey towns where the mosquito reigns
supreme. Occasionally, when a land breeze blows
continuously for several days. few mosquitoes
will make their appearance. but the first zephyr
from the sea drives them back to their regular
quarters. and the dreaded insects are, therefore,
looked upon curiosities.
Over in Ocean Grove the season is practically
over The great camp meeting closed last Monday,
and the ending of this popular religious feast
the signal for thousands of MethOdists pack their
trunks and start for their homes The tents about
the camp grounds being taken down, and in
another week that recently bustling city
will resemble a deserted Western boom town The
Auditorium will be open for divine worship on
Sunday, September Is. when the final service for
this summer will be held Apropos of the camp
meeting Bishop FitzGerald announced last week
that at the services held on Sunday. August 25-
one of the big camp meeting days-there 1892
pennies dropped into the collection baskets. This
breaks all former records The largest number OF
coppers received in single day last year about
nine thousand.
The Asbury Park Board Of Trade is working
secure the erection of a modern summer and winter
hotel a plot adjacent TO the sea in Ocean-ave-
The moven ent is we'll under way. and If the
scheme is successful, the new hosiery will be
ready for business next spring. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has assured the Board OF Trade
that the building of up date winter
vansary will bring improved winter train sched-
Tie from New-Yor1 City and Philadelphia, and that
the railroad company in addition. will spend thou
sands Of dollars in advertising AsbUry Park
all the year round resort.
Efforts viii be renewed by the city to obtain the
beach front from Mr.. Bradley during the coming
winter. Mr.. Bradley has offered to dispose OF his
beach holdings TO the municipality for S150,00O but
d hitch in the proceedings last spring forced the
transfer over until after the summer season In
the city gets the beach and pavilions. a
steel boardwalk Will be erected and pavilions
built, well casino and music stand The
property winch Mr. Bradley has offered TO the city
for $1500O is worth much more in fact, he has been
offered S50Oo0O for it by syndicate but his desire
is that the city shall control the valuable beach
front