New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
4 TLANTTC CITY NOTES.
AN UNUSUAL INFIUX OF VISITORS Ar.
TRACTED BY SPRINGIIKE WEATHER.

Atlantic city. y J.. Feb q (specisp Tho c,rr,,.
oi Lent down he'e by the sea was Hvrked By the
advent of a thronE OF visitors which asto,fsboA
even those who hrd been prepared 10 exnact a
unusual Invasion % guests The social seasor a.,
the cities ended, thousands have hied themselves %
the shore The tide Of travel had been setting :,
this direction for several weeks. gradually hIIne
up the hotels and giving the Boardwalk an a.,
pearance of gayety such II had not entoves
since early in the fall but the food really beg,1
last saturday. when all the railroad trains came in
crowded. and the influx Of visitors has continued
10 increase steadily since that time
The increased number OF visitors this u,esL -
not entirely due 10 the Lenten season A decided
Improvement in the weather responsible for the
appearance OF many newcomers who despite the
fact that the temperature here probably higher
than at any other place In the North. feared %
leave their homes during the cold snap Of last
week Since last Saturday the air has becop.a
much warmer. and has the balminess ~
spring. The Atantic-ave. trolley line has haan
running open during the week building b.s
been resumed with renewed energy and there are
many other indications OF the approach of warn,
weather.
Visitors Atlantic City will be Interested IN
the announcement made this week that the ter
minus Of the trolley line I'm Atlantlc-sve Is to h.
moved from Albsny-ave. to Ventnor TbIs nj,
give the regular car service to a large dis,,tct
which is now reached only by the Longport ex
tension and viii assist materially I'm the deveop-
ment OF the lower section Of the CITY and ,b.
suburb of Ventnor This part OF the ISLAND b,.
been gaining in popularity for some time and a.
soon as the regular service Is established
large number OF cottages will he erected below tina
old Sec View excursion house. which formerly,
marked the extreme limit OF the residential section
The coming Improvement OF the trolley service II
Is believed will be long step toward the exten-
sion Of the city limits 90 NentnOr. and possibly
will have i1iuence In assisting the formation OF
greater Atlantic city which will take in the whole
OF AbsecOn Island.
Hotels. large and small. reOpening or pre-
pairing reopen all the city. and the num-
Der OF houses prepared receive guests is larger
than before at this The next inn
poTtant addition will be- the Berkshire Inn in Vir-
thoroughly OKerhauled and renovated during the
winter. and the alterations have greatly improved
It's appearance. The Berkshire Inn Is conducted by
The Hotel SOthern the opposite side of Vir-
ginia-ave.. will open March = under the man
agement OF its new pTOprtetors Gossler A. Gotten.
respects. and is thoroughly up 10 date In every
, department
The Hotel Rudolf which is now one OF the larges,
hOstleries the Atlantic Coast. will reopen on
March 9. This years improvements include a prac-
both wings which has added over hundred rooms
The hotel now has capacity OF over = thousa nd
Immense dining room. The cafe. which has al
taned fame under the name OF the Rudolf GrOtto
has been enlarged
on March Is the Hotel Chelsea will reopen Herr
also a number of improvements have been wrOush IN
since last summer When the hotel first bniIt
IL the intention OF the prOprietOrs 10 keen II
open only during the summer. but the great demand
for spring accommodations has compelled them no
The new Hotel Strand at the ocean end Of Penn
syivsnia-aye-. VIII open on March s. with THE
90 owners. I Fsrhsirn q Mllsms in personal charge
rrspr9of hotels, constructed Of brick stone snd
steel II i- handsome strucfur- ana decided