Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-29
CROWDS AT SEASHORE
EASTER ATTENDANCE AT At
LANTIC CITY BREAKS RECORD
Estimated That There Are 100000
Visitors at the Popular Re
sort This Season.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., March %, 1902
The Easter tide record of Atlantic City
has been broken this season All leading
hotels have been full the past week and
their overflow of patrons have been con-
tent to take apartments at the smaller
houses. In some cases neighborng hotels
and cottages have been engaged as an
nexes by the larger houses for the accom-
mediation of their guests. and never before
in the his tory of the resort have there been
SO many visitors at the seashore at this
season of the year.
The weather conditions are perfect, and
in consequence the boardwalk has been
crowded morning, noon and night with
fashionably attired throngs, the representa-
tives of leading families from all sections
of the country. Special parlor car trains
from New York and Philadelphia on the
Pennsylvania and Reading railroads have
brought to Atlantic City within the past
two days twenty thousand people, and the
number of visitors now here aggregate enc
hundred thousand.
With the continuance Of this fine weather
the Easter parade tomorrow on the board
walk will be big and brilliant pagent and
a scene long to be remembered.
The hotel exchanges and corridors pre-
sent pretty picture with their banks of
palms and flowers their rich draperies and
music, while all the ocean piers are crowd
ed with patrons enjoying the band concerts
and looking over the procession as it prom
enades the boardwalk. The piers have been
doing rushing business all week, and one
can almost imagine that July and August
are near at hand. Many happy children
romp on the beach and dig in the sand
and it will not be SO very long now until
Ddther diSDOrtlQp himself
in the surf.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by
Fritz Scheel, is giving symphony concerts
for % cents at the steel pier here Mr..
Gently the courts of this state decided that
it is unlawful for the managers of the
ocean piers to charge more than one adj
mission to the patrons of the piers, and
that one admission entities a person to all
the attractions shown on the pier. In con-
sequence of this the pier patrons are now
reVelng in all of the high class attractions
for a mere bagatelle, and the projectors of
the beach park project are elated and feel
that they have gained another advance
toward the accomplishment of their desires.
The first annual dog show of the Atlantic
Kennel Club opened on Young's pier last
ednesday. The show was one of the best
given in the United States this week, and
fancfers from all parts Of this country and
from Europe had their pets on exhibition.
The dog show was society affair and was
The golf links Of the Atlantic City Coun-
try Club at Mortified do not have much
rest, for there are a greater number of
golfers in the city this spring than usual,
and each day sees large number of the
devotees to the game engaged in play. The
links are in an exceptionally fine condition
and are highly praised by the hundreds of
visitors who have played over them Dt-
rectly opposite the club house a number
of pretty cottages are being erected and
will be occupied the coming season by
some of the most prominent residents Of
this city who are members Of the club.
They have or will rent their homes in this
city and spend the greater part of the sum-
mer in the country and at a place where
they can have the advantage of the golf
links at their very doors.
Scarcely any other city in the country has
made the progress within the past five
years in the matter of street paving that
Atlantic City has. Then there was hardly
good street on the island but now nearly
every street in the city has been paved or
built Of mechanam or else the contracts
for their improvement have been made
The prosperous spring season with the
hotel man has given an impetus to all 9TH
er lines of trade and the whole of the resort
Is in a turmoil of activity. Scores of new
dwellings are in course of erection and
work has been begun on the Agnew, the
new hotel-sanitarium in Chelsea. Frank
lin r. Cook, senior proprietor of the Sem
ate, has contracted for the erection of
$4,000 cottage at Oriental and Rhode Is
land avenues, and ]. w. Ryan is making a
$4,000 Improvement at the corner of Pa
cifc and Virginia avenues. A better class
of structures are being erected along the
boardwalk and all over the town. The new
inlet promenade is not ready for use by
Easter visitors, but work on it is being
rushed so that it will be completed as early
as possible.
The Japanese Tea Garden, at Connecticut
avenue and the beach, has been leased,
and over $4,000 will be expended in con-
verting 1t into bicycle racing track.
The visitors have gone rolling chair mad
and 1t Is estimated that the receipts from
the rentals of these vehicles approach a
hundred thousand dollars. The city has
licensed about one thousand OF these chairs,
to say nothing Of the scores owned by in
valids, one firm alone using $50 single and
2O5 double chairs
Many well-known Washingtonians are en-
joying Eastertide at the seashore The
following are noted at the leading hotels:
Mr.: and Mrs: M. A. Kauffer, Mr. and Mrs
N. Knapp, Miss Ruff L. Kerr and Miss
Hattie TONNES are at the Dennis.
~, Mr.; and Mrs. s. Whitwill, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. W. Everett, Robert Wild Slater and C,
W. Slater are guests at Haddon Hall.
Mrs. M. B. Rosenbaum and family are
located at the Majestic, and Mrs F. Dodge
is registered at the Chalfonte
DR.. and Mrs. l.. Wilson and nurse and
Miss E. Wilson are at the New England.
and George E. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry s. Brown are located at the Allegheny
MI. anu MIS- CndrleS II. Newman, Miss
Ruth Newman Miss Ella F. Larkin and G.
A. Maxwell are at the Belmont
j. B. Key has suite at Bleak House and
Mr.. John Haldeman is located at the Ster
ling for the entire season.
G. G. Stiffe spent the week at Kuehnle's
and j. B. Clayton is a guest at the Acme
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Hires are at the
Seaside House, and Mr.. and Mrs ]. Amadie
are guests at the Wiltshire.
Mrs. s. Kay Towle Is sojournine at the
Sothern, and Miss A. H. Waite has apart
ments at the Dunlop.
Mrs. George c. Clarke and Miss NJ. E.
Latimer are making an extended trip at
the Iroquois.
Mr.: and Mrs. W. E. Shannan. s. A. Lit
tell. E. r. Wood and Mrs. r. Middaugh are
guests at the Raleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. NJ. Drop and Mrs. Thos.
D. Ingram are registered at the Berkeley.
G. johnson and John Rice are located at
Portner Inn and Charles Williams and
Miss H. Williams are guests at the Glen
dale.
Mrs. F. F. Field and Miss James Field
are at the Savoy, and r. ]. johnson and
d. J. McClees are guests at the Glad
stone.
E. Higgans is at the Windsor, and James
Keenan,, A. c. Barney and G. Brown are
at the Garden.
At the Luray are the Rev. DIR. d. J. stat.
ford, Miss Helen Stafford, Miss Marie stat.
ford, Miss Byrd Greer, W. b. Bailantyna,
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