New-York tribune., 1902-06-22

some remote period OF the past, and they were any
thing bur an adornment TO the work Of nature OF
The strand They were for the most part built 1pon
,ieh- pilings and after they had been there yeal
or so looked very dilapdated and weatherbeaten
IS I rule they were occupied by little lunchrooms
.,r Y fakirs OF various sorts.
X a-tIv after Mr. Godfrey elected City So
.iei.or by the City Council he conceived the idea
OF creating public park along the beach front
N order to DO this il necessary to get the
consent of every person who owned beach 'front.'
lid 10 give all that he possessed on the ocean side
saf &he board walk to the city for park purposes.
IT was a large task that Mr.. Godfrey set for
himself and one that required him TO give up q
great deal valuable time, but he did not shirk
the responsibility and started on his self-imposed
task with the authority Of the citys municipal
body back Of him In many instances he was re-
fused point blank when he asked some parties to
deed their land TO the city for public park, but
fhet did not deter him swerve him from his
,urpose He went others and many OF the
larges+ rrorertv owners and hotel men readily
convinced OF the excellence OF Mr. Godfreys plan.
and Immediately signed what is called the easement
deed.
persistence Is one Of the greatest characteristics
of me f-itv Solicitor and the more obstacles he
found the more determined he became to overcome
them He kept talking and arguing with the
beach front owners all the way along the beach
Until ne has secured more than three-fourths
Of the consents Of the property owners 10 give their
Ia-lcs 10 the city for the park.
Perhaps Of the greatest obstructionIsts TO the
the plan is Councilman " imam boNhet
Nf has a place the foot OF Mississippi ave
- vi not give his land on the ocean side of
L. ALI % ne city. He has old building on
u l,1sde of the walk which he runs merry
-a-rcu:.d- There oG pier AT the foot OF
/ z..s-ave. which is falling TO pieces because Of
the action Of the elements. ana this will be torn
down the rest Of the consents OF the
beach front owners he obtained.
The easement deeds that signed by the people
giving their beach front lands provide that there
shah Re buildings The outside of the boa ID
wax except ocean piers. and they must be at least
one thousand feet long and be built steel T
iron ufliucs The only other buildings that
he IilI on the ocean side of the board walk
c1c pavilions. that to be thrown open for tie
0t -hc public.
The matter OF getting the signers TO the =
. raent deeds City Solicitor has been material y
N his work 10y the readiness with which Il 2
III hotel owners along beach fall
into the scheme. Although they owned large
OF ground front Of their several hotels. there
a single Of them who has not signed
easement deed. and the only ones that have not
a fe@ persons in the lower part Of the city
The solicitor says that he expects TO have them
in iine before another year closes i nothing hap
pens. and then Atlantic City Will have the finest
beach front park of any resort in the whole world
ThC1e thousands Of Rill diSpOrt themselves
upc. the sands and bless the day that Carlton
Godfrey conceived the scheme Of removing all build
ings from the ocean side OF the great promenade
and making the beach one Cf the prettest along
the entire Atlantic Coast.