New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-14
NEWPORT STILL GAY.
MANY COTTAGES FILLED WITH GOhSi'
BUSINESS CONDITIONS AT THIS
WATERING PLACE-PROSPECT
OF A LARGE HOTEL.
OF A LARGE HOTEL.

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the calendar and precedent the Nempo-t 80
sho,,ld be at an end but there are still more imam
1hree-ouarters of the cottages open ana hi1eu ~ -
,,7,ests The weather is delightful but tiie "ea
has been delightful in previous years ana 'ile W.
.apers did not remain Last sumner Newport eh-
roerienoed one OF the most prosperous seasons Il"
,-s career hut the present one was lar from d
record breaker. although the month OF august
was exceptionally gay. and had the RATE SET III "
middle Of the month been kept up Tor TWO "eeh
longer the shopkeepers would have heeh aoie
come out even on the season and would nave peei
sa,.sfas As II Is the summer may be put GOWN
as q failure 50 far the city shops are co1i
cerned but the New-York shops winch oPei
branches in Bellevue-ave- for the acconfnouati0
of the cottagers reaped a harvest the business
there being better than # been for years Inc
fashionable restaurants made money a-plen'S "'t
have no fault to find.
These facts apparent TO the permanent siiOP
keeper and citizen. who realize at last bnat s
shing must be done either in the way OF lndustii
for the city or the establishment OF stores u
such nature that branch shops Of W-1oI n
.sta blishments will not be necessary In newport
Perhaps the City Council is more AT lault 'iid
the shopkeeper for this condition OF lhiiis
Thames-s;- the principal business thoroushlare VI
Newport. is much wider than an oi0i'1-
country lane Jams Of carriages are hourly occur
rences IT is no fnfrequent sight in that street 10
see a handsome eGuipage, with hlsh spirl'eu
horses in tumble Of wagons, consisting OF hed'ii'
laden stone drays and coal carts farmers wagons
and sviu carts delivery wagons and pushcarts-
Society folk have become weary OF TINS co!lo4oli'
not only account of the annoyance OF IL pu' inc
possible danger of srnash-ups COLLISIONS ana fuli-
aways The business man is alive 10 'he ldc' INA
the way must widened If il is hoped 10 90 DUST
ness there but the business man in very lie" cases
is the property owner. and as Improvements VIII De
made under the betterment act. If at all. ana as
the property owner must bear the expense OF VIC
ening the street with little hope or mcredseu
rental for his outlay he naturally is Tanch OPPOSE
70 the necessary Improvement The CITY touIcA'
however, has moved in the matter Dill II mas
moved several times before with little oenehclai
effect and the business man is not hopeluI iha'
the present movement will advance things much
beyond the present stage
Newport has reached crisis in its career anu
unless something is done. and by the people OF
.,,a ,i+v themselves TO check the backward trend
NeWporf will surely sacrifice its present hlsh posi-
zion among the fashionable watering places Vi
The world Entertaining here has reached stage
Of ex+ravarance never paralleled in its history
The meagre descriptions OF these AFFAIRS III t
,,au-soaners do not give the faintest idea OF the
cost of an entertainment which is frequently re-
ferred 10 as "a handsome dinner, with music ana
,.auaax,11e This bare announcement in many
cases refers to a few hours pleasure. which mas
cost the hostess thousands Of dollars II Is con-
servafiyelx estimated that the theatricas. dinner
and ball given by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt al
lsearlieu last month cost over Si0on' he1 very
little of this money Of benefit 10 Newport as
nearly everything. with the possible exception ol
few dollars spent for manual labor, went out
of the city To provide means for securing soI1e
of the wealth thus squandered Is me ne o1 al 20
ers' present problem. but whether lnty WI, Ni 81
be able TO compete III this regard with Ne"-1olA
RE dog show which was held in the Casino
theatre on Tuesday, was success as sporunt
event hut as social affair it dismal failure
Th ca,,se en- in re way be attributed society
for it did not have an opportunity 70 sho" -:
auspices of the Rhode Island Kennel Club. and al
the ARRANGEMENTS were earned ouI ~ bsTe en-
tries might be made or information given Man.
lax method OF doing business. and accordingly
their exhibits We're not entered one day before Ihe
Inents to Newport 10 find that instead o.
about one hundred entries as had Deen Inc ,b l
hundred. This made necessary a great deal OF
TO detail was accordingly neglected the conse-
quence being that the show was great disappoint:
valuable dogs were shown. The club however; is
elated ar the success OF us l1Fst ana ias
announced that next year a newport once VIII De
opened for the reception OF entries and every at
exhibition fl.eir dogs The show also will be held
earlier day in the season, and will continue
The return of Grand Duke Boris to Newport has
had the effect of Frightening up the place socially
rainments were given in honor OF tie Russian
received at the hands of his Newport entertainers
the grand duke gave them costly trinkets of gold
Even The policemen who acted the bodyguard
of the duke were not forgotten and to them
Were given gifts that will be priced account
&C the position Of the donor.
On Monday next the season of the fleet of 30
footers viii come to close. II has been the most
successful one since the one-design boat into
a few years ago. Up the beginning of this
week the Esperanza had been leading the feet in
points. and few weeks ago looked upon as
the sure winner of the handsome cup offered for
the highest score for wins. The Carolina owned
by Pembroke Jones. has been running in amazing
luck for the last few weeks however and has cut
down the Esperanza's lead. that barring acct
dent, she cannot be beaten for the much coveted
trophy
AT this time every year there is a r1,rnor that q
syndicate has been formed for the erection of a
hotel IN Newport q thing that is much
needed. and again this year 1t is In circularion
However, there appears to be more in the nresent
1hap II former runOTS, engineers have sI1r-
Seyed the land at Easton's Point list beyond the
public bathing beach where il is r.nortaJ 81
hotel will be built. Newport suffered = s-es+
loss in the burning Of the Ocean House four ears
ago the present month Although the Ocaar Iyousa
was no thing OF beauty, il afforded accom- nod =
tons Tor hundreds OF guests who have not visited
ideal one for hotel but value e
the land by the owners. who live in Newyo-i- ~
piohibitve, and there is little prospect OF annfba
hotei belng bullt on that site until it can he n,,r
chased within reason. - ~ FNi
The hunts Of the Monmouth Hounds +his foil -.
Tot proving very attractive Although thu meets
are held twice week. there are few nreser+ -
Hollow the mounds and il is not probable thai the
entire schedule. which covers a perio6 nhiob me
tends well into October will be coruletad . a.
falling OF in interest cannot be acccnnta5 tI
The same persons are here who were enthr,si.s,i
caiiy IN the chase last son. the pack is +ha
of the programme But the huntsfnen and vroroee
90 not attend, and probably will not this season "
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