New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-06
ATLANTIC CITY ACTIVITY.
T-NDISMAYED BY RATAGES OF FIRE
PREPARING TO REBUILD BETTER
THAN BEFORE.

PREPARING To REBUILD be LEN
THAN BEFORE.
Atlantic city. y J. April . (specaD.-The all alb
sorhinE tonic for the residents and the visitors Of
this city a. the present time is the fire which oc-
CURED along the beach front. between Illinois ana
New-York ayes. Thursday. and thousands OF
persons visited the scene of the eonfagraton to-
ay for the purpose of securing relics and souvenirs
of the greatest fire that has ever occurred IN At
lantc City.
lust because the fire happened in this city. il has
been reported all over The world as one OF the
largest fires in the country. and. yet had II nap
pened in any of the large cities of the land II
would have attracted hardly more than passing
notice and would have had less than column in
anv Of the large newspapers. But because II hap
pened in Atlantic City. the greatest resort on the
Atlantic Coast. Il has had the greatest puohcl'E'
and whole pages have been devoted TO il.
The work Of clearing away tho debris began the
next morning after the fire. and to-day the BOARD
walk has been repaired. 81 that people are anie
n use it. and walk along the scene Of the con
eagra+ior and see what is left of the ruins Men
hav been busy for the last days clearing away
the debris and no time will he lost in getting the
p1ace cleared Up so that building operations may
be begun at the earliest possible moment
When the buildings restored. the beach front
will present q different appearance from what II
did the fire. for the proprietors OF the lana
and owners of the beach front hotels that were
DESTROYED have begun negotiations for the erec-
ton or brick. stone ana steer anu li+I'
will be total absence Of the cheap little frame
stores which have been conspicuous In the
past All buildings along the beach front VIII be
made as near freproof possible. and the danger
OF another confagration Ike the one just ex-
perierced will be materially lessened by the char
acrer Of the buildings which will take the places
Of those destroyed.
The city charter. which has just been signed ny
the Governor will be presented to the people 10
saw whether or not they Will receive and adopt It
IS adopted the city
Council will have the power TO make building laws
that will prevent the further erection OF frame
buildings that are of any great size in this city
At the present time there is no legislation that
will back the city up in building laws that the
city would Ike have. but the new charter will
give the desired authority.
The matter will come up for discussion at the
-,ea+inp of the CITY Council on Monday evening
At special meeting of that body on Friday after
noon three large fire engines Of the first class type
were ordered and they will be OF the greatest
benefit in the Of another large fire at any time
in the future Another matter that Is being dis
c,ssed to great Is the possibility OF erect
ing water station along the beach and running
an ls-inch main underneath the board walk. with
branches running out all the cross streets, SO
that in the event OF a fire they can get more
direct pressure than they now getting. The
water would be pumped from the ocean. and. as
one member of the City Council facetiously re-
marked II viii take time Ito pump that
pond dry
The golf links Of the Atlantic City Country Club
&c now the centre OF attraction for many Of the
visitors TO this city, and there is hardly day
now in which there not one or more match plays
between some of the members or visitors. Inc
links is in excellent condition. The men en-
ploved by the club to keep the links in good form
have gone all II and placed it in the
very best Of condition To-day witnessed the be
ginning Of a series OF weekly handicap plays, and
some interesting scores were made
yo-i-1 -riT-c lie
Dunlop Hotels. Sickler. W. H McDonnsl. s L.
sandIey. ". l Patten, 7. THOMPSON. s s Long
Mr.. "a and Frt Mrs P Keaiisy; Mrs + 5 paws; MIS-
o H. Springer. M and Mrs. b PaE Wtd H. N NJ
Jones George sherman. William Lennox' "; 3:
W Wa Mp and ~ F Mrsl b Putam
Dennis-Mr and Mrs H Re, Reisi p Mrs , George
9 Williams Miss. A. NJ skidmog, Miss Miss N IL l.
Rr w AND Mra 4 Fl! G 1d Mrs Edwin Whit
sef r . sPas Mr. ' ahd Mrs M B ' assith Mrs
". Harper Miss Dodd. H. sillinan, Miss NJ. Haley
Fayier Mrs. f. Mandeich. c. F. Morgan and Mrs
" Haddon Haii-Mrs w H. Garrison, G. G. CARR
SON. Miss Ethel Montagus G. ye Mtas Miss Ts F.
s Ws M and aT Mrs 3D. Kenedy e s Yergasan
j J o1iniaW 1t.u P Mccsbe a R Allen: Mrs, J. S
Forsythe, M. and Mrs. J. White and Mr.. and Mrs
I Isle and Mrs. William Fisher. Mrs
R K schel, NJ Gsrstle Mrs S R9ede H., Mrs Sal l.
J.
Nav Goldberg S. a. Cohen, Mrs NJ. Williams
Miss Isabel Cohen. II. G. Cohen. l. J. Mahan: 3.
Heyr,len Mrs. ]. ErIinger. S Glenhardt Mrs. F. E.
Peters and s A: woodward
Mariborough-W. E. UsgrOve. jr, Mr. and Mrs
Aifmever Mrs NJ. H. Mesfay. Mrs. R. 1. Lain beir.
TNiiIiam Campbell. jr. Mrs. D. X. Baker. E Gran,
NJ ana Mrs p. Hin. Miss X Hill. Miss G. H
= Proctor Miss H. Proctor, p. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs
tdHard Mastert, r. Parrogo. w. Johnston. Frank
Seiah G. Clark. J. shillaber. Mr.. and Mrs. P
S2orgo Miss Keller Edward Maher jr.. A Both
tr MIR and Mrs. W. Peters Mr. and Mrs. g
i{Iavans and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cooke
P,,dolf-Mrs 4. A. Jones, A 4. Jones. jr. NJ
Martin Mrs K Parker. II. Newburger. Mrs. l. NJ
loves Mrs F. Whitman. Mrs. l. Franks. Mrs
Inward Steinales Mrs Levy, Mr.. and Mrs. l.
SreIing Miss n. Sternfeld, Clara Cohen. F. r.
Noriev Mrs. z. J. Bang, Mrs. A Massaman, James
EreiSmann Mr.. and Mrs. L Marks. Miss N. Walk
- George Walker, Mrs NJ Ernst, Mr.. and Mrs. l.
49, Mrs z. r. Nelson. Miss s. Wilson. Mrs. S
le1,sn,sn Mrs s Meyers. Mrs. c. Goodstein Mrs
7 xyjfmark and Charles Hydeman
strand-Mrs- Falkner. jr.. Mrs John Benson, Mrs
8 Bowman. J. C Thompson: Miss A Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. George Zullard. Mrs F. D snifer
MISE n ''S Snrrern A. Carr. r. Hanks. Mrs. J. B.
t1,,hbe, II Hubhey. H Carson and John Byers.
tIo,ai rrichfon-Mr and Mrs. Frank Northrop.
NJ, Staney Clifford. Johnston Livingston. l. III
NJ ~ Samuel Sheldon. Mr.. and Mrs. David Nc
49,. Mrs William Sinclair. Dr. George a. Tay-
~ ,-,tur J. Mcclure Mrs James R. Place. Wal
TOT Wcf'Iure. W. S Pyle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
u Ecrt O.. Patterson. A. w. Henderson. A W.
Inrden DR. Walter F. Wicks, Grs Z b. Rogers.