New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
on THE SE4SHORE.
4tlantic City Expected to Haze the
Banner. Year of It's History.

Atlantic Citv n J. Jan "a (SpeciaD.-Everythin
point to the fact that the coming year Will
be the banner in the history of Atlantic CITY
Never has there been 50 many visitors to the re-
sort before in the month of January there have
this year beach front hotel proprietors are
happy and confident tnat the early seasons busl-
ress presages good spring trade, and 1t naturally
follows that good summer business will follow
that The bright sunshine OF the last few weeks
has been greatly appreciated by the thousands OF
visitors to the resort and there has hardly been
an afternoon that the board walk has not been
crowded Here ana there IN the sheltered hooks
nvalids would be rolled in their chairs and they
would sit for hours in the bright, warm sun and
thoroughly enjoy its rays. More beach front hotels
have open this winter than ever before and yet
there is not single house whose proprietor has
been heard to complain of the amount or business
he has done.
The Seaside House, which was closed in the late
far p i early winter months permit OF improve
IN, ~: made. VIII reopen on February ! 70:
the owl and is safe to predict that 1t VIII be
as ,.,nA- as cya-. The hotel has undergone "a
thor1a2n and complete renovation since its doors
were closed and it looks like a new house
II has been newly painted inside and out. and many
of It's comfortable and homelike rooms have been
refurnished and recarpeted. number Of private
baths have been added and other improvements
made which will increase the popularity of the
Seaside which is known family hotel, where
one has all the comforts OF nome and the ad-
Hotel Iro9uois on South Carolina ave. will be
nneued by Shaw February II
Peal estate transactions and building operations
are brisk in Atlantic City Samuel Jamson a
on MhcRR formsrly stood the Hotel Berkey
the Bew Brothers $4,000 Recently Mr.. Jamison
purchased the site on which the Hotel Stlckhey
stood and a lot adjoining. so that he now has
frontage 219 feet in Kentucky ky-ave, and 4 peach
viii erect Another Philadelphian has purchased
the States Apartments, at Atlantic ana states
aves for $4,000 Plans are being prepared tor
new hotel In Chelsea. 1t Will be three stories In
height and contain 100 rooms, which viii ne nanQ a.
somely furnished. All the modern improvements
will be embraced in the building new hotel VIII
be built at the foot of NewYork-aVe.. on the east
side of the street by a man named Rosenblatt
1t Will be brick. three stories high and equipped
with all modern appointments. Bids are being
asked for a couple of other large hotels. new
Club fronting the thoroughfare the end Of AL
bany-ave., cost of $4,000 The clubhouse VIII
be handsomely furnished and among Its adyan-
tages will be large dance hall and an up-to-date
completed so that 1t may be dedicated on Memo
rial Day, when there will be a general marine
parade In honor OF the event
Great improvements are being made in the vIcin-
ity of the inlet. A large tract OF meadow land
living between Rhode Island-ave. and the inlet has
been filed in with sand through the aid OF one OF
the large .dredgers and now 1t Is valua bic tract
affording many building lots, especially along the
entrance O Gardner'S Canal where numerous boat
houses are being erected. New streets have been
laid out across the tract and numerous cottages
have been built recently. The boathouse fever,
which seemed to take possession OF every one in
the city last summer who had any time at all 10
devote pleasures on the water. has not seemed
to dbate in the least. Although nearly all OF the
basin for the winter and all of the launches have
been safely housed, the people have not yet ceased
to live in their lighthouses, and many OF them VIII
remain for the rest Of the winter unless there