New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
1T ATLANTIC CITY.
4n amusement Park-Hires Hotel
to Celebrate Birthday.

Atlantic City N j. Jan so (speciaD.-Mr. Lowell
superintendent OF the West Jersey and Seashore
Railroad Company. has Informed the board Of d.
rectors OF the semi-centennial committee that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is heartily In
sympathy with the AFFAIR. and will aid the commit
tee in every way make the celebration next June
a success
Charles r MYERS proprietor Of the Hotel Rudolf.
will install his orchestra the coming week. and
three concerts will be given daily. In anticipation
of an early spring and larger numbers or guests
than usual the east wing OF the house Will soon
be reopened Some Of the largest conventions or
the year will make their headquarters AT the hu-
dolf the coming season.
Samuel Ellis. the proprietor. has completed ex-
tensive improvements at the Hotel Majestic, In
Virginia-ave near the beach. in preparation for
the Easter rush. The bookings for the Lenten sea-
son are heavy this year. and before Easter every
room will be filled.
Tho New-Jersey State Bankers Association VIII
hold its annual convention at the Hotel Chelsea on
February &c and q. The banquet will be on Feb
ruary e. when Mayor Stoy will welcome several
hundred hnanciers Of the State to the city. Ad-
dresses will be made by Secretary Shaw ana Tor
mer Secretary Gage. Congressman Gardner Fowler
and others.
An efrort f. being made by Charles NJ schwab
to purchase the cottage in South Pennsylvania
ave-. owned by Clarence NJ Busch FORMER state
Printer of Pennsylvania.
Local capitalists propose spending 100000 for the
development OF an amusement park at Ventnor
Heights. gentlemans driving park Will be laid
out with a mile track one hundred rect wlde'
Grandstands OF steel or iron Will be erected Win
stabling for several hundred horses as Wen as
other necessary buildings 70 make II nrst-class
resort for athletic sports and racing The grounds
will also be laid for football. POLO ana morse
show purposes The park will embrace eighty
acres and II II deemed wise to build large con-
vention hall there. there will be ample room
number Of hotels opened this week for the
coming season The ellsworth. the Youngs and
the Scarborough again ready for business. The
Garden will open on February TO- and the Revere
on the Esd. The Normandie. recently purchased
by A. c. Mcclellan & Son. and the windsor VIII
also be opened in February.
Clarke Merchant. a resident of Philadelphia has
purcha sed the handsome Disston property, at Pa
cifc and Indiana ayes Mr. Merchant and family
will occupy the premises during the coming spring
and summer. He is interested in other property
here.
The wireless. Pullen, system OF electric car
propulsion. which has been IN operation on the
Chelsea branch Of the West Jersey and seashore
Railroad since early IN December. has been run
through various kinds Of weather. and the safety.
durability economy and general efficiency Of the
system have been subjected TO every test by the
engineers for the Pennsylvania Railroad. and II has
met all the requirements in the Judgment Of the
electrical men and railway officials generally.
Commodore Louis Kuehnle entertained the mem
bers of the Atlantic City Yacht Club at a dinner
on Thursday evening at the clubs handsoms boat
house The affair was OF the notable social
events of the season.
Victor Fresinger is having the Old Vienna Cafe,
at ST. James Place and the boardwalk. enlarged
and improved cost of $4,000. In order prop
erly TO celebrate his SEVENTEEN birthday
Robert Meyerhofr has leased the Hotel Kahn IN
Virgnia-ave., for the day, and guests from Phila-
delphia and elsewhere will be conveyed here in
special car provided by their host Covers viii be
laid for seventy-hve guests and NJ. s. Meyerhofr.
vice president of the Mercantile Club OF Philadel-
phia, will be toastmaster.
Mrs. NJ J. Marsh Mr. and Mrs. W. X Griffith.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. g Hubbard and II. a Law. OF
New-York, have apartments at the Seaside Home
A Floyd Delifeld musical composer Of New
York City is at the Hotel Brighton.
Miss Anna Minch and C. Fuller, Of New-Yorks
guests at the ArcEslale-