New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
ASBURY. PARK CROWDED..
Many Take AdUantage of the
Early Opening.

Asbury Park. " j.. April l (SpeciaD.-For the
first time In its history as pleasure resort Asbury
Park made bid for spring visitors this year. and
the innovation promises to be successful for Lenten
visitors have been hocking shoreward for the last
week. and the dozen or more hotels open and pre-
pared to accommodate guests report that the few
vacant rooms now idle will be occupied tomorrow
evening, and. furthermore that the supply will not
equal the demand. The hotels open include the
new Marlborough. Grand Avenue. Minot, Victoria.
ST. James. Tenny Touraine. Buckingham, Ashland.
Grand Central. Ravenswood Inn and Fahs The
influx OF spring health seekers this week came as
a surprise to those shortsighted bonifaces who
failed TO realize that Easter patronage was
possible. and now that It Is too late for them to
get their hotels in readiness in time TO secure
share OF the spring business they are working like
beavers get their hosteries in order for early
summer opening. Several of the hotels in Ocean
Grove and Deal Beach opened this week, and
these. too. give it out that every room will be
occupied over Sunday.
Hundreds of cottagers In North Asbury Park
have arrived in the last week and Easter house
parties the fad The visiting hotel guests and
cottagers have been forced to keep indoors for the
last two days. owing to the storm. but before the
advent OF the rain tn revealed in boating. golfng
ana driving. with daily constitutional on the
forests which skirt the resort on the south and
Easter visitors will be delighted with the i'm
provements made by the city the beach front
pavilion at tho foot of Asbury-ave. has been de
molished and In its place has arisen modern
casino-Colonial In designO feet long and 40 feet
wide. The structure cost $4,000 and will COM
fortably accommodate five thousand. a gallery
cupies three sides of the building. and the
ground floor twenty-four booths devoted to
trade. A music stand will occupy the centre Of the
lower floor. This casino. easily the finest the At
lantio coast, will be informally opened tomorrow
afternoon by SouSa and his band. In the evening
the edifCe will be ablaZe with light reflected from
two thousand electric lamps On Sunday afternoon
Arthur Pryor and his musicians will furnish music
organization will give a free concert in. the
ing at the place. Sousa and Pryor will play
return dates here during the summer.
The popular boardwalk-over seventy feet wide
in places-has been put In apple pie order for to-
morrow's promenaders. The numerous pavilion
cites the edge of the esplanade at each
avenue have been inclosed with glass and supplied
with easy chairs and the entire mile of beach eas
been put in readiness for the expected throng. Up
at tifth-ave another casino is in of erection
and will > completed before the summer
This is to be Moorish in design and Is to be
devoted to the cottagers in North Asbury Park.
The unslghtly sand rests which tolerated
under former regime. have been filled up and con-
verified into lawns and flower beds.
Double decked lighthouses, spacious in and
modern In appon tments being built by the city
the beach front at the foot of Asbury-ave.
Patrons Of this group of lighthouses win not be per-
mitted to minsle with the throng of iders in the
enter and leave the bathing compartments by a
passageway under the boardwalk. Apropos OF
bathing the Easter sotourners will find the hot sea
water bathing establishments open.
Real estate agents report that the demand for
summer cottages exceeds their fondest hopes. The
best cottages have already beer leased and the pre-
diction is made that every rentabe cottage will be
hy- Ma