New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-09
ATLANTIC CITY AFFAIRS.
BoardrGIk ImprOUementS-Capt'r-
ing an alligator.

Atlantic City, Oct. (speciaD-Captain
Parker of the sloop yacht Colby Budd shot and
killed an American eagle day this week
while cruising up in the bay. The bird had
perched itself his masthead, and he killed
it with single shot. The bird measured nve
feet from tip to tip and Captain Parker VIII
have it mounted and placed in his home He
says that he takes it an omen of success Tor
the coming yachting season of next year. and
predicts. too. that his boat will be able to win
the championship in the races of the Atlantic
City Inlet Yachtsmen's Association when they
are held next spring. 1t is the first time for
about ten years that eagle has been seen
anywhere IN this vicinity.
DR.. Frank Browne Bostwick. of Gibraltar, who
was recently appointed the dentist to the Sultan
of Morocco Is spending few days at the Hotel
Strand. DR.. Bostwick, who is native of Ohio,
was a graduate of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, class 90 and Immediately after re-
ceiving his diploma went abroad In a visit to
Spain he was appointed the court dentist of
Spain, and only recently resigned that position
to become the Sultan's dentist. He is taking
couple of months vacation. and will spend that
time in visiting through the States he VIII go
TO the ST. Louis Exposition from here. ana VIII
return to his duties about December l.
Samuel Jamison. who purchased from the Bew
Brothers the site Of the old Hotel berkeley
which was burned during the fire OF 19oZ on
South Kentucky-ave.. is having plans mace lot
the construction OF six story hreproot MOTEL
and he hopes to have it completed IN uine 10
open it to the spring trade. The foundations ana
basement were built last spring. The structure
will be built entirely of brick. stone ana Steel
and will have cement floors throughout Inc
wood used in the interior will be treated with
| hreproofng solution and everything done 10
| minimize the possibility of fire 1t Will cost
about 100000.
! The PENNSYLVANIA State Bankers Association
met in this city on Wednesday and thursday Oh
! this week. and made it's headquarters at the
/ Hotel Windsor. One Of the features OF lne
meeting Of the dnanciers was clambake' winch
| was rendered them by the members or the AT
! lantic City Yacht Club. It was wholly an IN
] formal affair, and the men who conTol lhe
money OF the keystone State gathered about the
| long table and ate the clans and other things
which were cooked in the gravel oven with as
much zest as they displayed at their banquet
After the clambake the money men were taken
/ for sail in the several launches and yachts
belonging to the club
DR.. Ludy. of the Hotel Elberon, Is making
! preparations for alterations to his house. at
| Pacific and Tennessee ayes. for the coming
season He Will have the hotel raised and
/ brought TO the street line. and will install on
II4S udSSAleuI MOOT a poor anu UAI4ldAO paw
smoking and writing rooms. barber shop and
/ lavatories- 1t will be completed in time to open
| for the spring business Of the resort
! The city is making a number Of improvements
| along the line OF the boardwalk All Of the
| old. ramshackle approaches, which have been an
! eyesore for a long time. being torn down
and replaced by new ones. which are wider. less
/ steep. and which viii bear the weight OF a fire
steamer II 1t should be necessary to draw one
/ up on the walk. II is said the City Council Will
] begin looking about for means with which TO
widen the walk to one hundred feet between
Maryland and Indiana ayes some time during
the winter. II is expected that this work will be
! completed by spring
John Truax and K P. Risley. a couple of
/ oystermen, had fight with alligator while
/ plying their vocation in the bay the latter part
/ or last week The men were busily engaged IN
/ longing for oysters, when their attention was
attracted by loud splashing In their vicinity.
/ They saw long, dark object approaching them.
/ and were amazed 10 find that II was an alligator
/ end about four feet long. The saurian showed
/ fight. He went at the boat with jaws wide open
Risley tabbed the long oar underneath the en-
! envy and raised him slightly out OF the water
! and at tho same time Truax struck him on the
back part or the head with heavy oyster rake
me blow partly stunned the alligator and be-
/ fore II could recover Truax struck II second
/ blow. While the beast was in this dazed state
/ the men made moose with the painter of their
/ boat and slipped It over the jaws and effectualy
closed them. and then made another half hitch
/ over the saurian's tail. They knotted and roped
i him, and then fastened him 10 the back Of the
/ boat. and finally landed him in this city. They
/ presented their prize TO Captain John L. Young
| OF Young's Pier. No one can account for the
a!lgators presence In these waters, but II is
believed that IL escaped from some passing lur-
/ Der schooner from the South.
1t is said that the Starr property. in Virginia
! ave. opposite the Grand Atlantic Hotel. one Of
/ the few properties on that street which has not
been built up. is on the market. IL is one OF the
largest properties in the city, and has frontage
: OF nearly four hundred feet in Virginia-ave and
depth Of about one hundred and seventy-five
/ feet. II would make admirable site for a
! large hotel. convention hall or theatre Prop
! erty owners along there praying that il will
/ not be cut up into small cottage sites.
Charles Wilkinson. who is interested I'm one OF
! the Japanese firms conducting art shop on
( the board walk. is making "soundings' 10 see
whether or not he can get from the city the sole
| privilege OF Introducing a novelty IN this CITY
next spring and summer Mr.. Wilkinson desires
/ TO bring a number of the japanese carriages TO
1 this country and run them on the board walk
3 and nave the motive power furnished by coolies
the same as in China and Japan He believes
, that the JlnTickShas would be novelty which
would take here. and anticipates that the liberal
patronage would pay him we'll for the large
amount of money which il would take to have
/ the carriages built and imported
! The work on the federal posto6lce at
/ pennsylvania ana Pacific aVeS. is going forward
nicely. and the contractors say they win have it
done by next spring. The cellar which has been
prepared for the boiler room, is built of cement
ana concrete. and inside that will set a lining OF
boiler IRON. That in turn will be covered with
brick and cement, so that there will he no possi-
| hiity of water getting into the boilers
Among the visitors from New York and Brook
Ign registered AT the hotels are the following:
Charlottesville. and Mrs DeVinny L. d Lewis
Mr.. and Mrs p. Worst Mrs D. Henry Miss 10
7. Henry, Miss F. D. Henry Miss F. s Henry
/ j. S. Curry and ID. Henry.
! De Nille-Mr. and Mrs John T. BroDhy Miss
Brennan, w. Brennan, G.. Wells, J. Frazer Miss
h. NJ. Emmert and A o. Emmert
DENTIST. Hofacker. Miss Knecht Mr. and
Mrs s. H. c. Murphy, Mrs. w. y. Bingham. ].
NJ EmmonS. Colonel II. X White Miss White