New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
READY AT ASBURY PARK
Season Expected to OUershado70 Its
Thirty-fUe Predecessors.

Asbury Park, N J.. May p CSpeciaD-OhIesS
all signs fail Asbury Park, the seaside resort
James A Bradley fashioned out Of SAND dunes
and scrub oaks, is entering the most sue
cessfuI season" # has experienced in its
thirty-ave years existence. This optimistic
declaration is based reports from real es-
tate agents and hotel keepers. The FORMER an
nounce that the demand for high-class cottages
this wear is unprecedented and that but very
few modern homes are now left to be leased
The hotel men declare that the inquiries for
quarters and the actual bookings far ahead
Of any previous year. This would lndlcale lhal
notwithstanding the fact that the town MT
Bradley built Is conducted on prohibition lines
the crowds are coming as never before. In fact,
the resort is already alive with cottagers and
hotel guests. To-day's arrivals-the advance
guard OF the Memorial Day army Of tourists
were numerous enough to cause even the hard
ened railroad employees TO predict that Asbury
Park would not be able to care for the July and
August crowds.
Several OF the hotels near the beach opened
for the season to-day. The Hotel Brunswick.
conducted by Alonzo r. Parsons, received near
y hundred guests, a May record for the
hcstelry.
The usual preparations have been made by
the city officials for the comfort and entertain
Of the visitors. In the first place the
&hirty-f1ve miles of graded and gravelled streets
nave Deen thoroughly ONernauleQ ana dTe A1O"
IN excellent condition for driving. wheeling and
automobling. Every day several hundred motor
cars speed over the level thoroughfares within
the city limits while the model back roads
( leading to Spring Lake the south and Long
= Branch and the Rumson road on the north are
alive with all sorts OF modern vehicles. For
those who do not a motor speedy
horses a trolley ride TO Spring Lake, Como. Villa
Park and Sea Girt can be enjoyed this summer.
south Of Asbury Park.
On the beach front but little work has thus
FAR been done in the way Of improvements, for
fortune expended last year by the city in
building a boardwalk and two Of the hand
soonest casinos on the Atlantic coast. The tax
payers, not content with that outlay voted this
spring 70 spend another quarter OF a million in
extending the beach promenade northward to
Deal Lake for the accommodation Of the cot
tagers from Auenhurst, Deal Beach and Loeb
Arbour; for additional jetties to protect the
beach from the winter storms and for another
group Of bath houses at Sth-ave.
The reorganized Beach Commission has ap-
proved the plans for these improvements and
the work is under way and will be FIN
ished before the rush IS. here. Nearly three
thousand additional electric lights are to be put
in the buildings along the boardwalk and
hitter is to be put in at Asbury-ave to clarity
In the lavatories.
It looked at time as if a down TO date
steel amusement pier would be built adjacent to
the boardwalk near Sth-ave The concession
was awarded and the elaborate plans for the
structure, which 10 contain theatre con-
cert hall and other attractions were approved
by the city officials but no serious attempt has
been made to begin work on the structure
which was to extend seaward nearly one thou
n vas 70 ba
amusement loving public by the middle OF July
The failure Of the promoter 10 build the pier
on time Will compel the Beach Commissioners
10 convert the Asbury-ave. Casino at least a
portion Of il, into a theatre. number Of
theatrical entertainments were given in that
building last summer, but the acoustics are bad
and the stage is not suited for the spectacular
attractions. These defects will be remedied
at once-unless in the meantime the pier project
IS revived.
Arthur Pryors American band has been re-en-
gagged TO give daily concerts on the beach during
July and August The organization was here
lot three months last year and gave general
HausIacuon. Besides il was source Of revenue
10 me Beach Commissioners. For the enter
talnment Of the Memorial Day visitors the
commiss oners will furnish a vaudeville enter
tainment and an orchestra will be engaged for
The month OF June to give free concerts in the
Casino.
Beginning June Z and continuing daily for
week, the annual Synod Of the Reformed Church
= Of America viii convene in the Beach Audi+o
= rum. This body Of churchmen has been roaa+-
Ing here annually for fourteen years During
the first week in July the annual meeting of III
National Educational Association viii he boId
. IN Asbury Park when il is predicted b1J D.
= ident Maxwell that the city will be caIIed ,,,|n
10 care Tor at least thirty thousand members o.
The association. An Incorporated entertainmep.
committee is working day and night perfectjno
= the plan or assigning the various State delega
tons and arranging the details OF the carni
val which is 70 be given on Wesley Lax. IN
6onor OF the peoagogues. On Wednesday Juna
: Q, the National Hotel Mems Mutual Beneft AZ
soclauon VIII come TO Asbury Park from Az
!anrc city for a days outing The visitors VIII,
be entertained by the local bonifaces who will
Jake them on a trolley trip 10 the neigh
por1ng resorts and finish the programme with n
c4ambake served at the Coleman House
. another incorporated committee Is arrs1e
ing the details for Carnival Week be0tnni6o
MONDAY, August Is, with the Coronation or
queen TitaHia, and ending the following Fri
cay evening with marine fete on Deal Lake
: me eVer-popular baby parade-original with
= Asbury Parks scheduled for the Afternoon ~
IhuTsday' August 81 An entirely new commit
Tee with Arthur H Hope as Chairman with
manage the various carnival features This ven =
ana number OF original effects are promised
several OF the hotels have been enlarged sinca
last season These include the wellington TdaaI