New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
ASBURY PARK SEASON.
Abeady Well Under Nay-Attte
Bathing Yet.

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Bathing Yet.
.sn,,-v Park N. J.. June IL (special.)-"1th
| ,n.-,y every cottage occupied by summer
+anants representing every part OF the couii-
try with more than two-thirds OF the ooo hoteiS
| and boarding houses open. and with the VA
o,,s amusement resorts adjacent to the oea6h
IN fuu blast Asbury Parks season Is LAE -
ADVANCE de former years. The hot wave eafi'
q, the week sent thousands OF city peopie "
,bis resort and these. with the Delegates ~
the Bill Posters Association convention anu
tha General SYNOD of the Reformed Church In
America and the visiting hotel men, haNe
caused the town to TEEN with life The Dill
nos+ars were here on Tuesday. The churcnmen
CANA Wednesday and will tarry until Wednes-
5o,, oF next week The members Of the National
Hotel Keepers Mutual Protective Association
arrived Thursday morning. They had q taIiy-
ho ride to the adjacent resorts and over the
Run,son Road INDUCED in a clambake st the
Coleman House. and were off for Atlantic CITY
before dusk
The city officials are to be commended for
their enterprise in putting every street In the
city In first class order for the motor car own
ers who, it would seem, have taken possession
of the resort Every thoroughfare In the Guy
IS now graded and gravelled and force OF
WOTkrneE is kept at NOIh Co1lsl1IltAy AObN@-No
the washouts caused by storms. Later In the
season it is proposed to have a coaching paraoo
and motor car run. when the horse owners and
automobilists of AIlenhurst, Deal Beach. Bel
mar and Spring Lake will be invited to take
spin over the model streets.
There has been little bathing as yet Oo~
oasionalIy party of visiting college boys in
duIge in a zip in the brine. and their example
would be followed by others If the bathing
houses were open. Failure to drive piling to
support the life lines is responsible for this
shortcoming on the part Of those in charge of
the bathing grounds, and 1t was announced
this week. that the bathing establishments
would not be open for patronage until Satur-
day. June "a
Striped bass have appeared IN this vicinity
month earlier than usual The largest Of this
species delight to hover In the neighborhood Of
the fiume at Deal Lake. where several heavy
weights have been captured this week. Daniel
De Keim. OF West Asbury Park, hooked one
weighing forty-one pounds. and another weigh
ing twenty-one pounds was caught by Elmer
P. Hunt. The Asbury Park Fishing Club keeps
fits out Of town members posted to the fish
ing conditions and the bulletin issued of the
De Keim catch brought hundreds OF anglers to
the resort
Friday. July Z. is to be red letter day in
Asbury Parks history. for President Roosevelt
is to be here guest of the National Educa-
tional Association which is to hold its annual
convention here the first week in July. Gov
ernor Stokes has decided to send regiment of
infantry and a troop of cavalry from Newark
to act escort to the Executive In the
evening the boat boys Of Wesley Lake will give
their annual carnival in honor of the visiting
educators and Pain is to outdo himself In a fire.
works display: this strong card is bound TO
attract a record breaking of SigntSeerS
the resort The local committee In charge of
the details for the entertainment of the peda-
gogues has received assurances from President
Maxwell, the head of the association, that at
least thirty thousand delegates will be on hand
for the conference. How properly to house this
throng, especially over Independence Day, when
the city is always overcrowded with holiday
visitors, is q problem the local committeeman
are endeavoring to solve satisfactorily.
OF the larger hotels in Asbury Park. the Hotel
brunswick Sunset Hall, Grand Avenue. st.
James, Minot, Victoria Plaza, Colonial, Feni-
more and Wellington are the only
open The Coleman, Ocean, Columbia, Lafay-
ette, West End and Monmouth will follow suit
shortly.
Arthur Pryor and his American musicians will
again appear in daily concerts in the Casino and
Arcade in July and August and part Of Sep
tember The Casino is to be transformed into a
theatre, and the manager employed by the Beach
Commissioners has engaged a long list Of at
fractions for the summer.
The always popular baby parade will be held
this year on Thursday, August 81. An entirely
new committee, headed by Arthur II. Hope as
chairman. Will have charge of this years
pageant. we'll of the coronation ball. mas
querade fete and carnival Deal Lake. which
will precede and follow the baby parade. It is
also proposed to give a japanese fete at the Ar
cade early in August.
In Ocean Grove the season will not begin off,
cially until Saturday evening, June "a, when a
concert will be the attraction Bishop Henry
Warren. OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. will
deliver the Grafton at the dedication of the
Stokes statue in July, and the Rev. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills, Of Brooklyn, and the Rev. Dr.
Russell Conwell, of Philadelphia, Will be the
preachers for Sunday, July q having been
secured through invitation extended by the
National Educational Association. This same
Roosevelt to deliver an address educational
he visits Asbury Park
Allenhurst and Deal Beach, the cottage re-
sorts just north of Asbury Park, are fast filing
up with residents. The Allenhurst
Club and cottages viii be conducted this year
by NJ Frank Meehan, and the Dunes in the
same resort, will be managed by Arthur Ham
mond. Hathaway Inn that popular hosiery in
Deal Beach, is in charge of David A. Ross of
New-York City. The Deal Beach officials con-
template purchasing the ocean front from the
present owners, and. if the scheme is approved
by the voters, modern casino will be erected
the beach.
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A days ride in Crete leads you through every va
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