Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
ATLANTIC CITY NEWS
REAL ESTATE CHANGING HANDS
AND MAKING MONEY.
Changes in Hotel Management and
Arrivals From This
City.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
! ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., February 10, 1905.
Hopeful indications of weather much
| more to the liking of the midwinter visitors
| came this week with rising temperature anC
! flood of most welcome sunshine tina
! made a stroll on the boardwalk not only
keenly invigorating but enjoyable withal.
Several large real estate operations, in
Guiding the sale of McClay apartments fol
$75 $50 and the Hotel Ashbourne for $50 900
to Gilbert Combs of Freehold, N. j., have
just been consummated. The United Securi
ty, Life Insurance and Trust Company OF
Pennsylvania paid So 800 for a cottage prop.
erty on Indiana avenue, and Somers Lake
has purchased Georgia avenue property for
$500. The Elwood Company has sold a
cottage on Chelsea avenue near the beach
to Peter D. Risley for S1O,500.
The social leaders of the city have been
interesting themselves by organizing the
United Charity Societies, the main object OF
which is to give relief to the poor of the
city during the winter, have planned one
of the largest social functions in the his
tory of the resort. 1t is in the form of an
evening euchre. Arrangements are already
being made for the event and over 900 play
ers will be engaged. TIL management of the
Hotel Rudolf has kindly extended the use
of the big exchange and Japanese music
| room to the ladies having this in charge.
Every merchant, business and professional
man in the city has contributed toward the
list of prizes, which, thus far, are the hand
soonest and most costly ever offered for an
event of this kind Proprietor Charles
Myers has engaged special orchestra to
furnish music during the playing, and the
event will be one of the most fashionable
of the winter season.
The vanguard of the Lenten season
crowd has arrived This is evidenced not
lists at the hotels, but by the railroad
travel reports. Several leading hotels
opened this week for the season. and there
is a general hustle and hustle of prepare
ton along the beach front and throughout
the hotel district. Daily concerts and even
ing dances are happy mediums to relieve
the monotony of wintry evenings
That the travel to Atlantic City during
1904 aggrega ted the total of 100000 Wis
itors is indicated by figures just made pub
lie by the passenger department of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 1t places
the number of people arriving here over
that line from all points at over 1000, OU0.
1t is assumed that the Reading road
brought nearly an equal number of people
Several of the big houses that closed dur
ing the winter months were reopened this
week John G. Gossler, formerly of the
IslesWorth, has taken a Iong-term lease on
Green's Hotel on the Boardwalk, and Will
open that house February Is, and the open
ing of the Hotel Chelsea is announced for
the same GATE. Inc AlDe1narIe, at racine
and Virginia avenues, will open for the sea-
son on February -. Proprietor ]. 2. Cope
states that the bookings for the season are
very f1attering. Mr.. Cope has just pur-
chased the Water Gap House, at the Della
ware Water Gap, and will have 1t ready for
opening on June l next
The Hotel Islesworth was reopened today
for the season under the management of
Messrs. Osborn and Painter, who have sue
cesSfully conducted this house the past few
years. The Islesworth has been greatly i'm
proved during the winter, and its famous
Dutch room will again be a feature of
the hotel.
The Hotel Dunlop at Ocean avenue and
the beach, has been opened for the season
under the management of w. r. Pedrick,
formerly of the st. Charles Hotel. This
house has been greatly improved through
out, and old patrons viii hardly recognize
the place on their return. The Dunlop will
be conducted the American and Euro
pean plan, and will be first class in every
particular. This house is admirably situated
in the center of the resort and In close
proximity to all popular places of amuse-
ment, Its bookings are large and indica-
tons are that it will enjoy the most pros
porous year in it's history.
The following residents of Washington
are registered at leading Atlantic City
hotels:
Chalfonte-E. S. Holmes, Miss E. Shaw.
st. Charles-Mrs. w. S. Knox, Mrs. NJ.
Hodges, Miss Hull.
Haddon Hall-Mrs. ]. B. Pierce Miss M
Pierce. Mrs. L. C. Eosser, Mrs H. Reilly.
Pierrepont-E. w. Kohner.
Aubry-A. X. Brown.
Pennhurst-L Wells.
Grand Atlantic-J. S. Tomlinson Dr. and
Mrs. T. Clark and family, H. p Holiday,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Choate, Mrs. H. ID. Ham
mersley.
Archdale-Mr and Mrs. Furniss.
Jackson--W. Baurer, II. II. Graham j.
r. w. Young.
Rudolf-S. b. Weller.
Seaside House-Mrs. S. Johnson, Miss P.
S. Johnson.
Dennis-J. w. Marsh.
Deyille-Mr. and Mrs. J. w. RANKINGS.
Marlborough House-Mrs. w Shaw, Mrs
Z. S. Wescott.
Traymore-Mrs. ]. A. Mills, J. ShonSood,
]. II. Rothschild, Mrs X. A. Wells, w.
Mccall.
Bemont-Mr and Mrs J. D. Mahon. Miss
Mahon.
Jackson-J. F. McConough, John Davis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings, Frank z. Smith.
Altamont-G. e. Slaybough.
Palmer-Wlliam Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs
William Startt
Holmhurst-James H. Hayden, R. c.
Hayden.
Seaside House-Mr. and Mrs S. II. Hen
derson.
Chetwoode-M. w. Michael.
ST. Charles-Mrs. Hodge, Miss Healy,
Harry II. Mckee.
Rudolf-Mr. and Mrs. Fl. Wolf.