New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
ON LONG BRANCH BEACH
Many Improvements Made-Tuo
Nezc Hotels to Supersede Old Ones.

due 70 an antiquated charter, Long Branch with
IN the last few months. has arisen TO an enviable
rank among watering places. When the ocean
'front.' improvements which are now under way
are completed Long Branch will have something
70 offer visitors that can be seen and enjoyed no.
where else-an unobstructed view OF more than
two miles Of ocean front. drive along the edge
Of the bluff. a widened thoroughfare, a twenty
foot boardwalk on the east and a granoIithic
walk on the west side. with the driveway pro-
teeted from inroads Of the sea by Dulkheads and
jetties.
The citizens. backed by the City Council and
the Board OF Trade, have planned TO celebrate
the Fourth Of July in an old fashioned way, with
music. songs. an Grafton. land and water sports
and a display OF fireworks.
The committees in charge OF the programme
held meeting last night. The committee on
subscriptions reported over $1,000 in hand, IN
addition TO private subscriptions and the sub
scription of $3.50 made by the Board of Trade
Here is the outline Of the programme planned
in commemmoration of the opening of the city's
twelve-acre park and the completion of the
drive. boardwalk bulkhead and jetties in front
OF the city property:
Concert by the United States Carlisle Indian
Band. @''0'1A
Orations. speakers TO be selected by the Rev.
DR.. John Handley, Winfield S. b. Parker and
Judge John w. Slocum
Choruses of between three hundred and four
hundred voices
Athletic sports. including bicycle and foot
races.
Aquatic sports
Fireworks display.
Asa Francis. Forrest Green president op tba
City Council; DR.. George H. Baker. president os
the Board Of Trade
PROGRESS has hee0 rooda r,tel
work this week Not only have additional deods
Oeen added TO the large list already in hand b,,t
many valuable concessions have been made The
commissioners on condemnation held a rneetin.v
4"o""ay night and reported that onlv a few
ti Upertles @ would have TO be taken by condeDna
fTnta5 p55CSeeangs This committee consists Of e
united States Senator Rufus Bodgetf ax sbaies
S. Scobey 'NA''i'liah samuel
ert,t te city has title to the West End Hotel prom
Tyty G LUW owned by Judge Wilbur A Heislev
LltIe VIII be given to the Rowland Hotel 1-ftbj
tne @ next week. All OF the large prOnerfv oI,-n
IS oiI I,Sve come 70 the front with their deeds II
- CtIly the small owners that are HOLDING o,1t
hoping In the end to be gamers '
o,,tao. tne owner OF the West End Hotel property
e oSITcSs t 20 the building of boardwalk in front
9, " Uat slte. The land lying Of the present
drlve Is sufficient to permit the IavireP p oS q
gTanoiIthic TEo walk-the only spot along the beach
a granolithic walk instead of buildinpr a wooday
WALK, distance Of four hundred feet
Inc city new park will present a fine sOoear
ance on July 4. 1t has been beautifed with
flowers and walks. and a new bandsta1d has
been erected. mas
ooatd All the hotels open. and the last of the
latest arrivals including General II. T. F;clxert
Ahthony n. Brady, Harris c. Fahnestocly Ham
~ 11'on 7 4. Aean oscar Straus. E. H. Southern J.
y. lyons, mrs. George NJ. Pullman, Mrs Robert
Barbour and Morris Wormser The last named is
e SettIea c Ior the summer in the summer home OF
Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy
Inc summer hotels or NJ laa a mo 3o-t.,, 80
ess' etleln' opened IN the middle Of June but the
saturday before the Fourth really marks the
opening. Ine summer hotel men are more than
PIeased with the outlook. The manager Of the
west End cottages has been rushed from the SaS
tiaC ne opened for business. He has completed
ms casino adjoining the cottages at the edge OF
tne blun, where high class vaudeville shows
will be given this season.
me old Rowland, once Long Branchs fash
ionable MOTEL is d thing Of the past The nev,
owners intend TO raze the old house 10 the
ground and erect modern hotel. TO be called the
New Long Branch The old West End was torn
down in the winter, and already steps have
0een taken 70 erect a new hotel on its site AZ
he -he opening OF the summer season of 1907 it
seems reasonably certain that at least two and
the ocean front.
Golf, polo and tennis will be the three nonu-
ar outdoor sports at Long Branch Monmouth
8each and Seabright AT the Hollywood Golf |
Ilub both tennis and golf will be popular this
season. The management this week issued their |
season programmes Polo is enjoyed nowhere
efong the Jersey coast more than at Runson The
tumSon Polo Club until the end of September |
VIII keep busy. Next year il is proposed 70 i
nave campus at the Brooklawn Country Club |
he former country seat OF the late John A Nc
CaIl, which completed its organization last week
" the election OF P. Sanford Ross Of Newark /
Is president. The new club will have two hum
ired and fifty property members.
horse show talk is now popular. The prize list /
II the thirteenth annual show was issued last /
week. 1t shows f1fty-siX classes and prize /
money aggregating $4,000. There will be four
Ifternoon shows and night exhibition by
electric light. Edward Murphy jr is president
Il the association; Walter z. Hildreth vice
PRESIDENT and general manager; P. J. Casey sec
etary and treasurer. Governor Stokes heads
he list Of honorary presidents
Summer people were in evidence on Thursday
fternoon at the tenth annual commencement |
xercises Of the Monmouth Memorial HOSPITAL
raining School in the Lyceum The ad-
ress or the afternoon was made by the
Rev William p CantweI. who recently had the
eSree or LII. D. conferred upon him by Seton |
Hall, East Orange. X-Mayor Thomas r. Wool
ey presided at the meeting, while the gradua-
ion pins were presented by Mrs. William D. |
1arper OF New York. a summer resident of
Norwood avenue. There were ten graduates
Monmouth Beach is lively. The Country Club |
which was closed last season. has opened under |
he superintendency Of Frank Warner Colonel
William Barbour is president of the club To-
light there is dancing at the club The annual |
lection Of directors will be held on Wednesday
'hen the amusement programme will be made
ublic
Recent cottage arrivals at Monmouth Reach
1clude w. NJ Whitney, E. A. Groesbeck Mrs
. s. Douglass, j. II. Harding, L. W. Baldwin,
. H: Niles, G. C. McKesson, w L. Bowler. ]. H
ierrtck, DR.. e. A. AyreS and Raymond Lesher
Seabright is as gay as ever All the summer
otels. including the Normandie are open while
acant cottages are not to be had at any price
The seabright Beach Club is open. and
athing is once more popular. Afternoon teas
ave been instituted. The Meadow Yacht Club
ill hold its Fourth Of July regatta usual.