Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Correspondence of The Star.

special correspondence OF The star.
ATLANTIC CITY. April 81, 1908.
Easter has come and gone. but large
| number Of those who came over to the
shore to spend that day and look at and
participate in the annual fashion pageant
on the Boardwalk still linger at the resort.
The hotels have been pretty well filled all
this week. and there Will not be much Of
an exodus before about the middle Of the
coming week. when large percentage of
| the New Workers will leave. The weather
has been SO exceedingly fine this week that
the post-Lenten visitor has loathed the
| thought Of being obliged to return to the
cities, and as a conSequc nee the hotels have
enjoyed a larger patronage than has been
their wont In times past. The Easter pa
rade on the walk was one of the most
fashionable in the country and by long odds
| the largest ever enjoyed In Atlantic City.
One of the first progressive euchres and
bridge whist parties was given at Haddon
Hall the other morning. Tables were ar
ranged in a corner of the big exchange,
| and the playing began at 10 o'clock. There
was large number of participants, and the
hours of the morning passed away pleas
antly. A large number of pretty prizes
were awarded.
With the converting of the old steam
road between this city and Somers Point
into trolley line by the Pennsylvania rail-
road Will come additional facilities for Wis
iting Somers Point, Ocean City and Cape
May, for the company now has its sur
veyors and engineers at work laying out
line across the Great Egg Harbor bay over
which they Will build bridge that win be
as long as that at BarneGat, across the
Toms river inlet. This viii connect Allan
tic City and Cape May and all places along
that lower part of this coast by trolley.
The old steamboat ferry between Ocean
City and Longport Will be done away with
as soon as the new trolley bridge across the
bay is constructed
The Atlantic avenue and crcss-town troll
ley lines have effected an agreement where
by today they began selling exchange tick
cts for cents that Will be good on the TWO
lines. Thus person down in Chelsea or at
the inlet can get to the beach for an g.
cent fare. 1t is the same system that is
employed on the car lines of Philadelphia.
The cross-town lines are building further
north, and the exchange system will be APP
preciated by those who would live on the
quiet north side if travelling facilities were
better.
There Is so much wear and tear to the
planking of the Boardwalk that the Board
walk committee of city council is seriously
thinking of having several blocks of the es-
pIanade in the center of the city covered
with asphalt or some such paving material
as an experiment and to save cost of re-
pairs 1t will be tried for season, and il
it proves too hot and undesirable ii VIII be
taken out and replaced again with the
planks.
All interest now is centering in the auto
races that will be held in Atlantic City
next Wednesday. Thursday and Friday and
possibly Saturday under the auspices OF the
Atlantic City Automobile Club In all there
will be twenty-seven events for every kind
of car imaginable
Visitors from Washington are registered
at the following Atlantic City hotels this
week:
Hotel Avoca-M. A. GalIgan.
Hotel Abbey-Miss L. A. Pimpliner
Hotel Albemarle-Miss A. M Graham.
Hotel Berkeley-C. c. Wright, 4. o Hara,
NJ @ w HQ1l
Hotel Creston-Mrs v NJ. Wilson.
Hotel Chelsea-Mr. j. L. Bell, Mrs Bell.
L. ]. Bauer.
Hotel Chetwoode-M. l.. Daley, Is. L.
Pulizzi. C. G. Smith
Chester Inn-Mrs L. Hiclox. Miss Hick-
Hotel Erie-E. G. Bayly.
Hotel Chalfonte-Mr. and Mrs. Fl. ii. Oar
nellie.
Hotel Eastbourne-L. D. Famlar.
Hotel Edison-G. a. Darling, Mrs. OAR
ling, w Piuffer.
Hotel EIwood-G. H Johnson.
Hotel Grand Atlantic-C. NJ. Barrick,
Henry Ittig p. d. Hermann.
Green's Hotel--M. I. Yates. Mrs. Grace |
Hotel GIadstone-F H. Hitchcock
Haddon Hall-Ruth Parker Larvins, MISS
Isabelle s. Parker
G. D. AIleman, William W. F'rego.
Hotel Islesworth-Mss NJ. Mann. Mrs.
Jessie NJ. Thompson. Miss Letha Pogne, |
Miss Ruth Thompson, E. y. Moore, Mrs.
C. F. Moore.
Hotel Iroquois-A. c. Shannon
Hotel Loraine-J. p. Bains. 1r.
Hotel La Fontaine-W. H. Fletcher, Mrs.
Fletcher.
Hotel Majestic-Mrs. J. II. Hunter.
Hotel New England-W. w. Cheshire. c.
B. Westnerton. Mrs. b. B. Cheshire.
Hotel Pierrepont-George NJ. Oyster, jr.
Hotel Pennhurst--Mrs. M. E. Santer Miss /
E. e. Santer. C. A. Barnard.
Hotel Raymond-H. r. Owen. Henry D.
Ittig C. D. Herman. w. w. Smith.