New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
AT ASBURY PARK.
Baitding Boom Adds to Hotels
4atomobiIing and Fishing Popular.

and Asbury Park as usual. has been the mecca
Tor a majority of the visitors Early June there
lore hDds the season" in full swing with
nearly every cottage occupied with summer ten
ANS ana the hundreds of hotels and boarding
houses comfortably filled with patrons
Asbury Park experienced a remarkable build
ing Doom last winter. when nearly SsJOOOOO was
spent In improvements to hotels and new cot
tases' Nearly every hotel OF size has been i'm
proved with modern conveniences and the large
houses near the beach now compare favorably
with those at more pretentious resorts. There
are over fifty hotels now open, and the rest. in
Guiding the Ocean. Coleman, Sunset Hall, La
fayette. Brunswick. Columbia West End and
Monmouth. will be ready for guests this month
Municipal ownership of the beach front has
improved the management of the boardwalk
pavllions and bathing facilities. The beach is
controlled now by the Public Grounds Commits
s1on' and every dollar of profit, together with
liberal additions from the city treasury is spent
IN betterments along the ocean front. The resi-
uents or the city recently voted appropriation
OF SlooOOO for beach improvements and this
money will be spent this year
The improvements to come include a thorough
overhaulng of the jetty system, in order TO
widen the beach, an addition to the popular
Fishing Pier and Fifth Avenue Arcade and
possibly. the erection. in the vicinity of Seventh
avenue, Of a modern hot and cold sea water
bathing establishment The arcade is also to
De lncIosed in glass. in order that it may be
used as a sun parlor in the spring and to make
1t more comfortable during storms.
Hundreds of automobists are now here The
hundreds of miles of improved roads which
gridiron the city and vicinity attract this de-
sirable class of tourists. There are many
modern garages in the resort, and these lust
now are enjoying a financial harvest. owing to
presence ~
Canoeing. too, is one of the attractions of the
resort There are three fresh water lakes within
the city limits. The largest, Deal Lake which
is the dividing line between Asbury Park and
Loch Arbor, Interaken, Wanamassa and AL
Ienhurst offers unusual advantages for water
sports. and hundreds Of canoes are. to be seen
gilong over its waters daily. Several canoe
cIubs maintain clubhOuses on the banks of the
Iake' ana from time TO time engage in races
ana water carnivals. Tire annual carnival this
season will be given on the evening of Saturday,
september l. The boat boys of Wesley Lake
tta aiSo announce carnival and general tlumina-
tlon the second week in August
FISHING for striped bass and other fish is a
sport TO be enjoyed from the fishing pier-the
headquarters of the Asbury Park Fishing Club
which has erected a comfortable clubhouse on
the boardwalk end of the structure. The fishing
club is made up of resident and visiting anglers,
and every summer the organization gives valu-
able prizes for the heaviest game fish captured
Deal Lake, which has been stocked with pickerel
ana yellow perch by the State Fish Commission,
is another favorlte rendezvous for the anglers.
Bathing in the sea started In with vim this
month. The high tides left the eXpanse of beach
IN excellent condition for bathing. Experienced
Watermen are on duty TO watch the batherS.
They are employed by the city. In addition, a
corps of volunteer life savers composed of col
legians summering here will assist the regular
guards. Sunday bathing is permitted up to
noon and there is a possibility that the innova-
ton of moonlight bathing will be introduced this
year. That the Asbury Park beach is one of the
safest in the world is borne out by the fact that
there have been only three drowning accidents
along the shore front in over thirty years.
Carnival week. usual. has been fixed by the
Carnival Association for the last week in Au-
gust The annual visit of Queen Titania TO this |
chlldrens paradise is memorable for the visitors
and the hundreds of babies and children who |
parade before their queen. Titania will be |
crowned with regal ceremony on Tuesday even
ing, August -. The following evening the court |
ball Will be held. The masked fete. which is an
nually attended by from 5000 to 10000 maskers |
is scheduled for Thursday evening the board |
walk At the same time the leading hotels will |
give masked balls IN honor of the jewellers |
The baby parade-the star event of carnival |
WEEKS to be held on Friday afternoon when
Titania and her court will review the novel |
pageant Last summer over 100000 spectators |
applauded the 800 marching tots. AS usual. val |
liable prizes viii be awarded the winners in the |
eight divisions of the parade. Arthur H Hope |
is president of the Carnival Association, which /
is made up of men and women who have had |
experience in arranging these annual fates The |
water carnival on Deal Lake on Saturday even |
ing will wind up the weeks festivities.
Ocean Grove, too, is in readiness for the sum-
and musical season VIII begin this month and |
continue without days interruption until the |
InlQule OF september. Tan ESen Morgan, or |
New York. has been re-engaged musical di-
rector, and he announces a programme which |
includes the standard oratoriOs, we'll a
number of original musical events. A feature
this year Will be vested choir of 100 singers,
who will take part every morning in the young
peoples meeting in the Temple The opening
sermon in the Auditorium will be preached on
Sunday morning, June q, by Bishop Luther B.
Wilson, of Chattanooga, q member of the Camp
Meeting Association The Independence Day
Grafton will be delivered this year by Congress-
man Theodore E Burton. of Cleveland.
be held in America-win open Friday, August
H. and continue, with twelve services daily,
until Monday, August p The eVangelistic
commission of the Methodist Episcopal General
man, Will assume charge of the revival services
TO be held while the camp meeting is in prog
ress. Bishop James n. FitzGerald. of st. Louis,
president Of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
Association. will preside at all the Auditorium
services. The summer religious programme will |
Sunday School Assembly, the annual meetings
of the National Temperance Society, the con-
ferenceS of the deacOnesSeS and the missionary
of the church and reunions of various
religious bodies and reform organizations.
HOW FRANCE WILL CONTROL MOROCCO.
That the French purpose to inaugurate a
ueriod OF strenuous reform in Morocco and that
they intend to exert TO the full their practical
paramountcy in Moorish affairs it needs no
great prophetic skill to foretell NJ Leroy-Beau-
lieu. Editor Of Il Economiste FRANCHISE" the
dertakes in his paper point the most eff
cacious means whereby France may assure COM
plete control OF the situation. He does not fail
10 see that the greatest opposition is 10 be ex-