New-York tribune., 1908-06-07
ATLANTIC CITY'S
MANY ADJUSTMENTS
NUMBER OF NEW ENTER
PRISES.
Talk of a Luna Porh, additional
Railroad Trains u. {. 4.
to Bmild Gymnasium.

Atlantic CITY June 6.-There will he lack of
amusement for patrons of this resort during the
present season. Besides the piers. with their
bands skating rinks, auction shop and the regular
theatre other arnusementS are Spr1nging up along
the beach front like mushrooms summer day.
There are some half dozen enterprises in the
nature of small theatres. and these will be ready
to open about the middle Of June. The most pre-
tentious of the enterprises viii be that which
is to he erected the site of the old Hppodrome
in Arkansas avenue. which will house a spec
tacular production Of Creation The promoters
hone 10 open il about the middle of July.
Talk is again heard of the scheme of building
Luna Park in the upper end Of the island. This
will he made possible by the change in the location
of the boardwalk The moving of the boardwalk
toward the ocean will give landowners from Con-
necticut TO Maines avenues large lot of valuable
real estate and those who own that great plot
of ground on which the old Japanese tea garden
was situated will, perhaps, offer their land for
Luna Park. The park to have been built by
a syndicate of New York capitalists but they
could not get enough land. But with the addl-
tional property mentioned there will be plenty OF
room for q park. and the owners of the property
tai in building 1t.
One of the most elaborate cottages in the city is
that now occupied by Captain and Mrs. John L.
Young on the million dollar pier. 1t is built
of concrete, like the pier itself 1t is roomy, is
finished throughout in golden oak and the interior
surrounds the cottage. broken here and there
with beds of flowers. 1t is rather strange sight,
a veritable oasis over a desert of water 1t is
brilliantly lighted with electricity, the current be-
ing furnished by tho plant on the pier The out
side of the cottage is outlined with thousands Of
electric lights and at night reminds one of some
Of the ornate buildings seen at Coney Island
Long nothing but island of white sand, peo-
pie of this city beginning to break the tire
some monotony with green lawns and trees, More
there wv
full" and while there has been no concerted move
ment many Of the residents have planted trees
In front of their cottages. Many, too. have beaut-
fed the sidewalks by having a walk Of stone.
brick or cement about five feet wide built through
the centre of the space reserved for sidewalks ana
then planting grass either side.
Residents of States avenue formed themselves
into the States Avenue Improvement Association,
and they intend spending a great deal of money
in making the block between the beach and Pacific
avenue one of the prettiest pieces OF street in the
world They have made beautiful lawns. planted
trees and contemplating erecting decorative
iron posts the Pacific avenue intersection. on
which they will place ornate electric lamps. Many
of the handsome cottages in this street are owned
by wealthy Philadelphians. among them Senator
James McNichoI Alfred Berke, George Berke and
Louis Donney.
The improvements that being made in paw
ing the streets being carried into the county
by the Board of Freehoders. and in compare
lively short time Atlantic City and county will
be the haven for the motorist. The roads are
now in better condition than at any time in the
last five years There is bad place still in the
Meadow Boulevard, and that is the Atlantic
City end of the road This. the freeholders say,
will be repaired next week.
Atlantic City has somewhere in the neighborhood
of nine hundred hotels including the larger board
ing houses During the height of the these
houses shelter nearly quarter of a million Wis
itors. In the summer there is hardly room enough
the boardwalk. especially in the heart of the
resort. to along with comfort The board
walk police divide the crowd at the centre of the
sixty-foot wide structure. and keep stream of
people moving IN either direction.
The resort Is popular in the winter. fall and
spring in summer. although the crowds. OF
course not great At that time OF tho year
visitors of the leisure class-those who af-
ford TO away from home whenever the inclina-
ton comes to tepl, which. fortunately for hotel
keepers in Atlantic City, is at frequent intervals
Five years ago a half-dozen hotels were open in
the winter and about ten in the spring More than
fifty open last winter and five times
that number during this spring
The much discussed advance in railroad fares be-
tween this city and Philadelphia went into effect
on Monday. but there has been no falling Off in
travel In consequence. Travellers have accepted
the raise philosophcaiy and paying the addi-
tionai Is cents without protest The railroads as
sert they doing a better business than last
year for til. corresponding rsriod. They have given
the resort two additional trsins--ons from Phils-
AAlphia At 40 4 n. and enc from AtAAn6aa Cutx