The Washington herald., 1909-05-02
Atlantic City Hotel Men Rejoicing a
Efforts to Secure beach aE n Public
10 Regulate Rolling Chairs-NRmes
OF Some of Washington Visitors.
special to The Washington Herald.

and l2S other players Of more or less
note and from nearly every golf club in
the East were there and entertained q
gallery Of at least 800 each morning and
afternoon.
Luncheon parties 10 the clubhouse at
Mortified. q pretty little suburb OF this
city. fourteen minutes away by trolley.
we're given by a number OF the hotel Wis
itors. and although the clubhouse IS large.
It's capacity was we'll tested Barring a
cold and somewhat stin breeze on the
opening day. the weather was good on
the links and also excepting a trihing
shower. which fell al noon on the second
day. but which WAS scarcely heavy
enough 10 affect the play on the green.
! The entries IN the tourney were as heavy
as IN any OF the former golf gatherings
here and the general interest was greater
than ever
Beach as Public Park.
Hotel men are rejoicing over the stand
taken by the New Jersey courts. which
are supporting the city IN securing its
beach as a public park day or two
ago condemnation commissioners awarded
a beach front oWner a trihe over S2G0o for
absolute title TO 1s5 feet OF frontage The
owners promptly Appealed. but the Su-
DTeme Court refused 70 permit a transfer
70 the United States courts, 20 which re-
moVal was sought because one Of the
owners was resident OF Pennsylv7nia-
The beach front purchase IS furnishing
much criticism OF the methods pursued
/ by the city's law department. for II IS
just leaking out that less than TWO weeks
ago the city paid ti5e00 for ordinary
parkway rights, which do not convey abb
sOlute title al all In front of property Of
about the same value as the property for
which complete title was taken Tor s. efF
There are threats Of an investigation and
prosecution. and a scandal seems TO be
almost ripe. u not quite so already.
As a sample Of how beach front values
are soaring a little strip OF land abutting
the Boardwalk. nineteen feet in width.
. brought S53e1 o. S2s7e per front foot
No buildings were included This land.
OF the tax assessment books. bears 3
valuation OF S2.9ao per front foot.
Regulate Rolling Chairs
The authorities have endeavored 70
regulate the popular rolling chairs. in
which probably every visitor who ever
came here has taken ride al some dime
or other. There are more than $50
chairs. and sometimes they become
troblesorae 20 pedestrians In order to
prevent their Increase. and incidentally
10 produce more city revenue. Z TAX Of
500 has been placed upon each roilsr
chair Office or stand. There are about
thirty OF these stands. but instead OF
having the desired effect of cutting down
the number OF chairs. several OF the roller
chair -'baTOns. as they are called. have
ordered scores more Of chairs. many Of
them larger i'm size than the old ones.
and hence viii occupy more OF the
Boardwalk The Boardwalk Is legally
a public street. and consequently the
chair cannot be prohibited. and the city
administration does not know exactly
what 10 DO. and the visitors are en-
joyiuz the dilemma and patrOnizing the
chairs more literally than ever before.
The annual convention OF the Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs opens here on
May for three DAYS Headquarters sre
/ located at Hotel Chelsea. and more than
( 1000 well-known women. some OF them
/ identified with the suffrage movement.
viii be here. The New Jersey state
{ Encampuent Of the @. A r. opens at
| the Chsifonye on May %. President Taft
/ Is to 5e invited 20 attend. inasmUch as
/ the next national eTcampment. in 1910
/ IS 10 be held in this city. The veterans
( from this State. Pennsylvania Della
ware. Maryland. and New York viii
I participate in the parade on May %.
I Archbishop ireland There.
Archbishop Ireland and Bishop O'Gor-
man are spending several weeks al the
Hotel Raleigh.
/ Representative A Mitchell Palmer Is
among the guests at Haddon Hall.
William F. Stone, collector Of the port
! Of Baltimore, is AZ Haddon Hall, accom-
panied by Mrs. Stone.
/ Right Rev Joseph Cotter. Bishop OF
I Minnesota, is the guest Of Rev. J. H
/ McCloskey- On last Sunday he preached
at the Church Of the Holy Spirit. having
/ partly recovered from a severe Illness. A
few days ago Bishop Cotter suffered a
relapse, and his condition Is considered
serious.
A party Of clergymen include Rev. W
J. Kane and Mgr Leushiin. OF Baltimore.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Eisman and Mr.
and Mrs J. r salabes arrived at the
Royal Palace yesterday, making the
! journey here in the formers touring car
Mrs. Frank Cheney. Of Washington. Is
at the Ponce de IeoL for a months stay
] Mrs. o. 6 Reeves and Miss H Reeves
are at the Morton.
George F. Dudley and John c. Williams
Of Washington, are AT the Hotel Jackson.
Lieut.. H c. Muslin. L 6. n. is among
the guests al the TraymOre Mrs. Muslin
! accompanies him.
! H. J. Coffman Mrs Henry Sherman E
J. CantweI, and Miss Jessie WaIder form
a party OF Washingtonians az the Hotel
! Monticello.
Mr and Mrs A p. Price, of Washing
ton. are at the ChaIfonte
". a Gill. L. :. y. Of Washington. IS
among the guests at Haddon Hall
F W Clayton, OF Washington. is at the
Jackson
William Penrose. Of washington, Is reg
istered at the Hotel Dunlop.
/ J. ". Stoddsrd. OF Baltimore. is regis
tered at the Traymore
On Their Honeymoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Deardon are
spending their honeymoon at the Ponce
de Leon. They arrived here yesterday
IN Mr. Deardon's automobile. and enter
! tained q party Of friends at dinner in the
| evening The party Included Mr. and
Mrs Charles Mills. August A Klein. Mr.
and Mrs. c. H. Wilbur. and Mrs. y. J.
! Collamer, OF Washington.
Judge A J DiJtenhOfTer. the well-known
! jurist aud the sole survivor Of the cleo
toral college which voted for President
Lincoln. and J. r Dos Passos are among
the guests al the Rudolf.
n. c. Dalseimer, Of Baltimore. accom-
panied By his wife and daughter. are at
/ the Rudolf for the season. as are Eli
! ODDenheimer. A c. Hutzler. David Hutz-