New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

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On the whole route OF this 127-mile thor
oughfare there is no municipality that can
contribute section of roadway in such
condition of this resort.
Nothing will have to be done toward pro-
tecting from the sea or for improving or
widening the highway here, the city having
it already IN perfect condition for the whole
six miles it runs through the municipal
boundaries. including North Long Branch.
East Long Branch, Long Branch proper
West End and Elberon. Last season this
street. over which the automobile traffic is
very heavy, was kept dustless with oil, ard
| so successful was the experiment that oil
will be used as q substitute for water on
other streets this year. Norwood avenue,
the inland through automobile thorough
fare. running along the westerly limits Of
the city, is also to be treated with Oil.
The growth of automobiling is proving
wonderful windfan for the group OF clam
bake and shore dinner resorts on the
Shrewsbury River, at Pleasure Bay, the
chief of which. Prices. was made famous
by President Grants fondness for the cook
ing there when this was his summer capi-
tai
Elaborate plans have been made by the
Board of Trade and the Grand Army of the
Republic post to give the state encamp-
n,ent of veterans and its two women's aux
I iliaries a great reception when they meet
/ here next week, on the 9Th, 10th and 18th.
Some three thousand are expected to at
tend this gathering, the forty-fifth annual,
and Long Branchs first convention for the
season of 1910. and there will be extensive
electrical and other decorations.
School children will be marched along the
| bluff walk to give the veterans salute
! with tiny flags as they march to the Ocean
Park Casino. and Governor Fort is sched-
uied to make an address before the body.
The veterans will have their headquarters
ct the Scarboro Hotel, which has had such
| q successful career for several years und2r
Louis Y. Kahn as proprietor. and opened
for Memorial Day this year, three weeks
earlier than usual, to meet the demand for
accommodations. The auxiliaries will have
headquarters at the Hotel Parnaci, another
of the large hotels already open.
Work will begin within few days on the
new public library near the Elteron sta
tion, which will be a $1,000 stucco building.
This will be the second library building in
Long Branch and another of this resorts s
city Conveniences, which already include
the only hospital along the North Jersey
coast, four banks and department stores.
A gay summer is promised by the plans
for special entertainment features. After the
Fourth of July celebration will come the
week of horse show, the last week in the
month, at which a member of the English
nobility will act one of the judges. Then
) will come the dog show, which is also a
l big affair; later the week of the ocean front
| carnival. including the baby parade, auto
mobile races, masked ball, etc. and toward
: the end of the season the circus. at which
: sons and daughters of millionaire residents
E raise $4,000 TO $4,000 for charity every sum.
mer.
An aviation meet is also talked of as a
S possibility at Monmouth Park. There will
- b. trotting, too, on the new speedway
] weekly shoots. yachting regattas and other
r special attractions
Evidence of Long Brancf's progress as a
summer resort is afforded by the special at
tcntion railroads are giving to improving
] their train service from distant cities There
= will be not only weekly excursions with
: through Pullman service from Washington.
I Baltimore and Pittsburg, but excursions
e will also be introduced and exploited
s throughout the Western States asafar as
s Kansas City by the Pennsylvania Railroad
i A number of additional fast trains were
J put on between New York and this sectior
y two weeks ago. when the Sandy Hook route
/, also began operations. and the full summer
E schedule will go into force in a few week.
4 more The Shrewsbury River steamer
3 have also improved their schedule Ions
E Branch's transportation facilities including
} as they do two steamer and two all raj
( routes from New York. with eight station.
J from Branchport and North Long Branch
70 EIberon In the city limits. are one %
/ the resorts boasts.
The Long Branch army of commuters
which in sumner includes hundreds of sum
: mer residents. is delighted that no advanc.
in Communication rates has been announced
on either the Jersey Central or the Penn
q sylvania Railroad for this place.
Striking evidence OF progress at Ions
Branch is afforded by the reviving hotel in
dustry While the one thousand room 81,
!, 10000 hotel that has been looked for
ward to will not be opened this year, ther'
= have been great hotel improvements tha
can be chronicled. and all signs indicat'
!, that they are only preliminary TO ont
OF more gigantic hotel projects for some o
the vacant sites along the ocean front mex
fall and winter Conditions are ripe 70
vast investments in hotels at this. tn
North Jersey coast metropolis. and the eye
of capitalists are turning this way
. The two new hotels this season are th
Gordon and the Vendone. The Gordon. oil
the site OF the old Keller Hotel, In Brighton
avenue, is a thoroughly modern four s.orl
=. structure. which will be run as high clas
medium priced place by George II. Avery
. an experienced hotel man. The opening Wa
. on THURSDAY
D The Vendome, on Ocean avenue. wa
Y formerly famous as John Daly's Ocean Clu'
Z In the days when Long Branch was tn
I American Monte Carlo. The three big cot
e tages on the property have been united witt
D the big central dome building. wide porchei
= and porte-cochere erected, and the who
v structure has been made over into a yer!
8 attractive hotel The buildings overlook
: as does the Scarboro Hotel. the exquisite
: Italian sunken gardens OF Arthur Hearn
which cover whole block and constitute
one of the beauty spots OF the coast.