The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

thr season TSr ihe % Ntle t'hAln ID
summer nr~Sris ansl 4 sltage a eASaaes
They are very busy just now down on
the New Jersey coast making prepare
tlons spr tho inrIsh ~ the summer colony
The houses with their gAbIed roofs. big
red chImnevs and broad verandas are
henG unshuttsred and thrown open 90
lot IN Ga" fresh spring air Caretakers
are restoring the lawns p,ttinR cat plants.
trimming hs-ige- The roads. the board
walk the waterfront are dotted with
workm-n repairing the destruction
wrough' nv the storms ~ winter. and
mechanics are hurry,ng the work On I'M
finished buldings
In n coIpl. Of weeks th.. seaside avenues
will he crowded with furniture vans.
smart eluIpaG-s aud strings ot thorough
bred horses Just unload-d from the cars.
All this preparatory activity in timed with
refsrpnCs. Ia the date on which the Sandy
Hook steamers 20 into commission. for
to business men the hours sail morning
and evening between Atlantic Highlands
and New York ~ on. 81 the features Of
summer residence ON the coast The
steamers will begin running On Nav -
and daily thereafter they will carry an
Increasing freight of city folk Later on
in June. after the cottage colony has
filled up. the hotel and boarding house
population Will b"gin To arrive
The number ut summer residents will
probably h. larger this wear than IL has
ever been before A. any rate new build
ings are being erected on an unprece-
dented scale all along the coast. The
opening ~ the McAdoo aud Pennsylvania
tunnels will shorten very considerably
the time hy railway a circumstance which
l. expected to have an important inhu-
eRce on the prosperity Of the season IN
the coast resorts
SPLENDID INLAND Waterway
az even greater signifcance perhaps
"a the prosperity 70 the coast are two
monumental public improvements under
taken with a view 10 facilitating communi-
cation between the seashore places Last
year the Legislature % the State appro-
priated SSOo s0 and made t7SOOO Of IL
available for the opening and deepening
~ An infant waterway from Ray Head
Co Cape May he object % which was to
provide water communication hetWsen
Ray Head. Atlantic city. Cape May and
tracts have already been le, for two sec
tons 81 this work and when the canal
between Bay Head and Manasquan inlet
~ completed and the Manazquan inlet
10 de.pened II will he possible TO sail
from New York 20 Cape May in any craft
even az low tide that does not draw in
excess ~ sx feet - water The benefi-
Cial effect IT this waterway on the coast
will he very great
Az UNRIvALLFp sEAsHoRE Boulevard
The Other public work in question -
the Ocean Boulevard the cost ~ witch
10 estimated 40 SEN 0OO Her. ~ a brief
description - the route compiled from
an article by Francis u Lee. The boui.-
ward " ~ commence az Atlantic n ghlanis.
where II will sweep M. hslse ~ III. gravel
hillr Nearby - IA. Waters itch country.
while within a few miles - III. road 10
the Sandy Hook b.'ach the first landing
Plac" - Henry Hudson Through IN.
eNtrsm" northeast portion - OId Mon
mouth the Foai pa~--r through the Rum
-on Neck region u meets the coast AZ
Seabrlg ht and p.i--es through Low Moor.
where arr located m" fishing CAMPS
which supply much - the 500 food for
che Ns~ Work markets The road 1T
this point Is quite elevated Th. beach
- abrupt ana different IN thus respect
from the contour 10 the land further
o. the south u - 40 Seabright that
the ~ mile ran commences. during which
distance the highway - never beyond
IN. reach - tidal water
Prom Long Branch the road runs south
20 Asbury Park through Elb-ron A.
a
Ocean Grov" and the route will then
extend through Bradley Beach. nestled
between Fletcher and sylvan lakes. and
on to the state camp AZ Sea Girt. passing
through Avon Belmar. Como and Spring
Lake From Long Branch To Sea Girt
the road runs for sixteen miles in sight
81 the s-a But just below Ssa Glrt IL
Point Pleasant and it, neiRhbor. BAY
Head. where IN am estuary known A.
Netedeconk River Barnegat Bay comes
To a sudden end.
The road there hears sharpIyto the west
and for the first time the traveller pIunaes
into the Pines. great triangle covered
With max and pine broken by stretches
of cedar swamp and clearinks and extend
ing over thiri ~ the territorial area
% the state
leaving tstheNfftr TOUR miles To the east
~ Burr~viIla the rad extends through
SilvsTton 20 Toms River This 10 the first
real stretch that must be entirely built.
- II n now no part ~ the good road sya-
lem. A. 1orn- River the good road
system - met again over which the boule-
ward will ba continued to it, terminus
&C Cape May city
NEW JERSEYS PEERLESS BEACH
The topography ~ ~" New Jersey
shore accounts for IT, popularity as
sfIrumer.ng place. For upward ~ thirty
m.e- rortn amt south extends broad.
ciersH E"nfIv slipping beach that fronts
directly ITpu the ocean Within a
stones throw - M" hrca kerz but separ-
a'ah from them t,y bIuns and sand dunes.
Ie fresh water lakes tidal rivers ana
wide shallow Inl"tS some communicate
Vith ~" -rt through narrow channels: /
offers slthuuRh not more than a hundred I
N.,rris from ~" surf. ar. entirely land /
.o, a"t holland ~" Vniling hills cs,vered |
v--h fhicN rr"vih- ~ piu" On summer
90 "rupDus when ~" Wind ~ from the :