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

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h ~ IT, Complat,~i for uccupancy this
summer large uunhs.r Of new COT
,agr- ann bun galuws have tS,en erected
Plar- are we'll under way for a =taamlslat
hne Co ply be'w,-'u New Work aud New
port
Immediately south oG tn. Highlands
I lee the Nave-ink and Shrewsbury rivers
broad tidal streams that extend inland
Tor Tour or hNe n''lsS where they are lost
~ MAJ" Of tributary Crt-t.kz SeparatinR
III" two hocii.'s II water ~ Run-on Neck
a Ntdr prnins'la gwen over almost en-
tr-ly - hig estates The Rumsln
rad. the finest dry-Way va New jersey
- hank-d on either SIDE Nv costly resi-
d"nc'-~ surrounded by offensive lawns
amt gardens
STAT 90 FASHION
BeioW kum-pn Week are S.,ahrixht
loWmOOT Galli-e aud Monmouth Beach
continuous chain - cottage colonies
intersper~ed with % few biR hotels The
narrow s'''nlnsuLt forming the lower end
ot SauuN hooh i- only a few hundred
yards IN wldth here. - that th- houses
along it, extent have the ocean before.
hefn aud ~" sheltered waters of the
Shre S-liury AZ their hack doors The
SesbTlght Lawn Tennis aud CrIcket club
has IT. quarters on kam-jn road A
short distance away - the SssalIright
Coli Club. which controls tract of nearly
100 acres possessing fine golf course
~ eighteen holes The Rum-on Polo
club has it- quarters ~ the Run-on Inn
ADJOINING IT. SPACIOUS h@ld- Gaines
are played there weekly and lmportant
tournaments age given at intervals
throughout the season The S,ahright
Beach club j. made up OF The members
~ IN" three other sluh- l.. house -
located IN thu ocean front directly oppo-
-ite the railroad -titiuI
Monmouth Beach T. fu-Uiopa'i. r.
-nri consisting 80 . modern 'lhhOus.'
% large casino aud .Iu.s,.r ~ rOomy
suttags~ Plea -ri-H Raw an arm u th..
Shrewsbury. extends -puthWa~,i alnp-t
10 thu town 81 Long Branch III. Rum
-'n Club - NpuWuufh has r..reutlv voted
20 "Np'.ud S32i uD for improving IT,
property on The Shre w-hury River and
on kurnS"u rad Tho clubs holding
CumTTi-s- Atl acres - which about two
thirds has b"-n aliottsd - the Rum-un
country cub whii" ~. r.-t ha- been
turned over o. ihn RIm-un PARIS organi-
Natiuu which will DIVIDE ~ tract into
rcsid"n"' sites fur 'nemt-r-
LONG EHAN,H
Long Branch famous a. IA" simmer
home ~ fV. Pre-, dputz wa tu. first
81 the New JeY-ry coast towns 10 become
q PupuLir resort Somewhat more than
u huudrst ys.l - ago wealthy ps.uple from
New York aud Philadelphia began T.
buid summer homes there uu the bluffs
overlooking the ocean Among Its at
fractions - a Ten acre 90 can front park with
casinos and a btg convention hall There
" a two mile b'uf drive aud walk which
AFFORD the finest marIu" vt"g- ~ Amer
iCa iGD seat oV@n ar theatre over
the river and another blR theatre on ths
ocean front an eighteen hOle golf links
deep z@a ii-iiing river grabbing and the
annual Labor Day week fair AT ElkwOod
NHU. a n
taInment The animal open AIR horse
show given 10y the Monmouth County
Horse Show Association ~ the exhibition
grounds at Hollywood - the fashion
able event ~ the season
Long Branch - "a every essential respect
a modern city y mas an excellent drain
age system. trolley lines. paved streets.
an abundant supply of pure water. q fire
department with eight lire hoti~es and q
telegraph fire alarm system nine public
institutions four hanks and some - the
largest department stores m New Jersey
IL has seventeen churches. a library and
hotels that are open both winter and
summer The summer population ~
upw ard ~ lOOUD. while the midwinter
population - about 5000 II has $50
trains from New Nork and Philadelphia
daily in summer
The oldest of American seaside resorts.
Long Branch ~ making "A vigorous hid
Tor popularity and ~ growing rapidly
4 zcore ~ new business buildings on
Broadway and Brighton avenue. a new
hotel. two siOB tOO country seats and many
cottages are going M there this spring
AMI contracts are being lot for a fine
80 foot steel and concrete ocean pier
Real estate - hOOming and cottage
arr. leased A. soon 49, offered one mile
speedway u among IN" improvements
being mad"
Long Branch include the sections
knoWn a. ElberOn. West tnd. HollyW OOd
Norv ODD. Branchport Fast Long Branch
North Long Branch and Pleasure Ray
" stretches along the ocean for more
than ~ miis- and eNtands inland some
two miles IN area ~ - ten tunes a. large
A. anv other Jersey coast rs-zDrt's and IN
p1pulatiuu ~ exceeds any other resort
except atlantic civ two foiG In wealth
~ leads the north J-rszy coast resorts.
II d. thirty mile from New IOFk
~ an ar line ~ the point whsr" the rail
rpad FROM New York anil north Jersey
tir-f touring the coast N ~ also az the
head e nav CATION op the ShreW -buTv
River aud the terminus % the Central
-puF 90 which sandy HOok
.f''an .r passengers ar. brought along the
shore IT. site T. The highest on tho en-
tire Atlantic -sabpari according To Official
Government surveys.
On the north Long Br1nch ~ IN part /
bounded 10y Tive Shrewsbury River and
from east % VEST chain ~ lakes Of rars
charm inGsrseCts the municipal territory. Z
The high elevation and the combination 4
NJ ocean. river and lAks.s eve the plAaa 1
a nvuffsrn Of narfect natural drafnana Il