New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
Greenhut Villa at Long Branch.

shipped while a summer resident here:
fine new cdiace for 81. Jamess Episcopal
Church and several large boarding houses
are being built New garages, stores bank
and office buildings and a new modern
year-round hotel on Broadway have re-
Gently been completed, and a site has been
purchased for a marble postoftice building
on Third avenue 4 contract will be
awarded to-day for a fine ornamental con-
crete oridgc over Tallahassee Lake.
The principal building. though. as usual
has been OF cottages The tendency Is not
toward az high-priced places as those OF
former years The most expensive or the
new ones is the Morris avenue hollow Tie
and stucco country seat of DR.. Lester ID.
Wise. costing $1,000. The average figure Is
from $500 to 5000
The resorts development. however, Is not
toward lessening its importance as a cot
tage settlement. IL is rather toward maA-
ing II more popular.
The numerous smaller cottages being
erected are going up in response 10 an
enormous demand for summer homes Tor
people Of moderate means, who are at
tracted by the facts that this is the near
ast noint on the Jersey seacoast 10 New
York by express train. being only little
over an hour distant; that its train servi"e
bv two roads is frequent and good, and that
communication rates run az low as % cents
for a round trip.
The city IS developing. however, IN othe'
directions also A few weeks ago the ne"
commission form OF government was ADOPT
cd A movement IS under way to have the
county seat moved here. with every PROS
r.ct of IT'S success. \ new trolley lne' Ia
addition to the present two. is projected
And q TWO weeks cleanup crusade' pro-
NOTED by ladies' organization headed by
Mrs Leon Cubberley, ended this week a
complete success, leaving the city IN all
sections OF Elberon. West End Branchpor''
Pleasure Bay, North Long Branch ana
East Long Branch spick and span.
Resides. there's the monster monohth
ocean pier OF reinforced concrete. COM
plcted as 20 the structure proper last De
cember. The superstructure, TO nave inca
ire and other amusementS, probably won
be finished in time for use this summer but
are said to be under way for
running fast steamers between here ana
New York the coming season, making tho
trip in an hour and half.
This will make the hfth travel route from
the METROPOLIS, there already being two
all-raiI ones, the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
two water ones. the Central Railroad Sandy
Hook bay route and the Patten river and
bay line.
Another Improvement under way is the
and dredging OF the south
branch Of the Shrewsbury River. when
runs Nearly TO the heart OF the business
section OF the city. A hume or canal from
this stream 90 the ocean Is being urged be-
fore Congress through the efforts OF Beach
Commissioner George J.. Crum.
The new era had it's inception some years
ago in the acquisition and improvement OF
the ocean front by the city boardwalk
WAS built alonS the sea bluff for two and
half miles ann the bluff drive to the west OF
II was ,yidcnJd to a width OF sixty feet and
straightcncI Bulkheads and jetties were
built to prevent the Entertainments by the
sea. Poles and wires were removed and
ornamental iron poles substituted TOT
lighting. Pavilions were erected. \ ten
acre block Of ocean front with frontage
NJ over 500 feet was purchased, was laid
ont I'm front Of It and a big casino con-
structed.
This public enterprise stimulated private
ENTERPRISE. and many unsightly old buildings
along The ocean front were RACED. others
ir,rrovod and still others built. Along this
c,re,ch are now located several high class
hotels Pannaci's and Louis V. Kahn s
scarloro. which were practically recon
structed. the West End Cottages and At
,ar,ir which were much improved. and the
Tallahassee. which was newly erected.
severaI exceIleut sites remain and there Is
talk NJ fine structures going up on them as
q result Of the prosperity Of the others.
Tbore is every indication that the resort
n,fp 10 extraordinarily gay next summer.
T., addition To the standard special attrac-
,io,s If the hg open air horse show in
Iu,v. which 7. J. Casey and others have
made an international event, the dog show
ard the weeks ocean front carnival, an
an,on,ofiie show is scheduled for the horse
sho,, Grounds A county fair is announced
q, another feature there by Dick Hen
ri,u.z who has leased the grounds for the
sassor for big league baseball. The games
an SUNDAYS last year were tremendous
drawing card. and the Giants. Yankees, De-
,roi,s ruos. Philadelphia Athletics and
o,hor famous aggregations, It is stated.
have already been booked for the coming
summer