New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
ASBURi PARK
riremen's Tournament Brings
Crowds Of Visitors.

,sbvrv Park y. j.. Sept. THE clos
,,,r Of the New Monterey is now sched-
,,,s6 for September l6 after a very sue
oossfnl first season The Coleman House,
which the proprietor, \. NJ. Sexton. has
decjded TO keep open throughout the year,
. the mos notable addition TO the winter
ho,el colony. The Metropolitan, which is
thc last Of the new hotels to open here,
., once entered the field upon an all
ve,r basis Proprietor Harry Dufield will
,orduct the Thcdford through the win
cor and the Marlborough win continue q s
usua.
The fremen's tourney. which close this
afternoon brought hundreds Of visitors
here and none OF the larger hotels has
closed UP TO tho present time. Despite
the rainy weather of the early part OF the
week. and the end foy many Of vacation
DAYS. the resort is entertaining a ire
mcndcus over-Sunday crowd to-day, and
the Boardwalk has a midseasoL appear
anoe
All Of the Boardwalk amusoments will
he continued through the month, and
There are many entertainments planncd
for october. Tomorrow night Car.
Edouarde and his band play their fare
well concert at the Arcade, ard ii ttc
same fine the FadetteS close al the Ca
sino. The Fadcttcs on Monday viii he
succeeded b. Fatterson's orchestra.
which comes Tor months engagement,
Owing 10 the rain on Monday the Mardi
Gras was postponed Tor year. and there
was great disappointment expressed Icy
every one There were easily twenty
thousand visitors here for the occasion, In
auditon to the thrOng already stopping
in the resort. Rain sent many visitors
home when there was no let-up on Tues
DAY. but there were hundreds Of arrivals
on Wednesday for the fTrmcn's carnival.
and there has been a steady increase ever
since.
The success Of the fTemen's carnival
this week assures this a. one of ASbury's
amusement fixtures ThCrsdays parad"
disclosed seventy-fvc companies in lire
from New York New Jersey and Penn
syIvania They marched in eight great
divisions and were accompanied by tWan-
ty-hve bands Ex-Chief Edward L. cro-
ker of the New York Fire Department
acted as grand judge There were more
than one hundred pieces of apparatus In
line and five thousand uniformed hremeH.
An engine that saw service in New York
IN 1854 was enc Of the most interesting
pieces of apparatus in thu parade. II was
known as Guardian Engine %. ana
stood in Amos street. II was PURCHASED
by the Matawan department in 1887. and
has remained in its possession ever since.
Asbury Park Elks have plans out for
magnificent four story clubhouse and
home at Goodman avenue and Heck
street Work has begun on a plant which
will manufacture automobile trucks after
the design OF a local inventor and garage
keeper. New hotel projects are getting
under way. the many clubs and social
organizations of the city are showing
signs OF carly fall activity, and the ten
thousand-odd inhabitants who have been
entertaining thousands for the last three
months viii now set about amusing them
selves
Among the weeks arrivals are: New
Monterey-Dr. Anna NJ. Bloomer, Joseph
f. Taylor, Mrs. W. Forbes. Miss Nellie
Forbes, Charles Hand, Harry 5. Block
man. II. c. Scofeld, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
Dent, Roy McCurren, w j. Jordan, James
c. kennigan. Mrs. A. NJ. Dewitt Miss {.
Beach Miss Irene Bond. j. X. Craig. I.
d Richardson. Mr.. and Mrs. ". j. Rush,
William S. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. w. h.
Sitter, NJ. y. Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. h.
O. Parsons. L. y. Sickles. Miss Edith NJ.
Clark and A. Mckenzie, Of New York.
Hotel Rrunswick-Miss Mabel Seeley. a.
{. Suits, NJ. NJ. Garrison. K. +. Butler
Mrs. J. F. Seeley, William A. Mitchell
Arthur D. Olsen, George 5. Sturges, j. f.
Sullivan, Miss Eleanor Sullivan, Edward
LOCKER, Miss Charlotte Simpson, Samuel
=. Kline, William A. Martin, L. J. Titus,
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Hanger Miss
Mabel. Hanger, Mrs. Joseph e. 1iggett.
MI and Mrs. r. II. kaufman, Mr.. and
MIS- George w. Kuhlman.