Evening star., 1912-09-29
ATLANTIC CITY.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ATLANTIC CITY, September 90. 1912.
The sea was in one of its violent mood:
Tuesday last, impelled to fury by the
strength Of nor east wind that piled
the great spume-crested pillows high
upon the shore. The scene presented was
one Of grandeur. and vastly different
from the Lake Glimmerglass surface
usually apparent to the midsummer
bather. The beach guards, with but few
bathers in the surf, were burdened with
time on their hands, and to while away
the hours disported themselves in the
sands and cavorted along the beach like
SO many schoolboys off on a holiday.
Forty feet of Boardwalk abutting prop
erty. seventy feet in depth. sold the other
day for the snug sum of $15O,O0O 1t is
situated at st. James place and the
Walk.
The quaint little hamlet of Longport. at
the extreme southern end of Absecon
Island, has thin point of land that ex-
tends out into the channel that divides
Absecon Island from Ocean City, and
this thin strip is known as Borough
point Three small cottages. with numer-
Gus pilings to keep back the seas, are
the only improvements on the point, and
these are being threatened. During the
last two weeks heavy seas have washed
against the strip of land and have swept
away a number of the pilings and are
rapidly undermining the cottages. The
tide has been cutting in and securing
out at an alarming pace, until at high
water there now remains but the top OF
a sandhill or two where once there was
slid land, and within the past week
twenty feet of beach on the sea side of
the point has been. inundated. The
Boardwalk at this point is unsafe, and
has been roped off by the Longport
borough authorities:
ton, D. c., have taken apartments at the
wiltshire for an early fall stay by the
waves
MIR. and Mrs. G. w. Newberry, from
Washington. are guests at the Hotel
Morton during an extended early fall
sojourn by the sea.
]. c. Cary and Miss Anna Cary OF
Washington are recent arrivals at the
Holnlhurst for protracted stay by the
sea.
Mrs. E. M. Madison of Washington has
apartments at the Hotel Dennis during a
fortnight's sojourn at the shore.
Mrs Morris Ketcham of Washington
has apartments at the Traymore during
a brief sojourn in Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Miller. Grant Miller
and Nelson Miller from Washington are
guests at the Chester Inn.
II. D. Day of Washington, D. c., is q
guest at the Dennis over tne week END.
Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Brookmyer, Wash
ingtonians. are domiciled at the Chet
woode during a brief stay by the fal
waves.
Washington guests at the New Berkeley
include Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Poth.
j. E. Pennybacker and Francis w. Tay.
lor, Washingtonians, are at the TraymOrt
for a week end by the waves.
J. Hoover J. p. GLADDEN. and E. w
Lindig of Washington are guests at the
New Clarion during brief sojourn a.
the shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Richenbach anl
Miss A. Richenbach Of Washington are a
the Runnymede during fortnight's stay
at the shore.
Pennhurst guests from Washington ar.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Groom.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Schmidt and Mr.
and Mrs r. A. Mann, Washington folks
are domiciled at the Elwood during q
week end by the sea.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Arthur of Wash.
ington have apartments at the Chetwoodt
during a brief sojourn by the waves
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Making are Wash.
ineton guests at the Fredonia during two
weeks Of the early fall
Eiberon guests from Washington are
Mrs. w. E. Williams and Mrs. G. w. Glib
son.
F., Mr.. and Mrs H. c. Bragg are Wash.
| ington folk at the Borton for the weeh
end.
MI, and Mrs S. NJ Barnes Joined Wash
ting>on friends at the Wiltshire early In