New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
New Building Forms Re-
placing Ruins Caused by
Last Winter Storms.
S650,ON OCTAGON
HOTEL PLANNED
To Open New $4,000 Beach
Club, with $50 Rooms, in
Two Weeks.

The storms of last winter which de-
stroyed property at Seabright, n. j.,
valued at many hundred thousands are
considered by many persons to nave
been a blessing in disguise, for to-day
where five months ago there were scenes
Of ruin on all sides has arisen newer
and a greater Seabright,. and much
more is yet TO be done to make the town
better and bigger in every respect. FIRST
among the projects which will bring this
aboc2 is that for a $4,000 hotel on the
site where for over thirty-hve years
sto~d the Octagon Hotel. The Octagon
was entirely destroyed by the heavy
seas.
The plans of the new hotel have been
prepared by Jackson. Rosencrans q
Waterbury. Of this city. 1t is said tna'
the premises to be occupied by the pro-
posed hosiery will likely also include
a large adjoining parcel
TIL; hotel will be freproof building
Of red brick with white trim IN
Colonial treatment, containing 2o2 rooms
each connected with bathroom, IN whlch
will he connection for both salt and fresh
water. The rooms will be divided into
1877 double rooms and 1l5 single rooms
accommodating $3.50 people The pubic
features Of the house are unusually at
tractiye. and the whole building is so
arranged as to command the best ad-
vantage of light, air and outlook.
The foreground leading from the hotel
IA the beach will he laid out with land
scape gardening features and Will be
provided with the usual teams courts
and promenades. Special attention mas
been given for the accommodation Oh
automobile traffic. which has proven TO
be vcy large at that point
A swimming pool will be built in the
basement. There will also be special
cafe and grill for transient trade
bachelor wing will be built on the third
foor-south. All lighthouses will be built
withis the hotel convenient TO the swim
ming pool. The guests rooms will he
of unusual size many OF the double
ROOM measuring IS by is feet.
1t is said that the hotel will he kept
open FIVE months during the year and
portion Of it all winter.
The new $4,000 Seabrght Beach club
will open its doors on or about June To-
Plans for the building Of that up-to-date
structure were completed last summer.
and .he storms of last winter did not
cause any hitch in the carrying out oil
the undertaking. The new building
which has a frontage Of 20 feet and a
depth of 120 feet. is two stories. 1t is
on a plot about 800 feet square.
A r.ost popular feature of the building
rfa
floor is a reception room, ballroom and
committee rooms ON the second floor
is kitchen for afternoon service. There
are $50 women's and mems bathrooms In
two large wings forming the north and
south side of the structure. The second
floor is fitted up for the superintendent,
Miller F. Newman. The first and only
swimming pool ever built in the section
will be a feature of the new club. The
pool will be 40 by 100 feet and construct
cd OF concrete. 1t will have depth on
the ocean side OF four feet and nine
feet on the west end.
A swimming instructor will be engased
TO teach the art of swimming during che
summer. 1t is the purpose Of the man
agemcnt to hold social functions in the
ballroom for the week-ends. alternating
between the Rumson Country club and
the sAabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket
club.
A meeting for the election for the Off
GERS OF the new club for the ensuing
wear rIls be called on June 49, The presi-
dent IL now Robert II. McCarter; secre-
tary. ]. W. rrtest treasurer, Theodore
~ Banks The building committee con
sists a. Edward Adams. J. Horace Hard
ing, Henry A. Cesar. Hugh Hartshorne
and robert II. McCarter
New bulkheads have been built along
almost the entire ocean front 1t is es-
tiinatcd that the cost OF this work is
x.nu n,.ar S.0n nO1