Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
HOTEL MEN, UP IN AIR,
DINE WELL AND TALK
LONG ON PROSPERITY
Atlantic City Entertains 200 Wis.,
itors on Twelfth Story of Prop
erty Representing Outlay
of 100000
CONVENTION FACILITIES

ATLANTIC CITY. June 30.-Co-opera-
ton In noteldon, no less than in other lines
of business. and Atlantic Clty's astonishing
growth, both as a pleasure resort anu a
convention centre. were themes last night
of addresses at the prosperity dinner given
by hotelmen in honor of hotelmen.
The guests we're Joel Hillman lessee
Charles II. Myers owner and Arnold 5
Rukeyser. manager of the Hotel Breakers.
and Newln Haines. president of the Newlln
Haines Company. owners of the Hotel st.
Charles. The dinner celebrated the COM
petion of nreproof fronts for the two hos
telries, which represent an investment OF
| nearly Si.200,O00
II is believed to have been the highest
dinner ever served on the Atlantic seaboard,
for 200 hotelmen, representing three states,
dned and heard promises of greater things
for Atlantic City In handsome white audi.
torium IL stories above the crowds paradtng
the Boardwalk
Mayor Bacharach, in bespeaking the
city's appreciation of the enterprise of the
guests of honor, proposed the immediate
creation of an Entertainment Commission,
to be financed by the resort, to take charge
of advancing the resorts interests as con-
vention city.
Stress was laid upon the fact that At
lantic City possessed convention facilities
for the largest bodies that meet In the
country, national political conventions eN-
cepted. The new roof garden of the Break
ers adds another large meeting hall, with
seating capacity for 1000 delegates. The
enlarged convention hall of the st. Charles
will seat nearly. II not quite. as many.
Every large hotel on the ocean front has
convention facilities. and tentative plans
for the proposed Hotel Traymore annex pro-
vide for convention hall to seat 5000.
Walter j. Buzby, owner of the Hotel
Dennis. pictured the growth of shore hotels
from small boarding houses to magnificent
skyscrapers in conveying the good wishes
of the hotel interests of the resort He
attributed Atlantic C.ty's wonderful de-
velopment to the fact that hotel men had
been stanch friends we'll as competitors,
| and always had stood together for the COM
mon cause.
"The years 1915-191s have been notable
indeed for Atlantic City" he said During
great part of this period when general
business was badly shaken by uncertainty,
there have been brought into being three
splendid hotels costing some millions of
dollars, and which are unequaled In any
resort in the word-the Traymore, the St.
Charles and the Breakers. In the erection
of these two latest hotels the centre of
Atlantic City now stands from New Jersey
avenue to Michigan. and the hotel district
from the Inlet to Albany avenue. Is It any
wonder people come to Atlantic City when
they can find hotels like these, so splen-
didly built. so modern in equipment. with
everything new and novel and up to the
minute in every respect?
"All hail to such men as Edwin Roberts,
nt the Shelburne; Joseph II. Borton, of the
Dennis; the elder Mr.. Hemsley, of the
Brighton Elisha Roberts, of the Chalfonte {;
Edwin Lippincott. of Haddon Hall: Charles
Evans. of the Seaside, and a few years
later, Walter Green, of the Traymore and
Josiah White, of the Luray. We are happy.
indeed. to have with us one Of the earliest
of these pioneers. Charles Evans who estab-
lished the Seaside in 1858 ana was its owner
and proprietor for 40 years. Mr.. Evans
still is hale and hearty; is president of the
strongest bank in New Jersey, which he
established 80 years ago, and has held
the position of president since its organiza-
ton
The erection of the Marlborough Blen-
helm. the Traymore, the st. Charles and
the Breakers indicates that we have sons
who are worthy of their sires. With this
splendid start. and situated as we are, with
the Atlantic Ocean on one side of us and
IL ,0O0 900 people residing within 200 miles
on the other side of us. II we do not have
success it will be entirely our own fault.
William NJ. Bum. president of the Clover
Club, and James s, Mccartney, manager of
the Hotel Majestic spoke for the clubmen
and hotel men of Philadelphia, and Joseph
Bensinger. of Dubois. Pa. for the hotel
men of Pennsylvania. John McGlynn came
from Troy, n. Y. to bring the congratula-
tons OF the New York State Hotel Mems
Association