. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ere inspired. Interest centers largely just at present inthe construction of a $1,500,000 reinforcedconcrete ocean pier, which has already beenbuilt 300 feet to sea, and the transforma-tion of Ocean Park opposite into a giganticamusement center. The combined projects,which are under the direction of S. , are counted upon to aid greatly inthe upbuilding of the resort, which has beenproceeding rapidly for the last few )ne of the numerous park features is thelargest scen
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ere inspired. Interest centers largely just at present inthe construction of a $1,500,000 reinforcedconcrete ocean pier, which has already beenbuilt 300 feet to sea, and the transforma-tion of Ocean Park opposite into a giganticamusement center. The combined projects,which are under the direction of S. , are counted upon to aid greatly inthe upbuilding of the resort, which has beenproceeding rapidly for the last few )ne of the numerous park features is thelargest scenic railway in the world. Alto-gether, concessions have been let for overforty amusement enterprises in the park. There are enough hotels at Long Branchto house many thousands of summer re-sorts ; the city has large business andamusement interests, present and prospect-ive, yet the cottage season means more toLong Branch than any resort along thecoast. The cottage owner, besides payingthe bulk of the taxes, leaves thousands ofdollars annually in other channels of trade,and is usually found in the front ranks. Mauch Chunk,Summit Hill and SwitchbackRailroad The Oldest Railroad inAmerica. Still in miles in through most beau-ilul mountain scenery. In operation middleof May to November first. ALONZO P. BLAKSLEE ASA P. BLAKSLEE General Msr. General Supt. General Office^ No, 36 Broadway MAUCH CHUNK, PA. 12 Please Mention The Suburbanite in .-iddressing Advertisers. € I) c .Suburbanite w hen it comes to advocating the right kindof improvement for the resort. These sum-mer homes compare with the cliff palacesof Newport, or the costly villas of Narra-gansett Pier, in beauty and elegance. Eachyear finds these summer homes more at-tractive. It is a common occurrence for aLong Branch cottager to expend $50,000and the outside world never sees the im-provement unless perchance they are shownthrough the Italian gardens and lakes. Thefact that many of the cott
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