. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. ry naturalbut unsatisfactory condition of affairs can be remedied: by the development of the region as a winter-resort and bv its development as a manufacturing centre. At first thought these methods may seemantagonistic to one another, but they are so only in seeming, for nothing is surer than that the possibilitiesof Asbury Park as a winter pleasure and health resort can be developed without the least interferencewith the manufacturing possibilities of the suburbs; and the openings the latter offer for the highly advan-tageous establishment of factories can be ut
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. ry naturalbut unsatisfactory condition of affairs can be remedied: by the development of the region as a winter-resort and bv its development as a manufacturing centre. At first thought these methods may seemantagonistic to one another, but they are so only in seeming, for nothing is surer than that the possibilitiesof Asbury Park as a winter pleasure and health resort can be developed without the least interferencewith the manufacturing possibilities of the suburbs; and the openings the latter offer for the highly advan-tageous establishment of factories can be utilized without the least injury to the other interests of thisregion. i8 ASBr/^y PARK AXD ITS POIXTS OF IXTEREST. Siuiaied about niiduav between two of the largest cities on the continent and possessing first-classfacililies for ihe transportation of passengers and freigiit; having isanking facilities equal to the best : anexcellent governnient; a low rate of taxation; an abundant supply of the very best class of help at low. AVENUE. rate of wages during the time when most industries are most tiourishing—in the fall, winter and earlyspring—Asbiiry Park offers solid and exceptional advantages to manufacturers, and present indications are that they will very soon be largely utilized. EARLY HISTORY. It seems a trifle absurd to speak of the early history of a place not a quarter of a century old,and yet the beginnings of Asbury Park clearly form its early history, and brief mention of some of themis essential to an understanding of the present community. It is often said that Asbury Park is an outgrowth of Ocean Grove, and this is so far true that it isprobable that if there were no Ocean Grove there would be no Asbury Park eitlier, fur, as one writerpuis it : •The land was bought and platted by a capitalist who was moved to do so by the fear that it migiitfall into hands inimical to the religious objects held in view at the great cam|>meeting grounds justoeiow.
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