. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. courteous to others. Without the leastdisparagement, direct or implied, of other nationalities, it may be said that one of the chief recommenda-tions of the typical Asbury Park throng is that it is distinctively .American—and by this we mean not so i6 ASBURY PARK AXP ITS POIXfS OF /.V/PKPST. imich that it is American by bivth as Anieiican by training, by tasle and by clioici-. Kicli and poor arehere, of course; ihe handsonieiy and the sliabbily dressed ; ibe exclusive and ilie deniocralic, but as awhole llie assemblage is fairly well-lo-do, suitably costumed, and f
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. courteous to others. Without the leastdisparagement, direct or implied, of other nationalities, it may be said that one of the chief recommenda-tions of the typical Asbury Park throng is that it is distinctively .American—and by this we mean not so i6 ASBURY PARK AXP ITS POIXfS OF /.V/PKPST. imich that it is American by bivth as Anieiican by training, by tasle and by clioici-. Kicli and poor arehere, of course; ihe handsonieiy and the sliabbily dressed ; ibe exclusive and ilie deniocralic, but as awhole llie assemblage is fairly well-lo-do, suitably costumed, and frankly sociable ; and nobly does itrepresent the great middle class, which in republican America as in monarchial England constitutes thestrength and bulwark of the nation. THE ^L^^?LFAC?rURlNG INTERESTS AND PROSPEClS. There are very few villages having a permanent population of 4,000 which do not contain a singlefactory, but such is the case with Asbury Park, and such will doubtless remain the case until outlying sec-. DESTRUCTION OF PLANK WALK HV H1(,U M kh LN 1S90. tions shall be annexed, for deeds of land in Asbury Park proper contain ]irovisions forbidding thjerection of factory buildings upon them—the idea, of course, being to the noise, dirt and otherevils which attend the operation of certain kinds of factories. But there are two sides to this as to everyother question ; a community which aspires to become something more than a mere pleasure and healthresort should encourage by all legitimate methods the founding of establishments affording remunerativeemployment to men and women ; and of late years the Asbury Park Board of Trade has been agitatingthis matter; has caused one large concern to locate here and has the nay for the coming ofothers. Of course there has been strong opposition to this policy from certain quarters, and it hasbeen received with languid indifference by some others of the first-named class, believing that it willinjure hotel in
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