. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. ut their lots, and by mutual agreement priority ofchoice was determined by auction sale, the privilege of first choice going to the highest bidder,and so on until all the lots were disposed of. Founder Bradley secured the first choice bvpaying $86, and the lot chosen by him remains vacant to this day. Some of the lots on the ocean-front brought but S51, including price and premium, andhave since been sold for $1,500, or an amount the equal to aggregate of premiums received at thefirst auction sale, although that was considered a great success. The first cottage was
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. ut their lots, and by mutual agreement priority ofchoice was determined by auction sale, the privilege of first choice going to the highest bidder,and so on until all the lots were disposed of. Founder Bradley secured the first choice bvpaying $86, and the lot chosen by him remains vacant to this day. Some of the lots on the ocean-front brought but S51, including price and premium, andhave since been sold for $1,500, or an amount the equal to aggregate of premiums received at thefirst auction sale, although that was considered a great success. The first cottage was built in 1870, and before the close of that vear there were sixty cot-tages erected; but they were small when compared with the average cottage of to-day, and formore than a decade the great majority of the summer residents lived under canvas—henceOcean Groves once familiar name, The City of Tents. Even now many tents are utilized,the association owning about 250. and many being owned and used by private parties; but most. OCEAN GKOr/i AM) ITS JV/XTS OE JXJhKJiSJ: 29 of the tents are utilized in connection witii a frame house for a kiiclien, and Ocean Grove as a wholebears very little resemblance to a typical camp-nieeiing ground; for the wide, slrai;y;ht and smoothstreets are bordered by .iml in many cases handsome elaborate collages, set in the niicUtof velvety turf and bright tiowers; there are twenty-seven miles of sidewalk paved with concreteor blue-stone ; there are numerous electric-lights along every street, about 1,000 being used < . ? * .V *~ ^ k- ?
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