. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. as been truly said that there will never be another seaside resort from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inletwith as wide streets and open spaces as Asburv Park, because nearly all the land north and south ofAsbury Park has been mapped out or is owned in smaller parcels than the original tract nf Asbury Park. AS/>CK) PARK .IXn //S PO/XTS OF /XTJiR/iSP 21 Hie streets cross oach otiier ;U rij;lu angles, niui, with the exct-pUDii of several avenues which follow theshores of the boundary lakes, are as straight as a die, and \ai_\ from 50 to 200 feet in width; thosestreets at
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. as been truly said that there will never be another seaside resort from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inletwith as wide streets and open spaces as Asburv Park, because nearly all the land north and south ofAsbury Park has been mapped out or is owned in smaller parcels than the original tract nf Asbury Park. AS/>CK) PARK .IXn //S PO/XTS OF /XTJiR/iSP 21 Hie streets cross oach otiier ;U rij;lu angles, niui, with the exct-pUDii of several avenues which follow theshores of the boundary lakes, are as straight as a die, and \ai_\ from 50 to 200 feet in width; thosestreets at right angles with the beach being at the least 100 feet wide—an advantage possessed by noother shore-resort in the Stale. Asa rule, the thoroughfares running |iarelkl witli the ocean are calledstreets and those at right angles with the ocean are called avenues; the most noteuorlhy exception beingthe noble Grand avenue, 200 feet in width and extending from Wesley Lake to Deal Lake, about mid-way between ocean and WESLEY LAKE AND LAKE AVENUE HOTEL. There are about fifteen miles of streets, all of which are carefully graded, smoothly surfaced and welldrained. The sidewalks of Asbury Park are doubtless the best possessed by any Cdnniinnity in the every street is provided with them and tlie\- are exclusively with concrete, blue-stone or brick ;concrete being by far the most conniiDii material used. Mentioning the streets brings to mind the street railway, which makes a complete circuit of the l)or-ough and can convev passengers within two blocks of any point in it. The motive |)Ower is electricity,which is furnished bv the company operating the railway, and some idea of the magnitude of the traffic overthis line during the season may be gained from the fact that at the present writing the already large powerplant is being increased by the addition of engines aggregating 6oo-horse power. This was the hrst street-car line in Monmouth County, and has been
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