The bulkhead west of the Board Walk was finished one thousand and fifty feet north of Ocean Pathway and two hundred and eighty-six feet south of Pitman Avenue.

The vast amount of work done in building and rebuilding these jetties and bulkheads would not be imagined by anyone looking at our present completed beach, nor does the observer know of the battles fought and refought with the ocean and its overpowering billows in order to reach this long-sought consummation.

The carting of the piling for this great work was an Herculean task,

most of which was hauled a distance of from fifteen to twenty miles, often over heavy sand roads or mud.

There were from seven hundred to eight hundred piling used for the jetties alone. But the great chasm under the west of the plank walk was still there, requiring fifteen thousand cubic yards of sand to fill. It was a great undertaking. There was no material within practical reach of the shore. The only solution of the problem of how to fill it was from the sea. This too had innumerable difficulties-the high tides, the dashing billows, the northeast winds, and the trash brought in by it clogging the pipes; with all past engineering experience against it, the protest of practical men against it, the crowds of daily spectators against it, all uniting in one loud unanimous cry, "It cannot be done!"

Still, on the part of our subcommittee, Mr. T. J. Preston and the Rev. J. R. Daniels, there was an abiding conviction that it was possible. This conviction grew partially out of the fact that there seemed to be no other

Elected to membership in the Association in 1873, to fill the vacancy caused by the first death in the ranks of the charter members.

Of him, it was said at the time of his death, August 22, 1908, "His monument is the Beach."

way, and that the sea was the source from which the filling must come. There lay the sand in great abundance, but it was beyond low-water mark, fifty or more yards east of where it was needed, under water, and requiring a vertical lift of from fifteen to twenty feet, and to be carried to the east side of the plank walk. It would take fifteen thousand wagonloads to do the work. But the teams could not get to it. What should be done? Necessity replied, "Get a sand pump." Popular sentiment ridiculed. Perseverance said "Try." Determination said "We will." The work of preparation commenced about the first of June. There were many and exceedingly vexatious delays, continuing through most of the month. But the committee held on, so that by July 3 the difficulties were largely overcome, and the pumping commenced. Soon new adjustments were needed. Now a breakdown, then the tides too high or the sea too boisterous, or the pipes filled up; people laughing—“I told you so,” etc. Some days not much was accomplished, other days nothing; but under favorable conditions fifty cubic yards of sand were lifted and thrown in place in a single hour. The principle was a triumph, and there was general joy. It was also a glad day when, on September 1, 1896, the work was completed, and the problem solved that with a proper pump sand could be lifted from the sea as well as from quiet bays and rivers.

The cost of the entire repairs on the sea front is just about $25,000. Seeing the enormity of the expense the Emergency Committee was called together to deliberate on ways and means to meet it. It was finally decided to send out an appeal to the residents and property owners of Ocean Grove. This resulted in a contribution of $2,078.75. (See Appendix.)

PAVILIONS

The first pavilion erected on the beach was located at the foot of Main Avenue. It was a small pavilion covered by "a roof of a foursquare building," which had "fallen into our hands, thus affording at a small expense accommodation for the people in that locality." Always intent upon the welfare of the people, it was recommended that "another should be erected farther down the beach."

In 1878 the pavilion at the foot of Ocean Pathway, small and poorly constructed, was demolished by the storms of the winter. In its place a large, substantial, and in every way more tasteful structure was erected "which cost by contract without painting $500." Another small pavilion. at the foot of Olin Street, having been abandoned by its private owners, fell into the hands of the Association, was repaired and given over to the use of the people. At that time there were eight summer houses "more or less ornamental," distributed through the grounds.

THE NORTH END PAVILION

With the improvement of the bathing grounds at what is now known as the North End and South End, respectively, pavilions were

erected by the lessees. The pavilion at the North End, having outlived its usefulness, a new and more elaborate pavilion was erected there in

1911.

THE EXCURSIONISTS' PAVILION

The beginning was one of those chance happenings that no one thinks very much about. And this is the plain, unvarnished tale of how it came to pass.

Among the groups of excursionists that swarmed over the "twin resorts" on a certain summer day, several years ago, was a young German woman with her family of little children. Simple folk they were, used by necessity to frugal ways, to whom this day at the seashore was apparently a rare and wondrous treat. Probably no one of them had ever heard of a "shore dinner" or seen the inside of a hotel or restaurant. no happier picnic party could have been found along the coast than this little family when luncheon time came round and they drew excitedly

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about the modest feast brought from home and spread on a newspaper on the sand north of the Ocean Grove Pavilion.

Quite ignorant of boundary lines, they had chosen a bit of the beach

just north of the Wesley Lake flume. Young appetites were keen, and the murmur of the sea, lapping almost to their feet, made as tuneful music to their ears as any high-priced orchestra could furnish. So, oblivious to everything but the food and the enchanting novelty of their surroundings,

THE NEW NORTH END PAVILION