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1993.PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS,“THE ARGYLE” — THE NEW HOTEL AT BABYLON.LONG
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PUBLISHED BY
THE LONG ISLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.
1882		*
	“THE ALDINE PRESS," 40 Vesey St., New York.	
		
Copyright, 1882, by the Long Island Railway CompanyCONTENTS
PAGE
Introductory.
Long Island .................................... i
The Long Island Railroad..................... 2
Long Island Improvement..................... 2
Long Island City............................. 4
Manhattan Beach.............................. 4
Long Beach.................................   6
The Central Section of Long Island............... 7
Jamaica...................................... 8
Queens..................................... ...	8
Hinsdale...................................   8
Hyde Park..................................   8
Mineola...................................... 8
Garden City.................................  8
Hempstead................................     9
Westbury...................................  10
Hicksville.................................. 10
Central Park................................ n
Bethpage......................................—	n
Farmingdale...............................   11
West Deer Park.............................. 12
Deer Park................................... 12
Brentwood................................... 12
Central Islip...........................   ...	12
Ronkonkoma..............................     12
Holbrook.................................    14
Medford..................................... 14
Yapkank..................................    14
Manor ....................................   14
Baiting Hollow...........................    14
Riverhead................................... 15
Aquebogue...................................15
Jamesport................................... 15
Northville..............................  ....	15
Franklinville............................... 15
Mattituck..................................15
Cutchogue..................................  16
Peconic..................................    16
Southold............................:....... 16
Greenport...:.............................   17
Shelter Island..........................     18
Gardiner’s Island... ....................    18
Orient..:................................... . 19
The South Side of Long Island................... 20
Fresh Pond.............................!..__ 20
Glendale..................................   20
Richmond Hill............................    20
Springfield................................. 21
Valley Stream..............................  21
Pearsalls.................................   21
Rockville Centre ........................... 21
Baldwins.................................    22
Freeport..................................   22
Merrick.................................     23
Bellmore.................................... 23
Ridgewood.......:...........................23
South Oyster Bay............................ 23
Amityville.................................. 23
Breslau...................................   23
Babylon..................................... 24
Fire Island...............................   25
Bay Shore................................... 25
Islip....................................    26
Club House................................   27
Oakdale....................................  27
Sayville.................................... 28
Bayport ..................................   28
Blue Point.............
Patchogue..............
Bellport...............
Forge Station..........
Moriches Station.......
Eastport...............
Speonk ................
Westhampton............
Quogue.................
Atlanticville..........
Good Ground............
Pondquogue.............
Southampton............
W atermills............
Bridgehampton..........
East Hampton...........
Amagansett.............
Sag Harbor.............
Montauk Point..........
The Rockaway Branch........
Hewletts...............
Woodsburgh.............
Ocean Point............
Lawrence...............
Far Rockaway..............
Rockaway Beach............
The Glen Cove Branch.......
East Williston.........
Roslyn.................
Sea Cliff..............
Glen Cove..............
Locust Valley..........
The Port Jefferson Branch.
Syosset................
Oyster Bay............... .
Cold Spring Station....
Cold Spring Harbor_____
Huntington.............
Greenlawn..............
Centreport.............
Northport..............
St. Johnland...........
Smithtown..............
St. James.......... ...
Stony Brook... ..........
Setauket...............
Old Field Point........
Port Jefferson............
The North Side Division....
Woodside...............
Winfield...............
Newtown................
Corona.................
Flushing...............
College Point..........
WThitestone............
Willett’s Point........
Bayside...................
Douglaston.............
Little Neck.............
Great Neck.............
Manhansett...............
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Long Island Railroad Map..................... 51
Long Island Railroad Tariff.................. 52
Long Island Railroad Depots ..........Back CoverILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
“ The Argyle ”—The New Hotel at Babylon. Frontispiece
Headpiece to Long Island. ..................... i
Vignette to Long Island....................,..	3
Long Island City............................... 4
The Oriental Hotel...........................    5
The Manhattan Beach Hotel......................  5
Headpiece to The Central Section................ 7
Headpiece to Hempstead......................... 9
Farm Life on the Main Line..................... n
Lake Ronkonkoma by Moonlight.................... 13
Old Times......................................  *6
Peconic Bay..................................... 18
At Orient...................................... *9
Headpiece to The South Side....................   20
Pastoral Scene at Merrick....................... 22
Early Morning on The Great South Bay, off Babylon 24
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Hauling the Net on The Great South Bay ....... 25
Moonlight on Fire Island Beach................26
Feeding the Trout...........................   27
On the Turnpike, between Patchogue and Bellport... 29
Shot ’em on de Wing....................... ... 31
Glimpses of Southampton......................  33
In Amagansett ..............................   35
Montauk Light from the Sea....................36
Montauk Light from the Land................    36
Headpiece to The Rockaway Branch.............. 37
Headpiece to The Glen Cove Branch...........   39
A Nook at Locust Valley....................... 41
Headpiece to The Port Jefferson Branch........ 42
Through the Valley..........................   44
Headpiece to The North Side Division.......... 47
Clamming at Little Neck...................... 49
\INTRODUCTORY.
T \ THERE shall we spend our Summer ? Where, in proximity to
* * New York, can we find a low temperature, healthful recrea-
tion, and freedom from malaria ? These are questions agitating every
household in the land.
How to find a salubrious Summer home where a family can have
rest and invigoration without separation from its head, is a problem all
seek to solve. A residence among the mountains, or at the inland
watering places, involves the breaking up of the household, as the dis-
tance makes it impossible for the father to daily go to business and
return.
The demands of business are often so imperative as to make daily
attendance necessary, so that the real question asked by the head of
the family is, “ Where can we go and keep together ?”
If the information given in this publication aids to solve the ques-
tion, the purpose for which it is designed will be accomplished.LONG ISLAND.
Come to these scenes of peace,
Where to rivers murmuring
The sweet birds all the Summer sing.
William Lisle Bowles.
The tremulous shadow of the sea! Against its ground
Of silvery light, rock, hill, and tree,
Still as a picture, clear and free,
With varying outline mark the coast for miles around.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
SO many people, Long Island is a terra incognita. They know of its beaches; they
have been to Rockaway, or to Manhattan Beach ; but of the extent and character
of the island, aside from the excursion resorts, they know little or nothing.
Till almost the end of the first half of the nineteenth century, Long Island was
comparatively isolated from the outside world. There was no communication by rail
in those days, and it took the greater part of a week to go from Brooklyn to Easthamp-
ton, or Oyster Pond Point (now Orient), the journey having to be made in old rickety
stages over rough and unfrequented roads. While the means of transportation were so
meagre, none but the most venturesome cared to explore Long Island; and, in conse-
quence, countless spots of landscape and marine beauty remained in obscurity, and no
improvement was manifest. Since the railroad was built the time of travel from one end
of the island to the other has been reduced to the brief space of four hours; towns and
villages have sprung up, the highways graded, and a wonderful growth of seaside resorts
developed by the unequaled facilities of communication. A journey along the road from
Babylon to Islip is sufficient to demonstrate this assertion. Not anywhere else about
New York are seen such tasteful and beautiful homes as are there, nor anywhere else will
you hear as much of the advantages of the climate, or the various resources of the neigh-
borhood.
There are no more fortunate people than those who have established permanent
residences on Long Island. No general description will give an adequate idea of its
changing beauty and infinite variety. The scenery assumes a thousand different aspects
between the busy life of Long Island City and the solitary grandeur of Montauk.
No place near New York City presents advantages at all comparable to Long Island
for Summer recreation.
From its position relative to all the great centres of Eastern population and wealth,
and the reviving breezes of the ocean which continually prevail, it must of necessity hold
the highest position among Summer resorts. The beauties of nature having been
bestowed with such a lavish hand, and the wealth and energy of man having added to its
attractions, there is every inducement for Summer sojourning. Whether we select the
southern shore, with its unrivaled stretches of ocean strand, the bolder outlines of the
north side, or the pastoral fields of the interior, we find scenes of unsurpassing loveliness.
Its average Summer temperature is ten degrees below that of the great cities ; water of
peculiar purity is abundant, and malaria is unknown.2
THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD
was chartered in 1834, and is one of the earliest roads in the State and among the
earliest in the United States. Ten years were occupied in its construction, and it com-
menced running on July 25, 1844. It materially aided in building up Greenport and
Babylon, which, prior to its inauguration, were places of comparative unimportance;
in fact, the present general growth, prosperity and wealth of Long Island are largely due
to the increased facilities for travel and business which it affords. Under the present
management its arrangements for the transportation of passengers are equal to those
of any railroad in the country. During the season, frequent trains will be run at a speed
of forty miles an hour, making it feasible and agreeable for a business man to be at his
counting-house in town during the day, and to reach his Summer home before nightfall.
Since the advent of the new board of control, large sums have been expended in
improving both the track and rolling stock, and this expenditure will be kept up, until
the Long Island Railroad is in every respect the peer of the best roads around New York.
New and commodious stations have been built; trains are run on exact time ; the
special wants of localities have due consideration, and, following out a liberal and
far-seeing policy, the Company is daily adding to its equipment, and putting itself in a
position to meet the most exacting demands for speedy and comfortable transportation.
These improvements have not been unrecognized by the public. Within the last
year capital has been seeking investment all over the island. Real estate has advanced
in many places to thrice its previous quotation; buildings of all kinds are in progress,
both private dwellings and those intended for the accommodation of the public; and
the feeling all over the island is one of stimulated activity and anticipation of rapid and
permanent improvement in all classes of property.
The Main Line of the road runs over the Central Section from Long Island City
to Greenport, keeping generally a course nearly equidistant from the north and south
shores. From this Main Line many branches connect with important points.
The Montauk Division runs along the south shore from Long Island City to Sag
Harbor. It connects with the branches for Rockaway Beach and Long Beach. Thus
a system of railways is spread over the whole extent of the island, making its retreats
convenient, necessary and indispensable to New Yorkers, and bringing the products of
the most distant farms, gardens and dairies within a few hours of the metropolis.
That no one can go astray, there will be found on these pages a correct account
of the different divisions, the points at which the branches diverge being noted.
Time Tables stating number of trains stopping at each station, the time of arrival
and departure, and all necessary current information, will be found at any of the hotels
and railroad offices throughout the city, and at all stations on the line of the road.
For the convenience of the public, Sunday trains will be run through the season in
proportion to requirements ; in short, everything possible will be done by the Long
Island Railroad Company to accommodate its patrons, and to secure their unqualified
approbation.
LONG ISLAND IMPROVEMENT.
An association of British and American capitalists, organized for the purpose of
developing the great natural resources of the island, with a capital stock of one million
pounds ste?'ling, are now making their initial investment in the town of Babylon, where
they have purchased a plot of seventy acres in extent, of most inviting and beautiful loca-
tion, embracing a fresh-water lake and commanding an outlook of surpassing beauty.
Upon this charming spot they have built The New Hotel at Babylon—“The
Argyle"—the most unique and picturesque hotel in the country. Our frontispiece
conveys an idea of its external beauties. In outline, internal finish, and novel and
pleasing features, it surpasses anything yet built in the land. About 180 rooms,
luxuriantly furnished, will be at the disposal of guests, with parlors, reading-rooms,
baths, gaslight and all the conveniences to be found in the best-appointed hostelry of the
metropolis. An especial feature of the structure will be its dining-room, which, with
its light-timbered roof and beautiful screen, filled with stained glass, more resembles
the banqueting halls to be found in the castles of the Middle Ages than any room yet
realized in America. It will be about 50 feet in width by 100 in length, with a heightLONG ISLAND.	8
of 4 7 feet from floor to peak of roof, and will be so located as to render it absolutely free
from kitchen odors at any and all times.
Contiguous to the hotel will be stables for not less than forty horses; gasworks,
waterworks, ice-house, servants' quarters, etc.; the whole forming an establishment so
complete in itself and so thoroughly appointed as to be absolutely without an equal in
the country.
On the same property it is contemplated to erect cottages of tasteful design, and to
let them partly furnished. They will each have running-water baths, gas, toilet conve-
niences ; be thoroughly sewered, and afford an opportunity for independent Summer
residence without the cares of housekeeping, as, being within a short walk of the hotel,
the occupants can obtain their meals without the necessity of cooking in their own
house.
The plan of development thus begun at Babylon will, if successful, be carried out
all along the line of the Long Island Railroad ; wherever nature provides the advantages,
this Company will be swift to recognize and liberally improve them.
The position of Long Island on the maps is familiar to all. Situated southeast
from New York, it is washed on the north by Long Island Sound and on the south by
the vast Atlantic Ocean. Its peculiar outlines, abundant bays studded with numerous
islands, and its long lines of beach, render it conspicuous in a geographical sense.
Like a huge breakwater it stretches its great length parallel with the Connecticut shore,
as if to protect the mainland from the incursions of old ocean.
On the southwestern extremity of the island is Coney Island, where Hendrick
Hudson, the first white man who set foot on its shores, landed in 1609, previous to the
discovery of Manhattan Island and the river bearing his name. At that time Long
Island was inhabited by thirteen tribes of aborigines, each giving it a different name, the
most commonly accepted being ‘ ‘ Sewanhacka, ” meaning the Island of Shells. This
name, although peculiarly applicable from the various kinds of shells with which the
shores and bays abound, is less distinctively characteristic than the name “Long
Island, ” which undoubtedly derived its origin from the elongated form of the land.
The distance from the Narrows (the extreme western end) to Montauk Point (the
extreme eastern end) is about 125 miles. The width of the island varies from 8 to 20
miles, and its superficial area exceeds 1,500 square miles. In round numbers, there
are 1,000,000 acres, made up of majestic woodland, fertile fields, sparkling lakes,
expansive bays and silver beaches.
The history of Long Island is merely that of all growing and thriving communities.
Manufacturers of great wealth, appreciating the advantages offered in water power, etc.,
have constructed factories, around which have grown villages, prosperous and wealthy.
All over it are scattered private dwellings and parks of great size and beauty, with club
houses, hotels, cottages and villas. To those who are in search of the picturesque,
Long Island offers every gratification ; if in quest of lost health, its exhilarating atmos-
phere restores it. As a resort for recreation, it cannot be excelled. For the lovers of
sport, fish abound in its waters, and during the hunting season game is inexhaustible.
The roads are generally smooth and springy, rendering them particularly desirable for
driving : in fact, for the various purposes and objects of Summer sojourning or permanent
residence, there is every element to satisfy the most exacting.
In presenting this general aspect of Long Island, and in referring to the places in
their proper order, as near as can be maintained, the attention of the,reader is called to4
LONG ISLAND CITY,
the county seat of Queens County and the
location of the main depots of the Long-
Island Railroad. Long Island City was in-
corporated in 1870, and now boasts of a
population of 17,129 inhabitants. It in-
cludes within its limits what were formerly
known as Hunter's Point, Blissville, Dutch
Kills, Ravenswood, Astoria and Bowery
Bay—old-time names, familiar to all New
Yorkers. Being situated immediately op-
posite the most populous centre of New
York, and adjoining the city of Brooklyn,
it is fast filling up with the overflow from
those cities.
The water front of Long Island City is
unsurpassed. All along its frontage on the
East River, now much used by foreign ship-
ping, it has deep water, good navigation, and
dock room on Bowery Bay upon the north
and on Newtown Creek upon the south.
In addition to this, the extensive canal
or inland basin, from Newtown Creek up
to Thomson Avenue, affords most valuable
facilities for manufacturing purposes, and
conveys the supply of coal, lumber, brick
and other building materials to the heart
Of the city.
The city is supplied with excellent water,
pumped by Holly machinery from an im-
mense well within ’ the corporate limits,
which yields a million• gallons daily. The
waterds distributed in pipes through all the
streets and avenues, from one end of the
city to the other.
Long Island City is the concentrating
point upon the East River of all the main
avenues of travel from the back districts of
Long Island to the city of New York.
The railways, upon reaching the city,
paiss under the main avenues of travel and
traffic, and not upon or across their surface.
The bridge system is thorough and substan-
tial, and by means of it rapid transit to
tidewater has been secured forever to the
railroads through the city.
The great Brooklyn Bridge, and the one
from Long Island City to the upper part of
New York—when completed — as well as
other agencies under consideration by the
Long Island Railroad Company, will be in-
valuable auxiliaries of travel between the
metropolis and all Long Island.
Leaving Long Island City and diverging
for a brief space, the reader is introduced to
MANHATTAN BEACH,
Fourteen miles from Greenpoint; hourly
trains each way; fare, 50 cents the round
trip. Also reached by steamboat at short
intervals from foot of Whitehall Street, New
York, via Bay Ridge; fare, 50 cents for
round trip.
Manhattan Beach is the whole eastern
end of Coney Island, and is owned by the
Manhattan Beach Improvement Company.
It comprises over two miles of sea front.
Here, looking seaward, is the sublime ocean, •
bearing on its bosom the white-winged craft
of all nations. To the right and left
stretches the broad slanting beach, winding
in and out till lost in the distance. Gen-
tlemen whose business brings them to New
York at any time during the hot season,
with or without their families, and tourists
from abroad unaccustomed to the fervid
heat of American summers, here find a cool
and salubrious retreat,'.free from noise and
dust, offering a retirement, if required,
equal to that enjoyed in the peacefulness
of their own homes. Here is
t The Oriental Hotel,
a magnificent structure, erected in the spring
of 1880, having. 400 rooms and offering5
THE ORIENTAL HOTEL.
accommodations to 700 people. It is op-
erated on the American plan, table d'hote,
and from its opening has been liberally
patronized by the best people in this coun-
try and Europe. The rooms of this hotel,
en suite and otherwise, are of the most com-
modious kind and elegantly furnished, and
the parlors are unique in shape and decora-
tion. Gas, running water, steam heat and
a passenger elevator are some of the equip-
ments of this celebrated house. An air of
quietude and refinement pervades the whole
building, not often met with at a fashionable
watering place. Here also is
The Manhattan Beach Hotel,
only second to its sister caravansery. This
edifice opened its doors to the public in the
Summer of 1877, and has rooms for 500
people. It has been operated from the first
on the European plan. In addition to the
Oriental, that portion of the Manhattan
Beach Hotel above the first floor is reserved
for permanent guests, who, apart from the
THE MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL.6
LONG ISLAND.
crowd, are as exclusive as they would be in
a private dwelling.
These hotels are under able management,
whose address is P. O. box 1129, New York
City. Experience in catering for the public
renders the management thoroughly compe-
tent to meet all demands. Go where you
will, in this country or abroad, no better
cuisine is found and no better attendance
given than that at Manhattan Beach, and
its wine lists embrace the choicest brands
known to connoisseurs. Provision is made
equally for those whose purses can afford
all the delicacies that money commands,
and for those who must of necessity consult
economy.
Besides th£ hotels at this famous resort,
there is an extensive Pavilion for excursion
and picnic parties, who can have the atten-
dance of efficient waiters without charge ;
the Point Breeze Restaurant, at the remote
eastern part of the Beach, a favorite resort
for families, and noted for its clam-bakes
in Eastern style; the immense Bathing
Pavilion, between the Oriental and Man-
hattan Beach hotels; and the beautiful Music
Stand. The Bathing Pavilion is perfection
in its way. Nowhere else in the world have
bathing apartments been fitted up with
such luxury. Each room has running fresh
water; and for those who seek health, hot
and cold still-water baths, both fresh and
salt, are'provided. A Marine Railway ex-
tends over the entire length of the Beach,
and rapidly conveys visitors at a mere nomi-
nal expense from one extreme point to the
other. It has been the aim of the manage-
ment to make Manhattan Beach a safe as
well as an agreeable resort for all respecta-
ble people. Notwithstanding the tens of
thousands that daily throng the Beach and
verandas, ladies and nurses with their chil-
dren, unattended, are as free from molesta-
tion as in their own door yards.
LONG BEACH,
with its splendid building and inviting surf,
is reached in one hour’s time from Long
Island City, by way of Pearsalls, on the
Montauk Division.
The adaptability of Long Beach for the
purposes of a watering-place was only dis-
covered in the Summer of 1879. It is one
of the chain of beaches of the south side of
Long Island, of which heretofore public
knowledge has been confined to Coney
Island, Rockaway and Fire Island.
It contains about 1,800 acres, and its
frontage on the Atlantic Ocean is nearly
seven miles in a straight line of gently
sloping beach of hard-packed sand, as
smooth and even in its contour as a floor
of asphalt, and equally agreeble for walking
or driving. It more nearly resembles the
celebrated beach at Cape May than any
other; but it has the advantage as a bathing-
beach of having no undertow and being
perfectly safe. The sand shelves gently
out, so that six feet of water are reached at
a distance of about 500 feet. The current
is at all times steadily to the westward on
both the incoming and the outgoing tides.
Its magnificent surf line, the elevation of
its building sites, the mingled seclusion and
exclusion of its position, make it, perhaps,
the finest natural location of a watering-
place that there is in the world.
Architecturally, the hotel is a simple ren-
dering of the so-called Queen Anne, with
low/roof and projecting gables, running
up, with half timberings and shingled span-
drils. Upon the whole structure nothing
has been done for effect, the details of the
whole being arranged with entire reference
to the demands of the plans of the various
floors. False novelty being discarded, a
dignified, elegant, and purely architectural
building is the result.7
THE CENTRAL SECTION OF LONG ISLAND
has features of beauty which are little known to the general public. From Farmingdale
to Lakeland runs a spur of the so-called backbone of Long Island—a range of hills
200 feet in height, with beautiful, outstretching fields at their base, a region of unsur-
passed salubrity, and destined at no distant day to be the home of a large permanent
population. Some of the most eminent agriculturists and practical farmers in the State
of New York have carefully examined this area and have testified in the most positive
manner in favor of its productive qualities. The agricultural industries are even now
well represented throughout the Central Section, particularly within the area just men-
tioned. The soil is a fine yellow loam, from one to two feet in depth and resting on
a compact bed of sand and gravel—-free from quicksands—forming a complete and
perfect underdrain. Fruit, grass, corn and grain are produced through ordinary care
in culture, and the farms present an appearance betokening thrift and prosperity. The
woodland feature of the Central Section makes it a desirable resort for tourists. Ensconced
within its leafy bowers, one scarcely realizes that a short ride either way brings you to
the blue waters of the Sound or the ceaseless surf of the Atlantic. So far as appearances
serve, the ocean might be a thousand miles distant, yet comparatively at hand for those
who seek it. The Main Line of the Long Island Railroad traverses this section, and
extends to Greenport, the destination for Shelter Island. All along this line there are
attractive resorts for Summer sojourning. First in order lies8
LONG ISLAND.
JAMAICA,
Nine and three-quarter miles from Long Island City;
3,922 inhabitants; post-office and telegraph, gas,
etc. Fare, 30 cents ; excursion, 55 cents ; 1 month,
$7.5° ; 3 months, $19 ; 6 months, $33 ; 12 mo., $55.
Jamaica Hotel, A. B. Pettit—Accommoda-
tions for 30 guests ; $8 to $10 per week.
Pearsall House—Accommodates 15 guests.
Private Boarding Houses.—Mrs. A. Napier, 8
guests; Mrs. F. G. Crossman, 15 guests ; Mrs. Susan
Johnson, 10 guests, $6 to $8 per week ; Mrs. Amanda
Batter, 8 guests, $6 to $8 per week.
Newspapers—Long Island Democratr^Long Island
Farmer, and Jamaica Standard.
Churches —- Reformed Dutch, Presbyterian, Epis-
copal (Grace Church), Methodist, Baptist, German
Lutheran, Roman Catholic.
Schools—Union Hall Seminary (female), Miss A.
P. Townsend; Maple Hall Institute (male), E . Vie-
not; Public School; St. Monica’s R. C. School.
Here we are in one of the oldest towns
on Long Island. The main and Southern
divisions of Long Island Railroad connect
at this point, which is also the terminus
of the Flatbush and Atlantic avenue
branch. It was settled as far back as
1656, and it still preserves its historic rec-
ords and quaint antiquity. Nevertheless,
its churches, schools, banks, newspapers
and other improvements keep pace with
modern times. It to-day furnishes society
equal in culture and refinement to that of
any other place of its size in the land. The
Town Hall here is a very imposing build-
ing. In the neighborhood are the Centre-
ville and Springfield race-courses. The vi-
cinity furnishes large quantities of vegetables
for the New York market, and an inspection
of these market gardens well repays the visi-
tor. Among the favorite drives may be
particularly mentioned the Hoffman Boule-
vard— a magnificent road—as, also, the
drive along Hillside Avenue. Among the
handsome residences are the country seats
of the late ex-Governor John A. King, of
ex-Judge Busteed, Col. Aaron A. Degraw,
Hon. R. C. McCormick and many others.
QUEENS,
Thirteen and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; 500 inhabitants; post-office and telegraph.
Fare, 40 cents ; excursion, 70 cents ; 1 month,$8.50 ;
3 months, $21 ; 6 months, $37 ; 12 months, $59.	.
B. Lane’s hotel near the station.
The location of this village is a very
healthy one. Being so convenient to New
York, gentlemen engaged in business in
that city can be at home in the country
every evening.
HINSDALE,
Fifteen and a half miles from Long Island City;
population, 50. Fare, 45 cents ; excursion, 80 cents ;
one month, $9 ; three months, $23 ; six months, $39 ;
twelve months, $62.
Hinsdale is the junction of the Main Line
and the Stewart or Central Road. Trains
leave the Main Line at this point for Creed-
moor, which lies about a mile to the north-
west of the junction.
HYDE PARK,
Sixteen and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; population 500. Fare, 50 cents; excursion, 90
cents ; 1 month, $9.50 ; 3 months, $25 ;' 6 months,
$42 ; 12 months, $65. New Hyde Park Hotel, P. J.
Miller, 15 guests, $5 to $6 per week. Welcome
Inn Hotel, John Kiefer, 10 guests, $4 to $6 per
week. Reuter’s Hotel, John Reuter.
Mr. Kiefer is making extensive additions
to his hotel, and will by the Summer be
prepared to accommodate quite an accession
of guests. Mr August Denton has recently
erected a beautiful cottage, and many other
improvements are under way and in con-
templation. Hyde Park extends over a
rich agricultural district.
MINEOLA,
Nineteen miles from Long Island City ; post-office
and telegraph ; population 313. Daily trains east
and west; fare, 55 cents ; excursion, $1 ; I month,
$11; 3 months, $27 ; 6 months, $45 ; 12 months,.
$70. Mineola Hotel, Alfred P. Areson, 40 guests,
$6 to $8 per week. Boarding Houses—Mrs. Wm.
Smith, 10 guests, $4 to $7 per week ; Frank Seaman*
5 guests, $5 to $6 per week.
Mineola is an important junction — the
Glen Cove branch crossing here. Many
of the wealthiest farmers on Long Island
live in this district, the surrounding country
bearing the evidence of high cultivation.
The Queens County Agricultural Associa-
tion annually hold their fair in the extensive
grounds provided for the purpose, and at a
season of the year when the earth yields its
choicest crops and fruits. The grand dis-
play attracts visitors from all parts of the
State. Rare blooded stock is also admitted
and the contests for superiority are very
spirited.
GARDEN CITY,
Nineteen miles from Long Island City ; post-office
and telegraph, gas, steam heat, etc. Fare, 55 cents ;
excursion, $1 ; I month, $11; 3 months, $27 ; 6
months, $45; 12 months, #70.
Garden City Hotel, F. E. Nickerson—100 guests,
$3 per day. For private board, address E. C. Poole,
postmaster.
This magnificent enterprise, the centre
of the late A. T. Stewart’s real estate opera-
tions on Long Island, is as astonishing as
it is extensive, for out of the barrenness of
the plain has grown a most picturesque-
looking spot appropriately named “ Garden
City.” Boulevard avenues have been built
to the extent of over thirty miles, well regu-9
lated, and planted on each
:side with trees, and the
number of houses, cottages
:and villas that are rapidly
finding occupants, fully jus-
tifies the expectation of its
late projector : ‘ ‘ that good houses in a salu-
brious location, within an hour’s ride of the
city, with the modern conveniences of hot
and cold water, and lighted by gas, will
prove to be a judicious and profitable in-
vestment.”
Purity of the air and healthfulness of the
locality are the especial advantages of
Garden City. The hotel is replete with
^every modern convenience. The water
works are admirably constructed, and would
adequately supply a city five times its size.
The Stewart Memorial Cathedral here will
compare favorably with the most elaborate
churches of the Metropolis. In its steeple
are the chimes which so attracted the atten-
tion to the Centennial Exhibitiori. Gar-
den City, as a permanent residence, de-
mands more than the passing attention of
those proposing to move into the country,
as it is fast becoming one of the most prom-
inent and desirable places on the Island.
Leaving this model modern city beyond,
at a distance of a little over a mile, we ar-
rive at
HEMPSTEAD,
Twenty and a half miles from Long Island City ;
population about 3,500; telegraph and post-office,
gas, etc. Trains each way daily ; fare, 60 cents ; ex-
cursion, $1.10; 1 month, $13; 3 months, $28; 6
months, $48 ; 12 months, $73.
Gas-Lights, Public Halls and Fire Department.
Newspapers—Enquirer, Queens County Sentinel.
Churches—Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Methodist,
Presbyterian and African Methodist.
Hotels—Hewlett’s Hotel, Mrs. Elisa Hewlett, 30
guests, $10 per week ; European Hotel, Jas. Whaley
& Son, 20 transient guests ; Central Hotel, John B.
Pettit, 30 transient guests; Sammis Hotel, Charles
Sammis, 15 guests, $8 to $10 per week. Boarding
Houses—Mrs. J. Mttchell Hewlett accommodates 20
guests, $8 per week ; William Ketcham, 12 guests,
$6 to $8; Mrs. Mary F. Pettit, 15 guests, $5 to $7.
Hotels and boarding houses about five minutes from
depot.
Hempstead is one of the oldest settle-
ments on Long Island, and approached by10
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two different routes, viz.: the Long Island
Railroad from Mineola, and the Central
Railroad, the latter being the shortest and
most expeditious.
As a residence it is reputable for the salu-
briousness of its climate and the innumer-
able drives diverging from it in all direc-
tions. As a Summer resort for those who
seek healthy recreation, quiet and freedom
from the exacting formalities of a more pre-
tentious place, it presents many attractions
in the numerous and comfortable villas,
and the taste displayed in the well-arranged
gardens and grounds with which they are
surrounded. Among them may be mem
tioned those of Henry M. Onderdonk,
P. J. Harper, Dr. Webb, J. K. Hewlett,
A. Weller, Adam Seabury, C. W. Mulford,
John Nix, James Cruikshank, S. N. Snede-
cor and many others.
There are three first-class hotels—-Hew-
lett’s, Pettit’s and Sammis’s—the latter a
very old-fashioned house and a relic of the
Revolution. Washington is said to have
baited his horses at this hotel. Numerous
boarding-houses can be found with accom-
modation for five to twelve persons.
Hempstead enjoys the advantages of pure
water, gas, etc. , a Town Hall, Liberty Hall
and a fire department.
The funds accruing to this town from the
sale of lands to the late A. T. Stewart are
permanently invested, and the interest is
applied to the schools and to the support
of the poor.
It has five churches — the Episcopal,
Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist
and colored Methodist. The royal grant
and charter of the Episcopal church pro-
perty, dated 1735, mentioned in the eccle-
siastical laws of New York by Murray
Hoffman, is still in excellent preservation,
notwithstanding the transitions of the Re-
volutionary war. As an example of old
English charters this is a most interesting
document, and has served as a standard by
which other charters in this country have
been compared.
In the archives of this church, Saint
George’s, of which the Rev. D. W. H.
Moore is rector, there is also a registry of
baptisms and marriages commencing in
1725. There are not probably half a dozen
of such ancient records in America. A
silver communion service presented by
Queen Anne in 1706, an alms basin pre-
sented by a merchant, John Marsh, in
1735, and a silver plate, the gift of Captain
Pintard, of the British army, in 1791, are
in the keeping of the rector.
About three miles from Hempstead is
the farm of Mr. P. C. Barnum, the largest
in Queens County, comprising 1,200 acres.
The residence is a palatial structure* situ-
ated upon an eminence and surrounded by
beautiful gardens.
The houses and sheds for stock and the
storage of produce form in themselves a
small village.
Mr. Barnum has given special attention
to the raising of stock, having one of the
largest dairies in the vicinity of the city,
selling about 600 quarts of milk a day.
In opposition to the advice of other
farmers, Mr. Barnum has raised an. im-
mense number of pigs, and it has resulted
profitably, owing to the attention given to
scientific feeding.
With a well-filled stable of horses, over
one hundred horned cattle, and poultry
sufficient to pay a net profit of several hun-
dred dollars a year 3 with extensive market
gardens, kept, with all the latest appliances
of labor-saving machinery, in excellent
order, his farm lands mark the onward
progress of agriculture on Long Island.
It has often been a question whether
fruit trees will do well on the south side of
the island. The large, thrifty orchards of
apples, pears, plums and cherries upon
this estate, place this beyond all doubt.
The Hempstead Enquirer (Henry M.
Onderdonk. the editor, is in possession of
a folio prayer book preserved from the con-
flagration in Trinity Church, New York)
and the Queens County Sentinel newspapers
are issued weekly.	*
Returning to the main line at Garden
City, we proceed to	-	-
WESTBURY,
Twenty-two miles from Long Island City; post-
office ; population about 700. Trains each way
daily; fare, 65 cents; excursion, $1.15; 1 month,
$14; 3 months, $29; 6 months, $50; yearly, $76.
Hotel—B. Powers. Private Boarding Houses—
Charles A. Mott, 12 guests; Richard Titus, 10
guests; Rich’d Willets, 15 guests; E. P. Lewis, 8
guests. Rates range from $5 to $7 per week.
Only a few dwelling houses can be seen
from the depot. There are three churches,
two stores and blacksmith and wheelwright
shops.. The soil here is of a highly pro-
ductive nature. Much of it is grazing
ground. The superior quality of the milk
sent from here is an evidence of the rich-
ness of the pastures.
Y HICKSVILLE,
Twenty-five and a half miles from Long Island City ;
post-office and telegraph ; population 1,621. Trains
each way daily; fare, 75 cents; excursion, $1.35 ;
I month, $14.50; 3 months, $34; 6 months, $55 ;LONG ISLAND.
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12 months, $81. Grand Central Hotel, William
Kloenne, 40 guests, $8 to $10 per week ; American
Hotel, Chas. Gottert, 10 guests, $8 to 10 per week ;
Germania Hotel, Adam Lauck, 10 guests, $8 to $10
per week.
This village presents a thriving, well-to-
do country appearance, and here the neigh-
boring farmers meet for the transaction of
their business. The village is laid out in
avenues and streets, and contains two
churches and two schools.
The Port Jefferson branch leaves the
BETHPAGE,
Twenty-nine miles from Long Island City ; popula-
tion, about 150 ; fare, 90 cents ; excursion, $1.60.
A very pretty farming district. Stewart's
brick yards are located here.
FARMINGDALE,
Thirty and a half miles from Long Island City ; post-
office ; population, 750. Trains each way daily ;
fare, 90 cents; excursion, $1.60; 1 month, $16;
3 months, $36.50; 6 months, $58; 12 months, $87.
FARM LIFE ON THE MAIN LINE.
main line here, skirting the north shore
to Port Jefferson.
CENTRAL PARK,
Twenty-eight and a half miles from Long Island
City ; post-office; population about 200; about 60
residences. Fare, 85 cents; excursion, $1.55; 1
month, $15 ; 3 months, $35; 6 months, $57; 12
months, $84. Hotel—Charles Bertrand.
A pretty little settlement in a fertile place.
Good gardens and thrifty fields. The low
price of land, small taxes and ready supply
of water, combined with easy and quick
access to New York, renders Long Island
particularly adaptable for manufactories,
and especially in this section, where large
quantities of cucumbers are cultivated. A
large pickle factory has been recently erected
and is fast increasing in its shipments to
New York — a ready and constant market.
Farmingdale Hotel, John Noon, 20 guests, $5 to
$6 per week.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. E. H. Smith, 7
guests, $4 to $5 per week. J. Breitweiser.
Churches—Methodist, Episcopal, Protestant, Qua-
ker Meeting House and Free Methodist.
Both the main line and Central extension
of the Long Island Railroad pass through
this village, and have been the means of
changing it from a comparatively wild
waste into a thriving settlement. Like
Central Park, it offers special inducements
for manufactories, and another large pickle
factory is here situated. Both of these
factories are still in their infancy On the
low range of hills stretching to the north
are many excellent building sites com-
manding a fine view of the South Bay and
ocean. There are three churches—Meth-
odist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal and
Methodist. A public hall and a large brick-12
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yard employing one nundred men have
been built upon the property of the late
A. T. Stewart.
WEST DEER PARK,
Thirty-five and a quarter miles from Long Island
City ; post-office and telegraph. Fare, $1.05 ; ex-
cursion, $1.90; 1 month, $18; 3 months, $40; 6
months, $62 ; 12 months, $91.50.
George W. Conklin, 25 guests, $7 to $10 per
week.
A pretty little place in the midst of im-
posing hills; well shaded with grand old
trees. General Casey’s Mineral Springs are
located here. Six new buildings are to be
completed by Summer.
DEER PARK,
Thirty-six and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; post-office ; population about 100. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $1.10 ; excursion, $2 ; I month,
$20; 3 months, $45 ; six months, $67 ; yearly, $95.
Deer Park Hotel, H. L. Clausing, about 20 guests,
$5 to $7 per week. Private Boarding House—Mrs.
Gideon Seaman, 14 guests, $5 to $7 per week.
The country in this vicinity is particularly
productive of fruit, ornamental trees and
shrubbery.
BRENTWOOD,
Forty-one and a quarter miles from Long Island
City; post-office and telegraph; population, 125.
Trains each way daily; fare, $1.25; excursion, $2.25;
1 month, $21 ; 3 months, $47 ; 6 months, $69.50;
12 months, $99. Episcopal Church; Union School.
This village, which is regularly laid out
in avenues and streets, etc., only needs
extra inducements on the part of its land-
owners to give it prominence as a very
desirable spot for settlers, whether agricul-
turists, nurserymen or mechanics. Sev-
eral nurseries and similar enterprises have
been established, with most encouraging
results, as the soil is fertile and productive.
Jt is only three miles from the Atlantic
Ocean on the south, and six miles from
Smithtown Bay, on Long Island Sound,
on the north. Beautiful trees and hedges
border the streets, which are level and in
excellent condition. The town has long
been settled, and is laid out with perfect
regularity in one-acre lots, each of which
is inclosed by ornamental hedges. Of all
the residences the most beautiful one is
that occupied by Mrs. Robert W. Pearsall,
on land a hundred feet above the level of
the sea. This, one of the finest residences
on the island, is reputed to have cost
fioo,ooo. It stands in the centre of spa-
cious grounds, which were laid out by
Olmstead & Vaux. From its cupola both
the ocean and Sound can be seen. Its in-
terior is elaborately finished througnout with
hard wood of different kinds and patterns.
The furniture is of an antique character,
and many of the designs, as well as the ap-
pointments of the house, were brought
from Europe. The choicest flowers from
the conservatory are transplanted every
spring to the lawn. The estate of Mrs.
Pearsall embraces some 600 acres. The
famous “Oakland” nursery is upon her
ground.
CENTRAL ISLIP,
Forty-three and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; post-office; population, no. - Trains each way
daily ; fare, $1.30 ; excursion, $2.35; 1 month, $22
3 months, $49 ; six months, $72 ; 12 months, $102.
Episcopal and Methodist churches; Free Public
School. Boarding Houses—T. E. Bridger, 6 guests;
Mr. Adams, 6 guests ; Mrs. Hatch, 4 guests ; prices
for all, $6 per week.
This is one of the healthiest spots in the
United States. There being a great deal of
pine growth in this section, the balmy ex-
halations are particularly strengthening to-
weak, and healing to diseased, lungs.
Cases of consumption which defied the
medical skill of Europe have been cured
here, simply through breathing the . air.
Through the enterprise of several public-
spirited gentlemen—Mr. James Donan and
others —- this village, during the past two
years, has materially advanced. Improve-
ments are apparent everewhere. The vi-
cinity of the station has been made very en-
ticing through the efforts of Mr. James
Stater, of the Pavilion at Islip, who has a
fine summer place here. One of the finest
drives in the country is from this place to-
Islip, thence to Brentwood and return.
RONKONKOMA,
Forty-eight and a half miles from Long Island City
post-office and telegraph. Fare, $1.45 ; excursion,
$2.60 ; 1 month, $23.50 ; 3 months, $52 ; 6 months,
$76 ; 12 months, $107. Hotel at the Lake; Ron-
konkoma Hotel, 60 to 70 guests. Private Boarding
Houses—George Raynor, 10 guests, $6 to $8 per
week ; Mr. Kramm, 15 guests ; and other houses.
From the earliest discovery of Long
Island an enthusiastic admiration for Lake
Ronkonkoma has seized the soul of the
tourist. In 4 ‘ The History of Long Island, ”
by Benjamin Thompson, published in
1743, vol. 1, page 448, we read as . follows :
Ronkonkoma (Rockoncomuch), commonly called
the great pond, is located in the northeast corner of
Islip, portions of which are within the limits of
Brookhaven and Smithtown. It may, with much pro-
priety, be denominated the “Forest Lake,” as well
in regard to its situation as its magnitude. Its posi-
tion is nearly the geographical centre of the island,
being about equi-distant from the Sound and ocean*LONG ISLAND,
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and from Sandy Hook to Montauk Point. It is cer-
tainly one of the most remarkable features in the
topography of Long Island, the first discovery of
which excites in the stranger equal surprise, admira-
tion and delight.
Pear-shaped in form, its long stretch of
blue waters covers a surface area of about
460 acres, the transparent depths and crystal
waves suggesting many a dream of poesy.
The waters are as sweet and pure as ever
touched a human lip, and lie embosomed
of natural history or more inviting to the
sportsman than this lake, in the garden of
the middle districts.
It is the resort of nearly every species of
water bird found within the limits of the
United States.
Its variety of vegetation affords an excel-
lent field to ‘the botanist, and its alluvial
formations to the geologist. The beautiful
streams excite the admiration of the angler.
LAKE RONKONKOMA BY MOONLIGHT.
in an amphitheatre of wooded hills, framed
in a pebbly beach of beautiful white sand.
The Indian name of Ronkonkoma angli-
cised is literally Sand Pond. Three miles in
circumference, it is distant from the Ronkon-
koma Station one mile due north, and when
last surveyed it was 54 feet 6 inches above
the surface of Long Island Sound. Its
greatest depth, a little to the southeast of
its centre, is 83 feet, carrying this part 50
feet below the level of the sea.
For these figures we are indebted to the
courtesy of Dr. Edgar F. Peck, of Brooklyn,
who made the pioneer settlement which was
then called Lakeland.
No portion of our country, of the same
extent, is richer in resources for the student
Every inch of ground around the lake is
solid. There is a lily pond at the north
end, but no marsh from which miasma can
rise, no malaria to contaminate the air,
and no mosquitoes. Not a particle of mud
is to be seen anywhere. It is a beautiful
lake, within fifty miles of the city.
A more healthy and delightful resort for
families during the summer season is not
imaginable. Here chills and fever are
never heard of. It is a charming place for
children. Extensive grounds surround the
well-kept hotel, in which they can play
about without any kind of danger.
Guests are provided with accommodation
at the Summer hotel and boarding-houses
adjacent. There is a school, and there are14
LONG ISLAND.
eight churches of different denominations,
within seven square miles.
The bathing is excellent, the gradually
shelving, pebbly beach making it both
pleasant and safe.
The lake abounds in delicious fish —
perch, bass, salmon, trout, catfish, white
fish, etc.
There is a subtle charm—a fascination —
in this wood-haunted lake, difficult of de-
scription. Its balmy air, crisp and cool,
induces an • exhilaration of soul and glow
of health that acts as a stimulant and tonic.
The eye of the artist is charmed with the
picturesque combinations, that start along
the woodland shores like a panorama of
beauty, ever changeful, of which pen or
pencil can give but a feeble idea.
This lovely locality is thrown open to
city residents, and now rendered easily ac-
cessible by railroad accommodation.
The climate is one of the most desirable
that can be found in this latitude, as it is
always fanned by the cooling breezes from
the ocean.
HOLBROOK
(MIDWAY BETWEEN RONKONKOMA AND MEDFORD,
AND REACHED BY STAGE FROM EITHER DEPOT),
Fifty and one-quarter miles from Long Island City ;
post-office.
Numerous shady groves and small re-
treats make this locality very desirable.
Within the past two years a number of
families have made this place their per-
manent residence. City boarders of re-
tiring habits can here find ample accommo-
dations at moderate figures, and have the
advantages of visiting Lake Ronkonkoma
and the near-by villages on the Great South
Bay. The roads leading to these surround-
ing attractions are kept in good condition;
that to the lake, but two miles distant,
being particularly smooth.
There is a Presbyterian church, a fine
school-house, post-office and two stores ;
also a shoe factory. A large kindling-wood
factory is soon to be erected; in fact, the
place is becoming a small business centre.
Within two miles' radius of Holbrook
are settled some ninety families of Bohemi-
ans—at least half the number cultivating
small farms of from five to twenty acres.
The soil is excellent; no low, marshy land,
and produces all kinds of vegetables, which
find a ready sale among the inhabitants of
the surrounding villages.
MEDFORD,
Fifty-four and a quarter miles from Long Island
City ; fare, $1.65 ; excursion, $2.95 ; 1 month, $25 ;
3 months, $55 ; 6 months, $81 ; 12 months, $114.
The centre of a large district of wild
lands of fine quality, which could be easily
cleared and made productive. Medford is
the stage connecting point between Patch-
ogue and Port Jefferson.
YAPHANK,
Fifty-nine miles from Long Island City ; post-office
and telegraph; population, 450. Trains each way
daily ; fare, $1.80; excursion, $3.25 ; I month, $26;
3 months, $58 ; six months, $85; yearly, $119.
Churches—Episcopal and Presbyterian.
Public Buildings—Suffolk County Aims House
and Orphan Asylum. Two stores.
Yaphank is a pretty village, surrounded
by low hills and woods.
The Suffolk County Almshouse, having
a capacity for over 300 paupers, is a plain
but imposing building, and stands within
plain sight from the depot.
The soil is rich, and, when cultivated,
gives excellent results. There is no finer
farm in the State than that connected with
the Almshouse at this place. It makes the
institution nearly self-supporting.
MANOR,
Sixty-five and a half miles from Long Island City ;
post-office and telegraph; population, 500. drains
each way daily ; fare, $1.95 ; excursion, $3.50.
Manorville Hotel, A. B. Lane, 15 guests, $5 to $7
per week. Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. M. Moger,
6 to 8 guests ; E. V. Campbell, 12 guests.
Churches—Presbyterian and Methodist.
Manor is situated near the head of the
Peconic River, which takes its source from
the numerous little lakes in the vicinity.
Extending for four miles over a tract of
fertile land, the village presents a scattered
appearance, but picturesque. The neigh-
boring pine woods give refreshing relief to
what would otherwise be monotonous flat-
ness. Excellent pickerel and perch fishing
may be had in the surrounding lakes.
The Manorville Hotel is filled every season
with delighted city guests. There is a
Methodist and Presbyterian church, and a
new store has just been completed by F. E.
Biggs. Passengers for Sag Harbor or in-
termediate stations here take branch to East-
port, connecting with trains on the Montauk
Division.
BAITING HOLLOW
(COMBINING CALVERTON),
Sixty-nine and a half miles from Long Island City ;
population, 550; post-office. Trains each way
daily; fare, $2.10; excursion, $3.80. Private
Boarding Houses—J. Frank Corwin, 25 guests;
John L. Young, 10 guests ; John W. Fanning, 15
guests ; Isaac Price, 8 guests; John H. Edwards,
5 guests; Albert S. Tuthill and Daniel T. Ed-
wards ; rates from $5 to $7 per week, according to
accommodations.
Congregational church.LONG ISLAND.
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Baiting Hollow is a desirable spot, over-
looking Long Island Sound, and much
frequented by the pleasure-seeking com-
munity. The soil is favorable for the growth
of cranberries, strawberries and cauliflowers,
and large quantities are cultivated.
RIVERHEAD,
Seventy-three and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; post-office and telegraph ; population,
2,678. Trains each way daily ; fare, $2.20; ex-
cursion, $3.95.
Hotels—Long Island House, J. P. Terry, ac-
commodates 70 guests ; Griffin Hotel, H. L. Griffin,
75 to 80 guests ; Suffolk Hotel, George W. Corwin,
50 guests; rates from $8 so $10 per week, according
to accommodations.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. Sweezy, 30 guests;
John Benjamin, 20 guests; Henry Howell, 20
guests; Mrs. Fisher, 40 guests; Geo. N. Howell, 20
guests ; F. A. Bolles, 20 guests ; rates from $6 to $8
per week.
Has six churches — Episcopal, Congregational,
Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Swe-
denborgian.
The Riverhead Weekly News is published here,
The county seat of Suffolk County, and
situated on the Peconic River, within a
short distance of the bay of that name.
Its importance as a town of comparatively
modern date cannot be too highly esti-
mated, and on market days the bustling
activity of the streets gives it a business air,
the people for many miles around being
attracted hither to make their weekly pur-
chases.
So popular is Riverhead, that in the
season its many hotels are inadequate to
meet the demand made upon them. The
manufacturing interest is well represented by
the grist, planing and moulding mills of Mr.
Charles Hallett—an extensive establish-
ment ; the steam grist mill of George Vail
& Son, and also the paper mill of Hallett
Brothers. The woolen factory of J. R. &
J. H. Perkins manufactures cloths, yarns
and flannels. The Riverhead Weekly News
has a large circulation. The fair grounds
of the Suffolk County Agricultural Society
lie in the northwestern part of the village
and near to the depot, bringing together an-
nually a large gathering of people. Under
the judicious management of the society the
fair has been made very attractive, both for
exhibitors and visitors, and has amply reim-
bursed the people of Riverhead for their
enterprise in the purchase of the grounds.
AQUEBOGUE,
Three and a half miles from Riverhead Depot and
one and a half miles from Jamesport Station ; post-
office.
Private Boarding Houses—E. H. Wells, 30 guests ;
L. H. Terry, 40 guests ; G. W. Young, 25 guests ;
P. F. Terry, 10 guests ; E. B. Young, 25 guests;
G. O. Reeve, 20 guests ; rates from $5 to $7 per week.
Congregational Church.
JAMESPORT,
Seventy-eight and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; post-office ; population, 453. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $2.35; excursion, $4.25.
. Hotels—Miamogue House, I. Seymour Corwin, 30
to 35 guests; Sunny Side House, A. H. Corwin, 30
guests ; Bay side House, B. H. Jones, 30 guests;
rates from $7 to $10 per week.
Private Boarding Houses—L. H. Terry, 40 guests;
E. B. Youngs, 30 guests ; Wm. H. Corwin, 10 guests;
William Halleck, 12 guests ; Richard Albertson, 20
guests ; I. F. Robinson, 8 guests ; rates from $5 to $7.
Churches—Congregational and Methodist.
Lies both sides of the railroad, and on
Peconic Bay, which situation conduces
much to its desirability as a Summer resort.
Its facilities for boating, fishing and gun-
ning have attracted the attention of many
who prefer freedom and pure air to the
restrictions of more fashionable watering
places.
The hotels depend largely on the pro-
ducts of the surrounding country for the
liberal supplies of their table. The James-
port Camp Meeting Grounds are situated
in a delightful grove near the railroad
depot, and attract a large number of people
from the vicinage every Summer.
NORTHVILLE,
Two miles from Jamesport Station and five miles from
Riverhead ; population, 469 ; post-office.
Congregational Church.
Beautifully situated on an elevation facing
Long Island Sound. This retreat pos-
sesses attractions sufficiently inviting to
allure families, who have made it their
pleasure ground for many years, on ac-
count of its healthiness and excellence of
bathing. Accommodations can be found
at the private dwellings of' Francis Terry,
Halsey Benjamin, Simeon Benjamin, War-
ren Fanning and others.
FRANKLINVILLE,
Half way between Jamesport and Mattituck, and
reached by stage from either depot.
A rich farming district, where visitors
will find exhilarating atmosphere and good
living.
MATTITUCK,
Eighty-three miles from Long Island City ; popula-
tion, 843 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains each
way daily; fare, $2.50; excursion, $4.50.
Hotels—Fairyland House, B. G. Tuthill, 75
guests; Mattituck House, George M. Betts, 50
guests, $8 to $10 per week ; one minute’s walk from
depot. Private Boarding Houses—Seymour H. Tut-16
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hill, io guests ; George A. Cox, io guests ; Mrs. R.
H. Hazard, io guests ; rates from $6 to $8.
Churches—Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal.
Is an old settlement, dating back into
the last century, and extending over several
miles of territory. The centre of the vil-
lage lies at the head of Mattituck Creek ;
the shores and waters reach to the Sound,
and afford ample opportunities to sports-
men for the pursuit of wild fowl, fish and
clams. Mattituck Lake, a large sheet of
fresh water, is picturesquely situated, and
on its shore's may be found numerous
beautiful building sites. Many of the
farm-houses accommodate from six to
twelve boarders. Cauliflower is raised
hereabouts in very large quantities, it be-
ing an exceedingly rich farming district.
CUTCHOGUE,
Eighty-five and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; population, 825 ; post-office. Trains each
way daily ; fare $2.55 ; excursion, $4.60.
Hotel—New Suffolk Hotel, Wm. McNish, about
90 guests ; miles from depot. Private Boarding
Houses—H. H. Tuthill, 8 guests ; Mrs. E. E. Hor-
ton, 15 guests ; Mrs. J. G. Tuthill, 25 guests ; Mr.
O. H. Tuthill, 15 guests; Mr. Foster R. Fanning,
20 guests ; Mr. H. B. Tuthill, 30 guests; G. I.
Tuthill, 10 guests ; Ira B. Tuthill, jr., 15 guests ;
Captain John Jennings, 15 guests ; fates range from
$5 to $8 per week.
Churches—Roman Catholic, Methodist, Presbyte-
rian and Congregational.
Like Mattituck, Cutchogue is in the
midst of an extensive and highly cultivated
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farming district, the land from shore to
shore bearing evidence of the rich quality
of the soil. Many celebrated racehorses
have been raised here, and the stud farm
of Mr. H. L. Fleet is noted for the excel-
lence and superior breed of its horses.
The drives are good, the old country road
to Greenport being a particularly pleasant
drive. The houses that take Summer
boarders are usually filled to their utmost
capacity.
The Peconic Bay is only a mile distant
to the south, where at New Suffolk, a quaint
town by the water, boats for sailing and
fishing can be readily obtained. Large
quantities of scallops are obtained at this
point.
PECONIC,
Eighty-eight and a quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 455 ; post-office. Trains each way
daily; fare, $2.65 ; excursion, $4.75.
A rich farming section. The village
takes its name from the bay. The entire
region is occupied by farms, which pro-
duce all varieties of vegetables and grain.
The land is irrigated by Hutchinson's Creek,
which penetrates from the south. Just
north is Goldsmith's Creek, which courses
for miles through green and fertile meadows.
SOUTHOLD,
Ninety and a half miles from Long Island City;
population, 1,221 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $2..70; excursion, $4.85.LONG ISLAND.
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Hotels—Soutliold Hotel, J. H. Billard, 75 guests,
$7 to $10 per week, three minutes’ walk from the
depot; Conway’s Hotel.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. Fred’k Maxwell,
50 guests ; William H. Tuthill, 15 guests ; S. Bailey
Corey, 20 guests ; Capt. Benjamin Wells, 10 guests ;
G. W. Phillips, 10 guests ; A. A. Ward, 10 guests ;
B. T. Payne, 10 guests ; rates, $6 tc $10 per week.
Churches—Presbyterian, Methodist, Roman Cath-
olicj and Universalist.
The Long Island Traveler is published here.
This venerable town is the oldest on the
east end of Long Island. It was a set-
tlement prior to the middle of the seven-
teenth century, and still possesses evidence
of its antiquity in a house built in 1640.
Built principally upon one large wide
street, pleasantly shaded on each side by
rows of stately trees, and fanned on the
northwest by the breezes of the Sound, and
of the Peconic Bay on the southeast, it is
one of the favorite resorts on this end of
the island. There are about thirty board-
ing houses here, which are always tested
to their greatest capacity. The guests
find plenty of amusement in fishing and
■sailing, the waters of Peconic Bay offer-
ing ample facilities for each. The charm-
ing scenery in the vicinity and the good
roads render the drives both attractive and
•enjoyable.
The Southold Savings Bank and the Suf-
folk County Mutual Insurance Company
are in a most prosperous and flourishing
condition, and well supported by all classes.
There are several handsome residences,
among which are those of G. Peck, B. H.
Booth, R. J. Goldsmith, L. B. Case, Prof.
Horton, J. B. Case and A. S. Sweet.
Too much cannot be said of the beauty
of the place. Leaving Southold, we now
arrive at the eastern terminus of the main
line,
GREENPORT,
Ninety-four and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 2,500 ; post-office, telegraph and
bank. Trains each way daily; fare, $2.85 ; ex-
cursion, $5.15.
Hotels—Greenport House, A. C. Sullay, 30
•guests, $7 to $10 per week, according to accommo-
dation ; Clark House, Misses Clark, 40 guests, $10
to $12, mile from the depot; Wyandank, C. C.
Wright, 75 guests, $7 to $12 ; Peconic House, 80
guests ; Burr House, Mrs. Burr, 20 guests, $7 to $12 ;
Booth House, Chas. H. Booth, 70 guests, $8 to $10.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. M. J. Ashbey, 10
guests ; Mrs. S. H. Townsend, 8 guests ; Mrs. Ackly,
10 guests ; James Timpsons, 20 guests ; rates from
$7 to $10, according to accommodation.
Churches—Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Con-
gregational, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran.
Newspapers — Suffolk Times and Republican
Watchman.
Bounded on the south by Greenport Har-
bor, east by Sterling Creek and north by
Long Island Sound, the situation of this
village, thus almost surrounded by water,
renders it very attractive to the Summer
tourist and sportsman, who can find good
fishing grounds for all kinds of salt-water
fish, and excellent yachts and row-boats.
Goose and duck shooting is plentiful in
the season. Greenport is a comparatively
modern town, and formerly its principal
industry was the whale-fishing interest.
This was abandoned about twenty-five years
ago, and now the inhabitants devote them-
selves principally to ship-building, the men-
haden fisheries and manufacture of oil and
guano. The shipping interest of Green-
port is large, and it possesses one of the
finest harbors in the world, which is com-
pletely land-locked, and in which the
largest vessels afloat can find anchorage
or lie at the Main Street wharf. There is
ferry connection between Greenport and
Shelter Island, Sag Harbor, East Marion,
Orient and with Connecticut to New Lon-
don, and in Summer with New Haven and
Hartford.
Near Greenport is the famous stock farm
of Mr. R. B. Conklin, where the celebrated
horse Rarus was bred.
The roads in the neighborhood are excellent
and the drives pleasant, particularly the one
to Orient, a long stretch of road lying on
a narrow isthmus between Long Island
Sound and Peconic Bay.
The two newspapers enjoy a large circu-
lation. There is a bank and an efficient
fire department. The boarding accommo-
dation is increasing every year, but cannot
keep pace with the demand.
There are several handsome Summer resi-
dences, owned principally by New Yorkers
and Bostonians, among which are those of
John A. Monsell, D. G. Floyd, G. S.
Adams, T. F. Price, S. Whells Phillips,
A. J. Wiggins, Charles H. Tuthill, Daniel
D. Wells’s estate, H. Tasker, Jeremiah
Moore, N. Kaplan, A. Berrean, S. B. Tut-
hill, etc.
What greater inducements could be of-
fered to the tourist than these enumerated
as among the attractions of Greenport ?
Every species of aquatic sport; a village of
considerable size and importance, possess-
ing all the necessities for comfort, excellent
roads, and easy of access by land or water
to neighboring places of interest and fame.
A visit here will certainly induce a long
sojourn and amply repay the Summer tour-
ist. For years New York, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Chicago and many other cities
have sent hundreds of visitors here, who,
wishing a seaside residence, find all they
would seek.18
PECONIC BAY.
SHELTER ISLAND.
(OPPOSITE GREENPORT.)
Hotels—The Manhanset House is one of the finest
in the country ; it has capacity for over 200 guests ;
its location is perfect, and it is kept in first-class
watering-place style ; terms, $15 to $25 per week.
Prospect House, H. W. Avery, manager, 150
guests, $12 to $15. Private—Bay View House, 40
guests, also large restaurant; Mrs. Nevins, 25 guests ;
Mrs. Boardman, 20 guests ; Mr. Walters, 30 guests;
terms, $9 to $10 per week. These and Prospect
House are near Camp Meeting Grounds, situated in
a beautiful amphitheatre of fifteen acres of grove ;
chapel on the entrance. Near the ground are 60
furnished cottages to rent, $150 to $300 for the sea-
son ; three churches. Ferry connects with all trains.
Directly south of Greenport, less than a
mile intervening, Shelter Island comprises
8,000 acres. The shores of the island are
very irregular. Upon all sides bold, rugged
cliffs and headlands project into the water,
and creeks and inlets penetrate far into the
interior. The surface is shelly and rolling,
some portions rising to considerable eleva-
tion. The whole of the island presents the
most charming variety of hill and dale,
groves, bays and creeks, to be found along
the entire length of Long Island. Gardi-
ner’s Bay on the east and Peconic Bay on
the west, both afford excellent opportunities
for yachting. The waters are sufficiently
deep to give anchorage to large-sized ves-
sels, and are a favorite rendezvous for vari-
ous yachting clubs. The air is pure, tonic
and bracing, and, while protected from the
rough blasts of the ocean, has sufficient of
the healing and strengthening qualities of
the sea. The bays afford good fishing;
the principal fish caught are bass, blue,
black and flat fish. Also Spanish mackerel,
porgies and weak fish or chequet. A beau-
tiful sandy beach, with sloping bottom,
surrounds the island and offers unsurpassed
facilities for bathing, healthful and free
from danger. The roads are good, and all
the drives are charming. The Prospect
Camp Meeting Association own a property
here of over 300 acres, overlooking Green-
port. It was given the name of Prospect
on account of the extensive views it affords.
The ground slopes gradually from the beach
to a height of over 200 feet, upon which an
observatory has been erected. From it a
magnificent view is obtained, embracing
Greenport and Orient; Long Island Sound
for a distance of fifty miles, with hundreds
of vessels passing daily; Gardiner’s Bay
and Island, Montauk Point and the ocean
on the east; Sag Harbor and the ocean
south, and Long Island and the shore of
Connecticut again to the west for from
twenty to thirty miles.
GARDINER’S ISLAND,
Which is nine miles long and one and a
half miles wide, comprising 3,300 acres,
has been in the possession of one family for
nearly 250 years. It was purchased from
the Indians and occupied in 1639 bY Lyon
Gardiner, the first Englishman who settled
in this State. It was then called Mauch-
onock, but he named it the Isle of Wight
after the English island, which was his birth-LONG ISLAND.
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place. Lyon Gardiner was a military en-
gineer, who came to America in the employ
of Lords Say and Seal, and Brooke. He
lived on his island from 1639 to 1653 with
only the Montauk Indians for his neighbors.
His kindness to the Indians endeared him
to them, and he and his descendants were
titled lords by them.
Captain Kidd buried some of his treas-
ure on Gardiner's Island in 1699, a year
or two before his execution. A commis-
sion was sent out, and dug up a chest
which contained 783 ounces of gold, 850
Indian Bible of the edition of 1663, which
was given to one of the proprietors 150
years ago by the last full-blooded Indian
missionary on Long Island.
ORIENT.
The village of Orient occupies the penin-
sula, five miles long and from two to three
miles wide, that forms the extremity of the
north branch of the island.
The surface of the peninsula is generally
rolling and is under excellent cultivation,
AT ORIENT.
ounces of silver, diamonds, rubies and
pearls, and gold, silk and satin cloths.
The present colony on the island con-
sists of about 100 men, women and chil-
dren, who are employed at farming, gar-
dening and stock raising. The 'Squire's
mansion is of wood, and was built in 1774.
The 'Squire supports a school, a mill, a
smithy, and a carpenter’s and a shoemaker's
shop. His people raise everything for the
table except tea, coffee and sugar. The
farms turn forth 5,000 bushels of corn and
5,000 bushels of oats yearly, and wheat
and hay in proportion. There is a stock
of 300 cattle, 100 hogs and 60 horses.
Thousands ot pounds of butter are annu-
ally made, and at times the dairy has turned
out 120 pounds of cheese a day. Besides,
the island is stocked with abundant fruit
and game.
The 'Squire's cabinet contains souvenirs
of Captain Kidd, arms and implements of
extinct Indian tribes, and a copy of Eliot's
producing thousands of bushels of agricul-
tural produce, which is shipped to New
York and other points.
Another industry is fishing, which gives
employment to a large number of persons,
and Orient is considered about the heaviest
shipping depot on the island, sending
weekly from fifteen to fifty tons of fish to
the New York market. On Orient Point
(the eastern extremity of the peninsula) is
the Orient Point House, an excellent hotel.
It is delightfully situated, with unsurpassed
attractions, and is yearly visited by hun-
dreds. There are also two boarding-houses
which take each thirty guests. The Method-
ists and Congregationalists have each erected
a church, and there are two public schools.
About a mile east of Orient Point, and
crossing the sheet of water known as Plum-
gut, we find Plum Island. This is the re-
sort of many sportsmen who, during the
season, pitch their tents here and indulge
in fresh air and aquatic sports.20
THE SOUTH SIDE OF LONG ISLAND,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN DIVISION,
is traversed by the Montauk Division of the Long Island Railroad. Starting from Long
Island City it soon nears the coast, and passing through beautiful towns and villages,
and by many a bay and inlet, finally rea ches Sag Harbor, its termination. There is no
coast on this side of the Atlantic which offers such attractions to the tourist, the sports-
man, or Summer amusement or health seeker, as the South Side of Long Island. The
Great South Bay, which is formed by the long strip of sandy beach stretching, with but
a single break, for fifty miles, swarms with fish of every variety. Its waters, sheltered
as they are, afford the finest imaginable sailing; and the myriads of boats, which during
three-fourths of the year adorn its surface, present a scene of continual life and gayety.
Its bathing facilities, both surf and still water, are unrivaled. The Summer resident is
provided with a variety of amusements. If fond of sailing, there are the finest and safest
boats in the world, with careful boatmen, who, passing their lives on the bay and follow-
ing the avocations of oystermen or fishermen at other seasons, are thoroughly familiar
with the management of their boats and acquainted with the channels and movement of
the tides. The gamey biuefish come into the bay early in the season and remain all
Summer, and in the early fall great flocks of ducks and geese fatten on their favorite
food, found on the numerous flats and bars. Broods of quail pipe in the stubble fields,
and English snipe feed on the meadows. Even the early Spring has its attractions and
temptations. The trout brooks emptying into the Great South Bay are numerous, and
hide in their waters the speckled beauties so much admired by the enthusiastic angler.
Eight miles from Long Island City, or twenty minutes' ride on the Montauk Divi-
sion, after passing the thickly wooded crest of the Long Island hills, we suddenly emerge
upon the village of
25 cents ; I month, $5 ; 3 months, $13 ; 6 months,.
$25 ; 12 months, $40.50.
A very pretty little town—desirable sec-
tion for suburban residences.
RICHMOND HILL,
Eight miles from Long Island City ; population, 500-
post-office and telegraph. Fare, 25 cents ; excursion,
45 cents; 1 month, $6.50 ; 3 months, $17 ; 6 months*
$30 ; 12 months, $47.
FRESH POND,
Five miles from Long Island City ; fare, 15 cents;
excursion, 25 cents.
This is the junction of the Bushwick
branch with the Montauk Division.
GLENDALE,
Five and a half miles from Long Island City;
population about 200. Fare, 15 cents; excursion,LONG ISLAND.
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The eye takes in at once the beauties of
that portion of the place lying nearest to
the road. This includes a number of com-
modious dwellings and many neat cottages,
with the handsome church, school-house
and depot. But not half of the beauty of
the place can be seen without visiting the
hills which overlook all that part of the
island, and the ocean itself. The im-
provements are all new and elegant, the
broad streets are lined with choice shade
trees, and the station surrounded by neat
parks, near which is an elegant fountain.
Intended especially for private residences,
the whole place has been restricted against
nuisances of every kind. It has a general
southern exposure, with loam and gravel
surface, and these conditions, together with
pure ocean breezes and perfect drainage,
make it one of the healthiest places on the
island. It lies in the convergence of the
principal roads from the two cities, and in
point of convenience of access and attract-
ive surroundings, is unsurpassed by any
place on the road. The drives in the vi-
cinity are highly picturesque, and we espe-
cially commend the circuit from Jamaica
over the Hoffman Boulevard to Hopedale,
and thence by Union Avenue and Rich-
mond Hill Drive, over the hills to the
depot. The varied scenery of hill, forest
and plain cannot fail to please even the
dullest observer.
An improvement here—rarely seen in
suburban places — is the recently con-
structed and excellent system of water
works, whereby an abundant supply of
pure spring water is furnished to all.
Among the most notable residences are
those of Messrs. Fash, Bronson, Kessler,
Graves, Matson and Kimber.
New York City can be quickly reached
Via Thirty-fourth Street, James Slip or Seventh
Street; via Wall, Fulton and Catharine Ferries,
through Brooklyn; via Grand and South Seventh
Street Ferries, through Williamsburgh.
SPRINGFIELD,
Thirteen and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City. Trains each way daily ; fare, 40 cents; ex-
cursion, 70 cents; 1 month, $8.50 ; 3 months, $21 ;
6 months, $37 ; 12 months, $59.
Springfield derives its name from the
numerous springs of pure water with which
this agricultural district abounds. As an
example of its healthiness, it may be men-
tioned that during the Revolution the Brit-
ish troops were stationed here to recover
from the effects of malaria. In the season
large quantities of asparagus, besides other
vegetables, are sent to the New York mar-
ket, the land being highly cultivated on
each side of the railroad. There are two
churches — Presbyterian and Methodist.
VALLEY STREAM
(Point of Divergence of the Rockaway. Branch),
Sixteen and a half miles from Long Island City ;
population, 605 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains
each way daily ; fare, 50 cents ; excursion, 90 cents;
1 month, $9.50 ; 3 months, $25 ; 6 months, $42 ; 12
months, $65.
Hotels—Rockaway Branch House ; Valley Stream
House, A. Bruns.
Episcopal Church.
During the season large parties from New
York come here for a day's shooting, rab-
bits and quail being plentiful.
PEARSALLS
(Point of Divergence of Branch Railway to Long
Beach),
Eighteen and a quarter miles from Long Island City ;
population, 965 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains
each way daily ; fare, 55 cents ; excursion, $1 ; 1
month, $10; 3 months, $26; 6 months, $44 ; 12
months, $68.
Hotels—Furman House, Samuel Furman ; Pear-
sall House, E. Abrams ; Smith’s Hotel, L. C. Smith,
10 guests, $5 to $10 per week ; D. Pettit’s Hotel,
10 guests, $5 to $10. Boarding Houses—Richard
Carman (East Rockaway), 50 guests, $6 to $10 ; Dr.
R. B. Baisely, 10 guests, $6 to $10; Mrs. M. C.
Ellmore, 10 guests, $6 to $8 ; Henry De Mott, 10
guests, $6 to $8 per week.
Methodist Church.
The Pearsall House can accommodate
fifteen permanent boarders in addition to
transients. Richard Carman's boarding-
house is the old Hewlett mansion of Revo-
lutionary history. This village owes much
of its prosperity to its healthy location and
proximity to New York, and in the words
of a local manufacturer : 1 ‘ I searched all
over the island and could not find a place
that suited me so well as this." The air is
pure, the water unsurpassed, and the village
laid out in building lots. Cottages can be
rented from $15 to $35 per month. There
is a large toy factory here employing about
twenty hands; also an ornamental iron
factory employing about forty hands. Con-.
siderable activity is being manifested in
building, and the outlook for the future
is very promising. From here stages con-
nect with East Rockaway, a prominent ship-
ping point for Rockaway oysters. Many
pretty cottages have recently been erected
at East Rockaway, Judge Emmett's being
especially noticeable for its artistic beauty.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE,
Nineteen and a half miles from Long Island City ;
population, 1,882 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains
each way daily. Fare, 60 cents ; excursion, $1.10 ;22
LONG ISLAND.
I month, $11 ; 3 months, $27.50; 6 months, $46;
12 months, $70.
Hotels—La Roza House, Mrs. A. La Rosa, 30
guests; Crossman House, W. H. Crossman, .15
guests ; $5 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Baptist.
Newspaper—Southside Observer.
Rockville Centre is handsomely laid out
in avenues and boulevards, and has many
situated. Here the traveler forms an ex-
cellent conception of rural life. At almost
every point streams and miniature lakes
greet the eye. The trout fishing in these
waters is second to none, and pleasant
drives and walks lead to bay and ocean.
Baldwins was named for Francis B. Bald-
win, Esq., whose vast estate covers many
PASTORAL SCENE AT MERRICK.
fine residences. In the vicinity are two
pretty little lakes, the scenes of many pleas-
ant picnic parties. This village is within
five miles of Long Beach.
BALDWINS,
Twenty-one and a half miles from Long Island
City ; population, 1,019 ; post-office. Trains each
way daily; fare, 65 cents; excursion, $1.15; I
month, $13 ; 3 months, $31 ; 6 months, $50; 12
months, $75.
Hotels—Baldwin House, T. Jones, 30 guests, $6
per week ; Milburn House, S. Brower, 10 guests, $5.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. Sally Treadwell, 10 to 12
guests ; Mrs. Thomas Baldwin, 8 to 10 guests ; Mrs.
Merriott, 6 to 8 guests ; terms, $5 per week.
Two Methodist Churches.
Approaching this place the train glides
into a more thickly wooded section, and on
the outskirts of these woods Baldwins is
acres, and whose mansion and grounds are
prominent among the objects of interest
in the neighborhood. Many New Yorkers
have built fine cottages in Baldwins, and
made it their permanent residence.
FREEPORT,
Twenty-two and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; population, 1,217 \ telegraph and post-
office. Trains each way daily ; fare, 70 cents ; ex-
cursion, $1.25; 1 month, $14; 3 months, $33; 6
months, $52 ; 12 months, $78.
Hotels—Central Hotel, Benj. T. Smith ; Freeport
House, G. B. Smith. Boarding House—Mrs. Rich’cl
Smith, 30 guests, $7.50 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Presbyterian.
Is a great outlet for oysters, the favorite
“ Rockaways ” being very plenty in Hemp-
stead Bay, south of the village. It is a
favorite resort for Summer guests.LONG ISLAND.
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MERRICK,
Twenty-four and a half miles from Long Island
City ; population, 500; post-office and telegraph.
Trains each way daily ; fare, 75 cents ; excursion,
$1.35 ; 1 month, $14.35 ; 3 months, $33,50; 6
months, $54; 12 months, $80.
Private Boarding Houses—H. J. Goodenough, 15
guests ; Mrs. Henlett, 10 guests ; terms, $8 per week.
Episcopal Church. Camp-meeting grounds one
mile from station.
An old farming district, one of the wealth-
iest on the South Side. There is fine pas-
turing for cows, and a large quantity of
milk is daily shipped to New York. Near
the Camp Meeting Grounds is that exten-
sive model farm of P. C. Barnum, Esq,,
whose superb stock, rich pastures and
abundant dairy products fully exemplify to
what extent of cultivation Long Island
farms can be brought. There is .good
trout fishing in the neighboring streams.
BELLMORE,
Twenty-five and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; population about 400 ; post - office.
Trains each way daily; fare, 75 cents; excursion j
$1.40 ; 1 month, $14.50; 3 months, $34 ; 6 months,
$55 ; 12 months, $81.
Hotel—Sportsman’s, W. O. Fuller, 15 guests.
Churches—Presbyterian and Methodist.
A settlement in the centre of a rich agri-
cultural district, the numerous houses
being so scattered that it can scarcely be
called a village. It offers great induce-
ments for investment in real estate. The
soil is very productive, taxes low, and the
climate free from all malarial influences.
.There is good shooting, trout and bay
fishing. Access to the South Bay is ob-
tained by a creek navigable for vessels of
200 tons burden. There is a flourishing
manufactory of carriages, and the flour
mills are always running to the extent of
their capacity.
RIDGEWOOD,
Twenty-six and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; fare, 80 cents; excursion, $1.45; 1 month,
$I4*75 5 3 months, $34.50; 6 months, $56; 12
months, $82.
The location of the Brooklyn Reservoir.
SOUTH OYSTER BAY,
Twenty-eight and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; population about 500 ; post-office and
telegraph. Trains each way daily ; fare, 85 cents ;
excursion, $1.55; 1 month, $15; 3 months, $35; 6
months, $57; 12 months, $84. Village one mile
from station. Stage meets every train.
Hotels—Kilian’s Hotel, Mrs. Maria Kilian, 25
guests, near depot; Vandervyater’s Hotel, 30 guests ;
terms, $8 to $12 per week. Boarding Houses—
Misses Vanderwater, 10 guests ; E. M. Woodin, 8 to
10 guests; P. Mack, 15 to 18 guests ; terms, $8 to
$12 per week. Other private families take boarders.
Churches—Episcopal and Methodist.
A celebrated watering-place during the
summer months, and a favorite sporting re-
sort during the rest of the year. Excursion
parties sail across the bay to the sand beach
opposite — a distance of four miles — where
surf bathing can be enjoyed to an unlimited
extent. Nature and art combined have
rendered the immediate vicinity of South
Oyster Bay unusually attractive. Among
the residences are those of Mr. Bronson and
Messrs. Elbert Floyd and William Floyd-
Jones, whose fine ponds teem with trout.
AMITYVILLE,
Thirty-one and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 1,063 5 telegraph and post-office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, 95 cents; excursion,
$1.70 ; 1 month, $16 ; 3 months, $36.50; 6 months,
$58 ; 12 months, $87. Distance from depot, a
quarter of a mile. Stages connect with all trains.
Hotels—Bay View Hotel, Mrs. E. C. King &
Son, 30 guests, $8 to $12 per week \ Revere House,
at depot, Townsend Wright, 60 guests, $8 to $10.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. R. E. Seaman,
20 guests; Jas. Bennett, 12 guests, $7 to $10 per
week.
Two Methodist churches.
Sailing and fishing is the chief amuse-
ment, and a romantic grove not far from
the depot is famous for its picnic parties.
Amityville has steam saw, moulding and
grist mills, and large lumber and coal yards
for the supply of the surrounding country.
A large Catholic convent in care of the
Sisters of Charity stands near the village,
and is an imposing structure. The new
building erected by the ‘4 Long Island
Home and Hotel Company/’ for nervous
invalids, is also a prominent feature of the
place, the site being selected on account
of the rare healthfulness of the climate.
BRESLAU,
Thirty-four miles from Long Island City ; post-office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $1 ; excursion, $1.80 ;
1 month, $18 ; 3 months, $40; 6 months, $62 ; 12
months, $91.50.
Three churches, two hotels, Public School, cord
and tassel factory. German settlement.
Here within the last few years a*beautiful
village has sprung up. Laid out in lots
with wide avenues, and provided with all
the conveniences of suburban life, Breslau
has become one of the most flourishing
towns on the island. Its inhabitants are
mostly German. A visit to the Breslau
(Picture Frame) Manufacturing Company
will prove interesting to the traveler, also
a visit to the manufactory of silk trim-
mings. There is also a large brewery.
The churches are Baptist, Protestant and
Roman Catholic. The hotels will accom-
modate about 200 guests. There is a pub-
lic school in the village.24
EARLY MORNING ON THE GREAT SOUTH BAY — OFF BABYLON.
BABYLON,
Thirty-seven miles from Long Island City ; popula-
tion, 2,142 ; telegraph and post-office. Trains each
way daily ; fare, $1.10; excursion, $2; I month,
$20; 3 months, $45; 6 months, $67 ; 12 months,
$95-
Hotels—The new hotel, The Argyle, 350 guests;
Watson House, Selah C. Smith, 150 guests;
American House, Mrs. P. A. Seaman, 70 guests,
$10 to $12 per week ; La Grange House, J. P.
Dodge, 70 guests, $10 to $12 ; Washington Hotel,
at depot, John Lux, 30 guests, $8 to $10. Board-
ing House—Mrs. James B. Cooper, 15 guests, $8 to
$ 10 per week.
Babylon, the “Newport” of Long Island,
has long been a noted resort. Situated on
the Great South Bay, few places on the
island offer so many attractions, either for a
Summer sojourn or a permanent residence.
It combines all the advantages of a seaside
resort with the beauty and landscape of a
more inland retreat. In addition to its
desirability as a watering-place, there are in
its vicinity many elaborate stock farms,
where can be found some of the finest
breeds of horses and cattle raised in the
United States. In all directions can be
seen elaborate mansions and neat and pic-
turesque cottages.
Many gentlemen of wealth own large
areas of land embellished as parks, with
lakes, foliage, lawns and paths, in the
midst of which are their homesteads.
The New Hotel, The Argyle—illustra-
tion and particulars of which are already
given—will have surroundings equal to any
of these private parks.
The churches are of the Methodist, Bap-
tist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Roman
Catholic denominations.
The drives in and about Babylon are un-
excelled, and branch out toward all parts
of the island. A fine drive is that to Mr.
August Belmont’s “The Nursery,” one of
the stock farms heretofore referred to; It
is one of the most complete establishments
of its kind in the country.
There is every variety of sport to be
found at Babylon—-riding, boating, sail-
ing, bathing, fishing and shooting. Each
find equal favor in their successive seasons,
and the numerous hotels and boarding-
houses offer ample facilities for the enjoy-
ment of all.
The sail to Fire Island, with its splendid
beach and ocean surf, makes a delightful
change from sports on /erra firma.
The bluefishing season commences about
the middle of May and continues up to the
1 st of November, and the sailboats in
charge of able and trustworthy men can
be hired by visitors at reasonable rates.
Besides bluefish, mackerel and bass are
very numerous. There are many trout
streams in the vicinity. The shooting
seasons are Spring, Fall and Winter. Ex-LONG ISLAND.
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perienced gunners are always at
hand to accompany parties with
rigs, boats, decoys, etc.
A Summer spent in the bracing
air of Babylon brings the bloom
of health to the cheek of the
invalid, and quickens the vitality
of the vigorous. To both alike
it affords experiences to be re-
verted . to again and again with
pleasurable emotions.
FIRE ISLAND,
Nine miles from Babylon ; time, sixty
minutes. Population, 77.
On alighting from the train at
Babylon station, after a short ride
by horse cars, which make direct
connections with the trains, pas-
sengers reach the steamboat, ply-
ing between Babylon and Fire
Island, a distance of nine miles
across the Great South Bay.
During the past few years Fire
Island has become one of the
most frequented and popular of
the Summer resorts of Long
Island, and justly claims to be
ranked among the celebrated
watering-places on the Atlantic
Coast. Visitors are delighted
with its matchless beach, from which, on
moonlight nights especially, a view of in-
describable grandeur is obtained. In
addition to the attraction of superb
surf bathing, there are here invigorating
breezes fresh from the. ocean, possessing
peculiar healing qualities for hay fever,
asthma, chills, etc. Physicians frequently
recommend this change of air to sufferers
from these complaints, and instances of
cures, marvelous in their rapidity, have
been effected. D. S. S. Sammis, of the
Surf Hotel—an exceedingly well-kept
house—offers accommodations to about
300 guests. Terms, $12 to $25 per week.
Special arrangements made for families,
either in the hotel or in any of the adjacent
cottages.
Divine service is held in the parlors of
the hotel every Sunday.
In connection with the hotel are bath-
ing houses, for both surf and still water
bathing, and fishing boats. The latter,
under care of able men, rent at from $5 to
$6 per day, for parties consisting of four,
six, eight or twelve persons.
On the west end of Fire Island the Gov-
ernment has erected a lighthouse 180 feet
high, with a revolving light. In 1858 this
point was adopted as a signal station for
reporting inward and outward bound ves-
sels, connected with New York by the only
telegraph wire on the island at that time.
A life-saving station, with complete appar-
atus, was located here.
Returning to Babylon, the next place in
order is
BAY SHORE,.
Forty-one and a quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 1,615 5 telegraph and post-office ;
Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.25 ; excursion,$2.25 ;
1 month, $21 ; 3 months, $47; 6 months, $69.50;
12 months, $99. Distance from depot to village, one
eighth of a mile. Stages connect with all trains.
Hotels—Dominy’s Hotel, Mrs. Dominy, accom-
modates 100 guests, $15 per week ; Prospect House,
N. Sewell, 400 guests, $10 to $12 ; Bay Shore House,
B. Valkens, 50 guests, $8 to $12.
Private Boarding Houses—Howell House, Capt.
Howell, 35 guests ; Mrs. Graham, 40 guests, $7 to $12
per week; Mrs. Doxee, Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Wicks,
Mrs. Peckwell, $7 to $10.
Churches—Methodist, Congregational and Roman
Catholic.
This village is beautifully situated on the
old country turnpike, between the South
Side Railroad and the Great South Bay,
four and a quarter miles east of Babylon.
Many families annually seek a Summer26
MOONLIGHT ON FIRE ISLAND BEACH.
home here on account of its salubrious air
and the freedom from malaria and mos-
quitoes.
Certainly no place of its size on the island
is so liberally patronized during the sum-
mer.
Situated on the bay is the Olympic Club
House—a building replete with every
modern convenience. The members make
yachting and fishing their favorite pastime,
and entertain in hospitable style.
The drives east and west of Bay Shore
are very fine, passing the grounds and resi-
dences of Bradish Johnson, H. B. Hyde,
S. M. Fox, E. S. Knapp, B. Phelps, Frank
Lawrence, George Wilmerding, Phoenix
Remsen and Drs. Wagstaff and Hamilton.
ISLIP,
Forty-three and a half miles from Long Island City ;
population, 1,127 ; post-office and telegraph. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $1.30; excursion, $2.35 ; 1
month, $22 ; 3 months, $49; 6 months, $72 ; 12
months, $102. Village about half a mile from
station. Stages connect with all trains.
Hotels—Pavilion Hotel, James Slater, ioo
guests ; transient rates, $4 per day ; $20 per week
and upward; Lake House, A. R. Stellenwerf, 100
guests, $12 to $14; Somerset House, George West-
cott, 30 guests, $8 to $10.
Boarding Houses—H. S. Doxsee, 12 guests, $7
to $8 ; Mrs. A. Smith, 15 guests, $6 to $8; Mrs.
H. D. Whitman, 8 guests; Whitman Duryea, to
guests ; Nelson Ketcham; tenns from $6 to $8.
Churches—Methodist, Episcopal, Roman Catholic
and Presbyterian.
Islip is one of the most beautiful and
healthy villages the south shore can boast
of. No more lovely site can be selected
for building country houses or permament
residences, which are already numerous and
being added to from year to year. In
many respects Islip has advantages which
render it not only inviting as a SummerLONG ISLAND.
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resort, but a perfect
paradise for sports-
men, thousands of
whom are attracted to
it during all periods
of the year by the
fishing and gunning.
The drives east and
west of Islip are de-
lightful. The many
wealthy gentlemen
whose properties are
here Vjiave rendered
their estates not only
pleasant to them-
selves, but exceed-
ingly attractive to the
eyes of visitors. Nor
has this commend-
able enterprise been
confined to those hav-
ing private places.
The surroundings of
the Pavilion Hotel,
which, by the way, is
a very pretty build-
ing, architecturally,
have been made ex-
tremely inviting by
Mr. James Slater, its owner and proprietor,
who also is proprietor of the “Berkley,”
Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street, New York.
Since purchasing the Pavilion he has ex-
pended $50,000 in improvements, perfect-
ing its sewerage and water system, beauti-
fying the grounds, etc. Sanitarily, it is
perfect ; and a certificate of analysis of the
water used on the premises by Professor
Chandler shows it to be of exceptional
purity. The cuisine of the hotel being excel-
lent, it is no wonder that a steady run of
select people from all parts of the country
keeps its register full. Besides accom-
modating one hundred guests, there is
stabling for thirty horses. The Pavilion is
exceedingly well adapted to make those
persons comfortable who visit the country
in the early Spring or late in the Fall.
The principal residences are those of
William K. Knapp, Dr. Abram, G. Thomp-
son, John D. Prince, Benjamin Welles,
Lee Johnson, William Nicoll, George L.
Lorillard, Dr. T. S. Ryder, Edward B.
Meeks, Charles T. Harbeck, H. B. Hol-
lins, William C. Whitney, J. H. Vail,
J. Neale Plumb, F. Neilson, E. B. Hart,
H. Duncan Wood.
CLUB HOUSE,
Forty-six and one-half miles from Long Island
City. Trains each way daily; fare, $1.40; excur-
FEEDING THE TROUT.
sion, $2.50; I month, $23 ; 3 months, $50.50 ; 6
months, $73.50; 12 months, $104.
The Club House, of the South Side
Club, from which the station is named, is
beautifully situated on the side of a mill
stream that is plentifully supplied with
trout. The approach to this house on
the train is very pleasant. For some min-
utes before passing it from the west it is
in full view from the car windows. As a
specimen of unique architecture, fringed
by just sufficient foliage, it is worth all the
journey to see it. It is open all the year
round, for the reception of its members only.
At a short distance from the station is
the model country seat and stud farm of
Mr. George Lorillard, covering an area of
600 acres.
OAKDALE,
Forty-seven &and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City. Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.45 ;
excursion, $2.60; 1 month, $23.50 ; 3 months, $52 ;
6 months, $76 ; 12 months, $107.
Oakdale is the next station east of Club
House, and is interesting on account of
St. John's Episcopal Church, which was
built ten years before the Revolution, and
is still in an excellent state of preservation.
A few private families are prepared to take
boarders during the Summer. Col. Wm.
H. Ludlow has a fine residence in tlie28
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neighborhood, also Messrs. C. R. Roberts
and W. K. Vanderbilt.
SAYVILLE,
Fifty and a quarter miles from Long Island City;
population, 1,589 ; telegraph and post-office. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $1.50; excursion, $2.70; 1
month, $24; 3 months, $53 ; 6 months, $78; 12
months, $110. Ocean Grove, Pavilion, Fire Island
Beach, opposite Sayville, by boat in 30 minutes ;
round trip, 25 cents.
Hotels—Bedell House, B. W. Field, manager, 30
guests, $6 to $10 per week ; Foster House, A. D.
Foster, 30 guests, $7 to $10. Boarding Houses—
E. N. Danes, 25 guests; J. H. Green, 15 guests;
$ 6 to $10 ; I. C. Green, 25 guests; Charles H.
Hulse, 25 guests; Mrs. J. Wilson, 40 guests ; Wm.
Rogers, 10 guests; terms from $6 to $8 per week.
Churches—Episcopal, Methodist, Congregational
and Dutch Reformed.
A thriving village situated near the bay,
located on a portion of the Great Nicoll
patent derived from the Crown of Great
Britain in 1683 ; formerly the property of
the celebrated William Nicoll, who was
fourteen years Speaker of the Assembly.
The patent formerly comprised about sixty
thousand acres, which was divided within
the past ninety years. The ancestor of the
Nicoll family was Richard Nicoll, the first
English Governor of the State of New York,
1666. Sayville possesses many facilities for
spending an enjoyable Summer.
Ship building and bay fishing constitute
the chief support of the place. Robert
Roosevelt, Esq., John Suydam, Dr. Bourke
and Charles Frost occupy handsome resi-
dences here.
BAYPORT,
Fifty-two miles from Long Island City ; population,
800. Fare, $1.55; excursion, $2.80; 1 month,
$24.50; 3 months, $54; 6 months, $79.50; 12
months, $112.
Boarding Houses — Walter Homan, 12 guests;
Lambert Snedicor, 6 guests; Frank Edwards, 6
guests; Wm. Needham, 25 guests ; Daniel Howell,
■6 guests ; Garrett Smith, 10 guests ; George Bishop,
15 guests ; Wm., Dodge, 6 guests ; Mrs. H. B. Paff,
15 guests ; Fred. Howell, 6 guests ; George Weeks,
6 guests ; Smith V. Rogers, 15 guests ; Mrs. G. Mor-
ris, 6 guests ; O. C. Smith, 6 guests ; Clark Smith,
10 guests ; Edward Gillette, 8 guests.
Methodist Church.
A pleasant little place which, until within
the past few years, was considered a part of
Blue Point. Numerous families spend the
Summer here annually at the different
boarding houses.
BLUE POINT,
One mile west of Patchogue, and reached by stage
from that station ; population, 400 ; post-office.
Private Boarding Houses—Joel Furman, 30 guests;
Wm. Squires, 1.0 guests ; H. Bishop, 12 guests ; Mrs.
Hudson Still, 10 guests ; Mrs. S. L’Hommedieu, 6
guests ; Mrs. M. B. Russell, 6. guests ; Mr. J.Clem-
ence, 6 guests ; H. McKee, 30 guests ; terms from
$5 to $7 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Baptist.
The principal oyster fisheries in the Great
South Bay are situated here, and the “ Blue
Points" rank with the best, and are talked
of all over the United States.
For a marine view the bay at this point
is very pretty.
PATCHOGUE,
Fifty-four and one-quarter miles from Long Island
City; population, 2,503 ; post-office and telegraph.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.65 ; excursion, $3 ;
1 month, $25 ; 3 months, $55 ; 6 months, $81 ; 12
months, $114.
Hotels—Eagle Hotel, Austin Roe & Son ; Cen-
tral Hotel, H. Clay Losee.
Boarding Houses—Sanford Wicks, 100 guests;
Robt. Mills, 40 guests; C. F. Dayton, 10 guests;
Mrs. D. H. Newins, 15 guests; Charles Baker, 15
guests; Capt. Goodale, 15 guests; Sami. Smith, 50
guests ; Edward Dayton, 10 guests ; Mrs. King (for-
merly of Amityville), 30 guests ; Mrs. Quackenbush,
10 guests ; Wm. Roe, 20 guests ; Mrs. Benj. Wicks,
20 guests; Mrs. Underwood, 20 guests; Lem.
Wicks, 25 guests ; G. G. Horton, 25 guests; C. H.
Willetts, 20 guests ; Mrs. Daniel Baker, 10; guests ;
Dan Baker, 10 guests ; E. Ackerly, 10 guests.
Churches — Congregational, Baptist, Presbyterian,
Episcopal and Catholic.
Newspaper— The Advance.
Patchogue is one of the fashionable re-
sorts of the island. It being a favorable
spot for a Summer vacation, there is natur-
ally a large supply of accommodations, and,
as a consequence, a great many visitors.
Notwithstanding that the number of board-
ing-houses is augmented every year, the
supply is inadequate to meet the demand.
The village is bordered on the south by the
Great South Bay, with a highly cultivated
country to the north of it, and spreads over
a large area of ground. Stages, charging
5-cent fares, convey passengers all over the
place. Within its limits are two pretty
lakes, where boating, fishing and picnic
parties, who prefer fresh water to salt, can
find plenty of enjoyment. The facilities on
the bay, in this respect, are excellent. There
are broad, well-graded avenues, lined by
noble shade trees, on which are many fine
residences and sites for more. The busi-
ness interests are quite extensive, there
being some twenty stores, a bank, cotton
and flour mills and numerous ship yards.
Some of the finest boats, large and small,
have been built at Patchogue.
A very profitable source of industry is
the oyster business, giving employment to
nearly four hundred men, and the annual
proceeds of the business, with other fish-29
ON THE TURNPIKE, BETWEEN PATCHOGUE AND BELLPORT.
eries, amount to more than a quarter mil-
lion dollars. The “ Union Twine” and
“Swan River Mills,” occupied in the
manufacture of carpet warp and twine, also
give employment to many people.
Lighting the town by gas is becoming
the rule instead of exception, and enter-
prise in various ways is being developed by
the inhabitants. Many new dwellings are
in process of erection, and great activity is
manifested in real estate.
On the beach, directly opposite the town,
Mr. Jackson Smith is building a large hotel,
designed to accommodate ioo guests.
BELLPORT.
Fifty-eight and one-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, about 1,000 ; post-office and tele-
graph. Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.75 ; excur-
sion, $3.15.
Hotels—Bellport Bay House, L. W. Cass,
ioo guests; transient rates $3 per day; special
arrangements made for families ; Bell House, Major
E. Underhill, 80 guests, $8 to $12.
Boarding Houses—Miss Martha Bell, 10 guests,
$10 per week ; Mrs. Joseph Shaw, 10 guests, $10
to $12 ; Mrs. E. J. Raynor, 50 guests, $10 to $15 ;
Mrs. Nelson Homan, 10 guests ; Mr. Edwin Post,
10 guests ; Mrs. Amelia Carman, 6 guests ; Edward
Tooker, 10 guests; Mrs. C. E. Goldthwaite, 50
guests ; rates from $8 to $10 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Presbyterian.
Bellport occupies one of the most advan-
tageous positions on the south shore, and
is another favorite resort to be added to the
many others. Mostly situated on a bluff
overlooking the Great South Bay, no more
desirable spot is in existence. The view
from the piazzas of the Bellport Bay House
is one to be remembered. The hotel stands
close to the water (but some 200 feet of
lawn and paths intervening), at the edge
of which is a sloping beach of fine sand.
The bay is here about three miles wide,
and the Great South Beach forms the line
on the southern horizon. To the east the
shore stretches southward, forming a long
promontory called Smith's Point. Around
a headland to the west is hidden Patchogue,30
LONG ISLAND.
four miles distant. A range of many miles
is thus obtained, and in every direction the
prospect is picturesque and pleasing, and
the m^ans of enjoyment are abundant.
The village proper is about a quarter of a
mile from the water, and there are situated
most of the finer residences. A drive on
the old turnpike road demonstrates the
taste and liberality of some of the wealthier
sojourners. The extensive places of Mr.
Lyman, James and Frank Otis, and Jos.
Titus, are marvels of natural and artificial
landscape beauty. These gentlemen un-
selfishly throw open their gates that the
curious and interested may drive through
the grounds at all times.
The Summer visitors to Bellport repre-
sent the best classes, and in the season
every house is filled to overflowing. Far
into the Winter sportsmen frequent it, find-
ing all the game they want. Mention may
properly be made of the excellent sailboats
kept here for guests, and the great skill with
which they are handled by the boatmen.
FORGE STATION
(the Railroad Station for West Moriches and
Mastic),
Sixty-four and one-quarter miles from Long Island
City; Moriches post-office. Trains each way daily ;
fare, $1.95 ; excursion, $3.50; stages connect with
all trains.
Boarding House at West Moriches—Alpheas Haw-
kins, 20 guests, $6 to $8 per week.
MORICHES STATION
(the Railroad Station for Centre Moriches and
East Moriches),
Sixty-seven and one-quarter miles from Long Island
City; post-office and telegraph. Centre Moriches
has a population of 396. Trains each way daily ;
fare, $2 ; excursion, $3.60. Stages connect with all
trains.	/	.
Hotels—G. S. Terry, 35 guests, $7 to $10 per
week ; Riverside House, John S. Baldwin, 60 guests,
$8 to $10 ; Ketchum Hotel, T. V. Ketchum, transient.
Private Boarding Houses—William B. Howell, 30
guests; H. Robinson, 20 guests; E. P. Jarvis, 20
guests; Mrs. Samuel Terry, 20 guests; J. H.
Bishop, 35 guests ; A. Edwards, 25 guests ; David
Robinson, 30 guests ; L. G. Terry, 20 guests ; Mrs.
Booth, 12 guests ; rates from $6 to $8 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Presbyterian.
East Moriches has a population of 388 ; post-office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $2 ; excursion, $3.60.
Private Boarding Houses—De Forest Hulse, 15
guests ; Wells Howard, 34 guests ; Joshua Ferry, 65
guests ; H. F. Osborn, 25 guests ; Thos. J. Tuttle,
60 guests ; E. Howell, 10 guests; I. D. Gildersleeve,
10 guests; H. C. Smith, 30 guests ; A. W. Palmer,
1S guests ; L. Pelletrau, 30 guests ; John Robin-
son, 15 guests ; Hiram Howell, 15 guests ; J. Robin-
son, 12 guests ; rates from $5 to $8 per week.
Two free chapels.
These four places are grouped so near
together that it is difficult to tell the line of
demarcation. The scenery and drives in
this neighborhood are all that one could
desire. Most of the houses are on the side
of the old country road or along the lanes
leading to the water, many commanding
a magnificent view of the bay and ocean.
The hotels and boarding-houses are scat-
tered over the place, some back from the
water and others at its very edge. Centre
Moriches has been the most prominent
of the group, but with the increased facili-
ties offered by the extension of the railroad,
the whole section is destined to be thickly
settled. The region is very popular with
“city folk,” who in Summer fill it to over-
flowing. The locality is growing rapidly.
Much building is going on and improve-
ments contemplated. The boating facilities
are excellent. Numerous sailboats connect
with the several bathing points daily, add-
ing a delightful sail or an hour or two's
fishing to the excursion. The surf and still
water bathing are excellent.
EASTPORT,
Seventy and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; post-office and telegraph. Trains each way
daily ; fare, $2.10; excursion, $3.80.
Hotel—Bay Side House, H. J. Rogers, 20 guests,
$8 to $10 per week.
SPEONK,
Seventy-three miles from Long Island City ; popula-
tion, 196 ; post-office. Trains each way daily ; fare,
$2.20; excursion, $3.95.
Hotel—Rossmore House, Stephen P. Conklin, <0
guests.	,
Private Boarding Houses—James Tuthill, 30-
guests ; Herrick Rogers, 20 guests ; H. H. Rogers,
20 guests; D. W. Ruland, 10 guests; John W.
Tuthill, 40 guests; rates from $6 to $8 per week-
These boarding places are from one to one and a.
half miles from depot.
Methodist Church.
Next in order after the several Moriches,
Speonk is yearly assuming an increasing
importance as a Summer resort. It is in
the midst of a fine farming district, and is-
skirted on one side by groves of oak and
other timber, and the other side by the bay.
The Rossmore House is built on an ad-
mirable situation. The amusements here
are surf and still water bathing, also sailing
and fishing.
WESTHAMPTON,
Seventy-five and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City; population, 437. Trains each way
daily ; fare, $2.25 ; excursion, $4.05.
Hotels — Howell House, M. D. Howell, 100
guests; Oneck House, E. C. Halsey, 100 guests ;
rates from $10 to $15 per week.31
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. Charles Howell,
30 guests ; D. K. Halsey, 20 guests; I. C. Halsey,
15 guests ; Edgar Griffin, 60 guests ; Wm. Raynor,
25 guests ; H. F. Stevens, 15 guests ; Sarah Culver,
30 guests ; Nathan Raynor, 15 guests; S. B. Top-
ping, 25 guests; L. G. Rogers, 20 guests; John
Young, 15 guests ; William Brewsters, 35 guests ;
J. M. Stevens, 20 guests ; J. McCue, 20 guests ;
rates from $6 to $10 per week.
Churches—Methodist, Presbyterian, and one free
chapel.
Westhampton is the first place east of
Rockaway where one can drive to the ocean.
It increases rapidly as a Summer resort; its
proximity to the bay and ocean renders it
a favorite spot for those who seek a resi-
dence close to the sea with good bathing
facilities. The different hotels and board-
ing-houses make great preparations every
season for guests, who crowd them to
excess. Conspicuous, and within half a
mile of the ocean, stands the spacious and
elegant mansion of the late Governor John
A. Dix, in addition to which are the Sum-
mer residences of Messrs. M. L. Delafield,
Fisher Howe, Jr., Prof. C. F. Chandler,
Pennington Whitehead and Dr. A. W. Wil-
kinson.
QUOGUE,
Seventy-eight miles from Long Island City; popula-
tion, 194; telegraph and post-office. Trains each
way daily ; fare, $2.35 ; excursion, $4.25. Town32
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one and a half miles distant. Stages connect with
every train. Five minutes’ walk to ocean. Four
omnibus lines to ocean.
Hotel—Wells Hotel (the only one open through-
out the ^year) Wm. E. Phillips, 60 guests.
Boarding Houses—Howell House, J. P. Howell,
120 guests; Quantuc House, William Brewster, 40
guests; Cooper House, F. H. Cooper, 50 guests;
Wells House, Selden N. Hallock, 120 guests; Post
House, O. Wilcox, 40 guests ; Foster House, J. M.
Hewlett, 60 guests ; Hallock House, J. D. Hallock,
50 guests; Gardiner House, Henry Gardiner, 35
guests ; Jessup House, Silas E. Jessup, 35 guests;
Marcus E. Griffin, 30 guests; Howell Cottage, J. H.
Howell, 10 guests; Halsey House, Wm. F. Halsey,
100 guests; Harvey C. Hallock, 15 guests; rates
from $7 to $10 per week.
Presbyterian Church.
Quogue is situated close to the sea, on a
peninsula extending to the ocean directly
’between Quantuc and Shinnecock Bays.
As a watering-place it has been celebrated
for more than fifty years, and is annually
visited by those who have made it their
Summer residence for many yeiars past.
For surf bathing, boating, fishing and fowl-
ing it is unsurpassed, and a selection of a
good hotel or a boarding house can easily
be made from the foregoing list.
Quogue stands pre-eminent among the
place's on the south shore, and while many
very eligible building locations have already
been secured, yet many can still be obtained
at fair prices.
Among those who own country residences
here are S. D. Craig, G. H. Penniman,
George Willard, B. H. Howell and Francis
Baker.
Quogue is being built up very rapidly ;
its situation, being so near the ocean, with
Quantuc Bay on the west and Shinnecock
Bay on the east, is very desirable.
ATL ANTICVILLE,
(Between Quogue and Good Ground, and reached
by stage from either station),
Seventy-nine and one-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population about 267 ; post-office. .
Hotel—-Atlantic House, 45 guests.
Private Boarding Houses — B. F. Squires, 35
guests ; A. W. Jackson, 30 guests; John Carter, 20
guests; E. J. Downs, 15 guests ; John Brown, 15
guests ; W. H. Foster, 25 guests ; J. H. Philips, 15
guests ; rates from $7 to $10 per week.
One church.
Atlanticville derives its name from its
proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, from
which it is separated by the sheet of water
known as “Shinnecock Bay,” the distance
between the mainland and the ocean beach
being about two miles. This bay is con-
nected with the ocean by an inlet, which
affords good fishing, sailing and bathing.
GOOD GROUND,
Eighty-three and one-half miles from Long Island
City; population, 553 ; post-office. Trains each way
daily ; fare, $2.50 ; excursion, $4.50.
Hotel—W. N. Lane’s Sportsmen’s Retreat, 30
guests.
Private Boarding Houses—W. E. Phillips, 20
guests ; Joshua H. Corwin, 25 guests ; Mrs. S. R.
Jackson, 10 guests; Mrs. Ann Phillips, 12 guests;
rates from $6 to $8 per week.
Methodist Church.
An unpretending little village, the in-
habitants of which devote a great deal of
their time to the cultivation of strawberries
and other fruits. It has a good school.
The peninsula projecting southward into
Shinnecock Bay is known as
PONDQUOGUE,
About two miles from Good Ground station, located
on Shinnecock Bay.
Hotels—Bay View House, M. Williams, 75
guests ; Wells House, George S. Wells, 12 guests;
Foster House, Wm. S. Foster, 40 guests ; Field’s-
Hotel, T. Field, 30 guests; Charles W. Conklin,
25 guests ; rates from $8 to $12 per week.
Gunning and fishing are the favorite pas-
times among pleasure-seekers. In the
season duck-shooting is a specialty. The
lighthouse is a conspicuous object, and
stands 150 feet above sea level, its light
being visible forty miles distant.
The Shinnecock Hills are in this section.
More than 3,000 acres have here been
bought by British capitalists with a view to
improvement, and within a few years the
advantages of these lofty hills, overlook-
ing both Peconic and South Bays, will be
improved by villas and hotels, changing a
barren land into a charming Summer resort
SOUTHAMPTON,
Ninety and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 949 ; telegraph and post office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $2.70; excursion,
$4-85.
Hotels—Ocean House, Charles Howell, 25 guests
Hunting House, Mrs. King, 25 guests ; rates from
$7 to $>iq per week.
Boarding Houses—-.Mrs.- Alfred Robinson, 10
guests ; Mrs. H. White, 60 guests ; B. J. Green, 60
guests; Mrs. Sybie Atkinson, 25 guests; G. Whit-
taker, 25 guests; Miss. Jane Woolley, 20 guests;
Henry Reeves, 30 guests ; Selden Halsey, 20 guests ;
H. A. Fordham, 45 guests ; E. C. Reeves, 25 guests ;
Edwin Post, 35 guests; rates from $7 to $10 per
week.
Churches—Methodist and Presbyterian.
To enter into a detailed history of this
compact village would encroach too much
upon our limited space. Its records con-
tain many curious incidents in regard to
its early settlers, who first came here in theLONG ISLAND.
33
year 1640. The principal
part of the village is built
upon one wide level street,
and contains schools,
stores and several board-
ing-houses.
Pure air and surf bathing
are the chief inducements
to Summer guests. The
fresh-water lakes in and
around the village abound
in perch and pickerel, and
afford plenty of oppor-
tunities for exercise, as the
rowing is excellent.
A favorite drive is direct
to the ocean, and another
to the settlement of the
GLIMPSES OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Shinnecock Indians—a tribe which is
nearly extinct.
Southampton is probably growing as fast
as any village on Long Island. From fif-
teen to twenty new Summer cottages have
been erected here within the last two years,
all of the latest and most fashionable mod-
ern designs. It is patronized by many of
the best families of New York, who either
own or rent cottages on the lakes. Here
are the Summer residences of the three
Messrs. Schieffelin, Louis P. Siebert, M. E.
Steers, George H. Studwell, J. T. Kilbreth,
Edward Mitchell, B. L. Harsell, Sidney S.34
LONG ISLAND.
Harris, David I. Kennedy, H. H. Hil-
dreth, E. C. Reeves, O. L. Howell, S. H.
Wales, Doctor Thomas, C. W. Betts and
many others.
WATERMILLS,
Ninety-three and one-half miles from Long Island
City ; distance from station, one-half mile ; popula-
tion, 300. Trains each way daily ; fare, $2.80 ; ex-
cursion, $5.05.
Hotel—Point House, L. D. Burnett, 35 guests.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. N. Mi Goodall, 40 guests ;
J. A. Burnett, 35 guests ; A. M. Benedict, 40 guests ;
T. A. Halsey, 20 guests ; P. S. Warren, 12 guests;
J. T. Halsey, 8 guests ; H. S. Rose, 15 guests ; H.
M. Rose, 25 guests ; H. R. Halsey, 20 guests ; J. L.
Cook, 15 guests; Capt. Doyle Sweeny, 12 guests;
rates from $7 to $10 per week.
This place, named after the old Benedict
woolen mill, has many advantages, and is
rapidly growing in importance as a seaside
Summer resort. Its fresh-water lake and
Mecox Bay are beautiful basins, and afford
aquatic and piscatorial amusements for all.
Several new cottages have been erected here
during the Spring.
BRIDGEHAlitPTON,
Ninety-six miles from Long Island City ; population,
1,253; telegraph and post office; town library.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $2.90; excursion,
$5.2°.
Hotel—Atlantic House, John W. Hull, 35 guests.
Private Boarding Houses—Charles S. Rogers, 30
guests ; C. J. Foster, 20 guests; Jeremiah Ludlow,
25 guests ; James A. Rogers, 15 guests; James M.
Halsey, 12 guests ; H. R. Halsey, 12 guests ; Hiram
S. Rogers, 20 guests ; E. J.. Ludlow, 15 guests ; W.
A. Corwith, 15 guests; G. L. Hand, 12 guests;
Samuel Mulford, 10 guests; Albert E. Topping, 8
guests ; Mrs. E. Haines, 6 guests ; George Conklin,
15 guests ; C. C. Conklin, 30 guests ; Andrew Strong,
10 guests; J. A. Sandford, 10 guests; Nathan T.
Post, 12 guests; Thomas Cooper, 20 guests; Mrs.
Allen Halsey, 5 guests ; N. A. Down, 10 guests;
Horatio G. Sayre, 15 guests ; Mrs. Winters, 6 guests ;
James L. Sandford, 10 guests; Henry Howell, 12
guests ; Theodore Pierson, 15 guests ; Josiah Rogers,
20 guests ; John L. Cook, 6 guests ; rates from $6 to
$8 per week.
Churches - Methodist and Presbyterian.
Bridgehampton is another favorite Sum-
mer resort, the parish extending over an
area of four or five miles, easy of access to
the beach and also to a lake over a mile in
length, both lying south of the village.
Bridgehampton Library, founded in 1876
by Wm. Gardiner and C. H. Rodgers, at a
cost of $20,000, is an admirable institution,
and the source of genuine comfort and in-
terest to the inhabitants.
That board may be had at reasonable
rates may be inferred from the above ex-
tensive list of houses.
Wm. Gardiner, A. B. DeBost, W. H.
IT. Rogers and Hon H. P. Rogers, all own
handsome residences here, and the numer-
ous farms are well cultivated and pro-
ductive.
By stage conveyance from Bridgehan/p-
ton the traveler reaches
EAST HAMPTON,
One hundred and seven miles from Long Island
City, and reached by stage connecting with all
trains from either Bridgehampton or Sag Harbor.
Boarding Houses—John D. Hedges, 30 guests;
John F. Gould, 25 guests ; John Parsons, 40 guests ;
Mrs. George Hand, 20 guests; James P. Mulford,
20 guests ; Mrs. R. M. Baker, 20 guests ; Mrs. Helen
Stratton, 15 guests ; Henry A. Parsons, 40 guests;
Henry B. Tuthill, 10 guests; Joseph S. Osborn, 20
guests ; Mrs. Dr. J. C. Hedges, 10 guests; William
L. Osborn, 30 guests ; Stafford Tillinghast, 10 guests,
$10 per week; Mrs. M. B. Cartwright, 10 guests;
George Bushnell, • 15 guests; J. H. Parsons, 30
guests, $8 per week; William S. Gardiner, 25
guests ; David H. Huntting, Jr., 15 guests, $7 per
week ; Theodore Stratton, 35 guests, $12 per week.
A seaside resort which is growing more
popular every year. Immediately facing
the ocean, it is one of the healthiest and
most invigorating places on the island.
The main part of the village is situated
upon the sides of a single street, a mile and
a half in length and very broad. In the
Summer it presents the appearance of a
well-kept lawn in the verdancy of its sward,
to which the overhanging trees give a re-
freshing shade.
One of the points of interest is the mod-
est little cottage of the late John Howard
Payne, the author of the well-known poem,
4‘Home, Sweet Home.”
There are many charming residences
here, prominent among them being those
of C. P. B. Jeffreys* J. C. Satthewaite, S.
Terbell, H. S. Herbell, Hon. T. B. Gardi-
ner, John Lyon Gardiner.
AMAGANSETT,
One hundred and ten miles from Long Island City ;
reached by stage from Bridgehampton or Sag Har-
bor ; population, 548 ; telegraph and post office.
Boarding Houses—Post Office, Benj. H. Terry,
35 guests, $9 per week ; Benjamin Barnes, 30 guests ;
Thomas Spicer, 30 guests; Nathaniel Hand, 30
guests; Theodore H. Conklin, 15 guests; J. M.
Edwards, 10 guests, $8 per week.
Following the old country road, out of
the sound of the railroad whistle, we reach
Amagansett, even more retired, if possible,
than East Hampton. The ocean and surf
bathing, the sailing and fishing, are the
great inducements for the holiday seeker,
and good board may be had at the above
houses.
Returning to the railroad at Bridgehamp-
ton the traveler reaches85
IN AMAGANSETT.
SAG HARBOR,
One hundred and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; population about 1,996 ; telegraph and
post office. Trains each way daily ; fare, $3 ; ex-
cursion, $5.40.
Hotels—Nassau House, R. J. Power, 30 guests ;
American Hotel, Freeman & Young, 30 guests ;
Tates from $7 to $12 per week.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. Douglass, 15 guests;
Mrs. Wade (O. R.), 15 guests; Mrs. M. J. Graham,
10 guests; Captain G. S. Tooker, 10 guests ; H.
French, 12 guests ; rates from $8 to $10.
Churches —Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian,
Baptist, Roman Catholic and Convent.
Newspapers—Express and Corrector.
The eastern terminus of the Montauk
Division of the Long Island Railroad. It
is the largest village in Suffolk County, and
■certainly one of the handsomest and oldest,
having been settled in 1730. During the
Revolutionary war Sag Harbor was the
scene of some active warfare, and its pros-
perity dates from that period. The in-
habitants were long and successfully en-
gaged in whale fishery, and Sag Harbor
reached the height of its prosperity about
the year 1845, when, owing to a surplus
of people engaged in this business and the
scarcity of the fish, this enterprise began to
decline. There is an air of solidity and
even elegance about the dwellings and
general appearance of Sag Harbor. The
streets have a more finished appearance
than those of any other village in the
county, being flagged and lighted by gas.
It is also the market town of the Hamptons.
With a good harbor, and communication
by land and water with New York and
numerous important points in New Eng-
land, Sag Harbor, as a manufacturing vil-
lage and Summer resort, has built up a
reputation never to be lost. Its steam cot-
ton mills, the business of leather currying,
the manufacture of morocco leather, the
Maidstone and Hampton Flouring Mills,
the manufacture of cigars and the Sag
Harbor Pottery Company give employment
to a large number of persons.
Many wealthy and distinguished men
have their Summer residences at Sag Har-
bor, and new ones are being added from
year to year.
MONTAUK POINT.
Montauk has probably more of a romantic
and poetic character than any other part of
the island, and it undoubtedly possesses a
greater picturesque interest than any por-
tion of the Atlantic sea-coast line from
Florida to Maine. This would appear to
be hardly consistent with the comparative
obscurity in which it has so-long remained,
and the fact that very few tourists have
found their way there. This must be at-
tributed to the difficulty experienced in
reaching it, and to a certain extent to the
limited accommodations to be found there.
‘ ‘ Osborne's, ” ‘‘ Stratton's " and the Light-
house give very good accommodations, but
their customers have chiefly been people
who have gone down to shoot or fish.86
LONG ISLAND.
Camping parties from
Connecticut and Rhode
Island visit the Point by
boats, put up their tents
and indulge in an un-
limited fish and game
regimen for weeks. In
the Summer Montauk is
delightful. The atmos-
phere is cool, and not a
fly or mosquito is to be
found.
Montauk resembles
what in England are
called ‘ ‘ the downs, ” and
is one vast pasturage. > It
presents the appearance
of a series of rolling hills
all carpeted with rich
grass, through which here
and there gray boulders
project, arid varied by in-
numerable lakelets, some
of which are of consider-
able extent, embracing
many acres, and being
famous places for wild
geese and trout. . On
the Sound side the shore is a gradual sandy
slope, but on the Atlantic side it consists of
abrupt and lofty cliffs of every variety of
outline. There is no place where the profit-
able occupation of day-dreaming can be
better followed than about the tops of these
cliffs, where the grass is rich and the sea
breeze ceases never ; the great ocean beating
MONTAUK LIGHT FROM THE LAND.
MONTAUK LIGHT FROM THE SEA.
hoarsely at one's feet, and the boulders
and the shingle of the beach ringing in in-
cessant harmony with the rhythm of its
songs. When the wind is fair, countless
white-sailed ships go past this point, which,
with the European steamers occasionally
seen, coming up over the horizon in the
west, or behind Block Island in the east,
disappear dream-
ily as they come,
like silent visions
of the sea. At no
distant day a good-
ly portion of the
capital alloted for
the improvement
of Long Island will
be expended on
Montauk. The
railroad extended,
immense hotels
built and pleasant
drives laid out,
this place will be
to the eastern part
of the Island what
Manhattan Beach
is now to the
western.37
THE ROCKAWAY BRANCH.
In addition to its Main and South Side Divisions, the Long Island Railroad has
several important branches, running through picturesque sections, communicating with
populous towns, and directly and indirectly connecting the south side of the island with
the north. The Rockaway Branch taps the Southern Division at Valley Stream,
miles from Long Island City, and the first stop is made at
HEWLETTS,
Eighteen miles from Long Island City ; post-office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, 55c.; excursion, $1; 1
month, $10; 3 months, $26; 6 months, $44; 12
months, $68.
A quiet little place, possessing one
Roman Catholic church, and within half a
mile of
WOODSBURGH,
Eighteen and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City; post-office. Trains each way daily; fare, 55
cents ; excursion, $1; 1 month, $11; 3 months, $27.50 ;
6 months, $46 ; 12 months, $70.
Hotels—Pavilion Hotel, 400 guests, $10 to $15
per week ; Neptune House, D. Sammis, 50 guests ;
10 per week.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. William H. Noe,
40 guests ; Mrs. C. Pearsall, 10 guests ; E. D. Beek-
man, 12 guests ; $6 to $8 per week.
Methodist Church.
This neat and well-arranged pleasant
village is one of the healthiest on the island,
and the Pavilion Hotel, with accommoda-
tion for 400 guests, is one of the most
complete establishments within 100 miles
of New York. At a short distance from
the hotel there is fine bathing and an an-
chorage for yachts. Many cottages can be
found at rents varying from $150 to $300
per annum. The drives are excellent, and
a week or two passed at Woodsburgh,
either in Summer or Winter, will amply
repay the visitor.
OCEAN POINT,
Nineteen and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; post-office. Trains each way daily ; fare, 55
cents; excursion, $1 ; 1 month, $11 ; 3 months,
$27.50; 6 months, $46 ; 12 months, $70.
Private Boarding Houses—John R. Hicks, 7 to 8
guests ; John Carmen, 8 guests ; $6 to $8 per week.
Well laid out in building lots, which can
be purchased on very advantageous terms.
There is one Methodist church.
LAWRENCE,
Twenty *and one-half miles from Long Island City ;
post-office. Trains each way daily ; fare, 60 cents ;
excursion, $1.10; 1 month, $13 ; 3 months, $31 ; 6
months, $50 ; 12 months, $75.
No hotels.
Private Boarding House—Mrs. Wanser, 15 guests,
$7 per week.
Lawrence is a quiet little village of over
500 inhabitants, founded by a Mr. Alfred88
LONG ISLAND.
Lawrence, from whom it derives its name.
The low rates at which many of its finest
building sites were purchased, induced
New York and Brooklyn gentlemen to
erect elegant and costly mansions, among
which may be mentioned that of Daniel
Lord, Alexander Stevens and Mr. Ward ;
also the old mansion known as Rock
Hall. New buildings are being erected
from year to year. There are still many
fine building sites left, which can be pur-
chased on very desirable terms.
FAR ROCKAWAY,
Twenty-one and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; telegraph and post office. Trains each
way daily ; fare, 65 cents ; excursion, $1.15 ; 1 month,
$14; 3 months, $33 ; 6 months, $52 ; 12 months, $78.
Hotels—United States, Michael Muiry, 300 guests ;
Coleman House, John J. Coleman, 200 guests ; Na-
tional Hotel, Thomas Casey, 100 guests ; Pavilion
Hotel, Joseph McKim, 200 guests ; Foss Hotel,
Julius Foss, 100 guests ; Atlantic Garden, C. Schmidt,
50 guests; St. James’ Hotel, 60 guests ; Grand Union,
H. Levy, 100 guests ; Faber’s Hoiel, 80 guests;
Mansion House, A. Degrauw, 100 guests; Wave
Crest, Darragh, 125 guests ; Grand Central Hotel,
200 guests ; Mott Hotel, 100 guests ; Grove Hotel,
50 guests; Hoffman House, 75 guests ; $10 to $12
per week; John Cavanaugh, 100 guests ; Atlantic
Hotel, 100 guests ; Transatlantic Hotel, William
Caffrey, 75 guests ; Neptune House, Jacob Haffiier,
75 guests; Madison House, Michael Dwyer, 100
guests ; Alhambra Hotel, John Wynn, 50 guests ;
Metropolitan Hotel, J. Spellman, 30 guests ; Hope
House, 30 guests ; $8 to $10 per week ; Union Surf
Hotel, David Roach, 100 guests ; $12 to $15 per
week; Erhart’s Cottage, 50 guests; Washington
Cottage, 50 guests ; Windsor, 50 guests ; Connelly’s,
60 guests ; Mott’s House, 50 guests ; $8 to $15 per
week.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. Daniel Mott, 50 guests,
$8 to $15 per week ; Hoffman House, 60 guests, $10
to $12 per week.
Churches—Episcopal and Roman Catholic.
Far Rockaway is justly celebrated as one
of the most popular watering places in Amer-
ica, and annually visited by thousands who
seek its open beach, refreshing breezes and
superb surf bathing, and tax the capacity
of its numerous hotels and boarding houses
to their utmost. It is a village of hotels,
and during the season teems with life and
gayety. At this place there have been over
100 new cottages built during the past two
years, and occupied by the families of gen-
tlemen doing business in New York City,
and the number of permanent inhabitants
is continually on the increase. The na-
tural advantages of Far Rockaway, lying,,
as it does, directly upon the Atlantic Ocean,
where the surf rises and falls over a beach
which for beauty and safety cannot be
excelled in the world, and being also in-
land, securing thereby excellent drives over
good roads and walks through woods and
green fields, which, by contrast with the
surf, afford delightful relief to the eye,,
make it one of the most charming spots
found upon the line of any railroad in
the country. The land, rising as it does
quickly from the ocean, and sloping gradu-
ally inland, affords building sites, with
beautiful lawns and shade trees in the im-
mediate, and old ocean in the remote,
foreground — a combination rarely met
with anywhere. These peculiar natural
attractions have drawn capital to this sec-
tion and made it one of the most desirable
spots for residence, both in Winter and
Summer, to be found within a radius of
fifty miles of New York City.
ROCKAWAY BEACH,
Twenty-six miles from Long Island City.
Rockaway Beach has a future at hand
that promises to be as brilliant as that
which Coney Island realized so quickly.
So far it has all the natural qualifications
for a great success. Since the opening of
the mammoth new hotel, with its 560
rooms, public attention has been directed
to it as a place for permanent location
during the Summer months ; and with the
attractive features of this enormous build-
ing, it is expected that all of its facilities
will be needed to meet the patronage of
the coming year.39
THE GLEN COVE BRANCH.
To those who admire hilly, rolling lands this branch is particularly attractive. It
taps the main division at Mineola, and, proceeding in a northeasterly direction, the
first stop is made at
EAST WILLISTON
(WILLIS),
Twenty miles from Long Island City ; telegraph and
post office; fare, 60 cents-; excursion, $1.10; i
month, $13; 3 months, $28 ; 6 months, $48 ; 12
months, $73.
The centre of a fine farming country,
and a very healthy region. Brick-making
is a large industry here.
ROSLYN,
Twenty-two and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City, and one mile by stage from station ;
post-office; population about 1,000. Trains each
way daily; fare, 70 cents ; excursion, $1.25 ; 1 month,
$14; 3 months, $33 ; 6 months, $52 ; 12 months,
$78.
Hotels—Roslyn Hotel, J. Bell, 25 guests ; $7 to
$10 per week; Mansion House, A. A. Reed, 80
guests.
Private Boarding Houses—John Valentine, 25
guests, $5 to $7 per week; Thomas Boyle (Steam-
boat Landing), 20 guests, $5 to $6 per week.
Churches—Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and
Roman Catholic.
Roslyn is romantically situated in the
underlying valley at the head of a bay
known as Hempstead Harbor. This
charming village at once captivates the
visitor by the beauty and serenity of its
surroundings. A grand and extensive view
will be gained from the top of the Harbor
Hill Observatory, the highest elevation on
Long Island, embracing an extended view
of the Sound and opposite shore to the
north, Long Island east and west as far as
the eye can reach, and on the south the
vast Atlantic Ocean shimmering in the
distance. The remains of America's la-
mented poet, William Cullen Bryant, rest
here in peaceful tranquillity. His estate is
one of the finest in the place. The resi-40
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dences of Parke Godwin, Thos. Clapham,
ex-Congressman Stephen Tabor and Gen.
Ward are here.
The road from Roslyn Station to the
village passes three ponds; on the. second
is a paper mill, where: tradition says that
Washington once made a sheet of paper.
At Dr. Bogart's house the road branches,
and crossing over a bridge to the right
skirts the bay, and to the left leads to Port
Washington and Flushing turnpike. The
houses of H. W. Eastman and George W.
Denton stand upon elevated grpund above
the bay. Across the water we see the resi-
dence of the late William Cullen Bryant.
Roslyn has silk, grist, moulding and
paper mills ; in fact, considerable manufac-
turing is going on about the place. As a
resort for Summer sojourners it stands well.
Fine bathing, sailing and fishing may be
had in the harbor, and a small fresh-water
lake affords excellent trout-fishing.
SEA CLIFF
(GLEN HEAD STATION),
Twenty-six miles from Long Island City, and two
miles by stage from Glen Head-station ; post-office;
population, 554. Trains each way daily ; fare to
Glen Head, 80 cents ; excursion, $1.45 ; 1 month,
$14.50 ; 3 months, $34 ; 6 months, $55 ; 12 months,
$81.
Hotel—Sea Cliff House, M. H. Clinton, 350 to
400 guests, $7 to $12 per week.
Appropriately named from its situation.
The ground shelves down abruptly from
the plateau to the waters of the Sound, and
the houses and streets rise, terrace on ter-
race, until they reach and crown the top
of the bluff. Around this ridge the fresh
breeze of the Sound is in constant play.
Combining with this peculiarity, to render
the location delightful as a Summer resort,
is the abundant supply of pure water, and
the lovely cottages, tasteful and comfort-
able, that are rented at very reasonable
rates. Boating, fishing, sailing and driving
can be enjoyed at leisure.
The Sea Cliff House is excellent in all
its appointments and capable of accommo-
dating many hundreds of guests, and the
dining hall at the rear of the hotel will
seat comfortably nearly 1,000 people. It
is conducted on the European plan.
The Sea Cliff Summer Home, for aged
and infirm members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church of New York City, is an im-
posing structure, and fully answers the
benevolent purpose for which it was
erected.
In all directions builders are engaged in
the erection of houses, cottages, etc.
What was once a rough and rugged cliff is
now a commanding and delightful place
of residence.
GLEN COVE,
Twenty-seven and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City, and half a mile by stage from depot;
telegraph and post office ; population from 3,000 to
3,500. Trains each way daily ; fare, 85 cents ; ex-
cursion, $1.55 ; 1 month, $14.75 > ’3 months, $34.50 ;
6 months, $56 ; 12 months, $82.
Hotels—Glen Glove Hotel, Isaac Snedecor, 25
guests, $6 to $8 per week ; Schleisher Hotel, Fred-
erick Schleisher, 15 transient guests ; American
Hotel, James Norton, 30 guests.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. Mary A. Miller, 20
guests ; Mrs. W. Merritt, 15* guests ; Mrs. Samuel Y.
Cole, 40 guests ; Thomas T. Jackson, 25 guests ;
Samuel M. Titus, 12 guests ; George Searing, 20
guests ; E. S. Hendrickson, 20 guests ; Samuel Frost,
10 guests ; Valentine Frost, 10 guests; Willett
Weeks, 30 guests ; rates, $6 to $8 per week.
Churches—Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal,
Roman Catholic.
Weekly Newspapers—Gazette and Echo.
The beauty and diversity of the sur-
roundings of Glen Cove are almost too
well known to demand more than a pass-
ing comment. Accessible as it is to New
York by rail, it is scarcely equal to the de-
mands made upon it annually. Bathing,
fishing and sailing in the bay, trout fishing
in the upper or lower Glen lakes, or quail
and woodcock shooting are the principal
amusements.
In the many pleasant drives one passes
the residences, among others, of Wright
and John Duryea, Francis E. Smith, S. L.
M. Barlow and C. L. Perkins. The latter
has recently improved his property to the
extent of $50,000. In fact, improvements
are going on all over the place and the
number of permanent sojourners fast in-
creasing. The Glen Cove Starch Factory,
an immense establishment, is located here
and gives employment to a large number
of workmen. Two miles from Glen Cove
is the Island of Dosoris, on which are the
residences of Charles A. Dana and Town-
send Cox.
LOCUST VALLEY
(The station on this branch for Oyster Bay, four
miles distant, Connecting with all trains by stage),
Twenty-nine and a half miles from Long Island City,
one and a quarter miles from Long Island Sound ;
population, 1,309 ; post-office. Trains each way daily;
fare, 90 cents ; excursion, $1.60 ; I month, $15 ; 3
months, $35 ; 6 months, $57 ; 12 months, $84.
Private Boarding Houses—Mr. Thomas F. Under-
hill, 20 guests ; C. E. Feeks, 50 guests ; F. Smith,
60 guests ; B. F. Cock, 10 guests; Jno. Baylis, 10
guests ; Misses Cock, 30 guests ; Mr. Christian Fur-
ling, 20 guests ; rates, $6 to $8 per week.41
A NOOK AT LOCUST VALLEY.
Churches — Methodist, Reformed Dutch, Quaker.
Large public school. Friends’ Seminary, accom-
modating 100 scholars.
Locust Valley is the terminus of this
branch. Although possessing no hotel of
any importance, the boarding-houses will
more than answer the purpose, to those
who seek recreation in a quiet way. Good
stabling may be had for those who wish to
keep their own horses and carriages. The
drives in the vicinity are numerous and
romantic, and run along the bay shore or
through the shady woods and dells, or into
the open country. Fishing in the bay is
another pleasant diversion, as also is trout
fishing.42
THE PORT JEFFERSON BRANCH
Joins the Main Division at Hicksville, and, proceeding north, conveys the tourist to
SYOSSET
(The station on this branch for Oyster Bay, four
miles distant, by stage connecting with all trains),
Twenty-nine and one* quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 90 ; post-office. Trains each way
daily; fare, 90 cents ; excursion, $1.60 ; 1 month,
$15 ; 3 months, $35 ; 6 months, $57 ; 12 months, $84.
Hotel—Bell’s Hotel, Peter A. Bell, about 20
guests, rates about $6 per week.
Methodist Church.
A small station in the midst of fertile
lands and a fine farming country.
OYSTER BAY
Is reached by stage from Locust Valley on the “ Glen
Cove Branch,” and from Syosset on the Port Jeffer-
son Branch, being four miles distant from either
station ; population, 1,255 ; post-office.
Hotels—Nassau House, H. S. Ward, 20 guests;
Pavilion Hotel, B. A. Black, 35 guests.
Private Boarding Houses—Burrill Betts, 12 guests ;
John Wright, 30 guests ; Henry Sammis, 10 guests ;
Mrs. Andrew Cheshire, 20 guests; Mrs. Baylis, 10
guests; Miss Waters, 20 guests ; R. Valentine, 10
guests ; Mrs. Gibson, 10 guests ; Mrs. Moore, 10
guests; James Mills, 20 guests ; Mrs. Devereaux, 15
guests ; rates from $4 to $7 per week.
Churches—Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist, Presby-
terian and Methodist.
The attraction of this celebrated water-
ing place is in its bay, which, sheltered on
the north and south by well-wooded hills
and rocky cliffs, and the gentle declivities
of Centre Island, is much sought after by
those who seek beauty or amusement in
the advantages it offers.
The Seawanhaka Yacht Club make it
their headquarters, and are instrumental in
adding much to the vitality of the Summer
season, by their regattas, rowing races,
etc.
Excellent rowing boats may be hired by
the hour or by the day; also sailing boats
for fishing parties and clam-bake excur-
sions to Lloyd's Neck, Jones's Dock, or
Centre Island. These boats are also fitted
out specially for the accommodation of
sportsmen, during the fowling season, for
trips to Thimble Island, where splendid
wild-fowl shooting may be had.
With such advantages, for sailing and
fishing, it need scarcely be added that the
bathing is unsurpassed, and at various
points on the shelving sandy beach bathing
houses have been erected.
The drives are numerous and delightful,
as the visitor may judge from the glimpses
of beautiful scenery he obtains in the drive
from Syosset or Locust Valley depots to
Oyster Bay.
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among which may be noted that of J. A.
Roosevelt, just built.
Returning by the commodious stage to
Syosset, and resuming the train, the
traveler alights at
COLD SPRING STATION
(the depot for cold spring harbor),
Thirty-two miles from Long Island City; population,
200; telegraph and post office. Trains each way
daily.; fare, 95 cents ; excursion, $1.70 ; 1 month,
$16 ; 3 months, $36.50 ; 6 months, $58 ; 12 months,
$87.
Private Boarding Houses—William Wheatley, 40
guests ; V. Monfort, 10 guests ; rates from $5 to $7
per week.
Methodist Church.
Alighting here, the traveler is promptly
conveyed by easy stage over a good road to
COLD SPRING HARBOR,
Thirty-two miles from Long Island City to Cold
Spring station, and two miles from station to the
village post-office ; population, 857.
Hotels—Laurelton Hall, 3yz miles from Cold
Spring Station, W. B. Gerard, 200 guests, rates from
$10 to $12 per week ; stages meet trains at Cold
Spring Station. Forest Lawn House, Mrs. Gerard,
140 guests, $8 to $10 per week ; Thespian Hall, 40
guests Burr’s Inn, 40 guests ; Arcade Castle, W. B.
Gerard, loo guests^.
Private Boarding Houses—Mountain House, S.
Smith; David Rogers, 10 guests ; rates from $6 to
$7 per week ; Evergreen House, R. M. Conklin, 30
guests ; Gilbert* Jones, 28 guests ; Henry C. Bunce,
10 guests; James Gardner, 10 guests ; W. B. Gil-
dersleeve, 10 guests ; William Stouts, 10 guests ;
H. T. Seaman, 10 guests ; William Holmes, 5
guests ; Mrs. M. Enos, 8 guests ; Captain J. Walters,
10 guests Sidney Titus, 20 guests ; Capt. John
Bunce, 20 guests ; Mrs. Funnell, 20 guests ; Henry
Warren, 10 guests ; G. R. Denniston, 30 guests.
Churches—Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist.
This place, which half a century ago
promised to be one of the most prosperous
harbors on the island, is now surrendered
almost entirely to Summer visitors who, ap-
preciating the beauty of the harbor and sur-
rounding scenery, throng here annually in
large numbers, as the myriads of hotels and
boarding houses would imply. Laurelton
Hall is magnificently situated, and replete
with all the appointments and conveniences
of a city house. Nestling at the foot of a
range of hills that extend far into the in-
terior, the town is laid out in terraces
sloping down to the water's edge, where
are bathing houses and innumerable small
craft for the pleasure and convenience of
guests. Across the water, and nearly
opposite, is the Forest Lawn Hotel.
These favorite hotels are always crowded.
Near the head of the harbor, but almost
hidden in the abundant foliage, are visible
the ruins of once extensive factories.
Beyond, up the valley, separated from the
salt water by a dam, are a series of fresh-
water lakes, which, sparkling in the sun-
shine, with the rich foliage of the woods
reflected in their apparently unfathomed
depths, form one of the most attractive
resorts on the island. Between the harbor
and these lakes are several mineral springs,
one especially being strongly impregnated
with iron, which is apparent from the dis-
coloration on the surrounding stones. It
is claimed that the medicinal qualities are
so great that, after a day’s fatigue, one
glassful acts as a most invigorating tonic.
HUNTINGTON,
Thirty-five and a quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population in 1881, 2,952; telegraph and
post office. Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.05 ;.
excursion, $1.90; I month, $18 ; 3 months, $40 ; 6
months, $62 ; 12 months, $91.50; from depot, one
and a half miles ; Conklin stages.
Hotels—Suffolk Hotel, Samuel Hubb, 50 guests;
Huntington House, C. H. Ritter, 30 guests, $7 to
$10 per week ; Clark’s Club House on Point; North
Side House, G. W. Mathews, 15 guests, $5 per
week.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. Hewlett J. Long,- 10
guests ; C.J. Bancroft, 10 guests ; Mrs. M. J. Tal-
mage, 12 guests; Mrs. Hamilton, 10 guests ; M. L.
Smith, 6 guests ; Mrs. Gilbert Smith, 8 guests ;
Misses Conklin, 12 guests; Henry Ketcham, 6
guests; Mary J. Conklin, 10 guests; Capt Alexander
Johnson, 12 guests ; Mrs. J. Johnson, 12 guests • S.
C. Brown, 10 guests; Mrs. Dyatt, 20 guests, and
L. C. Gordon, 30 to 40 guests ; rates from $6 to>
$10 per week.
Churches—Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Epis-
copal, Universalist, Methodist and Baptist.
Newspapers—The Long Islander and Bulletin.
Huntington is surrounded by highly-
cultivated and productive hills, the site of
many of the residences of its wealthiest
inhabitants, who constitute a society for
culture, refinement and hospitality second
to none on the island. At the foot of
these hills lies the principal business street
of Huntington, and about half a mile be-
yond is the harbor, where quite a settle-
ment has sprung up.
The pottery of Brown Brothers is situ-
ated on the east side of the harbor, where
various kinds of earthenware are manu-
factured.
Few places of its size can boast of as
many churches, the majority of which are
imposing and substantial structures. There
are the Roman Catholic, Methodist Epis-
copal, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and
Universalist. There is also a fine library
and two halls, the Huntington Assembly
Rooms and Euterpean Hall.44
THROUGH THE VALLEY.
The Suffolk Driving Park in the vicinity,
half a mile from the station, has about
twenty-five first-class horses in training, and
the prospect is that the Spring and Summer
meetings of 1882 will be very brilliant.
There are some fine residences being
erected in Huntington for the following
gentlemen, viz.: W. W. Sammis, Rev.
Frank Hill, Edgar Pearsall and Wm. C.
Scudder. The Messrs. Brush have just
finished a fine wharf on the east side of
the harbor. There are a number of stores
in the place, and quite a large trade is
carried on.
GREENLAWN,
Thirty-seven and three-quarter miles from Long
Island City ; population, 127 ; post-office. Trains
each way daily; fare, $1.15; excursion, $2.05;
I month ; $20; 3 months, $45 ; 6 months, $67 ;
12 months, $95.
Hotels North Side House, E. O. Reeve, 15
guests, from $6 to $10 per week; Greenlawn Hotel,
W. S. Hudson, 10 guests, $5 per week.
Two Methodist churches.
A quiet little retreat among the hills,
and situated at the head of Centreport
Harbor, this is one of the most famous
resorts on the island for bathing, fishing
and sailing. With so many facilities added
to the beauty of the surrounding land-
scape, Greenlawn is sure to become one of
the most popular and attractive resorts on
Long Island for those who seek retirement
and a beneficial change for themselves and
family. This is a rich grazing and hay-
producing section.
One and a half miles from Greenlawn,
bv stage, is the village of
CENTREPORT.
Population, 425 ; post-office.
Hotel—Centreport Hotel, Charles O. Merrill; 15
guests, from $6 to $8 per week.
Private Boarding Houses—Wm. H. Benham, 10
guests ; L. J. Martin, 30 guests ; D. C. Chalmers,
50 guests ; Dr. Jayne, 20 guests.
Two Methodist churches.
This place is virtually part and parcel of
Greenlawn.
NORTHPORT,
Forty and one-half miles from Long Island City,
one mile from station, and two miles from East
Nortliport station ; population about 1,381 ; tele-
graph and post office. Trains each way daily; fare,
$1.20; excursion, $2.15 ; 1 month, $21 ; 3 months,
$47 ; 6 months, $69.50 ; 12 months, $99 ; stage con-
nects with all trains.LONG ISLAND.
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Hotels — Northport House, Selah Smith, 40
guests ; $7 to fro per week ; National Hall, E.
Soper, 15 guests.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. Reilly, 20 guests;
Reuben Baldwin 10 guests ; John Lewis, 12 guests ;
P. H. Ackerly, 50 guests ; David Lewis 12 guests ;
Mrs. J. Arthur, 10 guests; rates from $6 to $8 per
week.
Churches—Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist.
Newspapers—Suffolk County Journal and North-
port Weekly.
Northport is distant from the depot
nearly a mile, but the drives and paths are
so hedged in by lovely landscapes that the
traveler is fully compensated for the trouble
of reaching it. Descending the hill by
the winding and well-kept road, rising in
front is a thickly wooded hill which separ-
ates the village from the Sound. In the
intervening valley, with its houses lining
each side of the main street, lies old
Northport, protected by hills and leading
down to the harbor, that in the placid ap-
pearance of its waters and surrounding
well-timbered woods, looks more like an
extensive lake. This picturesque spot is
much frequented during the Summer, as
visitors find here nearly all the pleasures
conducive to the enjoyment of a Summer
vacation.
The farms in the vicinity are very thrifty,
and the owners take great pride in keeping
them in presentable shape.
Near Northport is the famous Beacon
farm, consisting of one thousand acres of
valuable land on the borders of the Sound.
As a stock farm it has a reputation not
alone confined to Long Island. Mr. C.
H. Delamater has a palatial residence on
this site. His son-in-law, Mr. George
Robinson, has also a fine Summer resi-
dence adjoining. Many other residences
command beautiful views, such as the
Robbins mansion, Carll's residence, S.
Lewis, Daniel Thompson, Hon. H. J.
Scudder, Mrs. James and others.
ST. JOHNLAND,
Forty-four miles from Long Island City; popula-
tion, 500; telegraph and post office. Fare, $1.30;
excursion, $2.35 ; I month, $22 ; 3 months, $49 ; 6
months, $72 ; 12 months, $102.
A benevolent enterprise, started a few
years ago by the late Dr. Muhlenberg, em-
bracing a variety of charitable objects,
among which are the care and education of
crippled and destitute children, the train-
ing of boys and girls, and the old man's
home, for disabled, indigent or friendless
old men, is located here, and the buildings
and their surroundings immediately im-
press one with the wisdom which prompted
the selection of this location. Good, sub-
stantial board can be obtained at the differ-
ent farm houses about St. Johnland.
SMITHTOWN,
Forty-seven and a half miles from Long Island
City ; population, 250 ; telegraph and post office.
Trains each way daily; fare, $1.40; excursion,
$2.50; I month, $23.50 ; 3 months, $52 ; 6 months,
$76 ; 12 months, $107.
Hotels—Grand Central Hotel (transient), E.
Smith ; River Side Hotel, B. B. Newton, 10 guests •
rates $1 per day. The hotels are about half a mile
from station.
Private Boarding Houses —Mrs. Egbert Brush,
6 guests, $6 per week ; Miss Emily Smith, $7 per
week.
Churches — Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal
and Catholic.
“The home of the Smiths” is an old-
fashioned country village. The farmers
are hospitable, and extend a hearty welcome
to all. The drives in the vicinity are
delightful.
ST. JAMES,
Fifty and a half miles from Long Island City,
and nearly a mile from the station ; two and a
half miles from Long Island Sound and within
four miles of Lake Ronkonkoma ; population, 150 ;
telegraph and post office. Trains each way daily ;
fare, $1.50; excursion, $2.70 ;, 1 month, $24; 3
months, $53 ; 6 months, $78 ; 12 months, $110.
Private Boarding Houses—J. H. Jewell, 4 guests ;
Mrs. Harriett Smith, 6 guests; Pliram Howell,
10 guests ; Mrs. Thomas Hubbs, 6 guests ; E. O.
Smith, 4 guests ; Mrs. Dayton, 8 guests ; E. W.
Smith, 8 guests ; rates from $4 to $7 per week.
Churches—Methodist and Episcopal.
Here is a pleasant little village, almost
hidden among the hills, at the head of
Stony Brook Harbor. Near St. James is
the celebrated Smithtown Driving Park, a
popular resort for the lovers of the turf.
STONY BROOK,
Fifty-three and three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population, 549 ; telegraph and post office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, $1.60 ; excursion,
$2.90 ; 1 month, $24.50 ; 3 months, $54 ; 6 months,
$79.50 ; 12 months, $112.
Hotel—Stony Brook Hotel, Mrs. John E. Smith,
about 75 guests, from $7 to $10 per week.
Private Boarding Houses—Wm. Jewell, 6 guests;
N. S. Hawkins, 6 guests; G. P. Williamson, 5
guests ; Alonzo Hand, 4 guests ; Captain John
Youngs, 5 guests; Mrs. Nathan Oakes, 4 guests;
Thomas S. Wells, 10 guests; G. PI. King, 10 guests;
Mrs. H. Cheshire, 20 guests ; Misses Dominick, 5
guests ; Mrs. Dickerson, 25 guests ; Chas. O. Dowd,
20 guests; Mrs. Groesbeck, 15 guests; Henry Smith,
5 guests; rates from $6 to $8 per week. From
depot 1 mile, by D. W. Sherry stages.
Churches—Methodist and Presbyterian.
Through the woods and in this quaint
old village are tall, shapely trees, relics of
past centuries, and now the passive46
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observers of a village where the Summer
tourist will find all the attractions of an
inland country retreat, with additional
facilities for bathing, boating and fishing
within a short distance of his residence.
SETAUKET,
Eifty-five and one-half miles from Long Island
City ; population, 492 ; post office. Trains each
way daily ; fare, $1.65 ; excursion, $3.10 ; 1 month,
$25 ; 3 months, $55; 6 months, $81 ; 12 months,
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Boarding Houses—Mrs. H. W. Rowland, 20
guests ; Mrs. O. W. Rogers, 12 guests ; George Ter-
rell, 12 guests; Mrs. J. Howell, 12 guests; John
Elderkins, 20 guests; Miss Dominick, 12 guests;
rates from $5 to $6 and $7 ; the boarding houses are
from half a mile to a mile from the depot.
Churches—Presbyterian, Methodist and Episco-
pal.
It lies a little more inland, at the side of
a long fresh-water lake, which empties into
the Sound. There is an air of perfect
tranquillity which seems to reign over this
delightful bit of landscape. Those seek-
ing here Summer recreation will find in
the numerous roads and pathways through
the surrounding woods many delightful
opportunities for a pleasant drive or leisure
stroll.
OLD FIELD POINT,
Two and a half miles from station ; three miles
from Setauket depot; Walter Smith’s stage.
Private Boarding Houses—Mrs. Vincent Dicker-
son 25 guests; Mr. Charles O’Dowd, 25 guests;
Mrs. Cheshire, 20 guests ; rates $5 to $7 per week.
Churches—Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist
and Lutheran.
It is a pretty spot, offering many
pleasures for the tourist not to be found in
larger places.
PORT JEFFERSON,
Fifty-eight miles from Long Island City ; popula-
tion in 1881, 1,724; telegraph and post office. Trains
each way daily ; fare, $1.75 ; excursion, $3.15 ; I
month, $25.50 ; 3 months, $56 ; 6 months, $82 ; 12
months, $116.
Hotels—Townsend House, C. H. Davis, 35
guests; Port Jefferson House, B. R. Raynor & Son,
35 guests; $7 to $10 per week ; Smith’s Hotel,
L. J. Smith, 20 guests.
Boarding Houses—Mrs. E. B. Gildersleeve, 5
guests ; Mrs. E. P. Tooker, 10 guests ; Mrs. Hamil-
ton Tooker, 10 guests; from depot one mile, by
John W. Brown’s stages. Mrs. C. L. Baylis, 20
guests, near depot; rates from $6 to $8 per week.
Churches — Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist,
Episcopal and Roman Catholic.
Newspaper—Port Jefferson Times.
Port Jefferson is the terminus of this
branch. On alighting from the cars
scarcely any part of the town is visible,
though the table land in the immediate
vicinity offers many splendid building sites,
not a few of which have been built upon.
But the beauty of Port Jefferson is
appreciated in the descent of the hilly road
a little to the right of the depot. At its
foot lies the town and port of Port Jeffer-
son, with its superb harbor snugly en-
sconced between the luxuriant hills on
either side. As one of the most important
centres of trade in Suffolk County, and
the largest shipbuilding port upon the island
its value as a commercial centre cannot be
too highly estimated, conveniently situated
as it is, in the midst of a large agricultural
district and small villages. The principal
newspaper is the Port Jefferson Times.
While Port Jefferson excels in facilities
for yachting, boating, fishing, bathing, etc.,
its vicinity furnishes advantages none the
less attractive to those who can appreciate
beautiful walks and drives in a section of
the country where the natural scenery of
Long Island is unsurpassed.
The tourist familiar with its charms will
extol and recommend Port Jefferson as
one of the loveliest Summer resorts on
Long Island.
Many picturesque building sites can be
purchased at reasonable rates, and those
proposing to build Summer residences
would do well to turn their attention to
Port Jefferson. There is stage connection
to Mount Sinai and Miller's Place, pleasant
little Summer retreats, facing the Sound.47
THE NORTH SIDE DIVISION
of the Long Island Railroad, after leaving
WOODSIDE,
Four and a quarter miles from Long Island City ;
population, 450 ; telegraph and post office ; fare, 10
cents; excursion, 15 cents; 1 month, $3.25 ; 3
months, $9.75 ; 6 months, $19.50 ; 12 months, $36.
A very healthy locality. Being charm-
ingly located on the rising ground to the
right of the railroad, this beautiful village
cannot fail to attract the eye of the visitor
as a delightful situation for a suburban
home; the surrounding woodland, from
which the name is derived, giving it an air
of comfort and seclusion.
WINFIELD,
The next station after leaving Woodside ; popula-
tion, 400 ; telegraph and post office ; fare, 15 cents ;
excursion, 25 cents; 1 month, $4.25; 3 months,
$12 ; 6 months, $22 ; 12 months, $37.
Winfield is also located on high land ; ex-
cellent for farming purposes. It is almost
a part of Woodside, being but one mile
distant, and bears the same characteristics.
NEWTOWN,
Five miles from Long Island City ; post-office.
Trains each way daily ; fare, 15 cents ; excursion,
25 cents ; I month, $4.50 ; 3 months, $12.50 ; 6
months, $24; 12 months, $38.
Hotels — Newtown House, Barley & O’Brien,
60 guests ; Charles Shueller’s Hotel, 30 guests ;
rates from $8 to $10 per week.
Boarding House—Mrs. S. Palmer, 10 guests ;
rates from $8 to $10 per week.
Churches — Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal
and Baptist.
This old-fashioned village, with its
neighboring woods, is much frequented
during the Summer months by excursion-
ists and picnic parties. Families rent cot-
tages for the season at moderate rates. The
residence of Samuel Lord, Esq., of Lord &
Long Island City, leads to
Taylor, in the immediate vicinity of the
railroad, is an attractive suburban home.
The Newtown Register, one of the largest
newspapers on Long Island, is published
here ; also the Long Island Journal (Ger-
man), and the Queens County Safeguard.
CORONA,
Five and three-quarter miles from Long Island City ;
population, 300 ; telegraph and post office. Trains
each way daily ; fare, 15 cents; excursion, 25 cents ;
1 month, $5 ; 3 months, $13 ; 6 months, $25 ; 12
months, $40.50.
A very modern looking village, rapidly
becoming more popular every year. Its
proximity to New York renders it accessi-
ble to the city in less than forty minutes.
k very pretty lake, situated near the centre
of the village (called Shady Lake), with
marginal land appropriated for park pur-
poses and shade trees on the streets, con-
veys to the visitor a pleasant and lasting
impression of its attractiveness as a su-
burban home.
FLUSHING,
Seven and one-half miles from Long Island City ;
population, 15,906; telegraph and post office.
Trains each way daily; fare, 20 cents; excur-
sion, 35 cents ; 1 month, $6.50; 3 months, $17 ; 6
months, $30 ; 12 months, $47.	%
Hotel—Fountain House, J. Carter, 20 guests,
$8 to $10 per week.
Boarding Houses—Samuel B. Parsons, 15 guests,
$10 to $15 per week ; Mrs. Joel Jones, 10 guests ;
Mrs. Sarah A. Hover, 12 guests ; Mrs. William P.
Foster, 10 guests ; Mrs. C. R. Lent (on the bay),
25 guests, $8 to $10 per week ; Mrs. Treadwell, 12
guests ; Mrs. Frederick G. Henning, 8 guests, $6
to $8 per week.
Churches—Episcopal, Dutch Reformed, Roman
Catholic, Congregational, Methodist, Baptist, and
Quaker Meeting House.48
LONG ISLAND.
Newspapers—The Long Island Times (daily and
weekly) and Flushing Journal (daily and weekly).
Banks—Flushing and Queens County Bank and
Savings Bank.	*
Schools—St. Joseph’s Academy, Fairchild’s In-
stitute, High School, Miss Hoffman’s Young Ladies’
Seminary, and St. Michael’s,
Flushing is situated on the bay of that
name. Built on a hill-side, and seen three
miles distant from the Sound, with tiers of
villas rising one above the other, and sur-
rounded with magnificent trees—the growth
of centuries—it may undoubtedly be pro-
nounced one of the most attractive towns
on the island. During “the Revolution
Flushing played no unimportant part in the
history of the country down to the time of
the battle of Long Island. In the year
1800 it was little more than a hamlet, and
it was not until 1823 that it showed any per-
ceptible increase of population. From 1854,
when railroad communication was effected,
the village has increased rapidly. It is ad-
mirably supplied with every necessity for
public comfort and safety—such as water-
works, gasworks and a fire department.
Flushing Creek, navigable about one mile
beyond Flushing, is an arm of the Long
Island Sound ; on its shore are several large
lumber and coal yards. The churches are
very numerous.
The educational facilities are remarkably
good, as the Institute, High School and
libraries are accessible to all classes. It
boasts of no less than two newspapers—the
Long Island Times and Flushing Journal.
The Flushing and Queens County Bank,
established here, is the only bank of dis-
count in the county. The Savings Bank
has deposits amounting to nearly $400,000,
and occupies a fine building on Bridge
street. Prominent and imposing buildings
are the Town Hall and High School.
Although Flushing cannot be called a
Summer resort, most of its inhabitants
being permanent residents, many of whom
are engaged in business in New York, still
the tourist can find accommodation at the
Flushing Hotel, and also at several board-
ing houses on the main thoroughfares.
Flushing has two depots—Bridge street, on
the north side, and Main street, near the
centre of the village. The suburbs are
very attractive, being lined for miles in
every direction with handsome residences,
among which may be mentioned those of
John W. Lawrence, Edwaid E. Mitchell,
Valentine Kirby, Malcolm Graham, Dr. R.
S. Bacon, C. B. Peet, S. B. Parsons, Wm.
B. Draper, Morris Franklin and Hon.
Murray Hoffman. The principal features
of interest are the nurseries, for which
Flushing is deservedly, famous; every vari-
ety of tree can be obtained here—the gar-
dens. of Messrs. R. B. Parsons and John
Henderson & Sons being particularly con-
spicuous, on account of their extensive
size. Cherries are cultivated to a large
extent by farmers and others, the majority
of this luscious fruit finding its way to the
New York market. The mineral springs
in the neighborhood possess peculiar medi-
cinal properties, and are frequented at all
times during the year. With such a diver-
sity of places of interest it is not surprising
that the drives in and around Flushing are
as numerous as they are beautiful; evi-
denced by the number of handsome
equipages and carriages, of all descriptions,
to be seen on the various thoroughfares,
both in Summer and Winter.
COLLEGE POINT,
Nine and one-half miles from Long Island City •
telegraph and post office. Trains each way daily ;
fare, 25 cents ; excursion, 45 cents , I month, $7 ; 3
months, $18 ; 6 months, $31 ; 12 months, $50.
Hotels—Boulevard Hotel, John M. Donnelly,
100 guests ; $10 to $12 per week ; College Point
Pavilion, Julius Freygang, 20 guests ; College Point
Hotel, Theodore Zoeller, 20 guests; Gerlach’s Hotel,
Mrs. Gerlach, 10 guests ; Miller’s Hotel, John Mil-
ler, 15 guests ; $8 to $10 per week.
Boarding Houses—John Sanderson, 10 guests ;
Darius Banks, 10 guests ; $6 to $8 per week.
Churches—Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presby-
terian, Episcopal and Dutch Reformed.
Newspapers — The Central Zeitung and Long
Island Reporter.
Its desirable situation has contributed
much to the growing importance of Col-
lege Point for residences, and as a manu-
facturing village it stands second to none
on the island.
Facing Flushing Bay and Long Island
Sound with a superb water front, extending
for four miles, along which are many of
the imposing residences of its wealthiest
inhabitants. It has numerous advan-
tageous building sites, and is very accessi-
ble to New York. That its local adminis-
tration is in the hands of competent gen-
tlemen is apparent from the well-regulated
streets, with an extensive sewer system, the
water and gas supply, macadamized and
flagged sidewalks, and the efficiency of its
fire department. Foremost among its
benefactors should be mentioned Conrad
Poppenhusen, Esq., whose munificent gift
of the Institute bearing his name, erected
at a cost of $200,000, has many of the
advantages accorded to the Cooper Institute
of New York, such as a free school in all49
the branches of art and science, a library, reading
rooms, evening schools, a Kindergarten, sewing
school, etc.
The numerous hotels afford ample accommoda-
tions,, and everything is done to add to the pleasure
and comfort of those who make this place a resort
during the Summer.
The Long Island Central Zeitung (German) is
published ♦ every Saturday. The College Point
Savings Bank, established 1873, is one of the
most flourishing institutions of its kind on Long
Island.
Among many other privileges possessed by this
rapidly increasing town, are good bathing, fishing
and boating facilities. At a distance of only two
miles beyond, we arrive at
CLAMMING AT LITTLE NECK.
WHITESTONE,
Eleven miles from Long Island City; popula-
tion, 3,300. Trains each way daily; fare, 30
cents ; excursion, 55 cents; 1 month, $7.50; 3
months, $19.50 ;* 6 months, $34; 12 months, $55.
Churches—Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Epis-
copal and Methodist.
Situated on the East River, directly op-
posite Port Schuyler, much can be said of
Whitestone of a flattering nature. Its ex-
tended water front, dotted with suburban
residences on the Long Island Sound,
creates a very favorable impression to those
seeking a Summer resort or permanent
residence. This impression is increased
after a protracted visit, as the vicinity fur-
nishes many delightful drives, and the
bathing, boating, sailing and fishing is most
enjoyable. There is a fine hotel, and
numerous boarding houses which are liber-
ally patronized, accommodating from ten
to fifty guests each.
. Within a short distance of Whitestone
(a pleasant drive or walk during the Sum-
mer) is
Willett's Point,
a military post, occupied by three companies
of the Engineer Corps, and the army school
for submarine mining. The fort at Wil-
lett's Point is one of the best constructed in
the United States, and protects New York
harbor on the Sound side. During the
Summer afternoons the garrison band
plays, the military strains of which are
listened to by many hundreds of delighted
promenaders.
Returning to Flushing and taking the
Great Neck Branch, the first station ap-
proached is
BAYSIDE,
Eleven miles from Long Island City ; post-office;
population about 400. Trains each way daily;
fare, 30 cents; excursion, 55 cents; 1 month,
$7.5°.
A thriving village, pleasantly situated
in the centre of a rich farming country, in
close proximity to Little Neck Bay. There
are good hotels here, and the private resi-
dences are very handsome.50
LONG ISLAND.
DOUGLASTON,
Twelve and a quarter miles from Long Island City ;
population about 200. Trains each way daily;
fare, 35 cents; excursion, 65 cents; I month,
$7.80.
This village being situated on Little
Neck Bay, excellent facilities are offered
for boating and fishing. Hotel and church.
LITTLE NECK,
Twelve ana three-quarter miles from Long Island
City ; population about 400. Trains each way
daily ; fare, 35 cents ; excursion, 65 cents ; I month,
$8.20.
Situated near the water and noted for
those diminutive dainties known as Little
Neck clams, the fisheries for which are on
the Bay. Good facilities for boating and
fishing. Hotel and churqhes. Inland is a
rich farming district.
GREAT NECK,
Fourteen miles from Long Island City ; telegraph
and post office. Trains each way daily ; fare, 40
cents ; excursion, 70 cents ; 1 month, $8.50.
Great Neck lies concealed almost from
the tourist by the rich foliage of the over-
hanging trees. There are few places that
would strike a man desirous of building a
home as favorably as this charming spot.
This promontory, or great neck of land,
juts out into the Sound for a distance of
about two miles, and has a superb water
front on two sides, on which are located
many handsome residences, the homes
principally of gentlemen engaged in busi-
ness in New York. Among the prominent
residents are Mayor W. R. Grace and
James E. Ward. There are good accom-
modations for guests, and five churches.
At a distance of about a mile from the
depot is a sheet of water commonly known
as Success Pond, situated on the top of a
hill, and remarkable as having no ap-
parent outlet or inlet and a depth of over
one hundred feet. Viewed from the sum-
mit of the hill, the beauty of the surround-
ing scenery, the shady groves, the boating
and pickerel fishing, find many admirers
during the Summer months. The shores
on each side of the Neck offer unusual
advantages for bathing, sailing and fishing.
A few miles beyond, and accessible by
stage or private conveyance, through a
locality abounding in a great variety of
scenery, with occasional views of the Sound
and Bay, lies the village of
Manhansett.
In this picturesque locality at the head
of the Bay may be found cool and sheltered
nooks, in addition to the charms of beauti-
ful scenery. There are romantic and
delightful drives in the vicinity, along the
shore roads and among the woods and
shady valleys. Among the churches of
various denominations is the Episcopal,
built in the year 1802. Comfortable board
may be found at several of the farmhouses.
CONCLUSION.
Much might be written of Long Island —its discovery and early colonial vicissitudes
and its historical associations—but instead of wearying the reader with, details of the
past, the present has been mainly considered, with a view of showing that within a few
minutes' travel from the borders of a great city lies a vast area of country upon which
nature has showered fier choicest favors; where undulating hills stretching for miles,
with intervening valleys rich in luxuriant pastures; forests and woods abounding in
game; seashore, lake, river and stream alive with fish and wild fowl; villages and
hamlets picturesquely grouped on hillside, coast and clearing, offer an unrivaled com-
bination of resources and attractions. Not omitting a word for the future, Long Island^
with all these advantages, aided by its close proximity to New York and the improved
facilities of the Long Island Railroad, must increase in importance as a Summer
resort and permanent residence till it shall have become an unbroken paradise for
pleasure and health seekers from all parts of the world.
In compiling this work the different places it treats of have received careful atten-
tion, the endeavor being to furnish a practical as well as an interesting description of
Long Island ; or, in other words, to give a series of pen and pencil sketches which to
the habitue may revive pleasant memories, and to the stranger prove a reliable guide, and
inspire a desire to visit the scenes described.
For the illustrations other than original, the files of The Aldine, Scribner s and Har-
per's Monthly have been resorted to, the whole forming, it is hoped, a book worthy to be
placed in the library, or on the drawing-room table.		TVTTT.TTK.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD,	f Main Line - (Branches (9) -	- 123
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MONTAUK DIVISION,	(Main Line ... (Branches (3) . .	- - 68 20
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LONG ISLAND RAILROAD CO.
Single, Excursion and Commutation Ticket
TARIFF for 1882,
Between Long Island City or Brooklyn and all Stations.
EXCURSION TICKETS
Are sold at all Offices of the Company, and those reading good for 3 days will,
until further notice, be good until used.
TEN TRIP TICKETS
Are valid one year from date issued (except as otherwise provided for), and
are sold at same rates per coupon as Excursion Tickets.
46 TRIP SCHOOL TICKETS
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under twenty-one years of age, between all stations and Long Island City or
Brooklyn, at about one-twelfth the annual commutation rate. School tickets
between intermediate stations will be issued upon application, at correspond-
ing reduced rates.
FIFTY TRIP FAMILY TICKETS
are valid Six Months from date issued. They will be issued to Heads of Fam-
ilies at the rate of two cents per mile, and can be used only by them and the
Immediate Members and Servants of the Family. The Contract
(similar to the Application) printed on the Ticket must be signed by the
person in whose name the Ticket is issued before it will be accepted for Fare.
MILEAGE TICKETS
Are valid Twelve months from date issued, for 1,000 miles travel; all frac-
tional portions of a mile being reckoned as a full mile, and not less than two
coupons to be taken for distances less than one mile. They will be issued for
the use of ONE PERSON ONLY, at the rate of two cents per mile. The I
Contract (similar to the Application), printed on the Ticket, must be signed by
the person in whose name the Ticket is issued, before it will be accepted for
Fare. They are not transferable.
COMMUTATION TICKETS.
The coupons are dated, two for each day, and are valid only on the
day of date. They are not transfer able.
Commutation tickets on the Monthly Payment plan may be pur-
chased monthly, or any number of consecutive months up to twelve, may
be purchased at one time. Tickets at the Monthly Payment rates will
not be issued in connection with the Single Payment, or three, six and
twelve months tickets.	•
For further information see Application Blanks, which may be obtained
at the Ticket Offices at Long Island City, James Slip, N.T., and at Flatbush
or Bush wick Avenue Stations, Brooklyn.
Approved:	CHAS. M. HEALD,
B. S. HENNING,	Gen’l Traffic Manager,	I]
Vice-President.
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3-26-1882.DEPOTS
OF THE
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
THE MAIN DEPOT,
Long Island City, may be reached from New York by the Thirty fourth Street
Ferry, East River, to which point passengers are conveyed by the First Avenue cars ;
Second Avenue cars, from foot of Peck Slip, from cor. Worth Street and Broad-
way, or from Astor Place and Broadway; Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue,
Avenue B and Twenty-third Street cars; and the Second and Third Avenue elevated
trains, running every five minutes,	This depot may also be reached by the James
Slip Ferry, via the Belt Line of cars.
THE BROOKLYN DEPOT,
at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, Brooklyn, may be reached as
follows : From Fulton Ferry, by the Fifth Avenue line of the Atlantic Avenue
Railroad Company, or by the Flatbush Avenue cars ; from Wall Street and South
Ferries, by the Atlantic Avenue cars. The Crosstown Railroad Company connects
with the main depot at Long Island City, via City Hall to the South Ferry and
Redhook.
THE WILLIAMSBURG DEPOT,
at Bushwick Avenue, Williamsburg, may be reached from Roosevelt Street Ferry,
by the Bushwick Avenue cars direct; also, from Fulton Ferry by the Graham and
Flushing Avenue line, which runs within a few blocks of the depot.