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The up-town station is located at the foot of East Thirty-fourth Street, and the down-town station at the foot of New Chambers Street. Ferries from these stations connect with the trains at Long Island City ; which is directly opposite Thirty-fourth Street, New York. The station foot of Thirty-fourth Street, is reached by the Second and Third Avenue Elevated Railroads, and by the cross-town street railroads, and through transfers, by practically all the city lines. During the Summer a steamboat especially adapted to the service is run between Long Island City and Pier 13, near the foot of Wall Street, New York, for the accommodation of down-town THE LONG ISLAND ANNEX BOAT. business nien. This steamboat has a spacious saloon, ample prome- nade deck, is lighted throughout by electricity, and is a twin- screw propeller, with triple-expansion engines. In Brooklyn the stations are located at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, and at Franklin and Atlantic Avenues. There are also stations at East New York and Bushwick. The Flatbush Avenue station, located near the business center of Brooklyn Borough, is reached by street cars from New York via the Brooklyn Bridge, and by the Elevated R. R. and street cars, from the Bridge, Fulton Ferry, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Annex. It is also reached by street cars from Wall Street and South Ferries. Trains are also run from the Brooklyn Bridge to Jamaica, con- necting there with principal trains from Thirty-fourth Street, New York. Baggage is not carried on these trains. 5 GOLFING ON LONG ISLAND ESPONDING to the demand for land and space adapted to this royal pastime, we find Long Island in the lead. The proximity of Long Island to New York and the natural attractiveness of its golf courses make ^^^^r^MM^-^^^ this beautiful Island not only a favorite but a most delightful spot in which to enjoy this most popular of all outdoor sports. In the short space of a few months we have seen magnificent links made over the beautiful Shinnecock Hills, others over the suitable hills upon the Oyster Bay Branch, and in so many other summer resorts on the Island that Long Island is looked upon as the golfing ground of New York. The links are located as follows : On the North side— Flushing, Flushing Golf Club; Bayside, Oak- land Golf Club ; Port Washington, Sands Point Golf Club ; Rich- mond Hill, Richmond Hill Golf Club ; Jamaica, Jamaica Golf Club ; Hollis, Hollis Golfing Association ; Garden City, Garden City Golf Club ; Hempstead, Pine Farm Golf Club, Meadowbrook Hunt Club ; Roslyn, Roslyn Golf Club ; Sea Clifif, Sea Clifl Golf Club ; Glen Cove, Nassau Country Club ; Oyster Bay, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay Golf Club ; Syosset, Syosset Golf Club ; Huntington, Alan Brick Golf Club ; Northport, Lawyers' Club ; Smithtown, Smithtown Outing Club. On the South Shore— Cedarhurst, Rockaway Hunting Club ; Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway Golf Club; Edgemere, Edgemere Golf Club: Long Beach, Long Beach Golf Club; Freeport. Freeport Golf Club ; Massapequa, Alassapequa Golf Club ; Babylon, South Shore Country Club ; Bayshore, Bayshore Golf Club ; East Islip (Great River Stationj, Westbrook Golf Club ; Bellport, Bellport Golf Club ; Westhampton, Westhampton Country Club ; Quogue, Quogue Field Club : Shinnecock Hills, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club ; Bridgehampton, Sagoponac Golf Club ; Wainscott, Wainscott Golf Club; Easthampton, Maidstone Club ; Sag Harbor, Bluff Golf Club ; and the Shelter Island Golf Club, at Shelter Island. LONG ISLAND ORTUNATE the city which has deHghtful suburbs. More fortunate still is that vast Metropolis which has at its very threshold an expanse of ocean-bounded country where beauty of landscape and health go hand in hand, to which the tired dweller of the city may betake himself for rest, recuperation and recreation, and find the fullest satisfaction. If New York had nothing else to mark its advantages of loca- tion over other cities, it could take pride in the possession of the ever- beautiful, ever-varied Long Island as one of the most ideal sum- ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. mer breathing places on the American continent. Geographically, Long Island lies between the mighty Atlantic, whose waves surge a never-ending symphony upon the beautiful beaches along its southern shores, and Long Island Sound, that great inland tidal sea, whose surface is ever dotted with the white-winged fleets of commerce. Its ocean coast-line, which is level from Brooklyn to the far-away picturesque Shinnecock Hills, almost at its eastern end, runs nearly east and west, and it is the only section of the United States whose ocean boundaries have this direction. The influence of this 'peculiarity upon its climate is very marked, as the prevailing winds, wafted over the ocean's surface in summer, are invariably from the south, and they temper the rays of the fiercest mid- summer sun. It is often said of the enterprising Am.erican that he takes his pleasures too seriously. It is difficult for him to get away from busi- ness, and he carries even into the hours of recreation a suggestion of the counting-room and office. He realizes this himself, for his physician calls it often to his mind. Hence this may account for the fact that he takes his vacation sternly and goes far and spends largely to hnd it. All foreign countries are picturesque ; the novelty "THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET THAT HANGS IN THE WELL." exaggerates their characteristics, and to strange eyes the hills of Scotland are of greater grandeur than the Catskills, and the mount- ains of Switzerland more rugged than the Rockies. Thus a vaca- tion is alleged to be more effective if it is sought at a distance, and one imagines that he sees greater wonders in lands that are new to him, simply because they are new. This may explain the fact that a paradise is neglected in America for a desert sought in Europe, This is emphasized and increased by a journey on Long Island. The same sun that gives to Italy its summer, rises from the depths of the waters to set in glowing colors a landscape unsurpassed to eyes wearied by the ledger and the law book. Try it, you who doubt, and be convinced, Take the train some morning in sum- mer and discover how close to the noise and bustle of New York is the glade, the sheltered nook, the green expanse of plain and the peace and repose of a prosperous and happy country. Every variety is found in a ride between meals. To the right, as your face is turned eastward, is the Great South Bay, the long stretch of Fire Island, the finest fortification of nature on the earth, and beyond, old ocean, rolling breakers in from France. To the north the hills rise gently, until the shores of the placid Sound are a broken series of parapets lifting themselves like miniature Gibraltars above the ON THE SHORE NEAR ROSLYN. water. One must see it all to fully enjoy the trip. From the summit of the hills the view extends for miles. The winds deal gently in Summer with the waters, and there are no storms to bufTet the pleasure craft that dot the scene with their white sails flashing in the sun. As far as the eye can reach, it is the blue of the waters with the blue of the sky, softened by a tinge of green from the Connecticut shore beyond. Few countries offer so charming a vista, none excel it. Totally diflferent in appearance, topography, and soil is the northern shore, which skirts Long Island Sound. Here the Sandy Beaches have given way to bold and in many cases, precipitous blufifs, into and between which the Sound has broken and spreads itself out in placid and picturesque bays. Great arms of this inland sea stretch here and there into the interior. Upon their shores are charming sites for summer homes, where the loveliest of marine views may be enjoyed amid surroundings of field and meadow. The central portion of Long Island partakes of the characteristics of a farming country, in which agriculture has made advanced strides and been carried to its higher perfection. In soil and climatic conditions it is admirably adapted to vegetable and fruit farming. Thousands of its broad acres are being scientifically and intelligently tilled, and from this region there comes to the market of the City of New York daily contributions in enormous volume, and of the finest quality. In a general way, these are the chief characteristics of the Island, which is the natural summer outlet of the crowded New York. One must be of most exacting taste who cannot find amid this almost infinite variety of charming spots some place which shall possess the desired requisites of a satisfactory summer abiding place. A close analysis of the three general divisions of Long Island — that is, the seashore, middle, and north shore regions — discloses what an unusual wealth of attractions each possesses. These are more or less individual, and yet the same dominant chords run in a harmonious unison through all. If one enjoys the sea, with its charms of surf bathing, sailing, and deep-water fishing, there are the many beauti- ful villages along the south shore. In each of these may be found excellently appointed hotels, and many boarding-houses where accommodations may be had at a less expense. Then there are, nearer by, the great hotels at Manhattan Beach, Arverne, Edge- mere, Far Rockaway, and Long Beach, all furnishing the most desirable accommodations, and delightfully located upon the very edge of the surf. Skirting the southern side of the Island for nearly eighty miles is the Great South Bay, which is one of the most ideal and safest places in the wide world for sailing and still- water bathing. It is the great pla3r-ground of the smaller boats, and affords those whose timidity prevents their enjoyment on the ocean or Sound an opportunity to indulge to the fullest extent in life upon the water, which is such a charming feature of Long Island summer life. On a summer's day hundreds of yachts and sailboats may be counted skimming over the sparkling surface of the beautiful bay. There is room and accommodations upon Long Island for the millionaire, the man who is well-to-do, and the prudent wage-earner who must needs get the most comfort for the least money. In many localities clubs and associations, composed of wealthy gentlemen, have selected choice sites, and erected delightful club-houses, into which they have introduced all the luxuries and conveniences of metropolitan life. Several of these clubs have purchased or leased large tracts of land which are used as private shooting preserves. But the territory thus held, compared with the great area of Long Island, is lost sight of in the wealth and variety of that which is left. It is in one of the many villages, which dot the Island, from end to end, that the average person will prefer to make his summer home. The exact location will depend, of course, largely on individual tastes and whether or not daily trips to and from the city must be made. There are a score of delightful towns near enough to New York to be of quick access, where hotel accommodations may be obtained at from $8.00 to $30.00 per week, and board in private houses, either in the towns or upon nearby farms, at from $4.00 per week up. The character and excellence of such accommodations on Long Island are exceptionally good. In no other region of the country is there a greater variety or abundance of those things which "tickle the palate" of mankind. The surroundings waters teem with the finest varieties of salt-water fish, including the world-famous Little Neck clams. The Blue Point oysters are natives of the Great South Bay, on the south side. The Island produces vegetables and fruits in the greatest abundance, and the markets of New York, which are easily accessible, supply the few delicacies for the table that are not raised upon the island or caught in its surrounding waters. Thus it will be seen that the resident of Long Island is likely to have his physical needs well provided for. To the artist, whether of brush or camera. Long Island offers, not in the sense of time, a new field, yet one which is ever new and fresh in opportunities, and prolific of subjects. Its woodlands, its mead- ows, its broad level moors, with the bright sea beyond, will challenge the skill of hand and eye as long as art shall last. Its Dutch wind- mills, choice bits of antiquity and landmarks of other days, have been in the past, and will be in the future, an inspiration for many a canvas. When the sea is boisterous, and is piling in "mountains high " those who love to paint the ocean in its wildest frenzies may have the freest scope for their genius, and perhaps, as is frequently the case, some great ship will be tossed far up on the beach, and the sturdy life-savers from one of the numerous stations which dot the shore will become living models for a thrilling chef-d'ceuvre. Lon- Island is almost at the doorway of New York City, but the difference in their temperatures is most marked. Only those who have sweltered in the city and have then gone out into one of the charming towns along the ocean-side of the Island, to find it so cool at night that a blanket "feels good," can realize the great, almost phenomenal, difference in the temperatures. These suburban places on Long Island offer the only opportunity to business men who must needs be at their desks daily through the summer months, of locating their families where they may have all the desirable advantages of the country, and where they themselves may spend each night without making the daily journey to and from the city a tiresome, wearying feature of the summer. For those to whom daily trips to the city are not necessary, or for that larger body of business men who locate their families in some pleasant place and join them over every Sunday, the eastern end of Long Island spreads out an inviting list of places. Among them are Moriches, West- hampton, Ouogue, Good Ground, Shinnecock Hills, Southampton Water Mill, Bridgehampton, Easthampton, Amagansett, Montauk and Sag Harbor, many of which are on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean To these must be added the delightful resorts of Riverhead, Jamesport, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic and Southold, all on the beautiful Peconic Bay and reached by fast express trains of the Long Island Railroad. Opposite Greenport is the popular and always delightful Shelter Island, with its charming surroundings and excellent hotels. During the past few years the Long Island Railroad Co. has re- laid many miles of its track with heavy steel rails, new coaches have been added to its equipment, and new hard-coal-burning locomo- tives placed in service. The road-bed has been ballasted and sprinkled with oil. hence there is an absence of annoyance from dust. During the summer nearly one thousand trains are operated on Long Island daily, of which six hundred and fifty arrive at and depart from Brooklyn and New York City. With such an array of natural advantages, its proximity to New York, and the exceptionally 13 BATHING ON THE LONG ISLAND BEACHES, fine facilities of transportation and intercommunication, Long Island may properly be called the ideal summer territory of the Union. Its popularity has spread far beyond the limits of Greater New York, and an ever-increasing percentage of its summer residents are coming from the Middle, Southern, and Western States, as they find within its borders all the requisites of a delightful summer-land. But not only does Long Island appeal to the summer resident. It is as well an ideal place in which to establish a permanent suburban home. Many of such handsome residences have long since been established and are occupied the entire year by their owners. Its nearness to New York, the superiority of its railroad service, the excellence of its school system, and the high quality of its society, all unite in pro- ducing conditions which are most eagerly sought by those who wish to establish a home of their own outside of the limited confines of the city, and each year sees new and artistic homes erected for permanent residents. There has been in the recent past the greatest activity in road improvement all over the island ; there are now more than six hundred miles of macadamized thoroughfares. Besides this, there are hundreds of miles of well-graded and excel- lently maintained bicycle paths for the use of wheelmen, for whom Long Island is a paradise. Many of these paths follow most pic- turesque roads, under the grateful shade of overhanging oaks, giving here and there lovely vistas of the blue ocean, and broader views of the rolling fields and attractive villages. So many thousands of wheelmen have come to realize the delights of the Island that the railroad will this year again run special bicycle cars attached to certain trains, so that a tour may be begun or finished at any place desired. Excellent accommodations may be found everywhere on the Island, and the majority of the inns and hotels cater to the cycling public. In many sections the Good Roads Association constantly keep roads and paths in good condition, and the signboards erected by the L. A. W. giving directions and distances make touring on the Island a comfort not known in any other section of the United States. The Long Island Railroad Company was the first railroad in the United States to build and equip special bicycle cars with the very best appliances for the transportation of bicycles without injury. Long Island is particularly fortunate in having the service of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, which practically 15 reaches the uttermost parts of the Island. Exchanges or Pay Stations are now located in almost all of the towns and villages from Brooklyn eastward, as well as in the stations of the Long Island Railroad Company, thus placing the residents within easy touch with each other and with the points they most need to reach, as well as making it possible for them to communicate with all the places in the vast telephone system — Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, being brought within as easy speaking range as New York or Brooklyn. Pay stations are located in many of the summer resort hotels, so that the guest from town may receive news from his office and transmit hourly instructions thereto, if need be. Probably no one more thoroughly appreciates the value and convenience of telephone service than the business man who is out of tov/n for the summer, or whose family sojourns at the seaside while he remains in town, the telephone service making easy communication possible. The value of telephone service in social matters is strongly felt in the summer, in obtaining information as to trains and boats, calling one's friends and engaging them for occasions, instructing sailing masters, ordering carriages, and making easy the many other details of social life. As an element of safety and in an emergency, the telephone service is invaluable. The physician may be summoned, police aid called, or a fire alarm sent more speedily than by any other means. To the broker, banker, or merchant, the telephone brings the latest news from headquarters as nothing else can, keeps him in touch with the market quotations, and saves him much travel and endless vexation. It enables him to inform his family instantly and surely if he be detained in town, and also to learn if anything of importance may necessitate a change of his plans. The telephone service of to-day places the patron on Long Island, through the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company's system, in communication if need be with any of the fifty-five thousand stations on and around Long Island, the City of New York, and nearby cities and towns, and with over two hundred thousand telephone stations throughout the country through the Long Distance lines. The general offices of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company are at 8i Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, while an office at Riverhead, L. I., furnishes any information desired in that section of Long Island. In the following pages will be found a brief mention of the various localities and towns upon Long Island. i6 SHORE RESORTS NEAR NEW YORK 'T the very threshold of the greatest metropohs on this continent is what may be truly called the greatest seaside resort in the world. One is hardly out of the suburbs of one until he is in the heart of the other. It is but a step from the noise and turmoil of the city to the silvery sands which edge the majestic Atlantic, from the discordant notes of trade and com- merce to the musical surgings of the "ever-sounding " sea. In Manhattan Beach, New York has a breathing place which has grown into remarkable popularity, not through the artifices of adroit advertising, but by reason of the merits of its own attractive- ness. It is no longer necessary for those who live in the city of New York to make long journeys to find delightful seaside conditions. They are but thirty minutes away from the downtown business dis- trict. Two great hotels, the Manhattan and the Oriental, furnish most excellent accommodations. The latter is entirely apart from that portion of the beach patronized by transients, and is one of the most delightful houses on the Atlantic coast. It is said that none other has had as guests so many distinguished people. The service and cuisine of the Oriental are as perfect as unlimited means and good taste can make them. Perfect rest and quiet abound here, and seashore life may be enjoyed under the most favorable conditions. The Oriental has along its front handsome, wide, well-shaded veran- das, from which one may look out across the beautiful lawns and flower beds to the ocean, but a few steps away. Its public rooms are pleasingly furnished, and its rooms bright and cheerful. The hotel meets admirably in every particular the designs of its promoter, which were that it should furnish the highest type of accommodations, and be an agreeable home for its guests rather than a resort for the multi- tude. The Manhattan is an immense and impressive structure, built close up to the ocean side. Its wide, well-shaded verandas, of almost endless length, make a most charming open-air cafe, where thousands of city dwellers gather every evening to enjoy the excellent cuisine, 17 listening meantime to the sweet strains of music which float out from the nearby theatre. A more fascinating scene is difficult to imagine than that presented at Manhattan Beach every afternoon and evening. It is not to be compared to any other, for there is none like it. There is in it a little glimpse of Paris, a suggestion of the happy throngs, the brilliant lights, and touches of gay color one finds at the cafes along the Bois de Boulogne, and there is that, too, which recalls the attractions of Ostend and Brighton, or of the charming Lido on the Adriatic at Venice. But, after all, it is Man- hattan Beach, happy and proud in a character and charm all its own. Directly in front of the Manhattan, and separated from it by bright- ened-flower beds and velvety lawns, is the great board walk, pro- jecting in places almost over the surf, which pounds unceasingly. This walk furnishes a most delightful promenade, where the purest of sea air may be enjoyed without contamination of any sort, and where the view is unobstructed to the horizon's farthest line. Adjoining the Manhattan is the large theatre, so constructed as to be "swept by ocean breezes." Here during the entire season are concerts or operas both afternoon and evening. The great bathing pavilion adjoins the beach, and here, as every- where at Manhattan Beach, the arrangements for furnishing the best accommodations are noticeable. Suits in abundance may be obtained, and high tide or low tide, it matters not, there is always a happy throng disporting themselves in the surf. A brilliant entertainment provided at Manhattan Beach after the dinner hour is the Fire Drama and Pyrotechnic Display by Pain. It is given in an immense enclosure in the rear of the Manhattan Hotel, and here, on an enormous stage, with an artificial lake in front and vast walls of scenery behind, are enacted spectacular and vivid reproductions of stirring historical events. The brilliancy of these displays baffles adequate description. To the west of the fireworks enclosure and in the rear of the Manhattan is the bicycle track, with its well-laid cement roadway, one-third of a mile around and flanked by extensive grand stands. This course has been the scene of many of the most interesting of America's racing events, and as there is a superb track leading to it, it has become a popular rendezvous for thousands of wheelmen and wheelwomen who may enjoy a spin on their wheels, a bath in the surf, and then make the outing complete by dining sumptuously at the Manhattan. 19 ■-«^i.s J^^ At Sheepshead Bay, which is a neighbor of Manhattan Beach, is located the race track of the Coney Island Jockey Club, one of the best known and successful racing associations in the country. This resort enjoys a large and select patronage, and its natural location, surrounded as it is by forests, and cooled by the ocean breezes, makes it very popular. On such occasions as the Suburban Stakes day many thousands gather at this course, the railroad facilities being so perfect that they go or come with little or no incon- venience. Another successful racing association nearby is the Brooklyn Jockey Club, upon whose track a^ Gravesend the Handicap Stakes is one of the chief events. Following the coast line to the east, the next resort reached, is Rockaway Beach, which is upon a long peninsula stretching out between the ocean on the one side and Jamaica Bay on the other. This beach is in reality but a continuation of the long line of low- lying keys which skirt the entire south side of Long Island. Farther up toward the point of the peninsula is Rockaway Park, with its many attractive homes. It is a particularly healthful and delightful spot, being almost entirely encompassed by water, and offering the advantages of seclusion, and of both surf and still-water bathing. Beyond them is the modern summer city-by-the-sea, Arverne. Here is located a superb hotel surrounded by a twenty-foot veranda, and with accommodations for over four hundred guests. By a happy architectural treatment, the hotel is so constructed that every room looks out directly upon the ocean. The town of An,'erne has been laid out with streets and avenues stretching from the sea to the bay. These are broad and well improved, and trees have been planted along them to provide shade. The summer population of Arverne is five thousand and rapidly increasing. Many handsome summer homes, which bespeak the taste of their owners, have been erected at Arverne, and a large number of wealthy people spend the summer here. In addition to the large hotel, there are a number of smaller ones, and an ample number of boarding houses to care for the large summer population. There is much driving here, and scores of elegant equipages maj^ be seen any pleasant afternoon upon the avenues and drives. Bathing is, of course, the chief recreation, but all kinds of out-of-door exercise are popular. Few places on the coast out-rival Arverne in attractive appearance. Beyond Ar\-erne to the east is the magnificent new hotel, the Edgemere, which has taken, as it deserved to, a position among America's most delightful summer hotels. It is modern in style and construction, and perfect in detail, furnishings, and equipment, and has accommodations for four hundred guests. It stands near the ocean and commands a charming view from its great verandas and living-rooms. Among the resorts which were popular a generation ago and which have held their own in public esteem must be counted Far Rockaway. The glare and the enterprise of the more modern resorts have not overshadowed it, and it still enjoys a large patronage and takes on many material aspects not possessed by other places on the Island, and attracts each season an immense number of visitors who find it one of the most delightful of all Long Island's resorts. It possesses every characteristic of an ideal place for a sojourn of a \. .r ■> 'iU „ .. , .\ iVi t } "V- V- ?^ 4| -» -* '• THE EDGEMERE HOTEL, EDGEMERE day or a season. Far Rockaway is a town of beautiful cottages, and has splendid educational facilities, and has amply demonstrated its attractiveness as a permanent residential section for both summer and winter. Far Rockaway is but forty minutes from New York city, and is up-to-date in every respect. Adjoining Far Rockaway is Lawrence, which the wealth of its residents has made, "to blossom like a rose." The attention which has been paid to the aesthetic features of Lawrence are immediately noticeable to the visitor. In its charming lawns, beautiful trees, and ornamental floriculture, it suggests Newport. It further suggests the possibility of improvement which exists in almost all small towns, where the citizens unite enthusiastically and earnestly in an effort to make all things pleasing to the eye. The village of Law- rence has an attractive clubhouse, with a large number of members among the best class of cottage residents. Its schools are also of the very best. Lawrence is a delightfully healthful location for per- manent residents. Its remarkable accessibility to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, its easy touch with New York or Brooklyn, its essentially rural situation combined with the splendid service of more than thirty trains each way every week-day over the Long Island Railroad — all have a strong tendency to make Lawrence one of the most charming all -the -year -around residential sections of Long Island. The immediate section hereabouts is noted for the peculiar purity and its air, and the wholesomeness of the surroundings. Further inland, on the broad neck of land which terminates in the Rockaways, is Cedarhurst, a private residential reservation, with exclusive tendencies, and a beautiful clubhouse. In every way that good taste can indicate, the best results have been attained in making the place attractive and beautiful. The members of the club find their enjoyment in wholesome out-of-door games and sports, and in the attractions of the club. There are large stables for the polo ponies, for this game is one of the most popular at Cedarhurst, kennels for the hounds, and a well-equipped gymnasium for the "T^- >^-. "*-*-~ii^ OFF THE LONG ISLAND SHORE. 23 members who prefer to take this manner of exercise. In addition to all these, there are golf links, shooting preserves, etc. The hunts and runs of the club are famous as being picturesque and English- esque, and always afford the greatest enjoyment to those who are "lookers-on in Venice" as well as participants. Cedarhurst, Wood- mere and Hewlett, are on the line of the Long Island Railroad which leaves the south shore main line at Valley Stream and runs out onto the Rockaway Peninsula. Hewlett the neighbor of Wood- mere on the north, is an attractive little village amid surroundings of a pleasing rural nature. The trains of the main line division of the Long Island Railroad, whether leaving from the Brooklyn or New York terminals, pass through Jamaica, which is practically the hub of the system. Following the south shore line east from Jamaica, the first village reached is Springfield, which takes its name from the springs of crystal water bursting forth from their subterranean sources here, one of them being so large as to form quite a pretentious lake. Rosedale, the next village to the east, is a brisk and enterprising little place, with charming surroundings of woodland and meadow. Its nearest neighbor is Valley Stream, the junction for the Far Rock- away branch. The north and south line, starting at Oyster Bay on the north shore and continuing through Nassau, Glen Cove, Roslyn, Mineola, Garden City and Hempstead, also unites with the south shore line at Valley Stream. Some of the trains for Far Rockaway run by the way of Valley Stream, while others go via the New York & Rockaway Beach Rail- way. This enables the visitor to go one way and return by the other, thus adding to the variety and enjoyment of the journey. The route via the New York & Rockaway Beach Railway takes the traveler across Jamaica Bay over the long trestles which stretch from one island to the other. Upon either side of the train the immediate view is over sparkling waves, which add a touch of salt to the cooling breeze wafted into the open windows. This experience of railroading over the water is so refreshing that one is tempted to wish that the journey was thrice as long. Con- tinuing beyond Valley Stream we come to Lynbrook, which is the junction point for East Rockaway and Long Beach. Here a branch of the south shore division of the Long Island Railroad turns toward the ocean, and, crossing Hempstead Bay at its narrowest point, terminates at the very door of the immense Long Beach Hotel. This 24 -«»B«1^«««««*««*«**"°' vi^tiiJi^F Biioaa<»o«mffi»i5fOQa5t|BgB^n«irrtti«ji!»i3eiTiOniIB|J^B£Kll?CITf50!?lfflWS«?l»»« "•^m. THE LONG BEACH HOTEL. is one of the largest and best known of America's ocean-side hotels. It has accommodations for a thousand guests. There is also a large casino, and a number of cottages near the main hotel. It is one of the most popular of New York suburban summer hotels, and in addition to the enjoyments of bathing, there is a constant variety of entertainments provided at the hotel for the enjoyment of the guests. The hotel is noted for its excellent service and unsurpassed cuisine. The beach, which is directly in front of the hotel, is hard and clean, and the slope is so slight that it makes bathing safe and enjoyable. Every precaution against accidents is taken by the man- agement, and a competent corps of life-savers is always in attend- ance. Upon summer days hundreds of people are in the surf during the bathing hours, and the scene is one of greatest gaiety. Sailing and fishing, both upon the ocean, or the quiet waters of Hempstead Bay, are, with surf bathing, the popular features of life at Long Beach. East Rockaway, situated on an arm of the bay, is a quiet place, within a few minutes' ride of Long Beach. A few miles farther east is Rockville Centre, a town of considerable importance as a local trade center. It has many attractive homes and good schools, including a fine High School. Probably no town on Long Island is making greater and more substantial progress than Rockville Centre. 25 It is fully abreast of the times. Real estate being reasonably cheap, Rockville Centre is rapidly becoming a " land of homes." Its splen- did location and proximity to the city has insured to it a rapid growth. Baldwin, just beyond Rockville Centre, is identified by the graceful spire of the village church, which adds a picturesque back- ground to the beautiful perspective of the surrounding fields. It is an inviting settlement, in which peace and happiness abound. That it is growing is evident from the many improvements under way. Freeport bears on its very face the alwa5rs distinguishable marks of prosperity. It is a town of comfortable and attractive homes, well-stocked shops, and fine churches. It has an exceptionally good society, and is the home of many well-to-do people, who have WW "WSSWW'W wBwm^WSE WOOUCI.EIT INN, FREEPORT. demonstrated their aesthetic tastes by creating two town parks, which are kept in excellent condition. An attractive hotel, the Woodcleft Inn, is located at Freeport. It has accommodations for one hundred and twenty guests, and is well managed. The country around Freeport, and through which the railroad passes, is one of great natural attractiveness and beauty. It is dry and rolling, and hence healthful. Its gentle slope is toward the sea, from which there is, during the summer season, an ever-refreshing and tonic- laden breeze. A newly erected railroad station, handsome and com- modious, just completed, adds very materially to the com.fort and convenience of passengers. Merrick, the next station beyond Freeport, is chiefly known because of its extensive camp-meeting grounds. Here is also located a model farm, dairy, and trout preserves. 26 Bellmore, Wantagh, and Seaford lie to the east of Merrick, and in each of these there are a number of attractive homes, with ample open-air surroundings, and no appearance of over-crowding. They are naar enough to the Great South Bay to catch the odor of the salty sedges which edge its shore, and yet far enough away to be on high ground. Massapequa, which assumed a new name (it was formerly South Oyster Bayj with its modern prosperity, has, in addition to its excel- lent and inviting hotel, the Massapequa, a goodly number of modern, up-to-date summer cottages, occupied largely by their owners. These are surrounded by velvety lawns, and they bespeak the select character of the residents. One of the most attractive stations on the line of the railroad has been built at Massapequa, and there are in the village several good churches and schools. A salt-water creek meanders up through the meadows from the bay almost to the entrance of the excellent Massapequa Hotel, so that ready access may be had to the bay and ocean, Amityville is a thrifty, progressive little town, full of push and energy, and abreast with all the modernisms usually found in a place of Its population, which is about three thousand. It has several II 111 **t ii^K<{^ ftin.-^ A^ J I nmn\i '*fm^Ban^ifrri\\.^^S. I fl I'll I m hMW:'! IWiti 111 HOTEL NEW POINT, AMITYVILLE. good hotels, among which the New Point is the newest and most complete. It is thoroughly attractive and handsomely furnished, and is the center of a most delightful social circle each season. It has electric lights and gas, and its streets are well graded and beau- tified by over-hanging trees. It is one of the chief resorts on 27 Long Island, and deserves its signal success in this line, for it has all the features desirable in a summer resort. Both the marine and land views are inviting, and the town and hotels are so close to the water that sailing and bathing are the dominating pleasures. The golf AKU-iLL i'ARK, LAKVLu.N. links here are deservedly popular. Directly across the bay from Amityville is the Gilgo Inlet, through which sailboats pass out into the ocean, where there is deep-sea fishing of the finest kind. Every day a large fleet of pleasure boats, filled with people enjoying the sport, is to be seen passing in and out. All along this section of the south shore of Long Island the water front has been largely taken up by cottage owners, or by investment companies which are spending money liberally in develop- ing the property, and making it desirable and available for cottage sites. For this purpose it is particularly well adapted, as it is not only easy of access from the city, but is healthful, free from malarial influences, and is always delightfully cool in summer, as its location is such that it has the benefit of direct ocean breezes. All of these advantages have resulted in making this section exceedingly popular with those who enjoy suburban life. 28 P£=5:-i :-r: .i-- 1 -\-'r .'-: --:;.-,- ;; r^^-J:.^-i. It is one of :-t --.:_-: y.-^ ,..^r =.- -- -;: i.5 one of the most attractive of the score ' " "- ^- '-'-'-' - ' r ; i^^; : - ; ';t= besides it^ - trr- i-ent There a:-; _ : \'.-,.~- r.-.-t. many of them sur:" .":-;': ?>t exqu:~:tr : : .- 7:1^ '.Vatson House, a thoro-il'.ly con- ven:er.: .ijiis hotel has much prestige in a long- esta&iished aad weu-eamed reputation- The towr. has rnanv up- '.z-"-^''-': -^--~'--=-- -':-' a= gas worics. electr:" I'li''": jlant, social ------ res, game preseni'es. aru \\:'-z attractions. Its ch-arches are r-_~eroas and prosperons, and its citizens enter- -'-'---;'- ---:-. y.r. the Great South Bav, it enjoys both bv - -;' -' - r.ig-fat the cool and invigorating- breezes which come directiv :r:.rn tne Atlar~; '. : '-^i- . The scene at the railroad station apon the arriva! of the i::trr. ; ;- trains from Xew York is a brilliant one, as :-'-t '-.'■^' 5pac.e adjoining the station is filled with handsome equip- ages, with liveried i::^- -:i.-t5, and gaily dressed ladies awaiting the arrival of fathers, h_c^a:i'-i and sweethearts from the city. The Westminster Kennel Q«b, located at Babylon, attracts eac?. season many people of the highest social distinction, who enfoy %_--_ ^----r tPie element of sport into their sammer life, and who by so^ - : _ - : i a variety and gaiety to the society of the place. The golf links aiiord much pleasure and enter heartily into competEtion for zrz'.-.'^z'.'Zit with the. many diversities and ont-of-door sticrts, . ;-i-:site Babylon, on Mnncie Island, is the Mnncie Stirf Sani- tariem. There is a quiet home atmosphere abo'at the place that is contagiotss, restfiiL and strengthencEg. Then fresh breezes from the ocean forever blow here and every breath is a tonic, A stearu launch is run between Babylon and Muncie Island, making two trips daily and carrying the mails. From Babylon, Oak Island Beach is reached by steamer. Xear this place are the headquarters of the jovial Wawayanda and Short Beach dubs, each having a large membership among Xew York and Brooklyn business men. and the well-known Armory of Jesse Smith. Returning to the main island and continuing eastward frdm 'E^'-.y-- the traveler comes first to Bavshore, which, with its fine ir.r:ti. handsome residences and perked grounds, its t>rosperou5 SAILING ON THE GREAT SOUTH BAY, stores, good schools, and broad, well-kept roadways, always make a most favorable impression. Bayshore is a suitable all-the- year-around town, to which the summer cottage feature is but a pleasing addition. It is a town which even the casual visitor can see ofTers comfort and opportunities for a delightful existence. The handsome cottage homes with their broad verandas and wide- stretching lawns indicate that the residents of the village have, as a class, a refined taste and an inclination to make their homes and town expressive of that refinement. Some of the handsomest houses on Long Island are located at Bayshore, as well as the large IN BAYSHORE. grounds of the Bayshore Driving Park Association and the attractive property of the Olympic Club. Driving and wheeling are popular pastimes, for the roads are delightful. There are good hotels at Bay- shore, among them the Prospect House, The Linwood and The Dominy House. Directly across the Great South Bay from Bayshore, and reached by steamer, is the far-famed Fire Island whose lighthouse is known the maritime world over as the place from whence all trans- atlantic steamships are first sighted and their arrival telegraphed to New York. This island is a low-lying sand key, not over a mile in width at any one point, and full forty in length, It forms a 31 natural breakwater for the south shore of Long Island, and between it and the main shore is the Great South Bay so frequently referred to in this book. ARRIVAL OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN AT BAYSHORE. The great lighthouse, whose electric beacon of twenty-three million candle-power is the most powerful in the country, is a never- ending source of interest to visitors. It is an immense structure, and its friendly light, which is plainly visible for many miles at sea, has brought joy and comfort to many a storm-tossed mariner. Farther up the Island toward the east is Point O'Woods, with its cottages. Situated at the very edge of the Atlantic Ocean, Point o'Woods, for luxury of sea bathing, is unsurpassed. Point O'Woods is reached by steamer from Bayshore. Islip, which was settled originally by a goodly people from Islip, Oxfordshire, England, the near neighbor of Bayshore, on the east, is quite like it in its surroundings. It has a small resident population, but a large one during the summer, when the magnifi- cent country houses located here are occupied by the families of their wealthy owners. There are at Islip a number of well-kept 32 W T ONE Ol' TIIK MdORlSlI llolSKS AT l'.A\l;KRKV I'dlNT, l.sT.II'. m > , «^,«fi „ r •^ •\ ■» -i," ^ ^ .1^^ -^^J i ■ -;:-^ T--, '»^. - ; 4 ■-' bRc i^s^ ,^^dlHHS9HHHHH .--.>. •-. ....''■ 1 -»^l^ ^■^''■^ v-si' ''■rVS ^P^^^ ^ -^'^ 'tSH " a. swiisfct.' #i',.- .'.^^ ^ P** > 1 m r IN WEST ISLIP. hotels. From the settlement beautiful views may be enjoyed of the Great South Bay, and the wooded points which stretch out like the fingers of the hand from the main shore. The portion of Long Island which skirts the south shore here- abouts is heavily covered with pine forests, which give the air the double advantage of the odor of the balsam and the tonic of the sea. It is a region which duplicates in general appearances and climatic effects Lakewood, N. J., but with added advantages of being much nearer New York and more easily and comfortably reached. Through this forest growth the roads run in every direction, and add AN ENTRANCE TO THE VANDERBILT ESTATE AT OAKDALE. to the delights of outdoor life by making riding and bicycling charmmg pastimes. New York millionaires have been quick to realize that this immediate locality is an ideal one for the location of their summer homes, and, as a consequence, there are a large number of extensive estates, magnificent in both the area included and in development. One of the most notable of these is the place of Mr. W. K. Vander- bilt, at Oakdale. This estate includes a portion of what is known as the old Nichols grant, whose ownership runs back two centuries. There is also the immense and almost royal estate of Mr. F. G. 34 Bourne. In addition to these estates are those of the Cuttings, and Mr. W. K. Aston, equally beautiful and extensive. The Vanderbilt estate, which is enclosed by a high iron fence, is entered by a beautiful ornamental gate, at the side of which is a picturesque ivy-covered porter's lodge. Just outside the gate, at the side of the old post-road, which is the most popular bicycle thoroughfare out of New York, is a deep well of the purest water. This well is known to thousands of wheelmen, who have stopped to quench their thirst and rest under the refreshing shade of the enormous wide-spreading elms which surround it. Frequently on holidays and pleasant summer Saturday afternoons as many as a hundred bicyclists may be counted here at one time, with many more coming and going continually. Near the Vanderbilt estate, with Oakdale as the railroad station, are the handsome quarters and preserves of the famous South Side Sportsman's Club, an institution of great popularity and enviable repute. Its membership includes many well-known New Yorkers and during the spring, summer and fall the clubhouse is the center of continued gaiety. A large number of deer and an infinite variety of smaller game are killed here every autumn. The nearby St. John's Church, which is the fashionable place to attend divine service, has been in existence more than one hundred and thirty years. Sayville is justly one of the most populous and popular villages on the south shore. It adjoins Oakdale on the east and has innumerable advantages and attractions. The town has a considerable permanent population and many well-stocked stores. There are several attract- ive hotels near the bay-side. The Elmore is charmingly located, is well kept, and has accommodation for more than one hundred guests, many of whom return year after year for the entire season. It is near the Great South Bay, and the bathing-grounds are surrounded by beautiful and well-shaded lawns. Sayville has many beautiful cottages with highly improved surroundings, and the railroad facilities are so excellent that many New York business men go in and out every day. The surrounding woodlands are kept in perfect condition, and are in reality private parks in which trespas- sing is forbidden, although summer visitors have no difficulty in obtaining permission to enjoy them. Between Sayville and Blue Point, the home of the oyster famous to epicureans the world around, are the scientific trout ponds of Mr. R. B. Roosevelt, and nearby is 35 PACKING BLUE POINTS FOR EUROPE. the little village of Bayport, which, being in a somewhat open country, affords more extended and beautiful views, both over the sedges and bay and far inland over the fertile fields and meadows. The village streets are fascinatingly beautiful, with their grand old elms and comfortable, old-fashioned homes. The new railroad station at Blue Point enables visitors to reach the Great South Bay at the expense of but a short walk. Patchogue takes on far more metropolitan airs and advantages than any of the towns on the south shore. It has about six thousand inhabitants, and is enjoying a sturdy, wholesome growth. The visitor will be impressed with the city common and the handsome soldiers' monument in its center, as well as with its many excellent stores, handsome churches, beautiful homes, and the general atmos- phere of thrift and enterprise which everywhere predominates. Patchogue has its own city waterworks. The sidewalks are con- creted. The streets are broad, paved and well shaded, are lighted with electricity and the place is kept in touch with New York by a number of trains each way daily. Patchogue has more of the characteristic features of a popular summer resort than any other place on Long Island. It reminds the 36 visitor who sees it for the first time of Asbury Park, N. J. Its sum- mer population runs into thousands, and there are countless com- fortable boarding-houses in addition to the many good hotels. Patchogue is well known as the headquarters for the throngs of bicyclists who make the fifty -mile run from Jamaica to Patchogue along the magnificent path which skirts the old post-road. One of the chief industries of the place is its oyster trade, thousands of barrels being shipped from here and the neighboring places to European and American markets. There are several flourishing manufacturing establishments here, among them being some extensive lace mills, employing a large number of people. Patchogue has for years been a famous resort for both fishing and boating, and its water-front along which there are casinos, bathing pavilions, and other conveniences, is gay at all hours of the day. A very large fleet of excellent sailboats makes Patchogue its headquarters all the year round, hence there are always abundant opportunities for either sailing or fishing. Every one who has listened to the aboriginal names of Long Island localities, or read the story of its early days, will recognize "Patchogue" as Indian. History tells us that more than twelve tribes, who were in their time numerous and powerful, have left their names indelibly stamped on Long Island. They include the Canar- sies, the Rockaways, Massapequas, Patchogues, Shinnecocks, Mon- tauks, Manhassets, Mineolas, Amagansetts, Ronkonkomas, and others. DUCKING, GREAT SOUTH BAV. 37 FROM PATCHOGUE TO SAG HARBOR AND MONTAUK [HE eastern portion of the south shore of Long Island has been for generations a magnet of attraction to all who " loved nature for nature's sake." In the early days of the century a regular stage route was maintained from Brooklyn to Easthampton. According to the old handbills, a few of which are still in existence, the stage left Brooklyn Court House every Thursday at 9 a. m. It was due at the tavern in Hempstead for dinner and a change of horses, reaching Babylon in the evening and " putting up " there for the night. Friday night was spent at Quogue, and the stage rolled up to the tavern at East- hampton, the end of its journey, on Saturday afternoon, having made the one hundred and ten miles in three days. Mark the contrast : To-day a resident traveling to the far end of Long Island boards a fast express train at New York or Brooklyn, drops into an easy seat of a new day coach or parlor car, and with the beauties of the whirling panorama to divide his attention with his newspaper, covers NEAR MORICHES. 38 the same distance in less than three hours. Such are the changed of the times. Bellport has a higher elevation than any of the south shore towns, and for this reason considerable development is anticipated here. Bellport has hotel accommodations for two thousand guests, and many charming homes. The Great South Bay at this point is three miles wide, which gives ample opportunity for sailing and fishing. Brookhaven, which, because of intervening woodlands, is hidden from the railroad, lies immediately on the shore of the bay, which at this point narrows considerably, so that the "ceaseless song of the mighty surf" is distinctly audible as it rushes up on the narrow outer island. There are in the neighborhood a large number of trout streams, which offer inviting sport in the proper season, and in the fall more game is brought in here from the surrounding region than comes to any place within equal distance from New York. The well-known Suffolk Club having a large membership consisting of prominent New York and Brooklyn gentlemen, is located here and enjoys great popularity. Mastic is a quiet little place, where the tired man or woman may find the same rest and recreation and under practically the same conditions as he or she finds them in the Adirondack wilderness. MORICHES INN AT CENTRE MORICHES. Moriches, a charming summering place down by the bayside, is the first important settlement beyond Patchogue. Stages meet every train and convey passengers to any portion of the village, which, with orchards, fields, and meadows intermingled, is divided into Centre Moriches and East Moriches. The Hotel Brooklyn and the Moriches Inn are the leading hotels here. They are attractive 39 modern structures, well appointed, and enjoy a fine patronage. Moriches, like almost all the places along Moriches Bay and the Great South Bay, of which the former is an extension, affords the opportunity of either still -water bathing, where the children may enjoy themselves to the fullest extent with absolute safety, or, by a short sail across the bay, of surf bathing of the finest kind. Moriches has always enjoyed the greatest popularity, and is one of the most important resorts on Long Island. Its summer popula- tion is composed of a class of people who seek the wholesome enjoyments of out-of-door life rather than the attractions of society, and as a consequence the day is largely given over to sailing, bathing. LONG ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB, EASTPORT. rowing and sports on land. Hundreds of families from New York and Brooklyn make this place their summer home, and, knowing its charms, would not for a moment entertain an idea of going anywhere else. No more ideal spot could be found for those who love the water. Moiiches Bay is practically land -locked, and perfectly safe for sailing or rowing at all times. There is neither danger of sudden squalls nor rough water. Along the beach of the bay the still-water bathing is delightful. It is but a short sail across the bay to the Atlantic Ocean. Here one may enjoy a plunge in the surf where the ocean breaks upon one of the finest beaches in America. There are a great number of attractive boarding-houses in Moriches, where accommodations from the most modest to the more pretentious kind may be procured. 40 A SOUTH SHORE LIFE-SAVING STATION. - ' Eastport is not quite SO near the bay as either of its i neighbors, Mor- iches or Speonk. ' It commands a beautiful v i e vv , however, of not only the bay, with the deep, blue ocean beyond, but of the surrounding country. It is located on elevated ground in a section full of agricultural possibilities, where already the hand of the modern scientific farmer is evident in the many improved country places. The Long Island Country Club has established its new and beautiful home here, at the edge of one of the se\-eral lakes which add to the beauty and variety of the country. Speonk takes on during the season, when the summer popula- tion, which returns to it each year, is present, the activity of quite a town. It has a colony of attractive cottages, a Presbyterian church, and a number of delightful features. With the picturesque village of Westhampton, the first of the famous group of summer resorts known familiarly as "The Hamp- tons " begins. This is the first of the places to be reached on Long Island east of Far Rockaway and Long Beach where the ocean, with its magnificent surf, may be reached by road instead of by sail across the intervening bay. The town of Westhampton is partly concealed from view at the railroad station by heavy woods, and the traveler passing through upon the train gets but a suggestion of its attract- iveness. The water is reached bv a broad road, from which laterals 41 lead both east and west. There are many attractive homes border- ing on them occupied by summer residents. The golf links are good and admirably laid out, the surrounding country affording ample space for this popular pastime. One of the historic places here is that which was formerly the home of General John A. Dix, who gave the patriotic order that "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot !" The ancestral place is now the summer home of the General's son. Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. Quogue, a well-known seat of summer society, is located upon the first undulations, which find their greatest altitude in the Shinne- cock Hills. It is a delightful country, with wide stretches of open space, and so near the ocean that bathing is easily the predominating enjoyment of the summer season. Among the traditions to which Ouogue clings tenaciously is that DeWitt Clinton and Daniel Webster used to spend their vacation days here, enjoying in the fullest degree the bathing and the fishing, with the attendant shore dinner. Hence it comes that fish dinners are in these modern days the popular thing at this charming little place by the sea. There is a large number of fine boarding-houses and small hotels at Ouogue, at which excellent board may be secured. It is a char- acteristic feature of this delightful place that those who have ever spent a summer here return on succeeding seasons. The golf links are fast obtaining an enviable reputation. Nature has been liberal if not prolific in its distribution hereabouts of such land as is par- ticularly adapted to this popular recreation. Good Ground is situated almost midway between Quogue on the west and Shinnecock Hills on the east, and, from its rather elevated THE SURF OFF LONG ISLAND SHORE. 42 location, commands a beautiful vien' of the ocean and at Shinnecock Bay — ^which lies to the east of Moriches Ba3^ and forms a part of the chain of inland waters between the ocean and the attractive main shore of Long Island. The famous Pon-Ouogiie lighthouse is at Good Ground. Its friendl}- light maj^ be seen reflecting clear across the beautiful Shinnecock Bay, the Great South Beach, and for a distance of twent5--two miles over the Atlantic Ocean. On a clear daj- the \-iew from this lighthouse is a^ most remarkable and memor- able one. Six \-isitors at one time may stand in the illuminating lamp. Admission to the lighthouse is free, and the keepers extend the greatest courtesy to visitors. The entire countr^'-side is essentially a land of Summer Homes. The private residences are surrounded by spacious grounds. On SHINNECOCK HILLS GOLF CLUE HOUSE. ever}- hand the charm and delight of a Long Island summer resort is prominently in evidence. The many superior hotels and excellent boarding-houses afford ample accommodation for visitors. Beyond Good Ground the engine tells by its puffing that it has reached the grade leading up to and among the Shinnecock Hills. Here is where the modern marine artist has erected his temple and brought his palette, for there are few spots anwhere which offer more tempting inspirations for the brush or pencil. To the north the ^-iew extends over the beautiful and sparkling Peconic Bay, which has split the island at its eastern end into two portions. To the south is the peaceful Shinnecock Ba)-, and be5"ond it, and separated from it by the low-tying bar, so narrow as to be hardly visible, is the 43 mighty ocean. Connecting the waters of Peconic and Shinnecock Bays is a canal, originally cut through the sand hills by the Indians more than two centuries ago. New York State during recent years has made this canal navigable for small boats. Upon the shore of the bay is an old inn of English pattern and furnishing, where com- fortable accommodations may be had. Near it is a tavern of ancient times but modern comforts, which has been a popular abiding place for a hundred years. There are growing in front of it two im- mense willows, grown from slips brought from St. Helena, and a notable exterior decoration is a colos- sal wooden statue of Hercules, the weather- worn figurehead of the famous old U. S. war- ship "Ohio." In the cemetery of a quaint little church nearby, in which he preached, is the grave of the last of the Indian mission- aries. Rev. Paul Cuf- fee, and not far away are the ruins of an old fort. Up to a compara- tively few years ago the Shinnecock Hills had not felt the touch of modern development, and reposed quietly and peacefully in the glories of their past. A company of enterprising gentlemen, recognizing the charm of their location and the health- fulness of such a spot, almost surrounded as it is by water, they pur- chased large areas of property and began to systematically develop and improve them. To-day there are several beautiful villas, and each season there gathers here a congenial coterie of summer visitors A RESIDENCE IN SOUTHAMPTON. 44 who find perpetual pleasure in the rare opportunities the place affords for all kinds of out-of-door life. Golf is a popular pastime, and the links are excellent. The railroad, after passing through the hills, descends again into the gentler scenery of Southampton, where the fields are broad and fertile. The impression that the region has long been tilled is not belied by its history, for it was first settled in 1640, and Job's Lane, still an avenue of travel, was opened in 1663. A number of the houses were built more than two centuries ago. Southampton bears upon its face so unmistakably the stamp of social approval that the most hurried glance shows that its claim to be one of the most popular and at the same time delightful resorts upon Long Island is well founded. Handsome villas and charming cottages owned by people prominent in the worlds of finance and art, give to Southampton a perpetual charm. Its sparkling little lake is surrounded by these homes of wealth and culture, which compare most favorably in architectural beauty with those at any resort in America. The THE LIBRARY AT SOUTHAMPTON. 46 price of land is as metropolitan as the general atmosphere of the place, and as a location for people of social instincts and wealth it is ideal. Among its notable features is the commodious home of the Hampton Club. There is at Southampton a number of comfortable boarding-houses, where those who do not possess their own villas may enjoy the summer life to the fullest degree. The town is not without its old-time heroes, for it was a South- ampton whaler, Mercator Cooper, who, by returning a crew of shipwrecked Japanese sailors to their native home, first invited the friendship of Japan, and made it the easier for Commodore Perry to succeed in opening the ports of that country to Ameri- can shipping. Many of the old sailors who were formerly engaged AN AVENUE IN SOL-THAMPTON. in whaling still live in Southampton, and are ready to serve the visitors in their sailing and fishing excursions. Beyond Southampton, and the only place between it and Bridge- hampton, is the quiet little resort of Watermill, situated close to an arm of Mecox Bay, and ofifering, because of its ideal location, many inducements to the summer home-seeker and artist. On high land overlooking Mecox Bay and the ocean is "The Mecox Inn" at Watermill, a new and well-equipped hotel, accom- modating loo guests. It is modern in every respect, fitted through- out with gas and electric bells, and the rooms are large with commodious closets. The table and service are first-class in every respect. 47 I F ■IPW iI«!,iiipiK!il«iQ|. 1^^ j'ii^; MECOX INN AT WATERMILL. Bridgehampton is a vigorous old-time village, with white churches, vine-embowered cottages, and an ancient windmill, one of a large number of similar constructions which are still "attending to busi- ness at the old stand" on the eastern end of Long Island. Its population is busily engaged in its farming and fishing, but the summer residents will find a cordial welcome awaiting them, and A RURAL HOME AT WATER MILL. 48 most excellent accommodations in the several hotels and comfort- able houses which are open for their reception. There is here a good public library and a number of churches. At Bridgehampton the south shore line of the railroad forms a Y, one line turning almost due north and terminating at Sag Har- bor on Peconic Bay, and the other continuing east to :\Iontauk almost at the tip end of the island. Sag Harbor is going down in American maritime history along with Nantucket and Portsmouth, for with them it divided honors during the 3-ears when whaling was one of the foremost of our coast industries. In appearance it is the Nantucket of Long Island, and clings tenaciously to the quaint old customs and habits of a centur)- ago, when, as man-elous as the statement may seem, the tonnage of its harbor was as great as that of New York, and its income from the whale fisher)' alone was more than a million dollars a year. Its harbor used to be filled with sailing vessels of the staunchest type, and its village life gay with the coming and going of hardy seafaring men. The town has assumed, despite its antiquity, considerable of that which is modern, and has gas, water-works, attractive churches, and excellent schools, including a convent school o( more than local fame. Sag Harbor is a place of considerable importance in the manufacturing line, one of the largest watch-case and silverware factories in America being located here. It was here that the magnificent silver ser\-ice presented to the U. S. cruiser " Brooklj'n " was made. A hunting and fishing club has established itself upon the neigh- boring shores of Peconic Bay, and here and there are numerous modern summer homes, with delightful surroundings of lawn and shade. Taken in its entirety. Sag Harbor offers as many and as varied attractions as any place to be named within equal distance of New York. Continuing east from Bridgehampton, Wainscott station is reached, which is a mile and a half from the ancient hamlet of that name. Whether its natives are more fishermen than farmers is questionable ; but they certainly rival the Amagansett folk, east- ward, in their love of whale catching. Some of them have descended from the thirt3--five original purchasers of Easthampton township in 1649, and still live upon the land of their forefathers. Wainscott Pond (a pickerel pond of much local reputej and Georgica Lake, which is just eastward, are certainly the most picturesque of Long 49 OLD WINDMILLS IN THE EAST END OF LONG ISLAND Island ponds, and next to Mecox, the largest. The facilities afforded here for sailing and fresh-water bathing, and the proximity of the ocean, which is separated from the lake only by a strip of sandy beach one-half mile long and a biscuit toss in width, give it every advantage of location. There is perfect freedom from irksome con- ventionalities and causes of ill-health. Its excellent facilities for tennis, golf, and other forms of sport make this one of the most delightful spots on Long Island. There are a half-score or more of picturesque cottages located in the most attractive places and occupied during the summer season THE HOWARD PAYNE HOUSE, EASTHAMPTOX. by their owners, who are among the best known of New York and Brooklyn's professional and business men. Leaving Wainscott and traveling four miles to the east we reach Easthampton. Every ear in Christendom has heard the tender strains of "Home, Sweet Home," but there are comparatively few who know that its author, John Howard Payne, was born in this quiet little village. It was back to this peaceful, beautiful town that the thought of the wandering poet was ever turning, and it was a quaint old house, still standing, that became the theme of his world-circling song. To the 51 sight-seeing tourist or the sojourner in Easthampton, this plain above, "ever so humble," is one of the chief sights of interest. Idealized by a poet's fancy, the bareness of the faded reality cannot wholly dispel the glamour of sentiment surrounding this weather- beaten dwelling. To myriads of the sons of men in every land and of every tongue, it has stood for home. It was in Easthampton, too, that Lyman Beecher long resided. Among others whose home or birthplace it has been are Lion Gardiner, one of the first settlers, whose tomb is surmounted by a knight in armor recumbent; John Alexander Tyler, Roscoe Conkling, Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, and Thomas Moran, the painter of Western scenery. m^"^'i AN OLD WINDMILL AT EASTHAMPTON. The main street of the town, lined with splendid old trees is over one hundred and thirty feet wide, and the beach, facing the open sea, is one of the finest on the Atlantic coast. It was here, so the legend runs, that Europeans landed and reconnoitered long before the Pilgrim feet touched Plymouth Rock ; and the actual settlement was one of the earliest in this region. Here are found to-day many picturesque legacies of this old time. Among them are three Dutch windmills, with quaint arms, giving to the landscape a touch of Holland ; a sunken pool, where the will-o'-the-wisp is said to still have its haunt; an old burying ground, under whose hoary stones the "fathers of the hamlet sleep" ; and an ancient seat of learning, Clinton Academy, through whose old-fashioned-roof, 52 dormer windows peer curiously. But Easthampton, like many places of historic interest, lives not so much in the past as in the present day. It is the delightful home town of a refined society, and the invigora- ting pleasures it offers for summer residence make it a haven for those seeking escape from the city's heat and stress. There have been built in recent years many handsome summer homes at East- hampton, and each year sees the building of a number of modern country cottages. Golf playing has here become very popular, and at no point on Long Island are the natural facilities more pronounced pP^PPPf IpPy! ffe '* ■*e'^1 MAIDSTUiNE CLUB, EASTHAMFTON. than at Easthampton. With the ever-cooling breezes from the ocean on one hand and the undulating country on the other, this royal sport is greatly enjoyed. The Maidstone Clubhouse is a model of arrangement and convenience. The pretty village of Amagansett lies a little to the east. It is surrounded by a rich farming' region, and itself embodies the placid spirit of its pastoral environs. Continuing east, the terminus of the railv/ay is reached at Montauk, on the waters of Fort Pond Bay. Beyond the hamlet is the long, open peninsula of Montauk Point, rising to a height above the sea of from fifty to one hundred feet. Its surface is rolling, and in the hollows are many quiet ponds on whose bosoms lily-pads float. Toward ithe ocean the. hills become cliffs of gravel, ON MONTAUK. often from ninety to a hundred feet in height, rising straight up from the sea. On this steep shore many a good ship has gone down, notwithstanding the warnings that gleam from the Hghthouse ; but there has been only a small loss of life, owing to the efficiency of the life-saving station located here. Until a few years ago there were but three houses on the long twenty mile stretch from Amagansett to the Point, but before many seasons have passed it will doubtless THE HILLS AT MONTAUK. 54 be well settled. The sand dunes, the hills, the roving cattle, ttie unending ocean — there is a tonic in it all, exhilarating alike to mind and body. Looking out over the v/aters, one sees the lands beyond them, rich in the lore of the ages. Rolling behind are the land waves of the undulating Point, lonely, dreamy. One seems to be at a joining, in some mystical union, of the land and the sea; the ethereal ocean stretches abo^-e, flecked with Island clouds ; the air is a blending of salt and balm, both bracing and soothing; it is in such a setting of .sea and sky, land and breeze, that those find themselves lra.'2jta»*' 4^^ ■who -'" - - for their samrcer outing to Montaiak Point, where Lorsg Isk: ;; into the Atlantic. ilonta-ak — famous Montanfed b}' their horses and implements of war, ^ ',iois Fort Pond Bay at ilontauk suddenly became the sceie ; irreatest activity : for in place of fishing boats, floating or drifting, with their lazy sails floating out to catch the breeze, the bay- was filled quickly with United States war vessels flying the Stars and Stripes, and transports hurrying from Cuba with their precious cargoes of invalids ; all energy, all rush, all hurry to only get ashore to the Mecca of rest, the land of promise — beautiful Montauk. At the extreme end of the island stands the tall, white tower of the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Its powerful Fresnel light, a gift of the French government, can throw its rays twenty miles out to sea on the darkest nights. Hovering over this lonely coast are many legends of Indian and pirate. Of course, the famous Captain Kidd, "as he sailed," couldn't avoid stopping on Montauk, and the bags of treasure, captured on the Spanish Main, which he is supposed to have sunk in THE INN AT MONTAUK. one of the patches of water, have given to it the name of Money Pond. It was here on the point that the famous old chief of the Montauks, Wyandance, had the seat of his aboriginal government. There is more than legend in support of this, as the remains of his settlement may still be seen. The Montauks were firm friends of the whites, especially of Lion Gardiner, in whom they had steadfast confidence. Their loyal good-will was a great boon to the early settlers, a fact which may have had something to do in the handing down of traditions attributing to the Indians' marvelous power over the genii of the air and water. It is surely no idle fancy to say that such abundance of tradition, always an alluring field of exploration, such wealth of scenery and 56 such abounding opportunities to have rest and recreation, now that the Long Island Railroad has made them accessible, will make of Montauk Point summer resorts. For building sites these hills, looking in each direction on the ocean, are unsurpassed. They command not merely view, but health, for the air has the vim of the sea's salt in it, the water is cool and pure, and the drainage is perfect. Tucked in here and there under the hills are safe harbors for all manner of pleasure craft. Indeed, now that distance has been changed by the railroad from many miles to a few hours, there is nothing lacking at Montauk to make of it one of the great resorts of the Atlantic coast. That is, nothing is lacking which man, drawn to the Point by its manifold advantages, will not very shortly supply. Hotels and cottages are following fast in the track of the railroad, and they will have to multiply themselves to keep pace with the increasing population. The new Montauk Inn affords ample accommodation for transient guests. SUBURBAN TOWNS 'INCE January i, 1898, a considerable portion of Greater New York, both as regards population and territory, has been on Long Island. It has come about, therefore, that many towns which have hitherto been suburbs are now included in the great Metropolis. But this fact has not deprived them of their rural beauties. They still dot the green stretches of Long Island, an air of peaceful comfort and domesticity investing them. Their inhabitants have the consciousness of dwelling in the city while enjoying country life. Passing through the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on the Long Island Railroad, one soon reaches Morris Park and Richmond Hill, on the way to Jamaica. These towns are especially adapted for the homes of those whose means are moderate, and whose families require room to grow in. The schools are excellent, and the social life wholesome. These advantages are combined with accessibility to one's place of business. Morris Park is a pretty place, in which the price of lots is still reasonable. Richmond Hill, just beyond, is somewhat older, and its broad streets, well-kept lawns, and comfortable homes unite in giving a most favorable impression to even a casual visitor. These charms are more manifest the longer one tarries, and they have bound a growing population to the pleasant town in most loyal fealty. The location is sufficiently elevated to give excellent drainage and a fine view of the surrounding country. Richmond Hill has superb golf links, and the game is exceedingly popular and largely played here. A hurried glance at these charming hamlets, even from a car window, discovers abundant reasons for their rapid growth. Jamaica, settled in 1656, is a happy blending of the old and new. With many interesting survivals of its early days, it possesses an old- time background, which throws into strong relief such modern conveniences as electric lights, gas, local surface cars, and very frequent train service. The town's dominant note is stability. Without lacking in progress, it still appears settled and finished. Jamaica is the railroad center of Long Island. It is the hub through which lines radiate from Brooklyn and from Long Island City to the 5S main and southern divisions, and to Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Greenport and Sag Harbor, and Montauk. About it are the material evidences of the railroad center, such as shops, sheds, and the like. The town is rapidly increasing in population, having now over 7,000 inhabitants. That ephemeral prominence long since gave way to the substantial prosperity of this era of homes and railroads. Traveling east from Jamaica, one comes to the pretty town of Hollis. Its pleasant dwellings are surrounded by generous yards, gay with the bloom of many flowers. There is a satisfactory variety in the architecture, the Queen Anne style sharing honors with the Colonial and the modern. The founders of the town were far- sighted enough to plant many trees, which have now reached a SHOOTING AT CREEDMOOR. stalwart size, giving to the broad driveways a grateful shade. From the ridge to the north of Hollis a splendid view is afforded, embracing sea and land, farm and city, the hills of Jersey far away touching the sky on the western horizon. Interstate Park is one of the many recent additions to the attractions of Long Island. The recent National shooting contests were held here. Owing to its natural advantages for matches, it has attracted within its borders the most enthusiastic riflemen of the country. At the recent International contest competitors from 59 California, Texas, Mexico and Canada assembled here to struggle for the great continental trophy— the championship of the continent. The clubhouse now completed is the rendezvous of the champion riflie sportsmen of the continent during these contests. Built on a rolling plain, a little farther on, is Queens, named for the county in which it is situated. It is a quiet, home-like village, whose old church, standing among tall cedars, with the encircling fields, combines to produce the effect of a quaint English hamlet. The good air here gives a keen edge to one's appetite, and the charming environs offer constant invitations to trips afoot or awheel. Long hills stretch across the north, forming the backbone of the island. There is a look half suggesting Holland in much of the landscape. There are gardens, the grazing cattle and the windmills. At Creedmoor, to the north, are the rifle ranges where the great international competitions are held. The name of the town is. coupled with rifle records the world over. From rifles one shifts to roses in the next village, Floral Park, which is known far and near for the seeds and flowers that go from it. It was given new life by John Lewis Childs when he located his nurseries and greenhouses here. So successful has been the raising of seeds that the business has spread over the town to the exclusion of nearly all other enterprises. Every condition of soil and climate favors, and there seems to be no good reason why the raising of flowers, as well as seeds, cannot be carried on to the point wherfe the city's great demand can be almost wholly supplied. The little park whence the town gets its name, reached just before the station, IS a thing of beauty when all abloom during the summer. From an observatory in it one can look over this great seed and fliower farm, for such it is, and see the fine houses and cottages that dot it. " ' The fertile township of Hempstead, large enough for a county, begins here with attractive Garden City. This town is the See city of the Diocese of Long Island, and was founded by the late A. T. Stewart. It is a religious, educational, and social center. Grouped about the beautiful Cathedral are a number of schools, including the famous St. Paul's school for boys, endowed and erected by Mrs. A. T. Stewart, as a memorial to her husband. It is a splendid building, and from it through the trees the tall spire of the Cathedral is seen, exquisite in its Gothic beauty. Here is also located St. Mary's school for young ladies. The attractions of the town have drawn to it many people of wealth, whose homes make a rich THE NEW GAKUEM CITY HOTEL. setting for the religious and educational institutions of which it is the seat. The Cathedral is the Stewart family mausoleum. Its ecclesi- astical importance, together with the impressive beauty of its service and music, draw to it worshippers from a large area, as far even as New York and Brooklyn. Two years ago the original " Garden City Hotel " was completely destroyed by fire. In its place has since been erected one of the most convenient and superbly appointed hotels in the east. In it are embraced all the attractions of the old as well as the many improvements necessary to a modern, first class-hotel. To one who may have the good fortune to dwell amid these surround- ings the new magnificent " Garden City Hotel " offers every accessory of comfort. This hotel is the social center of Garden City. With its baths, swimming pool, elevators, smoking and billiard rooms, steam heat, open fire-places and running water, nothing is lacking for one's real enjoyment. Garden City, among other attractions, is the home of the Carteret Gun Club, a popular social, sportsmen's association. The Garden City Golf Club stands to-day in the front rank of associations. Neither money nor time is spared to maintain the high standard attained. 6i The old and the new are strikingly united in Hempstead, a mile or so farther on. Its history dates back to the Revolution and beyond, for the Episcopal Church possesses a communion service which was presented to it by Queen Anne. During the Revolution the red-coats occupied the town, and the hotel where Washington stayed, the old Town Hall, and some of the first houses are still standing. The very button -ball trees shading its pleasant streets are one hundred and fifty years old. But the march of modern improvement has not passed old Hempstead by. It possesses the usual comforts of a latter-day town, and one may see the historic houses by brilliant electric lights from the smoothest of macadamized roadways. The society is of the best, and many fine homes have been erected here by well- ;-; t POLO AT MEADOWBROOK. known financial men of New York City. Nearby is the Meadowbrook Hunt Club. Their meets and hunts are celebrated among the gentlemen sportsmen of the entire continent. The first railroad on the island ran to Hempstead over sixty years ago, and later the line was extended to Greenport. The main line and southern division of the Long Island road are joined by a line running from Garden City to Valley Stream, on which are located West Hempstead, Hempstead Gardens, and Norwood. At the outbreak of the late war, and about two miles northward from Hempstead, was established the immense Camp Black, so named in honor of the Governor of the State. Here, in training, were several thousand men — infantry, artillery, and cavalry. 62 The location upon which Camp Black was established was selected at the commencement of the war (as was Camp Wikoff at Montauk at the cessation of hostilities) because of its splendid loca- tion, its high and dry lands and undulating surface. It would be very difficult to find a greater tribute to the general and specific healthfulness of Long Island than that paid by the United States Government in the selecting of both ends of the island for the mobilization and recuperation of her troops. THE CENTRAL SECTION. )HE central section of Long Island is also within the zone of accessibility to the city. While the time required to reach it is, of course, longer than with the towns grouped about Jamaica, it is not long enough by any means to serve as a bar to this region's becoming a popular place of suburban residence. Its advantages of open country and pure air have already won as permanent residents many men who do business in New York and Brooklyn. As the area of crowded population is inevitably extended farther into the island, these advantages will be more fully appreciated. Hyde Park, on the main line, east of Jamaica, is a growing town of well-built modern houses, with fertile stretches of farm land sur- rounding it, Mineola, a little further on, the county seat of the new Nassau County, is especially noted for its agricultural fairs, held every spring and autumn. At these fairs there is always a line show of the rich bounties of Nassau County and Queens Borough farms and much fine-blooded stock. It is the country supporting this fair that long ago gave Long Island a good name for its farm products. In the slightly rolling region beyond is the pleasant little town of Westbury, known as the home of many prominent New Yorkers. On the edge of the hills are a number of handsome homes and club- LONG ISLAND PRODUCTS. 64 houses. The lands about are good to till, to tramp over, or just to own for the satisfaction that comes through a constant increase in value. The rolling, hilly nature of the land hereabouts has made Westbury very popular as a golfing center. Hicksville has been worked over by the spirit of change and improvement. Its factories have been enlarged in number and out- put. Their prosperity has been reflected in many new cottages built for their workmen. There is a thriving aspect about the town, and one has a feeling of solid comfort in looking down the shady vista of its wide, clean main street. A WOODLAND ROAD. Where the air smells sweet from the fragrance of a young pine wood, you come upon Central Park. Though but a little town, it has a bright, clean look, and its roads, leading out over leagues of level farm land, are a joy to ride upon. Farmingdale, less than thirty miles from Broadway, New York enjoys a most charming situation. With high hills on the north, churches, public schools. School of Technology, brick yards and fac- tories, it has a pleasant and healthful surrounding, with fine mac- adamized drives, and is one of the growing villages. Farther on are the Comae Hills, among which is West Deer Park and Deer Park. Here the woods thicken and the trees grow taller. Nearby are some springs of medicinal value. Systematic development of large areas of its land is being carried on by a company that is alert to the possibilities of the place. Brentwood brings one farther within the pine belt. It is an excellent health resort. The fresh sea breezes passing over the conifers absorb an elixir that brightens and invigorates. The woods are interspersed with farms, gardens, and nurseries. In the town is located an academy for young ladies, conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Central Islip is also in the pine belt. The prevailing conditions — pure air, clear water and abundance of ozone, all in the midst of a great pine belt, make this district a most favorable place for residence. Central Islip, with its attractive homes, good schools and fine churches, gives evidence of the high character of its inhabitants. Passing a bit of fenland, an unusual thing to see in this part of Long Island, one comes to the village of the pretty Indian name, Ron- konkoma. It is scattered over a long stretch, largely of farms, reaching to Holtsville, a place partly owned by the Waverly Gun Club. The farms here are marked by the idyllic simplicity of the long ago. Near the doors of little red or white houses, "iron-bound buckets hang in the well." One of the real beauty spots of Long Island is Lake Ronkon- koma, a little way north of the village of the same name. The sheen of its limpid surface sparkles like the eyes of an Indian maiden. Fed by springs at the bottom, its waters are as pure as they are clear. The lake is about three miles around, and its shores form the shape of a pear. In places it is over sixty feet deep. As a shady fringe around it are many trees, and clustered about are a number of cot- tages. Along the beach, of white sand a road runs, and the view from it over the crystal face of the lake is beautiful. This is the largest and finest body of fresh water on Long Island. It is fifty-five feet above sea level. Through some mystery of nature it has periods of ebb and flood, but these are not coincident with the tides or by any possibility con- nected with them. In the darkling depths, bass, catfish, and perch disport themselves. Floating now and again over its bosom, as if calling its Indian name, are the sounds of bells from St. Mary's-by- the-Lake, and from other steeples. A legend has it that a phantom 66 NEAR RIVERHEAD. canoe now and again glides noiselessly over the waters bearing an Indian girl, love-lorn, and in search of the young brave to whom she has given her heart. With the dawn her birch-bark boat skims away into the ether, and the sun looks down into the mirror face of Ron- konkoma. Among wide stretches of plain and forest, beyond the lake is the town of Medford. Any one longing for "a lodge in some vast wil- derness " can find it in this region. The town with its first syllable indicating midway, is very nearly at the middle point of the island, east and west. One of the queerest names to be found, Yaphank, is the bit of nomenclature to which the next town answers from out its setting of green fields and fine old woods. It is such a setting and such an atmosphere as an artist will travel far to find. Great fens lie round about Manor, at which point the main and south lines of the Long Island Railroad connect, and the Peconic River flows nearby on its eastward course toward great Peconic Bay. -1 Farms and forest contend for supremacy at Calverton, which is also near the river. Strawberries, cauliflower, and potatoes are raised here. A few years ago cranberries were also introduced to the terri- 67 toiy lying between here and Riverhead. The natural facilities are so excellent for the propagation of this delicious berry that the cele- brated Cape Cod berry no longer holds pre-eminence, excepting in quantity. No finer cranberry is produced in the markets of the United States than those grown in the neighborhood of Calverton and Riverhead. The element of picturesqueness is contributed by the hilly surface and the woods, where dark green pines and silvery white-stemmed birches grow. Riverhead contains about three thousand people, a population much augmented during a part of the year by the summer contingent. It is a pleasant, thrifty place. Views from high places about River- head embrace not alone the undulating country, but the bright waters of the Atlantic in one direction about an hour's drive from town, and Peconic Bay in another. The bay and the river are navigable up to this point for small craft. Stores, lumber yards, mills, and a cigar factory provide business. Riverhead has a watering place, too — at Flanders, about two miles away. Fishing, shooting, boating and bathing are greatly enjoyed. There is also a body of water near the town with the romantic name of Wildwood Lake. MAIN STREET, RIVERHEAD. 68 ALONG PECONIC BAY \LONG the always beautiful and picturesque Peconic Bay are a number of towns and villages. The fine climate, good roads, and general at- tractions have made them prime favorites with summer visitors. The bay itself is a beautiful body of salt water, on whose placid bosom all manner of pleasure craft may be seen during the warm months, bearing happy groups of care-free folk. They sail or row over the blue waters in land-locked security from the rollers of the open sea. If they wish to take a dip, good beaches offer the alluring opportunity. SUMMER CAMP ON PECONIC BAY. On the north side of the bay, after leaving Riverhead, one soon comes to the town of Aquebogue, a name admirably descriptive, for water and bog make up the bay-front side. The Saxon half of the name and the sedgy fiats about the town suggest the marshes of Runnymede, where the barons wrested the Magna Charta from King John The land rises as one reaches Jamesport, and here are hills crowned with old churches and pleasant homes. This town has 69 ON THE SOUND SHORE NEAR SOUTHOLD. become so popular for a suminer holiday that the difficulty some- times met with is getting accommodations, a fact that has served as a stimulus in the erection of many cottages. Laurel is a pretty village, "at peace with all the world." Con- tentment exhales from it as a fragrance, and it always has a colony of summer residents. A little way down the narrow Italy-shaped peninsula into which the north side of Long Island is here tapering is the pretty village of Mattituck. Both to the north and to the south it has fine water advantages. Having comfortable and hospitable farmhouses for the entertainment of visitors, it has won deserved repute as a place of summer outing. One of the diversions of those sojourning here is found in a little creek flowing toward the Sound and abounding in crabs. "Just sneeze and you pronounce it." That is a remark the writer overheard as descriptive of the name Cutchogue. But this description is suggestive in ways other than phonetically. A sneeze is apt to result from too much oxygen, and in the air that blows fresh from the water over sightly Cutchogue, and its neighbor, New Suffolk, oxygen is abundant. Good air and a fine view are not the 70 only advantages of this pleasing resort. It has one of the best roads in America, the long, straight highway leading from Riverhead to Orient. But good roads on Long Island, it should be said, are the rule. Every natural advantage in surface and soil helps their con- struction and maintenance. The drainage is good, the grades seldom steep, and there is plenty of land to give the roads needed width. As a result these highways between verdant stretches of farm land, in the shade of noble trees, by the shores of shining lakes, and in sight often of the mighty sea, offer a perpetual invita- tion to walking, cycling, and driving. One's first impression of Peconic, formed from a glance down its THE BOATHOUSE, EAST MARION LAKE. broad, shaded street, is favorable, and closer acquaintance with the old town confirms this impression. Southold, a few miles east, lays claim to antiquity in its name, and points to the fact proudly that its first settlers secured a concession from the Indians and formed a church as early as 1640. There is a contention between Southold and Southampton, across the bay, as to which is the older. In August, 1890, Southold celebrated, with much ceremony, the two hundreth and fiftieth anniversary of its founding. The town has a center where the stores, schools, and churches are grouped, and about it the houses are scattered widely. Whichever way the wind may blow the old place is fanned by a sea breeze. In this fact summer antiquarians profess to have found a reason for the great age of some of the inhabitants, a few of whom, it is claimed, antedate the founding of the place. 71 fourneving' to the very end of the main line of the Long Island Railroad one reaches the progressive and interesting town of Green- port. It has over 3000 inhabitants, and is both a resort and an important business center. Steamers ply between Sag Harbor and Greenport and New London, Conn. Within the safe haven of its harbor a mighty fleet could find anchorage. The boating, sailing, fishing and shooting here are excellent, and many pleasant trips may be made awheel, afloat, or afoot. The view one gets from a blufi' north of the town is expansive and exhilarating. Dancing in the sunlight are the waters of the Sound stretching away to the green shores of Connecticut ; to the south lies Peconic Bay, a glittering- sapphire set between the green heights of Shelter Island and the trees of Greenport, with spire and roof peering through them ; to east and west the eye travels over water to the far horizon. This north prong of Long Island pushes on from Greenport, beyond the pretty villages of East Marion and Orient, always attractive to summer visitors, to its end at Orient Point. Here the land, which has been gradually becoming narrower, dips into the sea. MARION LAKE, EAST MARION. 72 SHELTER ISLAND. %\ Ill) ill'; 1;ukI-I';' kc'l w;i,1.';rs \)cA.w(:<:u lijiy :n\i\ I'croiii', I'Ji.y, o)jposit,c. C^n;':!!- F:::.^^ |;orL, is Sli(!lU:r Ishuid. l-'rorn the time of tlic ^y / ''"^'''" 'Jl'' '-'-' '-^"- pnrsent it has fiilfUlcd its name. i^ '''^6^ ' "(fA'^'^ '" '■^"' '"'"'^ man's qii;iint plirasc, it was "the m'^^t^i^^^^^A i'-;l='rid sfielterer] \,y ishi.nds," anr] hr; knew th;it if he r oiilc] j^et liis rii.noe within any of the fia.rhors alon^^ its eoast h'; woulfi be safe, lint the islan'i difi not j^et its name from tlie ItKlian's phrase, l^ut from the faet that some Quakers, exiled by the Puritans, and wanderinj^, heart-siek and weary, in seareh of a refu^^e, here found a shelter, under the protef;tin,L^ arm of the tolerant Nathaniel Sylvester. To these (Quakers it was a " roek in a. weary land, atirl a shelter in the time of storm"; and in j/ratitude for the haven they bequeathed to it the name of Shelter. Sylvester was enj/apjed in the suj^ar trade in the West Indies when he aeted tfie part of [matron to the friendless l-Viends, and permitted their founder, Geor;/e J'ox, to preach from the front steps of his manor-house. This structure, the center of much gaiety and hospitality, was built of bricks [wrought over from Holland, with queer biblical tiles for the chimneys, and witfj windows and doors from P>ngland or l>arbadoes. The prim floral denizens of the old-fashionf;d garden were immigrants, too, and to thi.s day a flourishing boxtree and a hav,'thf;rn liedge attest the loving care of the first lords of the manor. 'Jhe surrounding woods were cut away to furnish timber for liogsheads used in the sugar trade, The present manor-house, almost on the site of the original one. belongs to a later day, yet it is over one hundred years old. ft was the summer residence of the late Professor Hosford, of Jfarvard, and with his co-operation a nionurnent was erected commemorating the landing of those early fJuakers. These were not the only exiles to whom Sylvester extended a brotherly hand. When the uncompro- mising Puritans had imprisoned, whipped and banished f^av/rence and Cassandra Southwick from Boston because of their faith, these unfortunates also found a refuge in Shelter Island, where they passf;d the rest of their lives with the kindly inhabitants. Shelter Island to-day maintains its right to the ancient name, though in a different, end-of-the-century way. Now it is the haven of many harassed, toil-driven, heat-oppre.ssed business men. Here is found in hotel or cottage a place of comfort or rest. The irregular shore, diversified surfaces, and fine beaches of the island help make it attractive. 73 i / ! jt_ J^f\ -i 1 ik -» I i in^Bnragt ■EKnfirirl ^ >-• ^jofiL 1 1^1 ^K^ Kii^i^^^H m H 1 1 PROSPECT HOUSE, SHELTER ISLAND. Boating and bathing are enjoyed. The beautifully situated Manhan- set House affords accommodations for six hundred people, and has a splendid frontage of seven hundred and twenty-five feet on the water. Handsome and well appointed, it is justly popular. The Shelter Island Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club each has its own house here. The Prospect House is one of the best-known and best-liked hotels in this region, and is situated at Shelter Island Heights. Here the Shelter Island Association, organized to build cottages and improve the real estate of the Heights, has obtained a supply of pure spring water for the houses, laid out roads and paths, and established restrictions for the community's well-being, The popular Shelter Island Golf Links are located here. The game is largely played, and during the whole season presents probably more animation and enthusiasm than any other golf links on the island. Summer visitors to Shelter Island are constant players, and the links being so extensive that the game is here played in its full vigor. West of Shelter Island, farther out in the bay, is Rob'in's Island, famous for hunting and fishing, and owned by the Robin's Island Gun Club. The first man of English birth who settled in New York State had the good judgment to select for his home an island in this vicinity. He purchased from the Indians, in 1639, Gardiner's Island, as it is now called, from the name of its first white owner. It is still in the possession of a member of the Gardiner family, and has about one hundred inhabitants, who are engaged in the maintenance of the estate, and in farming, gardening, and stock raising. Gardiner's Island and Block Island both lie east of Shelter Island, and well out to sea. The surrounding waters have for years been the manceuver- ing grounds of the Naval Reserve forces, which adds to their attractions. 75 ALONG THE NORTH SHORE )NE of the choicest bits of shore on the American continent is that section of Long Island termed the North Shore. It has a rich diversity of bluff and woodland along the water-front, and recedes into beautiful meadows and a fertile farming country, broken by long arms and deep bays of the Sound. The topography is wholly different from that of either the central section or the South Shore, and offers the summer resident a diversified region, in which the attractions of both water and woodland are dominant features. The many bays which indent the irregular shore-line offer not only desirable sites for cottage homes, as well as costly villas and great estates, but afford the best facilities for yachting, rowing, and fishing. The Long Island Railroad reaches practically all the chief places on the North Shore, and through the fine local and express train service brings them into convenient and close touch with New York. This division of the road, starting at Long Island City, touches Woodside, which is a thriving, modern, all-alive town. Near at hand is Winfield, rapidly growing into prominence because of its accessibility for those doing business in New York and Brooklyn and desiring rural homes close to the mart of commerce. The building contractor has been on the scene for some time past, and a number of pretty cottages are always in process of erection. Elmhurst (formerly Newtown,) is one of the old villages and presents many points of interest to those who value the history and associations which attach to it. Its Episcopal church has the memories of a century. The foundations were laid before Washing- ton crossed the Delaware, and it is yet a staunch and sturdy place of worship. Its congregation was patriotic too. It was English in creed, but American in sentiment, from the good clergyman who prayed for the success of the Continental forces before the battle of Long Island, to its humblest worshipper, who fought boldly against the Hessians in that memorable struggle. Washington himself worshipped in this church, and the ill-fated Andre attended service there shortly before he paid the penalty of war for the treachery for which Benedict Arnold should have suffered. 76 Corona, a little further beyond, is the permanent residence of very many of New York's business men, and is a growing and popular town. The country roads all about are as smooth as asphalt and the cyclist finds upon them unceasing delight. There are charming drives, also, and many a happy couple have plighted a lasting troth in the moonlight of this refreshing region. The town of Flushing is the largest and most important on this branch of the railroad. It is a residence town par excellence. It has a population of fourteen thousand people, the most of whom do business in New York City. Some of its homes are admirable specimens of the ideal country house, sitting back in wide lawns filled with stately trees. There is a stability about the place which is typical of the substantial Long Island town; the churches are massive and imposing, and the school facilities as good as can be found anywhere, and many weahhy people live there the year through. Neither is Flushing behind the age in its out-of-door sports, and recently fine golf links have been laid out and are proving immensely popular. The residences of Flushing extend at intervals along the avenues clear to College Point, a town distant about one mile. Whitestone, on the East River, next to College Point, has an unobstructed view of the marine procession in and out of the Sound. East of Flushing is Bayside, vying with the others for promi- nence as a residence resort, and boasting the same attractive surroundings. One of the most enjoyable sports for wheelmen is a run from Bayside to Fort Willett's Point. The roads are broad, and well kept, thus making wheeling one of the joys of life. Some of the residences around Bayside are very tastefully built. Splendid lawns lend grace to the homes, and the roadside is lined with magnificent trees entirely overshadowing the sidewalk. The golf links, extending from Bayside almost to Douglaston, are the equal of any links in the country. The topography of the land along this division of the Long Island Railroad is rolling, and therefore eminently adapted to the game. Douglaston, on Little Neck Bay. One does not need to go farther for satisfactory sport. Here is the home of the Little Neck clam, as succulent a morsel as the Blue Point oyster. Little Neck Bay is just east of Willett's Point, which is a prominent national 77 military point. You may rest here for a time. An idle moment will be well repaid. Here is the great estate of W. P. Douglas. He has a lovely house upon his broad acres, and has made many improvements. Great Neck, of which Little Neck is a neighbor, is about fourteen miles from the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge. Here are many beautiful private residences overlooking the Sound. Here the country rises, and the bluffs make the spot picturesque. The summer home of ex-Mayor Grace attracts by its beauty at this ON THE SOUND SHORE, GREAT NECK. point, which he calls Graceland. From Great Neck a number of fine roads diverge to various places of interest. Manhasset, the next station, has traditions, too. Stout Miles Standish came so far, and with him a young Englishman named Davis. He was of fine statue and gentle birth, so there must have been some unusual attraction in the Indian girl who ensnared his heart. The story is as old as the region of which we speak. It has been told of other lovers in all climes, but it loses no interest because of the romantic surroundings here. The girl was loved by a young brave of the village, but she returned the affection of her white admirer, and sought to flee with him. He was faithful even unto 78 VIEWS AROUND PORT WASHINGTON. death, and when they were pursued, with his back against the great stone upon which is graven his name, fought gallantly until they slew him. Plucking the fatal arrow from the heart of her lover, the Indian girl took her own life, and they were buried where they fell. Rugged vines and great patches of moss are on the stone near where they rest, but their names, graven upon the rock, are yet to be deciphered, and the lovers of to-day who make of the spot a favorite trysting-place, repeat the ancient story with hushed voices, and find a tender inspiration in recalling it. The railroad was a few years ago extended from Great Neck, through Manhasset and out upon the cape four miles to Port Wash- ington. The completion of this line opened up a most delightful region, both to permanent residents and summer sojourners. Port Washington, the terminus of this division of the railroad is an ideal rural location, and "beautiful for situation." The hill-tops overlook the glistening Sound, with the quiet village nestling on its shore. The gentle waves rolling in from the Sound ripple with laughter as they break against the beach. The roads are macadamized and well kept. From Port Washington to Sands Point Lighthouse is a most delightful trip. High trees overhang the roads and form charming avenues, giving a quiet and a restfulness not surpassed by any point on the island. The whole country is rich and fertile ; well tilled and cultivated farms and heavy timber lands abound on every hand. Forty-eight minutes from the traffic of Broadway, from the ceaseless roar and the thunder of the city that never sleeps, is the restful quiet of the bird, the tree, and the flower, the peace of the sunlit water, and the ozone of the country air — a whole summer of the wheel and the camera giving rural delights that ofTer constant variety and change. Port Washington is as quaint and curious as any settlement on Long Island. The entire region through which the North Side Division passes will well repay exploration for those who have never known of it. 80 JAMAICA TO OYSTER BAY 'T was a fine business policy which developed the Long Island Railroad. For years a region as fertile as the bottom lands of Illinois lay upon the very threshold of the metropolis of this country neglected and almost unknown. Perhaps its very proximity to New York and Brooklyn was respon- sible for this neglect. Human nature is apt to overlook the bounties which heaven has given it, and ungratefully sigh for more. Rail- roads were for far countries. They were the means of travel to lands hitherto inaccessible. The farthest point upon Long Island was in reach of the stage-coach, and all the ships that had breasted the billows of the broad Atlantic had skirted its green shores. And so the moneys of the country sent the iron horse to Mexico and laid a thousand miles of track through the Mojave desert before the complete development of the enormous latent possibilities of Long Island by the steam highway had been brought about. Jamaica is the point at which the lines of this great highway diverge. And it is as though this little city feels its importance, and is swelling with a just pride. It has gained the recognition of adja- cent Brooklyn, and has become a part of its thrift and enterprise. Its stores are commodious. It has all the conveniences and luxuries. With schools, churches, academies, colleges, and factories, but it is essentially a residence town. One portion of Jamaica would espec- ially attract attention, for it presents as charming a section of archi- tectural beauty as can be found elsewhere in the East. The houses are more than costly— they make a better appeal to commendation ; they are handsome, and built in excellent taste. Their owners are in business in New York City, and their homes are more accessible to the stores and places of amusement about Twenty-third Street than are those of Yonkers, Larchmont, Mt. Vernon, or New Rochelle. No other town in the State affords better educational facilities than Jamaica. In addition to its several primary and grammar schools, it has a splendidly equipped High school. Its Normal and Training school for teachers is among the best of its kind in the country. Situated in a grove of natural forest trees on the crest of a long 8i ridge of hills, it overlooks the town and faces the ocean. Its alti- tude, its spacious lawns, well - lighted and well - ventilated rooms, afford healthful and helpful environs for good work. The members of the Faculty have been selected as specialists in their respective departments from those who have attained a high standard of scholarship and marked ability. As the Oyster Bay branch of the railroad leaves Mineola, nine miles east of Jamaica, the ascent is gradual, until at Sea Cliff the altitude is high above the level of Long Island Sound. All the way to Oyster Bay the route is through a charming country unequaled for romantic beauty. The stations along the route are Roslyn, North Roslyn, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Nassau, Locust Valley, and Oyster Bay. When Roslyn is reached the region upon the left becomes more precipitous, and the elevation continues sharply until the summit at Sea Cliff is attained. From the point where the line diverges at Mineola to the south is slightly rolling country, and to the north the woodlands attain the dignity of a forest. But the entire prospect is one of verdure, forever green in its trappings of rural beauty. THE WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD, ROSLYN. 82 Roslyn is in a gentle valley with a situation peculiarly inviting to those in search of country comforts. To mention Roslyn and make no reference to William Cullen Br3-ant is a profanation in the eyes of its inhabitants. Here the venerable poet made his country home ; and here he gathered about him from time to time the friends of his guild, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John G. Whittier, Hamilton Mabie, and Dr. Abbott. Henry Ward Beecher was his guest, and from time to time in the cool of the summer evenings the sojourners at Roslyn have seen the national poet and the national preacher com- muning with nature along its shady roads. With Mr. Bryant it was a summer home of selection and not of necessity. Roslyn was the resort of his choice. His " Glossary of American Poetry " was com- piled here during his leisure hours, and here some of his best verse was written. Near at hand is Hempstead Harbor, a safe retreat for the sailing craft of the Sound. Behind the village is the highest point of ground on Long Island, from the summit of which a magnificent view is afforded for miles about. The waters of the Sound lie shim- mering like a summer sea directly beneath the eye, while the rolling country makes a panorama which is unexcelled. Continuing north Glen Head is reached, an attractive location situated a short distance from the harbor. Sea Cliff, beyond, is a resort which is growing rapidly in popularity among those acquainted with its advantages. Few people as yet have a conception of its beauties. It is a com- manding point standing like a sentinel against the sky, overlooking the sheltered bay, which is unequaled for its still-water bathing. The beach at the foot of the towering cliffs is a sandy strip upon which are built the bathhouses of the hotels. Pleasure craft are innumerable. The town is sheltered by a dense grove which crowns the summit of the bluff, and all about are lawns and flowers sur- rounding private cottages marking the presence of people of culture and refinement. There is music from the balconies in the evenings and the sound of the dance in the parlors of the summer hotels. Sea Cliff has become popular. From Sea Cliff many interesting points may be visited. One of these is the village of Glen Cove, a thrifty and progressive town. Adjacent to Glen Cove is the Pratt property, an estate of eight hundred acres, magnificently located, with a frontage on Long Island Sound. On the Pratt estate is the tomb of the late Charles Pratt, in his lifetime the most prominent personage identified with Glen Cove. 83 He ocated his country home upon the estate above referred to, and established a model educational school building for the town, which he designed to stand as his most enduring monument. He died before the realization of his hopes, but his sons carried out as a sacred injunc- tion the favorite design of his lifetime, and the building was dedi- cated with due solemnity on May 24, 1893. The institution main- tains an agricultural department which is operated upon a portion of the estate, and here the students are initiated into the best and latest researches of modern farming. Contiguous to the Pratt estate the veteran editor of the New York " Sun," recently deceased, laid out his magnificent estate, known as "Dana Island." This THE NASSAU GOLF CLUB GROUNDS. beautiful property is known far and wide, and the late Charles A. Dana lavished upon it a constant and unremitting care. It is as celebrated in the records of horticulture as the famous Shaw's Garden of St. Louis, and contains trees, plants and shrubs collected from every portion of the globe. Dull care and business were never allowed to enter this ideal spot. To Mr. Dana it was a happy valley of Rasselas. His last hours were spent here, and the estate is to be maintained in its integrity and beauty with the same reverent care as was lavished upon it by its lamented owner. This vicinity is close enough to the cities to be easily reached at all hours, and all should visit it. The train serv'ice is frequent, and many summer sojourners attend to the business of the office in New York all throiigh the summer season, and ever)' e^-ening find here a period of rest and recreation. The roads all about are excellent, and wheel- ing is unsurpassed. In addition to all the man)- and varied pleasures of the •vrater, here are alvi'a)-s social enjoyments of the most delight- ful kind, and golfing is one of the most popular pastimes. The Nassau Golf Qub Links are famous all over the golfing world. They extend from Nassau almost to Locust Valley, and their situation is superb, the \-iews being particularly far - reaching and varied. The Long Island Railroad runs special trains to and from New York and Brooklyn to accommodate players. The nest point of interest is Locust Valley, a place of admirable location. Numerous boarding-houses providing an excellent cuisine are located here. The views are fine, and a morning stroll at this point along the shores of the Sound will -well repay the visitor. The Connecticut outline is plainly discernible in the distance. There is no malaria nor mosquitoes. Here is located the Friends' Academy, justly celebrated for its thorough curriculum. Students come from near and far, and many a man of prominence owes his success in life A>' OLD HOMESTEAD AT EOCUST VAELE-i'. to the habits of earnest study acquired at this admirable school. It is more than a century old, and in the beginning was endowed by Gideon Frost, standing to-day a monument to his lofty public spirit. The surrounding country is one of the most fertile on Long Island. The roads hereabouts are well macadamized and kept in constant repair. They are a delight to cyclists, who speed over them as on a race-track. Here as elsewhere throughout this beautiful country will be found good fishing, hunting, and sailing. At Bayville, which is a short distance from Locust Valley, upon the water-front, is located the institution known as the "Downing Vacation House." It is an establishment for the benefit of working women, a beautiful expression of the charity of our public-spirited people. It is known rather for the good it has done than the appearance which it presents, and many a deserving woman remembers with heartfelt gratitude, a summer of delightful and healthful outing which it has afforded her. The terminus of this branch of the railroad is Oyster Bay. Its earli- est inhabitant, named it well, although for nearly four centuries he has slumbered with his fathers. It is a charming summer resort, much affected by a fashionable class from New York. Oyster Bay has a large number of splendid private cottages, and the place is at once striking and modern and quaint and antique. It is the center of fashion and wealth, and one of America's most attractive waterside resorts. Its position makes it a favorite place for pleasure craft, and here is found the home of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club The club- house is an imposing structure, splendidly situated at the very entrance of the bay. A green lawn, bisected with wide walks, slopes gently up to the broad verandas, which overlook the waters, and here, during the yachting season, may be found a goodly assemblage of fair women and brave men. Many a regatta takes place before its windows, and the view from its front is unsurpassed. Amongst its many other special features and particular advantages, Oyster Bay prides itself upon having within its borders the summer home of Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt. The village of Oyster Bay is, in every respect, an attractive one. At the period of the first settlement of this country this spot was much coveted by the English, but their efforts at colonization were frustrated by a determined resist- ance on the part of the Dutch, who were then in possession. In 1653 a colony of persons from Sandwich, Mass., purchased from the Matinecock Indians, a tract of land which forms a portion of the present site, and established a settlement there. It is related by Prime, in his history of Long Island, that in 1672, when George Fox, the Quaker preacher, visited this country, he went to Oyster Bay to attend a "half-yearly meeting," and thrilled the audience there assembled with his earnest and rugged eloquence. From Oyster Bay ; as straight as the line of railroad between Moscow and St. Petersburg, runs "the great, broad highway leading down to Massapequa on the south side of Long Island, a run unequaled for cyclists, and many a good record has been made on this route." Amidst its many other pleasures Oyster Bay has kept fully abreast with the times and has established its own golf links, which are attractively laid out and very popular. 87 FROM HICKSVILLE TO PORT JEFFERSON AND WADING RIVER ucp^J^^^^^y^HE Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island ^ Railroad runs through as delightful a country as ^ can be found in any of the regions of summer W resort. This branch of the railroad leaves the |!w main line at Hicksville, and running north to ^^^^^=^'*^*^^^*^^^-^ Syosset, continues a northeasterly course to Huntington, by way of Cold Spring Harbor. The topography of Long Island, as has been described before, is one of uplands and hills to the north, receding in a succession of undulating plains to the fertile farming lands of the south. The Port Jefferson branch of the railroad runs through the picturesque hills of the north amidst foliage, groves, and the environment of vine and flower which makes the entire vicinity a natural park of surpassing beauty. Cold Spring Harbor, the first point of interest, is a quaint and attractive village, situated upon a lovely bay of the same name, which is one of the noblest estuaries of the Sound. The surroundings are as charming as those of the Lake of Como. The shores at times are wide lawns of velvet, sloping gradually back into broad parks of green to an elevation overlooking the waters for many miles. Excellent conveyances may be found at the station at all times to carry the traveler to the village, at which he may pass an entire summer with an interest which will endure to the end. The ride itself is a splendid introduction to the country. The roadway is an arcade of green, the tops of the trees meeting in a bower above the highway. To the left are three lakes, and here the State has located one of its principal fish hatcheries, the product of which reaches many millions a year, and serves to bountifully replenish the waters of the Sound and vicinity with a constantly increasing store of the finny tribes. At Cold Spring Harbor the Brooklyn Biological Laboratory has established a summer course of study, and many eminent scholars lecture there on appropriate subjects. Students from the best fami- lies of the State attend in large numbers, making of this antique village a modern college town. Like many of the venerable seaports of Long Island, Cold Spring Harbor was once the seat of an extensive oil industry. Scores of arctic whalers were fitted out at this point for their perilous voyages to the north, and among the inhabitants of the village are yet to be found numbers of old salts, those rugged and hardy characters of the Eastern shipping population which made the American seaman typical the world over. From Cold Spring Harbor to Huntington is a brief journey. Huntington is one of the most important towns upon this branch of the railroad, and here the summer sojourner may procure for himself the more pretentious comforts of an outing in addition to the usual accompaniments of a summer stay in the country. Well-equipped stores supply all the auxiliaries of the hunt, the fishing excursion, the sailing party, and cycling tour. There are comfortable hotels and fine boarding-houses also, while the surroundings bear sub- stantial evidence of thrift and progress. Handsome private cottages abound in this vicinity, and a number of prominent people have established a summer colony here. In order to better accommodate these cottagers and the citizens, the Long Island Railroad operates an electric car line from the station to the further end of the village, which is a very great acquisition. At Huntington the patriotic citizens have reared a memorial to commemorate one of the most eventful and pathetic incidents of our history. A massive stone, appropriately carved, tells the tragic story of Nathan Hale, the youthful martyr to American patriotism. This young man, acting under the direct command of General Washington, penetrated, in disguise, the British lines for the purpose of procuring information for the Continental Army as to the move- ments and works of the British regulars. The duties of a spy were repugnant to his high spirit, but, with that faith which marked the character of so many of his associates in the trying times at the birth of this republic, he went to his duty and his death, with neither protest nor resentment. After he had accomplished his mission and was returning to the State of Connecticut to make his report, he was detected by the treachery of a Tory farmer and captured by the enemy. His fate was sealed. Taken to the City of New York, he was speedily hanged. He died with a fortitude that has made his name immortal in the annals of the country for which he sacrificed his life. One of the noblest sentiments of the famous American sculptor, MacMonnies, finds expression in the statue of bronze which was erected by the Sons of the American Revolution in the City 90 Am^rkan youths a»d .uj>o» thi'^ rriorvAkh is tn'^rut -qh^ Jjft t/^ gjyt t// »;j/ /(X/U;rjiyry/' ff uo.tjii^v>si is ^zX/tfyi'm^ m i/QF4/tf^. lu> r^e^icLe^tiaJ swtio© i* grr/vriB^. A lxmMfM\ $i*e ■<>» itfc«; toa^^ic* 'Of Huatjj3^v>» J^y fcit.^ r^ic^»tjy ^>ee» -opened t/O itiK; j>ul>Jic j^w/il af'/pr'C/jvmt^i/ ^^y^efj ji^/ Hufl.tiD^/o ii^^ io a/Mi.ti9» v> tfe« »x>;3-u»>e»t to ifei«^ ». j^mWy: UhnaxY whkh foas .beec r^fear^ t/O tii« aa/;r'ed ^if^^jf^y/xy ^A tij* soMiers i^.r.':, C-jtc lor ^i.<; ,x-0'i. Tiie b«^iani3::^ of tiii^ trivet -of ooujitry ior Aaiericwi «!00x4 »%e is i^4i^^ wbeja <'>»'<:^i&or f«^;;3p^ o^ Iv^ew Hs-y^ya^ pur-cbased it fe-oaai tJfcie ix^in-m. Settles ir-o^ai ib^w ^S^s^ifaKi ^^s(^ -a .-ooloGy thfepe, acd laid tiie :§ouiKi«!t>:^ ^ tii^ &u^/g!tiacrt;ie.l popuia- tio© yi'hicja »ow>' W'eiooaiec tiK: susaaief visitor »'itb i,nK: ruraJ Isy^^/y- taiity, Tikeaie i€ «md adspiir«.^>: iaoad^jHiy a^ Hu»tiiC^to». Tii« jiiC^ isulis:^ i^lj^ioiis $ieot »2^ tiie Pjjeg^/teriac^ ;afid ^tiit^' »s^ m y/^m^^WA^ ,^J 1 ni of a historic site for their church, which was first erected in 1784. This is the successor of a building constructed in 171 5, and after- wards used by the English soldiers as a barracks and hospital, and abandoned by them upon their evacuation of the town. A number of New York and Brooklyn men have built handsome residences in this vicinity, and there are excellent roads upon which bicycling is very popular. Centreport, of which Greenlawn is the railroad station, is a place well situated for a summer stay. It is essentially a rural village, tucked away in one of the most picturesque portions of the hills. It is an ideal spot for the hunter and the angler. Good boarding-houses abound^ and rates are very reasonable. AT NORTHPORT. Beyond is Northport, beautifully situated upon a body of water which is a portion of Huntington Bay. It is a safe harbor, in which, in former times, many vessels of importance were constructed. To-day it is an enterprising, active place of considerable commercial importance. One of its chief industries is the Edward Thompson Publishing Co., one of the largest law publishing houses in the United States, employing several hundred people. Kings Park, the station beyond Northport, is a place where Dr. Muhlenburg established, a number of years ago, the institutions which 93 have been since associated with his name. It is known more famil- iarly in New York under the name of St. Johnland. The climate in summer at this point is unsurpassed for health and bracing vigor. This region has many thrifty and prosperous farmers and a substantial rural population of an intelligent and progressive character. The hilly nature of the country is simply enchanting. Magnificent views for miles around may be obtained, and on clear days the distant shores of Connecticut are in full view. Smithtown is the site of the homestead of Theodore Smith, of anti-revolutionary fame. Near here the Brooklyn Gun Club pur- chased a large tract of land, and close at hand are two trout ponds of some twelve acres in extent. Here also are the Rassapaque and NEAR KING S PARK. Wyandanch clubhouses. They are erected upon the Nissequogue River, and are two of the best-appointed clubhouses along the shores of the Sound. St. James is fortunate in its situation. The Long Island Sound with all its beauty of an inland lake lazily ebbs and flows at the foot of this pretty village. Many summer residences, costly and attract- ive, have been erected here within the past few years. The Sound affords ample boating and bathing facilities, and the golf links are a 94 never-ending source of pleasure. The entire district is composed of high and beautifully rolling land. Stony Brook is the next station reached. For rural beauty, for LIFE SAVING STATION, ROCKY POINT. picturesque surroundings, for ample facilities for a summer's enjoy- ment, Stony Brook has no peer. Situated on high, rolling land, it affords numerous opportunities for pleasures of a most varied nature. Heavy woodlands, beautiful groves, wide and well - kept roads are only a few of the many "means to an end." The charming Long Island Sound gently ebbs and flows at the foot of the hill, glistening in the sunlight and bearing across its bosom the ozone fresh from the ocean. Boating, bathing and fishing may be fully enjoyed, and the only shadow of regret which passes over the pleasure-seeker is that the days are too short, for were they twice as long the time could be enjoyably spent. The country traversed by the Long Island Railroad has few prettier points than that which surrounds Setauket. This village is well beyond the evidences of the city, being fifty-five miles from the Hudson River. The country changes somewhat in character here, being a suecjession of hills and dales, but the highways are at all times excellent. 95 Port Jefferson, the next station beyond Setauket, is an impor- tant place, long known for its shipyards. They are still maintained, and numerous crafts are here repaired and fitted out for their voy- ages in the coast trade. Port Jefferson was an admirable vantage point during the Revolutionary War, and here was fitted out a vessel upon which Paul Jones achieved a portion of his reputation. Captain Kidd rendezvoused at Port Jefferson, and at this point killed two English officers of the frigate "Nahant." The harbor of Port Jefferson is one of the safest on the Sound, and its shores are delightfully attractive for summer bathing. The village has good hotels and boarding-houses, and yachts are for hire at reasonable prices during the summer months. Sailing parties often go from Port Jefferson for an extended tour along the New England shores, stopping at various points of interest. A steamer plys between this place and Bridgeport, Conn., which is directly across Long Island Sound. From Port Jefferson the railroad passes through the attractive rural villages of Rocky Point, Millers Place and Wardenclyffe, to Wading River, the terminus of this branch of the railroad. This whole section is high and healthy, and affords an infinite variety of beautiful water views. WADING RIVER. CONTENTS. MAP OF LONG ISLAND .... HOW TO REACH LONG ISLAND GOLFING ON LONG ISLAND LONG ISLAND SHORE RESORTS NEAR NEW YORK FROM PATCHOGUE TO SAG HARBOR AND MON- TAUK SUBURBAN TOWNS .... THE CENTRAL SECTION ALONG THE GREAT PECONIC BAY SHELTER ISLAND .... ALONG THE NORTH SHORE JAMAICA TO OYSTER BAY . FROM HICKSVILLE TO PORT JEFFERSON AND WADING RIVER 5 7 8 17 64 69 73 1(> PAGE Amagansett 53 Amityville 27 Aquebogue 69 Arverne 21 Babylon 29 Baldwin 26 Bayport 36 Bayshore 29 Bayside T] Bayville 86 Bellmore 27 Bellport 39 Blue Point 36 Brentwood 66 Bridgehampton.. . 48 Brookhaven 39 Calverton 67 Cedarhurst 23 Central Islip 66 Central Park 65 Centre Moriches.. 39 Centreport 93 PAGE Cold Spring Har- bor 88 College Point. ... ']'] Corona f'j Creedmoor 60 Cutchogue 70 Dana Island 84 Deer Park 66 Douglaston ']^ Easthampton 51 East Marion 72 East Moriches. . . 39 Eastport ... 41 East Rockaway.. 25 Edgemere 21 Elmhurst 76 Farmingdale 65 Far Rockaway. . . 22 Fire Island 31 Flanders 68 Floral Park 60 Flushing ']'] 97 PAGE Fort Pond Bay.. 53 Freeport 26 Garden City 60 Gardiner's Island. 75 Glen Cove 83 Glen Head 83 Good Ground .... 42 Great Neck ']% Greenlawn 93 Greenport 72 Hempstead 62 Hewlett 24 Hicksville 65 Hollis . 59 Holtsville 66 Huntington, 90 Hyde Park 64 Interstate Park.. 59 Islip 32 Jamaica 81 Jamesport 69 King's Park 93 CONTENTS -Continued. PAGE Laurel 70 Lawrence 22 Lindenhurst 29 Little Neck ^^ Locust Valley 85 Long Beach 24 Long Island City. 5 Lynbrook 24 Manhasset 78 Manhattan Beach 17 Manor 67 Massapequa 27 Mastic 39 Mattituck 70 Medford 67 Merrick 26 Millers Place 96 Mineola 64 Montauk 53 Montauk Point. . . 55 Moriches 39 Morris Park 58 Nassau 85 Newtown 76 Northport 93 North Roslyn 82 Norwood 62 PAGE Oakdale 34 Oak Island Beach 29 Orient 72 Oyster Bay 86 Patchogue 36 Peconic 71 Point o'Woods .. . 32 Port Jefferson. ... 96 Port Washing- ton 80 Queens 60 Quogue 42 Richmond Hill. . . 58 Riverhead . - 68 Robins Island .... 75 Rockville Centre. 25 Rocky Point 96 Ronkonkoma .... 66 Rosedale 24 Roslyn 83 Sag Harbor 49 Sands Point 80 Sayville 35 Sea Cliff 83 Seaford 27 Setauket 95 Sheepshead Bay. . 21 PAGE Shelter Island .... 73 Shinnecock Hills. 43 Smithtown 94 Southampton .... 46 Southold 71 Speonk 41 Springfield 24 St. James 94 St. Johnland 94 Stony Brook . ... 95 Syosset 88 Valley Stream. ... 24 Wading River. ... 96 Wainscott 49 Wantagh 27 Wardenclyffe 96 Watermill 47 Westbury 64 West Deer Park.. 66 Westhampton. . . . 41 Whitestone ^^ Willetts Point. . . tj Winfield 76 Woodmere 24 Woodside 76 Yaphank 67 Manhattan Beach Swept by Ocean Breezes MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL European Plan T. 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