CONGRESS. Our Cow Receivep llj'i.. 24' t903 t3, fqo3 aSs Cu XXa Mo. COP', 3. ATLANTIC CITY VIEWS Copyright, 1905, by the Osborne Publishing Co., ;; East 21st St., New York. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ATLANTIC CITY. Atlantic City is situated on tlie island of Absecon, which has an area of 5213 acres, is ten miles long and two miles wide at its greatest width. Jeremiah Leeds built the first hotel, "Atlantic House," about 1S12, for the accommodation of fishermen and oystermen, who at that time composed practically the entire population. Richard B. Osborne, contractor and engineer, gave the city its name, laid out the town site and built its first railway. The city was incorporated in 1854, with a population of 250. The first railway, the Camden and Atlantic, extending from Atlantic Citv to Camden, was opened to traffic July 4, i8i;4. The lighthouse, Absecon Light, was built in 1854; cost $52,100, and is 167 feet high. The light is visible iq miles at sea. The permanent population at present is 30,000. During the months of June, July and August the population fluctuates between 200,000 and 300,000. The property valuation is over $70,000,000. Valuation of public school property is $300,000. One thousand dollars a front foot is a common price for land which Jeremiah Leeds bought for 40 cents an acre. The City has ;i miles of streets, 18 miles of street railway tracks, a marvelous sewage system, a modern crematory for incinerating garbage and refuse, a model hospital, 28 churches, ; banks and scores of artesian wells from 700 to looo feet deep. The Boardwalk is the longest and finest marine promenade in the world. It is 4 miles long and cost $172,000. The Steel Pier is 1750 feet long, and Young's Pier is longer, being in length 2000 feet. New York City is distant iqo miles by railway, or 3 hours. Philadelphia is ;q miles distant — i hour by railway. The fastest train in the world, on regular schedule, runs between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Time, 66.6 miles an hour. More than i,;oo,ooo people were carried to Atlantic City over its three railways during the past season. This resort has over ;oo hotels, which have accommodations for loo to 800 guests each. From 30,000 to ;o,ooo people in bathing suits may be seen at one time, at the height of the season, on the strand and in the surf. Efe.':-j:.:t--;y--7-..j>^ "^ -- THE THOUSAND-THROATED SEA Whence comes the subdued roar of breakers that lull one to sleep in the " I ipiikaampifMM ATLANTIC CITY CHAMPION — MEHRF.R II WHARVES AT THE INLET A FISHING PARTY ATLANTIC CITV SK.V LINES SWEET DISl'(J.SiriO\S A VARIETV OF POSTURES HOTEL TRAYMORE \1E\V SHOWING BRIGHTON CASINO AND PARK ijgcsisist'ai^si -**^«»'«^ THE N£W RUDOLF THE MORNING PROMENADE, EASTER SUNDAY SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS ON VOL NGS FIER ATHLETICS ON THE STRAND yUITE WELL ACQUAINTED pi LISTENIXe; TO AN AFTKRNOON CUN'CERT ON THE STEEL PIER THE STRAND 1\ JULY, LOOKING NORTH FROM IHt SILhI, I'lLR IHt SIRANL) IN U'LV, LOOKING NORTH 1 ROM VOlNl, h I'lLR TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN BATHING SUITS ON THE STRAND AND IN THE SURF NEAR YOUNGS PIER One may travel the entire world over, yet nowhere will he find the natural facilities for sea bathing so ideal as here. The entire beach of the island (about lo miles long) is hard and smooth and composed of fine white sand, absolutely free from holes, stones and shells. One may go down a scarcely perceptible slope for more than .1 hundred yards and not be immersed beyond the waist. The above view is one of the four most popular bathing points. 5n PANORAMIC VIEW ATLANTIC CITY. U.S.A. ^-•€ Very near two million people bathe at Atlantic City every summer. For seventy days, during the height of the season, there is an average of 25,000 bathers each day. The bath houses have accommodations for over 50,000, and many thousands of residents and cottagers besides have their own suits and dress at home. On Saturdays and Sundays of July and August one may see, if the weather is favorable, 50,000 and more bathers at one time, an enchanting scene worth a trip around the world to see. FISHERMEN FROM THE BIG HOTELS RETURNING WITH THEIR CA'FCH ON BOARD THE MEHRER II Ruins of an Antiquated In Road to Country Club INTERESTING TRIPS TO THE MAIN-LAND Forge 3 Remnant of General Doughty's Log Cabin, built before the Revolution A Bridle Path A Quaint Old Grist Mill ATLANTIC CITY BOATS AT LONGPURT RIDES AND DRUKS IN AND ABOl''!' ATLANTIC CTTV 03 s 3 H n ^ O ""S = -J ir "= S 2 W5 o i:i^,-M>«^^'atA!A^¥^ v i\ The Neiv Rudolr The Steel Pier Young's Pier BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE LIGHT HOUSE, SHOWING YOUNG'S PIER, OVER TWO MILES DISTANT A SUNDAY MORNING IN FEBRUARY SAND DUNES, SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND OFtNING OV THE NEW CLUB HOLSE (JK ATLANTIC CITY VACHT CLUl ON THE LINKS OK THE COUNTRY CLUB The Links here are scientifically and beautifully laid out, no two holes of the eighteen being alike The distances are excellent, with the hazards exccpti the turf is heavy and firmly set. The privileges of the Club and Links may be obtained by cottagers and guests of hotels under specified condi placed, r -L THE MARLBOROUGH SNAP SHOTS AT THE HORSE SHOW MORNING DRILL OF SHILL S ROLLING CHAIRS SOME OF THE PLEASURE CRAFT AND THEIR SKIPPERS AT THE INLET MARINE HALL — ILLUMINATED A CONSPIRACY FRL'STRATED JUL 24 i903 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lilll iniiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 014 434 165 n