fia- ff 1^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 220 548 8 Long beach , Rockaway, Long branch , Coney island Fort lee, Glen island &C.&C.&C. C!ass_JQM. .At? POPTTL-flLR kw, '"^^mm ^vnund Bew ^nvh CONEY ISLAND. HOCKAWAY, LONa BRANCH, LONG BEACH, FAE ROCKAWAY, FIBE ISLAND, FOET LEE, HIGH BRIDGE, GLEN ISLAND, (Sjc, &c., &c., &c. DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE. Summer Season, 1881. PRICE 7 Published by J. WILLIAMS & CO., 22 New Chamber St., New York. TS- — 1 wr>" Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1881, in the Office of the Libra- rian of Congress at Washington, D. C„ by J. WilUams & Co. \ INDEX. :o:- INTRODUCTION Page, 5 LONG BRANCH, 26 ROCKAWAY, 13 FAR ROCKAWAY 21 CONEY ISLAND 11 BRIGHTON, 19 WEST BRIGHTON, 17 MANHATTAN, 19 LONG BRANCH,.. 26 GLEN ISLAND, 27 HIGH BRIDGE, 23 FORT LEE, 23 HOW TO GO 25 INTRODUCTORY, The Summer Season with its heat brings renewed desires to pent up City folks to revel in the Delights of Seaside Pleasures, and Woodland Pastimes. The People of this Vicinity spent $14,960,000 last Summer at the Sea-side in search of Pleasure and Fresh Air. It may interest those, who have no exact information on the subject of Summering in New York and Vicinity, to show where the princely sum stated above was spent. For the benefit of those the following table is re- published from the N. Y. Herald, Sept. 20th 1880: Resorts. Coney Island, Long Branch, Highlands, Rock aw ay. Long Beach, Glen Island, Fort Lecj Visitors. 4,500,000, 400,000, ■ 250,000, 1,000,000, 300,000, 750,000, 750,000, Expenditures. $8,775,000. 1,800,000. 1,000,000. 1,500,000. 750,000. 562,000. 575»ooo- Totals, 7,950,000 $14,962,000. Of the amount credited to Coney Island $150,000 was spent for bathing alone. Many are the beautiful spots that offer an asylum and rest to the metropolitan man of busmess, and we, in this little work, desire to tell all about the Popular Places ; and How to Get to Them. Each one thinks they have got the "biggest thing" in the world. Don't remain in the city. Go down to the Sea-side and see for your- self. "A word to the wise is sufficient," Popular Resorts Around LONG BEACH. A new seaside resort, partially opened last year, accessible via Long Island R. R. from James Slip and 34th street Femes to Hun- ter's point; Excursion Fare 50 cents. Trains leave James Slip, 8.30 a.m. and 3.30 and 5 p.m.; 34thstreet 15 minutes later. Long Beach is seven miles long and is situated on the Long Island coast, directly East of Rockaway, and is an Island containing about 1,800 acres. The dip of the Beach is very gradual so that one may wade out several hundred feet before reaching his depth, the Beach is furnished with a colossal Hotel, 30 to 40 Cottages, Bathing-houses, Music Pavilions, and all other appointments of a first-class watering place, not foro-etting a Church ; a Marine Railroad will be in operation the entire length of the Beach this year. For the entertainment of visitors at the Beach, there will be daily Concerts, and ^'■Kleaphas Schreiner*^ will bring with him, when he leaves Hamburg in June — 62 Musicians. among them, those who played under his direction at the Long Beach last summer. For those who desire to enjoy cool breezes, and attend divine worship, a Church will be completed and ready for service about June 15 — the Church will be so arranged that its sides can be opened at frequent distances, to allow any number of people at the outside to hear the preaching and service ; the Church will be called Grace Church bjt the Sea, and the Rev. Dr. Snively of Brook- lyn, will be its pastor. At the Western End of the Beach or Island,, where the R- R. trestle ceases an elaborate Boat-house has been constructed, in which will be placed seventy fine boats for hire. Mr. Richard H. Southgate, proprietor of the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, has leased the Hotel, for which he agreed to pay $40,000 cash, and a percentage of the receipts. On the first floor of the Hotel, where the Restaurant and Cafe are located; there is accomodation for five thou- sand people at one time; the Hotel entertaining about 600 guests. Previous to '80 in was only patronized by Pot Hunters and Wreckers. A visit to this delightful resort will well repay any lover of the pleasures which cluster around the seaside, and he will have a fund oi material for thought that will last for months. New York and Vicinity. ROCKAWAY. Rockaway Beach is about 26 miles from New York City by land and 30 by water. It has been a favorite resort of New Yorkers for the past fifty years, and is a narrow strip of sand seperating Jamaica Bay from the AtLantic Ocean. By takmg one of the excursion steam- ers a grand view of the harbor and bay of this city is obtained.— Steaming slowly around the city with its network of mast and spar passmg the many vessels cruising in the bay, Governor's Island is passed, and a view of Castle William and its other defences obtained- past the Atlantic Docks at Brooklyn, along the shore to Bay Ridge' where the pier and depot of the New York and Manhattan Beach Railway are located; thence down through the Narrows, with the grey walls of Fort Hamilton on the left side and Fort Wadsworth on the other, and above the latter the green walls of the earthworks called Fort Tomkins; in under the empty port-holes of the ruined Ft. Lafayette, and out into the lower bay. Over to the right lies the low line of Sandy Hook, and nearer, the Illinois, a dismantled hulk.— Coney Island soon comes in sight on the left, and the whole length of the Island from Norton's Point is passed in review. The new Co- ney Island pier, with its long reach of 1,000 feet of spider-like tubu" lar colums, surmounted by several pavilions, and the various and numberless airy structures on the sand, are followed nearly to Man- hattan Beach, and can be seen plainly and an excellent idea of the general outlines of the beach obtained. From that point the steam- er hauls out. and, passing through the channel in the Coney Island bar, on which the surf breaks heavily, and running in under the shore of Barren Island lands at the pier at Rockaway. When James Remsen, the shrewd and affable "Uncle Jim" of Jamaica, bought this point, four miles in length and ranging from one-quarter to three-quarter miles wide, for $545,oo twenty-one years ago, there were but three shanties upon it. At that time a few flat bottom boats, earring hay from Meadow Island in the bay, were the only indications of moving life upon the water. The mammoth new hotel is the chief attraction at Rockaway this season. It is the largest seaside hotel in the world, and is Popular Resorts Around GEO. W. WILSON, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in FDRfflTDRE, Carpet, Oil Cloth and Bedding, ITo. 40 and 42 Myrtle Aveziue, Corner of Pearl St., BROOKLYN, L. I. Goods Retailed at Wholesale Prices. Estimates for Furnishing Hotels •& Cottages a Specialty. i i i i New York and Vicinity. unique in all its appointments. Its length is 1,130 feet, the average depth 70 feet, and the height is from six to seven stories. The first floor contains large rooms for restaurants for the especial accommo- dation of transient visitors. The entire upper portion of the building is arranged for the accommodation of permanent visitors and board- ers. There are four elevators in the hotel. The central tower rises » to a height of 153 feet. It contains 1,200 rooms, and the large din- ing-room, the ceiling of which is 26 feet high, is capable of serving 6,000 persons with meals simultaneously. The hotel is surrounded with made ground, soded, and laid out in flower beds. The land purchased by the company comprises nearly two thousand acres. — A music pavilion in front is to be occupied by a military band. Bathing houses are located on both sides of the hotel and the neck of land. On the seaside there are 3,000. all provided with fresh water; a covered way for bathers will be under the grand pa- vilion, near the beach, so that they can avoid the annoyance of be- ing gazed at by a large crowd until they have plunged into the surf. The electric lights are to illuminate the beach, the Grand Hotel and and other buildings. An iron pier 1,200 feet long has been erected on the ocean side, and a line of steamers lands passengers at that point. The trip occupies about an hour and a-half. Excursionists taking their own lunch baskets will find ample table accommodations and the trip, with a clam dinner, etc., at one of the minor hotels, may be made for from $1,50 to $2,00 for each person. Rockaway is accessible, via, WOODHAVEN & ROCKAWAY R. R., which leaves Hunter's Point, L. I. City about every hour from 6,10 a. m. to 9,30 p. m. Hunter's Point Depot is reached from ferries foot of James Slip, 7th St., and 34th St., E. R. Trains also leave the Depot at Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Cars from Fulton and Catherine Ferries run direct to the depot. Rockaway is also reached by boats every hour from Pier foot of 22nd St., and Pier 6, N. R., and Jewell's wharf, Brook- lyn. Excursion fare, by boat or rail, 50 Cents. A marine railway is to be built this season by the Rockaway Transit Co. It is to start from the big hotel and run along the wa- ter's edge, on bay side, to Block House Point; returning on the surf side to the place of starting. W C/3 W i^ f= p 3 o P C O 3 CI. o 3 Cd p CD O CD New York and Vicinity. i i CONEY ISLAND. Thb Most Popular Seaside Resort in the World. Coney Island, as mentioned above, is the most popular Sea Side Resort in the world, and is unique in its appearance, its patronage and its history. The Island is the extreme western end of a great out-lying sand bar, broken by inlets, which extends along the south- ern coast of Long Inland for nearly ninety miles. Coney Island is a part of the town of Gravesend, and is seperated from the shore on the west by Sheeps Head Bay, and Coney Island Creek on the north; runs to a point on the east, and has the broad Atlantic for its southern boundry. The distance from the Battery to the Pier at the extreme west end is about 8^ miles Previous to 1875 this fine stretch of beach, five miles long, with its splendid surf, and its unequalled location in point of accessibility from New York, Brooklyn and other adjacent cities, was little more than a barren waste of sand. At the west end of the island was a small hotel, and two steamboats made daily trips to that point. At the terminus of the old Coney Island road from Brooklyn stood a hostelry to which the residents of that city occasion- ally drove down in the afternoon. The boats and the beach, how- ever, were little patronized by the better classes, owing to the diffi- culty of reaching the island and the reputation for disorder which it obtained through various causes. At that time a single horse-car line from Fulton Ferry and a steam line from an almost inaccessible part of Brooklyn near Greenwood Cemetery furnished the means ol of reaching a location desirable only from its natural advantages. — In 1874 a steam road from 20th st., Brooklyn, was built by an enter- prising capitalist to what is now known as West Brighton Beach, and a large pavilion and restaurant ware opened at its terminus. — The result proved that the enterprise necessary to afford a convenient means of reaching the island was all that was necessary to secure for the place the position to which its splendid natural advantages en- titled it, as the most popular watering-place in this country. At the present time eight steam railways, one line of street cars, and tuQft 12 PopuLaR Resorts Around S. H. CROOK'S H O T El I^ 5 ON THE Etiropeaii Elan, No. 84. 86, 88 & 90 Chatham St, New York. JI^^Rooms by the Day or Week.°®li Rooms 50c, 75c and $i,oo a Night. ^ New York and Vicinity. y* linesofsteamboats, capable of carrying at least 150,000 persons to and from the beach daily, are in active operation between New York Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark and the various sections of the Island ' for the Island has been latterly subdivided into fout sections, Sever- al beautiful drives have been laid out and graded, the finest running from Prospect Park to the sea shore. It is five or six miles Ion-, 200 feet wide, and has a series of ornamental parks in the center making a double roadway, and commands a splendid view of the Atlantic Ocean. The dozen or less pavilions of the former period have increased to over fifty, and the two hotels, accomodating less than a hundred guests at a time, have been replaced by ten times that number, three of which are unequalled by any sea beach hotel in the world- many of the others being equal to the average of those at Long Branch and Cape May, and at any of which all the luxuries of the season are at all hours, to be found. At least three thousand persons can be lodged over night, in large and airy rooms, elegantly furnished. Seven hun- dred guests may be lodged at the Manhattan Beach Hotel, and six hundred at the Oriental, an adjunct of the former. Five thousand bath houses line the beach from end to end. Still water as well as as surf bathing is furnished to invalids at some of them. From an observatory, three hundred feet above the level of the sea, on West Brighton Beach, magnificent ocean and inland views, as far as the human eye aided by every form of human invention can reach, re- veal the marvelous extent of the metropolis and its suburban cities, anddisplay, as a panorama, the going and coming argosies of the chief seaport of America. THE IRON PIER. One of the most striking features of the Island is the great Iron Pier, which runs out into the ocean from West Brighton Beach for a distance of 1500 feet. This remarkable structure was erected in the summer of 1879. The adoption of this system of hollow iron piles for the foundation of the Pier proved a complete protection against the action of wind and waves. The visitor coiuumnds, from the extreme end of the upper prom- 14 Popular Resorts Around ESTABLISHED 1817, McOOY & La BRIE, WHOSALE LIQUOR DEALERS, No. 91 South Street, Opposite Fulton Ferry, NEW YORK. New York and Vicinity. 15 anade, a magnificent view of the whole extent of the beach, while he listens to the strains of a first class Band, engaged for the season, and and finds himself surrounded by the comforts of a first class hote\i The dimentions of the Pier are; Length of iron wall, - - - 1,040 ft. '• of Pier over all, - . - 1,500 ft* 1 lei'.-ht, first deck 12 leet above above high water, 2nd deck, 24 feet, and height of top ot building - 104 ft. The width ranging from 52 to 535 feet, the depth of water at the pier head is 20 feet. There are on the pier, a first class restau- rant and bar-room. The bathing houses are 1200 in number and each bather has use of a seperate compartment in a huge iron safe for the safe keeping of his valuables. The price of admission to the Pier is 10 cents, or 25 cents including the bathing privilege. THE NEW PIER. The projected pier, of which a great deal has been said, is to be erected just east of the present one, for the accomodation of the iron steamboats of which so much has been written. It will be several hundred feet longer than the old pier, and cannot fail to obstruct the view, which was one of the features of the pier last year. It is to be fitted up with bathing houses and all the appointments of a first class class resort. The west-end people expect great results from this im- provement, and claim that much of the travel which went last year by the railroads to the eastern hotels will now be monopolized by the boats of the two piers. How this will advantage the west end it is difficult to tell unless some provision is made for serving good meals, such as are served at the great hotels. THK WEST BND. Although the West End of Coney Island, as the part of the beach from West Brighton to Norton's Dock is now called, was first settled it is the least improved. The beach is covered with the refuse thrown up by the tides, and the surface of the island is covered with irregular hummocks of fine white sand and an occasional growth of "beach-grass and laurel. There is no road or drive, and passage # 1 6 Popular Resorts Around I H. SMITH'S SONS, 25 A 27 Peck Slip, lTeT?7' T'ork. REPRESENT The Monks of Grande Chartreuse. Messrs. J. Denis, Hy. Mounie & Co., Cognac. Boll & Co., Reims. Blankenheym & Nolet, Rotterdam Schroder, Schyler & Co., Bordeaux. Peridier P*reres, Cette. Union Club Whiskies. A. RousTEAX, Saumur. Jos. & Jno. Vickers, London. The Mission San Gabriel, Cal. St. Onier Hotels EUROPEAN PLAN, Nos. 384 and 386 SIXTH AVENUE, Near 23d St., Adjoining Masonic Temple, NEW YORK. Cars to and from Railroad Depots, Steamboat and Ferry Landings, Places of Interest, and all other sections of the City pass the door of this Hotel. ROOMS COMPLETE WITH ALL HOME COMFORTS. The Spacious Restaurant lor Ladies and Gentlemen is open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. New York and Vicinity. 17 throughout its length is to be had only by Culver's railroad from West Brighton. The attractions of the West End are only at its extreme west point, where Norton's Hotel is located. This is the oldest place on the Island, but is in good repair and fairly kept by Messrs. Norton and Murray, There are 700 bath houses attached to the hotel near by. The hotels between Norton's and West Brighton are those known as West End Bath, a mere pavilion, Point Comfort House Rosedale Half-way House, Windsor Hotel, all small: Bay View, Bath Bay, Occidental, West End Pavilion, neither large nor attrac- tive; Tilyou's, which is the quitest family bathing-place on this end of the Beach, Sea View, Tivoli, Sea Side, Feltman's and Leopold's. WEST BRIGHTON BEACH. (The Island's Center.) This portion of the Island for years was known as "Cable's.** Fronting the ocean is the large hotel with a broad piazza covered with dining-tables. Vanderveer's is the old resort for driving parties from Brooklyn. The Grand Union is in the rear of Vanderveer's. — Bauer's West Brighton Hotel, having numerous rooms and an im- mense restaurant. Conterno's Band of forty pieces gives concerts dai- ly. Near the pier is the Sea Beach Hotel, (this structure was the U. S. Gov't, building at the Centennial Exhibition. Connected with it is the depot for the N. Y. and Sea Beach road. Bathing pavilions are numerous. The Concourse virhich leads to Brighton Beach on the east is a wide drive and promenade about a half mile long, and Park wagons are continually traversing its length. It is maintained by the city of Brooklyn, and no buildings are allowed between it and the ocean. The drive is a pleasant one. An elevated railroad from the Ocean Parkway, about halt way between Brighton and West Brighton, will run to Locust Grove and connect with boats at that point to and from New York. i8 Popular Resorts Around FRASH & GO'S., Pavilion at West Brighton Beach. o z < w Quart, $1.00. Pint, 50 Ct$» Cocktail, 10 Cts. Glass, 10 Cts.' (0 o 10 Barclay Street, ITe-w TTorls. . *3aVtil 3H1 01 INnOOSId V ^ '00'^$ 'S8|»0g OOliO S9SBD Ul 'S|!B}>j303 W ! 00'8$ 'S3SB0 Ul 's;u!d ! 00'Z$ 's^sbd uj 's^br^ ^ '31I{)Vji[YH0 lYiNaHIIMOO New York and Vicinity. 19 The attractions of West Brighton Beach are a broad plaza, with large fountains of pure drinking water brought brought from Brook- lyn; a Camera obscura, from wliich all parts of the Island can be seen in minature moving pictures; an observatory 300 feet above sea level ; several restaurants and ample accomodations for bathing, The aquarium and a variety theatre, and the beautiful drive and prome- nade known as the concourse are near. Frash & Go's Wine Pa- vilion, where Champagne can be had on draught at 10 cents per glass, is a great attraction. The Grand Plaza in front of the depot is brilliantly lighted every night by electric lights of 25,000 candle power. Afternoon and evening concerts are given at all the hotels and on the Pier. BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL. This hotel has an ocean frontage of 525 feet, the beach proper having only a frontage of 600 feet. The ground floor is open to transient guests, the second and third being reserved for permanent ones; the rooms are large and well ventilated and are elegantly fur- nished. Piazzas extend around the entire building on the first and second floors, and in all the rooms fronting on these piazzas there is gas and running water. There will be, as usual, this summer, dis. plays of Fireworks, monster concerts and ""toots" on Levy's cornet at $500 per week. The hotel is very large and admirably adapted to meet the wants of the multitudes that throng it. The bathing pa- vilion, which is near by, has been entirely remodled and improved. There are pic-nic platforms and countless attractions of a general sea-side character. There is a marine railway, running on the beach from Brighton to Manhattan about every ten minutes, the fare being five cents. MANHATTAN BEACH. The largest tract of beach under the control of a single compa- ny, is the Manhattan. It is at the extreme end of the Island, begin- ning at Sheeps Head Bay and embraces 500 acres, with a sea front of over 2% miles, and is the largest single ocean estate in the world. The hotel has a front of 600 feet, and is within 400 feet of the ocean. 20 Popular Resorts Around It has 400 rooms, all large and airy, handsomely furnished in East- lake style of furniture and Axminster carpets. There are numerous small dining-rooms and three large. Four thousand persons can dine at one time in these various dining-rooms ; and thirty thousand persons can be fed daily. One thousand servants are employed in the hotel, and the service and cuisine are unsurpassed by any hotel in this country. Broad piazzas extend the full length of the hotel, overlooking a wide plaza extending nearly to the waters edge. The hotel is three and four stories in height. Permanent guests have parlors, chambers, and dining-rooms apart from merely transient visitors who are not permitted on the upper floors. The hotel has been leased to Capt. McKinney and Major Buanap, of the Grand Central Hotel, N. Y. City, The attractions on Manhattan Beach will be the same this year as last. Coney Island Jockey Club. — Organized 1879, has a fine club- house at Manhattan Beach and a mile track at Sheepshead Bay. A handsome facade at the entrance, a commodioils grand stand, judges' stand, and other buildings, in the Queen Anne style, were erected this season {1880). There are meetings from June to September, and trains run via Manhattan Beach at those times on the Manhattan Beach R. R. A Grand Pavilion, the lagest and finest on the coast, is situated near the Manhattan Beach and Oriental Hotels. It will seat 1,500 persons at dining tables. One-half of this space is re- served for parties of visitors, who bring their luncheon with them. Tables, seats, and waiters are supplied free of charge. Fish dinners are served at this pavilion as a specialty. The Bathing Houses are the largest in the world. They cost $125,000, and the reception parlors, ofhces, etc., are hadsomely furnished and decorated. There are 2,700 separate rooms, and 3,000 persons can bathe at one time. There is never occasion to wait for a room or suit. The charge is 25 cents. There is no extra charge for securing valuables; nor any fees expected by the waiters. The Amphitheatre is part of the bath pavi- lion. It overlooks the bathing grounds, and is not more than two- feet from the line of surf. It seats 2,000 persons. Music daily at I P.M. to 2.30, from 3.30 P.M. until 4.30, and from 5 P.M. until 6.15 o'clock. It is tree to bathers; 10 cents admission is charged to others. But, ample as the Manhatton Beach was believed to be, the results of ■\ / New York and Vicinity. 21 the season of 1879 proved that new accommodations had become be- come necessary. Accordingly, the Company contracted for THE ORIENTAL HOTEL, which lies beyond the Manhattan Beach Hotel. We can go by broad planks, past great pavilions and a large turfed enclosure, or by a minature train of cars on a baby railway which occupies a modest posilion in the rear of the hotel and terminates at the Point Breeze station. The Oriental Hotel, like the Manhattan Beach Hotel , is under the personal care aud guardianship of the military Captamand Major aforesaid. Last year the Oriental, which was always full, was conducted on the European plan. This year the proprietors have concluded to adhere to the American system solely. The Hotel is a marvel of beauty and noted for its convenient arrangements, it is 500 feet long and 88 feet deep in the centre, with a corridor 30 feet wide, it has two L's 160 feet deep. The main dining-room is 60 X no feet, the L's form a large Court on the bay side, which is beau- tifully laid out in lawns, walks, flowers and fountains, and the grounds at the front of the Hotel are beautifully laid out. One of the greatest attractions of Coney Island in past seasons have been the fine displays of fireworks given on the beach, some of the most bril- liant and successful of which were from the Excelsior Fireworks factory of Messrs. Detwiller & Street, No. 13 Dey street, New York. Their Illuminating Meteoric Ballons displaying fireworks m the air have formed a splendid feature of all these exhibitions. On the night of the Fourth of July there will be an extraordinary exhibition of fireworks at Manhatton Beach, the cost of which, it is already stated, will be $5,000. It will be diflerent and on a grander scale than has ever before been attempted in the country. FAR ROCKAWAY. Justly celebrated as one ofthe most popular watering places around New York, is annually visited by thousands of people who seeek its refreshing breezes and suberb surf bathing. The crowds visiting it annually overtax the capacity of its numerous Hotels. The Hotels are the New York, Coleman's, United States, Neptune, Grand Hotel, Grand Central Pavilion, Mansion House, &c. It is situated 22 miles from N. Y. via L. I. R. R. Trains leave L. I. City hourly, from 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Sunday, from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. « 3* Popular Resorts Around Higgins German Laundry Soap Factory Cor. of 3Park Ave. c& Clinton St. Office, No. 232 Cherry Street, N. Y. New York and Vicinity. 23 HIGH BRIDGE. The bridge on which the Cioton aqueduct is carried across the Harlem River and valley at 175th st. It is 1,460 ft, long and is sup- ported by 13 arches resting on solid granite piers, the crown of the highest arch being Ii6ft. above the river surface. The water is car- ried over the bridge in large cast-iron pipes protected by brick masonry. A wide foot-path enables visitors to walk across it and view the fine prospect from its top. The bridge can be reached either by train from the Grand Central or 30th st. depots by boats to be found on the west side of the 3d av. elevated railroad station at 129th st. and the landings of the Harlem boats from Peck si. or by the High bridge branch of the West side Elevated R. R. train which run from 155th street depot every few minutes, fare 5 cents. Thei-e are several Hotels and Restaurents on both sides of the river and their scale of prices are moderate, accomodation for Family Pic-nic party's can also be found and small boats hired for a sail or row on the River. A handsome high-service tower and engine-house are located on the left or island side of the river. FORT LEE. This romantic spot on the Hudson, hallowed as the scene of Re- volutionary activity and blessed by nature with an environment of beauty and picturesqueness quite matching the lauded charms of West point or Upper Hudson. At this place begin the Palisades on the western shore of the Hudson River. During the Revolutionary War is was the site of a fort commanded by General Greene, and which fell into the hands of the British; it was evacuated in Nov., 1776, four days after the fall of Fort Washington. Fort Lee has been for years a popular objective point for excursion parties from New York. Since the enormous success attained by similar enterprises at the Coney Island Beach, a stock company called the "Fort Lee Park and Steam- boat Company" have bought up 40 acres of land, and built a fine hotel on the bluft, and a pavilion at the steamboat landing, at a cost nenrly $250,000. The hotel is a fine structure, similar to those at Coney Island, and is well kept. The restaurant will accommodate 24 Popular Resorts Around 2,500 persons at one time, and charming views abound on all sides. At the pavilion lunches are sold, and in the front portion of the build- ing tables are provided for picnic parties bringmg their own lunch. Upon the bluff beyond the hotel is a large and pleasantly shaded park ; a band of music discourses popular airs during the afternoon and evening. Good boating and still-water bathing to be had The place is reached by a line of boats, starting from the foot of Cana^ St., N. R., every hour, and on Sundays every y^ hour, and callmg at 24th St. and 54th st. piers. Also by a ferry from 125th st. (Man- hattanville. The fare for the round trip is only 25 cents. Danc- ing and music are among the attractions for this season, and the man who used to cook the clams there last year declares that he has obtained some new wrinkles about the clam cooking, which will delight the lovers of the succulent bivalve. New York and Vicinity. 2 5 How to got to "Coney Island." The Iron Steam Boat Co., will run every hour from Pier foot of West 23d St. and Pier i North River; single fare, 35 cents, Excur- sion, 50 cents, includmg admission to the Pier. The Iron Steam- boat also connect with the Sea Beach Road at Bay Ridge, also for Sea Beach Palace. Prospect Park & C. I. R. R. — Trains leave Brooklyn Depot, from 9th av. & 20th st. about every ^ hour; Excursion fare, 25 cts. ; horse cars fi'om Fulton, and Catherine and South ferries connect with trains at the depot. Horse Cars. — To West Brighton Beach; Excursion fare, from City line, 15 cents, via Jay and Smith st. & Hamilton av. cars from ferry; cars leave every ^ hour. Brighton Beach, Brooklyn & C. I. R. R. Trains leave Flatbush av. Depot, Brooklyn, every ^ honr, from 11.34 a.m., to 9.30 p.m. Depot reached by horse cars from all Brooklyn Ferries. Boat to Coney Island Point — Leaving W. 22d st. 9.30. 12.30 and 3.30, landing at W. loth st. 10 minutes later, and Franklin st. 20 minutes later. Single Fare, 15 cents; Excursion, 25 cents. MANHATTAN BEACH R. R. New York Trains via Greenpoint. The steamer Sylvan Grove leaves the pier foot of Twenty-third st., E. R., for the Company's Depot, Greenpoint, connecting with all trains for Manhattan Beach as follows: Leave New York — 9.45, 10.45, 11.45 a.m.; 12.45, i'45» 2.45, 3-45. 5-45. 6.45 P-m. The steamer D. R. Martin, running in connection with Elevated Railroads at Whitehall Street, connects with trains at Bay Ridge for Manhattan Beach as follows: Leave Whitehall street — 9. to, lo.io, II. 10 a.m.; 12. lo, i.io, 2.10, 3.10, 4.10, 5.10, 6.10, 7.10 p.m. Excursion tickets good over either division. Drawing Room cars are run with every train ; Seats 25 cents extra each way. Extra trains will be run over all the lines whenever the travel demands. Trains on the Marine Railway will run between Manhattan Beach and Brighton every 5 minutes. Fare, 5 cents each way. 36 Popular Resorts Around LONG BRANCH. For many years the most fashionable summer resort in the vicinity of New York has been that portion of the strip of sandy beach on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey which is backed by a bluff, and lies in front of the old village of Long Branch, about 30 miles from New York. A series of hotels have been built along the bluff with a fine wide and well kept avenue between them and the ocean, until at present they extend in close order for nearly 2^ miles. The beach below the bluff is given over to bathing-houses, and a few pavilions stand on the edge of the bluff. These hotels vary in capacity from 900 guests at the West End to 100 at some of the smaller houses. In order of size, fashion, and merit the principal ones may perhaps be placed as follows : West End, Rowland, Ocean, Mansion House, United States, and Brighton, and there are a dozen others. The rates of board for transient guests range from $3 to $5 per day. Inter- spersed along the beach are a number of very elegant private cot- tages and some few boarding-houses, the finest being, however, south of the West End Hotel. The amusements at "The Branch" are bathing in the morning, driving in the afternoon, and dancing in the evening. Each of the hotels employ an orchestra to furnish dancing and promenade music for the guests. From 4 to 7 p.m. Ocean av. is crowded with vehicles, most of them faultlessly appointed, and stylish equipages of every possible style, and filled with ladies in elaborate toilets. A tubular iron pier has recently been built out into the ocean from in front of the Ocean Hotel. A pavilion adjoin- ing the pier aflords ample accommodation for picnic parties taking their own refreshment. A line of stages runs up and down Ocean av., fare, 10 cents. It is reached by boat from Pier 14, N. R., to Sandy Hook, thence by New Jersey Southern Railroad, fare 90 cents, distance 8 miles, time ih. 40m., and by excursion boats from New York York, start- ing from Pavilon Pier No. i, and foot of W. 23rd st., hourly, afford- ing excursionists one of the finest trips out of J^ew York. This place furnishes views difierent from all other seaside resorts. It has features peculiar to itself, and one has not seen "all the world tintil he sees the sights at Long Branch. New York AND Vicinity. ^ 27 GLEN ISLAND. Glen Island is situated in New Rochelle Harbor, Long Island Sound. This lovely resort for pleasure seekers, comprising a group of five islets, lies within forty minutes of this city and can be reached by steamer any hour of the day. The natural beauties of the spot might well entitle it to be called the Island of Calypso, with this difference — that Mr. John H. Starin, the proprietor, is calling in the assistance of art to more fully develope the beauties which nature has showered with a lavish hand upon Glen Island. The tens of thousands of New Yorkers who last summer sought the cooling sea breeze under the shady groves of this favored pleasure ground carry in their memories a lively impression of its attractions. To those who are subject to "'■Mai d^ Mer,'''' and who fear to venture a sail to Long Branch, Coney Island or Rockaway, this Glen Island is a Haven of Rest. The sail through Hell Gate and out on Long Island Sound, while it cannot match the Hudson River route, is sufficiently charming to attract thousands of pleasure seekers. Extensive alterations, which are being finished at a cost of $134, 000, will convert this group of islets into a veritable fairy land. On the principal island the grand pavilion has been greatly enlarged and embellished. A striking feature near the wharf is the elaborately or- namented Chinese cottage, a portion of which has been set apart for a cloak and parcel room. On the left is the club house, with its de- liciously shaded, cool flowery walks, having at intervals statues of merit. Then comes the clam-bake or shore dining hall, open on all sides to the ocean air, and around which a new sea wall of about two thousand feet has been built. Almost contiguous to this standsthe building used for a storehouse, and containing commodious quarters for the employees of the place. A short distance from the club house on the brink of the sea,, stands a pavilion for musicians, whence the waves of harmony will be wafted on zephyr's wings to the remotest of the islands' coves. Near by a group of buildings contaming offi- ces, stables for the children's ponies and other necessary houses, which have been put up with a view to permanency rmd comfort, as 28 Popular Resorts Around THE ORIGINAL CHEAP Blank Book AND STATIONERY STORE, 22 NEW CHAMBER STEEET, Between William & Pearl Sts.. NEW YORK. Constantly on Hand, a large assortment of Blank Books, Sta- tionery, &c., &c. Paper of all kinds at Lowest Rates. New York and Vicinity. 29 well as ornament, stands. Between this group and the conservatory is an immense water tank which receives supplies of fresh water through a system of large pipes reaching over three thousand feet to the mainland. At the distance of a block or two south from the wa- terworks is the conservatory, which will send abroad the beautifying influence of its fragrant flowers and plants. Here, under the protec- tion of an artistically arranged glass roof, the delighted eye wanders over a maze of lovliness in form and color, fresh and blooming as the hand of nature has fashioned each divinely wrought petal, stem, leaf and flower of nearly all latitudes and almost every clime. The gorgeous palm, the green blooming agave, the queenly rose, the scented heliotrope, the modest violet and the vari formed fuchsia re- mind the beholder that such floral gems might only be found in jux- taposition on the fairy island reigned over by the adorable Calypso. THE GRAND PAVILION. At an appropriate distance from the conservatory, and enveloped by the perfumed air which wontons amid its flowers, is the ladies' cottage, with an elegantly contrived reception room, having all the comforts and conveniences of the visitor's own homes. Toward the south from this Swiss cottage is a grand pavilion, with roomy corri- dors and airy galleries, where thousands of guests can find coolness rest and refreshment. This pavilion has been greatly enlarf^ed since last year, and a gracefully constructed tower has become a part of it; also a music stand, which will be occupied during the season by the whole strength of the Seventy-first Regiment Band. From the pavilion the visitor may cross a large rustic bridge to the great bath- ing house, which can accomodate 250 bathers at a time. The ad- vantages of this place are perfect safety, clear still water, and a white sandy bottom. A minute or two's walk north from this brings the guest to a bold, rocky prominence, whose top is crowned with a can- on of formidable size and large calibre. This antiquated engine of war will retain its exalted position, but over it rises a many. stoned Chinese pagoda, crowned by a tall flag-staff, and from whose vari- ous faces thirty-two bells of various musical tones will give out their silver-tongued voices, while the comtemplative visitor may solace himself with the aroma of a regalia, read the news of the day or med- 30 Popular Resorts Around JierTHE OLDEST PAINT STORE-®a IN NEW YORK. Established in 1830. S. A. SCHOONMAKER. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, &c. &c. Painter's Materials, &c. KEROSENEOILt^ LA^PS. ]^^^ Agency for '^W^ PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL. ITo. 5 Cliath.a33i. St., and ITo. 8 Cath.arixie St., IT. ?. New York and Vicinity. 31 itate upon the vicissitudes of human life. The view of Long Island Sound from this point, with its hun'dreds of sails in the offing, is one of unrivalled beauty. To the east extend the bright waters whose dancing waves bear on their bosoms the commerce of this metropolis; to the north reach away into the distance the purple hills of Connec- ticut, while to the south are seen the Narrows, with its steamers and sailing craft gliding to and fro, leaving the picturesque shore of Long Island looming with pleasing distinctness above the water line. Returning to the mam island the lovers of sport find in a seper- ate edifice, to the south of the conservatory, six bowling alleys, a bil- liard room and four rifle ranges. On an open space between this hall and the pavilion is a circular building surmounted with a flagstaff, where the thirsty may obtain refreshments. Not far off, on a level spot, are the hobby horses, which delight the little ones and often their care-takers as well. From here the children may go to the bathing pond, which has been fitted up for their special benefit. — Around the west side of the pond is a wide esplanade, and at the western extremity of the island wave the umbrageous trees of a shady grove for the delectation of private picnickers. It boasts of a lover? . lane, where the story of two hearts may be told as of yore. To say that the sail up and down the river and the Sound is beautiful is merely a trite expression of the reality, In order tlat people of limited means may avail themselves of a days pleaaire and amusement at Glen Island Mr. Starin has resolved to keep the price of the round excursion tickets down to the old figure of forty cents. Preperations are being made on a very large scale for the en- tertainment of visitors at the popular prices of the best city restau- rants. Rowboats and steam launches are on hand at the wharf lor those who afiect aquatics. The Steamers Thomas Collyer, Laura M. 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