New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-19


in the matter Of the number or character OF it's meetings
1t is the Associations object to furnish pleasant
healthfu and accessible Summer resort for Christian
and moral people, and TO provide facilities FOR hOidDg
an annual campmecting.
Both OF these objects are being well carried ont, and
Shelter Island Summer resort Is thaa far success
For beauty of scenery and heahfulness Of climate 1t
has few superlors. The grounds OF the Association he
upon gentle slope which rises from the beach to the
hight Of about 200 feet Overlooking the beach is the
Shelter Island Hotel which is kept by George Carl
ION The hotel h large and cemmOdous, having accom-
modations for about $50 guests. On point oi lana
known as Locust Point, opposite the Mo1HOoi'' Vi''ot
encampment Boston company 10 DUdinB d n"o H''ci
waich will cost about 100000. To thlS ho'ei arc az
taohed fifteen acres Of land, upon whch Inero -
pleasant grove. It was expected 70 haVo tn's h''e
ready for the reception OF guests this seaSon' puV ~
viii be impossible. at the right OF the hoIeI Is 'oNV
40 feet high which affords very fne VIEW AscehdihI
from the back OF the Shelter Island Hotel one comes 10
collection Of snow-whie tents peeping out mere anu
there from between the trees. On the IeN Is
the chapel of the Association which has seauHS
capacity of about 400 It answered tho purpose o.
tabernacle" and directly in front OF II Is great
amphtheater in the center Of which is platform SUI
rounded by sufficient number Of benches 10 seat more
than 900 persons which may be increased 10 an IN
definite extent. The grove is lighted at nlght py
large lamps and reectors Back OF the grove hes inc
highest point Of the island which Is known as Io"er
HILL and upon which stands temporary tower which
VIII be replaced next year by permanent Observatory
From It's summit one may enjoy Greenpor Orient, 90
miles OF Long Island SOUND Gardeners Bay and Island
Montauk Point and the ocean to the east, Sag Harbor
and the ocean to the SOUTH and Long Island for 20 or 80
miles TO the west. The island Is not yet laid out INTO
roads and drives, for it ia still IN rough state
and perhaps for this reason Is the more pietGr
esdue About 20 tents have been pitched and many
others are ordered About rs cottages have also been
ordered conspicuous among which, for cost and beauty
is that of Controller f. A. Schroeder OF Brooklyn. At
little distance behind this cottage stand those Of Dwight
Johnson ex Mayor Booth, and Commissioner whiting,
while near by are those OF Messrs Gardner Petit ana
Burrows. Fronting the hotel, and situated near tho
shore are the cottages of Messrs Little French, aud
| Batten Alderman Ropes aud family arrived to-day,
and by the OF the week IL is expected that most II
| not all Of the cottages will be occupied.
The boating facilities ample, fact which s recog
Missed by tho Brooklyn Yacht Club, which is about to
build rendezvous at Greenpor on the opposite shore
Many Of its yachts already been here this season
The Association itself owns about twenty craft incud
ing both sail and rowboas, which are hired out at
low rate The bathing is also very fae although there
Is no SURF The Association last year built 80 bahhoues
and this year has made addition Of 80 more aud they
are all well patronzed. The waters also abound in FISH,
from which the Ney-York markets are largely supplied
Nearly all the fish are caught, from bass ana
| bluefsh down 10 porges.
The second annual camp-meetng. which win con-
tlnue Ten days opened yesterday at o'clock, the Rev.
Charles Fletcher Of the Long Island District presiding
| The sermon was delivered by the Rev. g. L. Taylor OF
Hampstead. Tomorrow the Rev. j. Parker OF New
York will preach, and the 18th the sermon viii be by
the Rev. Mr.. Rivlngton Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. On Sunday, at $50 there will be love
feast which will be followed by from the Rev.
t. H. Haines OF the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal
| Church, Brooklyn, and from the Rev. Matthew Hale
Smith. The remainder of the programme has not yet
been filed out but there will be three day,
and during the intervals them prayermeetlng
| will be held