The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-10
ROCKAWAY OLD AND NEW.
kHAT rs SEEN AND HEaRD ON sun
DAY NEAR the BRE4kERS.

rte. rom the Lips Of the Best inicrmed "
Not tue Oldest Inhabitants at the bcao"'
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str: l
was at Rockawiy Beach on Sund W, and there
harmed that 400 brokers from wall street are
going down there to-day. lbev will 90 by spec'"i
invitation on the biggest ofthe ten STEAMBOATS,
that run daiy TO that popular resort and OATH
ing be,c The brokers are 10 be the guests OF
Che Seaside House, and they will no doubt be
dined and wined In fine style, for re al estate Is
booking up on Rockaway Beach, aud brokers are
.upposed to handle money whether they pos
,e.s It or not but doubt whether the gentle
men who wear light Scotch suits and straw hats,
and smoke Reina lYictorias will enjoy them e
selves more Intensely than The $1,000 of the bone
and sinew Of the country, the men and women
ef the work a-day world Of New York and New
Yofk's dormitory CITIES, whJ disported them
selves yesterday on the sands of that narrow
strip Of Land which lies between Jamaica BAY
aud the bro I'd Atlintic-who took their dip in
The waves AID came out g. dance In the pavii-
Ions, and enjoy their cbowder and baked
clans and drink lager oeer and soda water. and
smoke their Ineerschaums and homemade II l.
yanas. while their little ones picked UP shells
and built houses and forts IN the white sea sand.
Time was when Rock away beach was no. con-
,dered respectabe-wheu nor ~ would go
beach. But within the last three years the null
utudes WHO throng those sands are eminenty
table folks. You do not see there the
toft crush ard nutter Of upper tendon. the ele-
rant insolences, the polite iupertinenc IS, tho
syedaggeriucs OF the habitues of Long Branch
and Saratora, Newport and Cape May; the wav
the million enjoy themselves is certainly more
boisterous, but It's heartiness Is eminently en-
joyable to one who has not been ren1ered cal
lous to the pleasures and happiness OF the
masses by the over-rennements Of wealth and
luxury.
Inlve been Spending two days at Rookaway,
and have learned some things as wandered NJ
AMI down the beach that an sure Will be inte
resting news TO many readers of The SUN. Mrs.
Holland, Of the Holland House, where stand,
SAYS:
After the great storm Of more than twenty
years ago. witch threw up HOG Isl and aud con
verted Far R,ckaway into a village on Hog
Isl nd bay instead Of a surf beach village. the
fashionable folks deserted Rock away Beach .
Nv husband bought sixty acres hero eighteen
years ago, and gave $50 for It. This house was
on the place, re shell Of a house. but large
as you see II now, and worth the money or
more. Jim Remsen had bought below here.
He persuaded MIR. Holl md To buy. Welt we've
nved here pr-its comfortably ever since. Nv
husband died six month sfterw I'd, but | kept
now. besides what we make Mt thts house.
would not take less than $4,000 tor my prop
erty."
ON this Holland beach there re three payil-
ions and bathing estibli shments. Nike hoi-
lander says that the there ,se In the value OF real
estate at Rock way has been mainly In the last
three wears. This Is confirmed In part by Mr.
kemsen, known as jim Remsrn OF the SEASIDE
House. lie did not price his property for me.
but IN the short intervals be ween the arrival of
the hundred of guests Il MS hotel oil SAT urday
thered from MIN e fOlOss:
IA We Dep an ~ tCn
1buuent 100 acre 8 for <55O the next weary |
opened the asi1e. IL has always ueen paw
twenty five hatning houses. aud only ono small
lafil q. Now on my property there are fully
sO ltn houses"
How many are there on the whole beach p
Mr. Remsen pondered and counted on his
IN gers, aud finally SLOWLY EN- merited thus:
Sc side House prnpe tv. 700; Neptune House.
ec: Mrs. Ii lands pro oerty. inclIdins scnmeelk
Heyn- a Grobe's, 400; Harper has about 2 o;
hyeIs fully 30; Hamnel a Ma2erus, so; and
down AZ k'ckaway there must be l'vo or
more. How many does tn maker"
We addeI ana found 1t We $500.
-" here's fully az many a. that, said Mrs. Hol
lam. when | asked her opinion. 81 don't
thnk jim Remsen exa-eerated one bit That
time q.
said Mt Remsen, twenty-five thousand clans
every week.
"Goodness mercy on me-" circulated the
widow when she heard this estimate. " Then IL
all the other houses use a. IN any In proportion
there must ne $1,000 clans eaten on the oeacn
every week" ana she laughed mi her eyes
twinkled With tears and the dimpes came in her
rounl rosy cheeks and chin. ~ nat else did he
tell youF lie SAID that when he cane here
twenty years ago tnere was not yacht In ia
malca bay There were only few small sedge
boats. hsneruen and CT IN Doa1s. and thit nov
there was feet OF more than hundred sail
that went out TO get fsh, clans. crabs, end oS =
tiers Ia the bay and ocean outside, every dy."
Nell: thai's So that's sou said the widow.
He said that on three days Of last week, on
Sunday Monday ana TUESDAY, %, Sd and Attn OF
July. he han 1900 Oathers each day"
" On, dearl tuats impossible You made a
mistake" said MRS, Holland. 1T was 1900, or
think there was fully that many"
- he said that there were ten boats running
from New York TO the beach. four Of tneml
twice "a day, tue Canarsie boat every hour. and
tn c.rs made seven trips u lay"
Inc little widow ilculated and talked 1t over
with her son Michael. aud then finally concluded
L ats myself aud found it was AL right;
Two years ago. about this time OF the year.
was Gown on RIckaway beach, on the day that
tie wonens picnic went down. here were no
t-th accommodations for the public then,
J. yihons, and life s ving 4pp ritus as they have
Low. here are now. - nearly as could count
en-, thirteen dancing navi,ons, and ample &C
commud atoms for oathtn2 TO- 200 persons d day.
Vi course they could not all be Ia the water at
oIce.
A marked In Improvement that hes been made
IN the last three years Is In tue efficiency Of the
police force Of the he Oh. There are seven
c.. uiy aherlns OF Queens county that are A.
vs. IN hand ne tDree ru monte men and
hNind ers OF d like stamp have nearly all dis
hJneafed. Wnere men take their wives aud
children they Will endeayOr to preserve order.
e.Al yesterday there were some OF tue three
cifl men ia a. eluded tue hoilce, aud piled the r
slies "t the eK lense Il the cred lous and un-
MtN aud ~ COURSE wnere 3.OOJ human beings
assembled ZONE disorders must occur.
1heh " must remembered that on Sund y
We're are uhuau numbers theTr, md yesteId ~
every human beius that could escap. the tor
thrhE neat Of New York. BrOOklyn, and the
tufrou ding cities VS. al ROckAw v or Coney
isliLd, " on on an excursion somewhere.
VI a.. tue resOr.s, RUckaw 3 Is the most pOpu-
~ Inc masses are unerrlng IN their ins incts.
eN cannot always give th-ir reason, but lhey
We lnem nevertheless. Ihey Ike HOckaway
tr't iecause u - not only within easy reach.
t'a ere theN huI good a, commod atoms, but
49, brcausr II !. cuo,est ana most picturesque.
iir btath on which tney b the is ON the ocean
De ~ nattow Tongue OF l4W, SANDY nat- nd
'cks that laudl Icks JAMAICA Bay. Tue
teas all nave tneir ironfs on the Gay, inio
Ntlcl, from each hptei, Projects a lonR
pr or dock, at when tile botts toucn,
back II edcn hOtel runs a long boarded walk
Ger the sands To- tue beach. where the b,yiliou.
81 udthlng Ouses are situated. 4 Is an en-.
uutiuR sight to ascend 10 tue upper floor Of
he seazide pavilion and see tue butts comm.
~ or going out OF the DAY Oh one ~ ie, ana
vatCn TIE Latuers on the beach on tue otnei
Here Is nothing to impede the view
NtIrhcFer wy sou turn, and a luveiier picture
.Nll ana animated lie combined could not
BE- ur.N q. The R1ckaway peninsula and
ht ~ green islands that dot the placid water