The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-10
CONEY ISLAND SIGHTS.
The Reach on sunday $4,000 Entcrs Of o.
900 Clams-B BARKING aud Drinking.


900 Clums-Bnthing aud Drinking.
The trip TO Coney Island on Sunday Is
cheap It ought TO he. The sa dine in his
little metal box has more room, less picking.
aud a more restful time than the New Yorker
who. with or without n wife, goes to the clam
Git shore on car or boat, ~ sunday excur-
sionist. As q rule the people who patrouiEe the
Coney Island boats are wet-meaniDg, we'll
dressed, well-hehaved men and women. As
rule, also, there are invariably found a few men
who are coarse In manner, loud In bearing,
offensive In behavior. AID nuisance to every
one else. Discreet passengers invaris bly, felici-
tate themselves II the trip u ended without
some sort OF row on deck OF In the saloon.
The trip to the cars exposes the traveller to 40
much discomfort as to crowdinR; but " Is over
quickly. The charge Is low by both routes, and
the fresh breeze almost compensotes for the
constant squeeze. 1t IL estimated that not less
than 1900 people sought the sand and refresh
ment Of Coney Isl.n nd yesterday. Every hotel
from end to end Of tue island was packed. Al
the minor establishments. where small imita-
TORS Of Creedmour teInpt investments, and the
meanest OF liouor IL sold, were thronged, while
the vast beacn itself was like the BOwerv on
Saiu day eyening. Game, soda W lter, Lemonade,
and peanuts were & favored articles Of ron-
sumption. OF the l5OO visitors to the Island II
IL fir to assume tina 500 ate clans raw. fried,
FILTERED, or otherwise prepared. Possibly
dozen clans might be considered f,ir average
for each eater, ait ough there are men TO whom
would he s.OOJxis-e6.OOO clans. Nnety-six
Thousand cl ms ma to I've aug, opened, cooked,
served. handled, and eaten, and place prepared
for lg2OI0 clan sgells besides.
1t may be that some OF the visitors took no.
thing 20 drink nut THE sun reporter 5. W none
different Things. Now and then II was water.
nut AS rule u wasn't At Nike Norton's,
aS We'll licked emcs sost we're Ss1 the %
vorites. At Cables. gin and MIX, whisky
straight, claret lunch, aud Tom CoInses ap-
peared 10 Ind great favor. At Gorgi's Gee inic,
ederer flowed like water, brandy sm a. hes dis
appeared like the mist. snd Juleps gurgled
cheerily. J. GER bier 10y the hoRshead WIS called
for At II the small cabins along the beach. IL
re 'ny seemed a. IL there could not be lager
enough for the demand. In other years the
Germans monop.lized the beverage, but they
can claim IL as theirs no longer. The Yankee
youth at Coney l,land likes beer, aud generally
hunter Of long sheds on the beach, some OF
them fitted up with tatles and benches. AT
tide seemed to make them thirsty. and they
allied for Deer. The inspiring tunes Of the fire.
beer was ordered: Earh new come acauaint
ance suggested thirsty hospitality, and " beers
all around " was tesin the cry. Nothing like t
ously suggests that "chidren cry for It,"
hunorously suggests precisely what Q Cured.
The Ioce on the Bland are ineffcient end
unable to cope successfully with the trsnsgres-
sors There should be strong force on the
decency restrain rufnanism. and protect peace
able people. There we're several lights on the
beach 'esterdav. One Brooklyn min lost his
wa Ch, wrongiully accused a young man OF the
theft, nd got tremendous thrashing for his
must Ike. Two men quarrelled at the bar Of one
Of the hotels about bottle of lager Words led
t. blows. aud a TO Igh nd tumble night occurred
on The SPOT. here was little trouble between
q BATH mouse man aud one Of his patrons ABOUT
towel that nad fallen in pail Of water. The
patron ordered the M. Ia give hun another ury
onr. and ordered HIM very peremptorilY. Inc
man didn't like the tone, ma refused COmpli-
ance. lie patron dried himself on his linen
coat. and went for the revenge that he though
would he sweet. Result-ulack eve aud nose of
blood To the patron.
be salt bathing was participated IN by thou
sands. All sorts aud conditions Of natufe's
haudiwork plunged into the surf, which boiled
aud surged In It, most approved manner. The
idiotic parents who scare their children into nts
were numerous. as usu l. 80 were the tmDas-
stoned lovers. So we're tue fat men with short
trousers. and the angular women In calico. Nor
was tue sniall boy assent He was there, and
bis little sister ana his aunt with customary
deviltry. The BATH houses are rude and COM
fortress. No improvement has been made In
tn regard Prices are high, towels are small,
costumes are dirty, ana conveniences Lacking
hnd yet the patronage Is constant and immense.
IL some enteIprslng ulan would erect decent
bath house. anOrd civil attend ants, and furnish
at least two towels To each bather, he might
Reasonably expect fortune la less than i've
years.
1he concourse at the depot was immense.
Good order and good nature prevailed, but tue
accom- mod ations were Ineacre. This WAS largely
because everybody wished u come home at the
same time. or course they couldn't. Tue rail.
way regulations are not made in toe interest Of
the public. Traius should be run more often,
ana more cars should oe furnished. still. there
was out little confusion and no DISTURBANCE
worth noting. Little CHILDREN seemed To be tho
greatest sufferers, IN starch ano runics. Parents
hlled with beer are not Us rule mot m'ndfnl
Of their OnsTrlng's nat strings, and many little
puI-e beat high yesterday because OF boozy
papa anu restless mamma.