The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-31
WHO LOST BY THE STORM.
ALL PLACES or PUBLTC RESORT
DISMAL AND DESERTED.
A Wet sunday mt Concy Island, Rockaway,
Fort Lee, aud Other Popular Places
The Actual nud Consequential Damages.

The Actual nud Consequential Damages.
The long and steady downpour from tho
clouds Yesterday, blessing to the parched
earth, fortune to tillcrs of the soil, and boon
to msrketmen and housekeopers, was a serious
misfortune to the many purveyors OF amuse-
ment and rcfreshmeut at tho seaside and other
places OF public resort, and to those engaged In
transportation OF tho multitudos which In hot
summer Sundays seok u brief respite from tho
heated air OF the city. At Coney Isl md, ordi-
narily the most crowded OF all the sunday re-
sorts, the scene presented was dreary and desc
late almost "a much so az in midwnter, and tho
raw, chilly blasts Of wind, driving before them
tho fast falling rain, seemed rather to belong to
November than July. The bathers were few aud
far between, scarce half a dozen nj any one
time appearing whore thousands have been wont
to dlsport daily during tho heated term.
Cables Hotel did not have one hundred callers
during the day. The proprietor says that on the
Sunday fortnight preceding he had fully 1000
visitors. At the Manhattan, the wyckon House,
an the Neptune House, there were very rev
visitors.
The dining room Of MURRAY & Norton hotel
was entirely empty The excursion boats to the
Island made irregular trips, behind time, with
few persons on board, aud the last boat came
up az six o'clock. Many who went down In this
WAY did not 20 ON shore al the island, but re-
matncd clustered about tho boiler for warmth,
aud on their return to the city gladly hurried,
shlveringly, to their homes. A sun reporter
riding to tho island In the afternoon counted
the passengers IN the incoming cars OF the Van
derbilt avenue line. In hfteen cars the total
number OF passengers wa. ~. Later In tho
evening on the homoward trip. he passed nine
teen cars which in all bore only 30 persOns. un-
I'll about o'clock In tho afte rnOOn the Prospect
Park ana Coney Island Railroad cAtrled few II
any excursionists Those who travelled over
the road before tina, time were bound on busi-
ness. Only tho usual passenger trains were run
over the road. Each engine drew but one close
car, IN lieu OF tue three or -FOUR open ones usual
~ desplt ltched. and In no case was the single car
even half nlled. Tbs Prospect Park line did not
carry over one huodred passengers 20 the island
during tho day. The number carried on past
sundays during tho heated torn was over ten
The line OF horse cars to the beach ran empty
noon. Probably not moro than two or three
hundred persons visited Coney Island yestor-
to twenty thousand on each sunday at this
season. The loss Incurred by hotel and restau-
patton Of the ordinary rush Of business, must
have been enormous. The average sunday ex-
peuditure Of the multitudes visiting THIS beach
on favorable sundays has been not less than
f25OU, BIT the entire receipts VI yesterday
could not we footed up moro than four or Ave
hundred dollars.
40 your tickets right here for Rockaway,"
eaid Charley Motion on Pier No. q as the Pym-
outh Rock emerged from the fog and rounded
to At the pier. Get your tickets on board"
shouted the ticket seller OF the Coney Island
boats. Out Of the gloomy depths Of the long
sshg0 way. ing pass IN ono land ana a
dripping umbrella Ia the other. one small boy
leisurty walked on board the large steamer.
Then the Rock" again PLUNGED into tue fog
sengers on board, all in the caon.
We took down 0O0 thi. morning and now 70, :"
said the Comm odote, that will make si2).
Last sunday we had $500 on our trips. that
would make tl.2JO so we are Just out $3.50, be-
the beer bar, tn tho loon, and Tor Ice cream.
In all the Rock is out about t17oO on account
OF the rain. but then IL is the oniy bad day We
had b T.
The steamer William Cook suffered a differ
ence OF $50 In her receipts, ON the wrong side OF
between Canarsie and Rocksway carried so few
passengers that her day's Work netted a loss of
over 800, and the Magenta, running between
stoppaao involving a loss OF ABOUT t2OO to her
owners.
The Neversink carried down from the city 10
the morning $40 persons who fanoied tho d ay
would clear up, and IN the afternoon but "A who
stiIl cherished tnat delusion. Tue Americus lad
go passengers down In the morning, and only II
Offering In the afternoon turned them over to
the Neversink. aud did not m IKE Asecond trip.
seventh their usual number VI passengers In the
morning, aud made only one trip eacn.
Duriug the eutre day the ram poured down
at Rockaway beach, and the few who mad trust
ed to the weather clearing sat in tho parlOrs Of
the different hotels gloomy and sad II
the day mad been good and hot" ID
Captain Alex. X. Samuells, OF tho Neptune
House, we would have ken IN from fifteen
to eighteen hundred dollars, but there have only
been l5l persons here all day and the rain has
cost me $50 Sly wharf Is tile best 10 Jamaica
bay, and / built It to suit the Plymouth Rock,
but she runs 30 irregulariy that my friends and
guests cannot trust her. sometimes she doesn't
come near our dock but two or threc times a
week, the rest OF the time my guests have to
run over a quarter ul a mile on the sand TO the
next linding So the ba,is for calculation Of
my actual loss n lower than II | could put de-
tendance on her. have TO average the days
wnen she does stop and those when she doesn't.
you see"
prof James O'Neil took advantage Of the alb.
sence of orusn on the wet sunday to visit and
carefully Inspect the course below the Neptune
House, over which, WITHIN the next two or
three weeks, an extraordinarily Important row
lug regatta Is TO take place under his manage
ment. 1ne Biglins. Wards, and several other
famous oarsmen are already entered for the
contest, and the event will be one Of unu-
al interest TO the sporting world. Eneel-
championship OF America, and tue latter an
nounces ch lilenge TO any man In the word to
row amatch for Sl,OJO side.
cratic hotel on the NIL overlooking the ocean
beach, back of the Neptune House, was esii-
tendent. at 500. Al the Sea Side Hotel the loss
was fully 10 great as at the Neptune House.
Nota single bather was visible on the beach In
all the ytst eXpanse overlooked from the veran-
dah u the surf House, aud the plYillons AZ the
several bathing places were not visited by a
dozen persons during the day
The Holland House, at tho third landing, fur
mis- led dinners To only fifteen persons instead OF
the usual loo. At Harper Strumps House
and Elders Grove. al the fourth Ian ling, there
was a similar falling OF Of patronage, and at the
II immlll House, new Establishment, no one
appeared but the regular boarders. The princi-
tal hotels AZ hOckaNHy village, nine In number,
whic usually nave forty or hftY eXcursionists,
dad not yesterday average eight, and the SIX
smallor Establishments each fell from twenty 10
three diners. he railroads suffered proper
ttunitely. trains ordinarily made w Of from
eight t. fifteen cars zach had yesterday only
three. ana receipts fell from au average OF 400
q ABOUT $500 on each road.
MT. Fhlnp Mckm, propretor OF the Grand
Central HOf ell al Far kOckaway, said " Whore
should have 90 transient customers have had
anout twenty, and for every Ave dollars h we
taken over the bar, mad IL been clear, should
nave taken twenty-five"
At tue United States Hotel down by the
beach, tho great wide piazZas were deserted,
and but four men sat mooIlly In tho big bar
room. Look at IT," said MIR. Michael Mulry,
four hundred people around l have less tLan
Al the Union Surf Hotel four or Ave gentle
men were sitting looking gloomlly ut each other.
Al the Bay View there was much merriment.
Senator bob Hart and Jolly batch OF storm
bound Ministries were making the best of II, and,
as MIR. Norton, the proprietor, said" II there was
not pilelOf money IN II, there was "A heap offun
dull SUNDAYS were few at Far Rockaway, and
he could stand one without Rrumbltng.'
Jimmy MCCARTHY, the old bathing master, who
h "a been on the beach for many years. when
asked how the bathing OF Yesterday complred
with that Of the preceding SUNDAY, replied ;
" l. AZ Sunday was not good day for bathing,
but had over so, to day not one now mako
the percentage yourself" Probably S3,OO was
kept from the beach by the rain.
AT the railroad station but one OniclAl was 10
be seen, and he said " Where We should nave