The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-04
THE RUSH TO THE SEASIDE.
THE PLAIN TRUTH fBOUT 4 SUNDAY
TRIP TO CONEY ISLAND.
The Annoynrccs OF Travel when Thirty Thou
sand Persons have the Same Destination
The Openlng of the Senson on the snnds.

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ever pleasant their experience on the beach or
in the water. The difficulties attending an cx-
curson to this popular resort are manifold and
embarrassing. There are four ways OF going
by private conveyance; 10y horse curs. 10y horse
cars to Greenwood and thence by steam cars
and by steamboat. The extreme heat and
dusty highway made "A drive along the Boulc-
ward hurdcnsomc to- horses and discomfort 10
passengers Nothing can be worse than II trip
by horse ours on a hot sunday. The cars are
throngcd with men. women. children, baskets
and policemen. There is no such thing az conf
font. Privacy is out Of the question. As a rule
the conductors are hrusIue and uncvl. and
they find their excuse and ualiation in the hog
gshncss and discOurtcsy Of their passengers.
Tho company docs not furnish cars enough.
and the trips are so infrcquent that close pack
ing becomes a necessity. II seemed yesterday
that every couple had determined to give the
children an airing. and for that purpose slowed
them uncomforahy away in the hard-scatcd
cars whore the hot sun tanned them. and lunch
baskets crumpcd them. All day yesterday the
cars flied to excess. travelled slowly TO their
destination.
The so-cacd rapid transit ia one OF the two
remaining ways. and frst-class fraud it il.
Ii man in our City Hall Park desires to 40 to
Concy Island. he may be- certain II reaching
that sandy plain ia about two hours time, pro-
vilcd he catches Blocker street ear. hits
ferry boat Just a. she starts for Brooklyn.
secures seat in u horse car a. il leaves the
ferry Joins with a transfer car at the Junction.
and finds a steam car at Greenwood prepared
To- leave on the moment. OF course. it il not
reasonable to look for this coincdrutal fortune,
therefore u j. better to allow three hours from
the thy Hal Ihis route or rather ih.Se
routes for therc ARE Two. buuthors ana the
Il %
Tho steam roNds are al we'll enough. nni make
th' trip ln Nv my Wluul =. ~ lulihE ~lolIii%
or nit,h 10y nNprtsS linih' Nut IN. uiin .il( i7
" ~ w t'ln. III r'hi.y s'.ns un u,suruly
i't New lNfkrrs 70 attempt gay ~ ''h,y
Island until better Arrangements are mate.
~ 80 r'l"r'r ,r'A' a. 81 He bro,hilh snnr'
IN ihitN minutes from the lhfh. IN hNui WIS
spent in me torurns pack oi th' morse gar,
twenty minutes w'rr wasted ~ IN" trpyt wnlr
wanting Tor tI, steam gar. anu twenty hihut~
Wrrr D.. uYrl ih m, transit q. ih' h,!. ID IN
9iner womb II net iyc iw. N and ,T,niy,
up two hours and ten minutes for the trip. On
ttr team ar lho lre' ~ WIS fresh ana vel,
Tine terrible crush. hut the horror. of the hor-"
t"rS M,rr Simply 9utta-r. ~. me- 3ondu' ttr
IL r'' n,l, 10 .ni-', 4" ~ " ,'h', pin ln M
l' W"- SVry 70 women uI,N '' 'i huron ana
h'slc tiAl oi nus nun 70. IT, la.N'd lNis-'i q,
gers very nu'h a. d" might l".N SWIM, AMI
tur -w 10 4 sit ~it ~ 20 ruil'd d .Wu hi- "'tfu-
Ea'.t eh""k. lee wat WIS p'ldird az 90 cont
a . Hss ana t'n-r,ni iau- 800 use hNi az +.
IN M lA--!i-r Mhh Tree hrohc' anu WHO
gu t"r WcrVul'l uddl' 'nhl lHs-, hE,i - UNI
w N.- -r'p NhlIh rr"' NJ rom li'h' 10 I'at
i' :, ."'n. ' H., ,''t' %, .lf
inafh"hlr lNt Slru n tN' writer NS peculiar
,il-. II" h'irN'd ih,N si"ri'l IN ' an honr'
hui h' '"ndn say. \ huulfr ol i"r-' i.- ~
M,r' n.-i'l 10y -l.h. u ine r"IS nm. ~
"NtA maze di-ih won u'iNHh VIZ motive
/ inMnrs,hu weary ii"'- arr PAM Tor 10y l''.pv
who would have prriorr.i another route had
thgy known which WIS which.