The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-30
CENTRAL PARK.

UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF SUNDAY VISITORS
TO THE PEOPLES GREAT PLAYGROUND.
Notwithstanding tho constantly increasing attrac-
tons TO win people away from tho city Central Park
still holds It's own as the peoples common camping
ground, especially OF Sunday. On week
days the average attendance at the Park Is
from $1,000 to 1900, except on Saturdays
when the average 10 somewhere between $4,000
and $4,000 according to season and climate
week ago last Saturday for instance, the attendance
about 20 0OO and the preceding Saturday nearly
$4,000 Sunday Is, however, tho great day of tho
week at the Park II draws all classes, tho brown
stone man and the dwellcr behind the common brick
they of the coat-ofarms carriages and much be-
spanged harness ana livericd attendants, and they
OF the great ''shank's mare" brigade Ono week ago
yesterday the official figures showed that about
sixty thousand people had entered tho many
gatcways Of the Park, and yesterdays figures will
show nearly as large lumber of VISITORS This Is the
moro notable. because OF the threatening weather OF
the morning. On n fair Sunday during the cheated
term" tho people begin TO flock to the Park as early as
six o'clock IN tho morning, many of them coming to
spend the day, bringing their lunches with them
Yesterday morning. however, the overcast sky and
the occasional log and drizzic kept away the usual
early comers that the great tn ong did not appear
until long in the afternoon.
FACTS APPRECIATED
Tho ordinary stroller the PARK does not usually
realize the magnitude OF the family with which no Is
associated there The Park Is so large covering as 1t
does $50 acrcsincludng haitian square, OF sixteen
acres the site OF the buildings being erected for the
Museum OF Natural History-and the points OF interest
easily believe that he has met many tons OF
thousands Of people IN tho course OF his drive or walk
His surprise this point is akin to that he would
experience II lie should be informed that within
the Park enclosure there nine and half miles of
carriage drive, six miles OF equestrian road and the
great reach OF twenty-five miles of walks Looking
upon water in the Park he might not realize at first
that there about twenty-five acres in the principal
lake about fourteen the Harlem Mere and SIX
acres in the pond bordering on Fifty-ninth street
There boats upon only one of these, the Central
Lake at the head OF the Mall and these numbering in
the neighborhood of forty were kept in almost con-
tinua motion yesterday.
Tho Park is now unusually beautiful for this season
of the year, when with the extreme heats commonly
come droughts and parched heritage At the CORE
spending season last year 1t literally dried aud
shrivclled. But yesterday the lawns green and
fresh. the par coored flower beds marvellous in their
setting and about betokening more OF the
genuine May order than that of tho midsummer
solstce. The eDjoyments Oi the people were, OF
course varied their nationalities and tempera-
meats Tho visitors generally law abiding that
the average arrests of sunday roach about five.
Probably other great city Of the world can show
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