The New York herald., 1878-07-08

q small lunch for twenty five cents purchased the
GROUND make the total expenses for tho day my
cents Tho uccom modaiious on the boats might De
greatly improved by judcious use OF soap AKA water
coNEy ISLAND.
Thousands Of people availed themselves OF the
steamers Idlewld, Hampton and Rossdale 10 visit
Coney Island beach. These vessels made hourly trips
during the day between West Twenty iourth street
aud Coney Island. The weather was deiightfui; tho
neat OF an unolouded summer was aeressby tenn
persd by gentle breeze. Bathing aid not commerce
till tho day well advanced, and then all along the
beach iron Norlon's away down TO the new railrold
station groups OF bahcrs be In the home.
lest Of dresses pluugng and walowng in the shin Ing
waters.
The steamers on the homeward trips were crammed
to Their utmost capacity, and had any accident
CURED the sacrace of life might have been irghtful
The last boats we're more crowded than so many oai-
ing hills and II was with difficulty that the pas
sengers coua be huddled on po,rd r
BRIGHTON
This section OF Coney Island was thronged with
VISITORS The Hotel Brighton has a capacity Tor The
accom- mediation oil $50 permanent guests and is 1ird
TO overfownz. IL leeds about, etthVasand people
daily The Brighton beach ls.reached by way OF tue
Brooklyn, Fiatbush ana Consy Island Railroad On
the LIST OF August plssepsers win be carried from
Twenty third or anir.y fourth street ierres from
Pullman palace cars, TO Brighton beach IN forty i've
MINUTES, without stoppage.
carried 10 the beach 25 coo passengers 1t
remarked that Notwithstanding TINS large number OF
people. who, with those already assembled on the
beach, aggregated at intervals over forty thousand
people, not disturbance OF any KIND occurred There
mas been no arrest since the road opened The
Suern Daggeti, OF Kings county, are prepared to
preserve order IN any emergency.
The hotel IL Goa Quoted by Breslin, OF the Gilssy
House, ana sweet, with Captain Any and Aleck Stcl
son the latter formerly Of the Asor assistants.
since the opening, the 81 oi july the number of
a Brighton 4
those coming over the Brooklyn, Fiatbush and Concy
Island Railroad July 3 $1,000; July 1000, July
o, ZOO; July 20O00 July T. 25, 00o Total lo2 900
people, and no disturbance.
Among the prominent arrivals may be mentioned
General Tracy, OF Brooklyn; j. H. RuIter, New York
Central: Captain Grogan, steamship Egypt; Rev. X.
:. storrs and family, o. Brookyn; General T. A.
,ns MsssG 9 Gait Of JOHN Noyss oi ST.
LOUIS; J. Nelson Tappan, New York; Thomas Tiles
ton and a: ); Mcdowell, New YORK; B. Parsons
ana wile OF Rochester. and great many other well
known anu respectable people The New York CLUB
have engaged apartments for the season.
MANHATTAN BEACH
Msphattan Beach piace Of resort has not abated
one whit IN popularity, Notwithstanding the active
compositions whicn 1t meets from the Brighton enter.
PRISE. The place itseii has been described often
that the general arrangements are familiar to almost
everyopc but there are little details being perfected
all the time which 60 far toward making II tho
complete seaside watering place IN America
In the large pavilion set aside more particularly for
'faEily parties" who bring their own luncheon. a
fne restaurant been established, and IL Is praise
worthy feature that the prices the bill OF
reasonable and como within the bounds oil per-
sons OF limited Cards explanatory OF the fact
that the amphithoare Is for the convenience OF bath
ers for trance toe Is charged freely
posted around. As the entrance to the booths for
ladies kept entirely separate from those for gen
tlemen this makes convenient place for parties TO
meet after comiug out OF the water. greater
ber OF people availed themselves Of the bathing priv
lcges tnan on any day OF the season, except tho
Fourth Of July.
The atmosph charmngly cool indeed its
temperature was lower II anything than tnat of the
water and as fine surf was rolling bathing was all
the moro enjoyable. An innovation Is having the
suits Tor gentlemen all IN piece doing away with
tho waist with string, which were such intol-
crablo nuisance. The family element seemed to pre-
dominate yesterday. Fathers and mothers, with
from two to five little ones. abounded The chile fen,
with their pals and shoves, actually swarmed along
the beach, revelled keen delight In the clean
sand and made PIES md puddngs to their hearts,
Two exceilont bands, one IN the pavilion aud
the amphtea re, discourscd at tho sa me time
the distance being 100 great to create discord and
every face was depicted the keenest enjovmsnt
Tners appears TO be no end oi ways TO get to the
beAcn facilities Tor transit all the time bcin
augmented. The latest addition Is the extension o
the DeKaib Avenue horse railroad from It's old ter
minus AT Broadway through the same avenue to tht
junction ot tho Manha Beach Railway, nca
WyckOf avenue, on the GrceDpoint branch OF tn
10Th INST and the advantages OF this practically
to tho island will be great to those living aion
the line OF the road who now Obliged TO take tw
horse or walk long distances. The Manhattan
Beach Railway also announce that at tme. In III
event OF unexpected crush, extra trains will
The late trains the after well filled an
thousu nds renamed until the last homeward boun
trains TO enjoy "a summer moonlight night by tn
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