Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-08-03

Something About the HssrbOr I'm.
prOvements.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. July %. '7s

Something About the HurbOr I'm.
prOvements.
BROOKLYN. N. Y, July 20, rs.
DEAR Sir with the mercury at
1Ol | suppose you will think it strange
that | should select such an opportunity
for writing. or for doing anything else
that involves either physical or mental
labor. But to say the truth I'm not
adorned in the gorgeous attire of Solo
man. but rather in most pr:rsi,ivc style.
Had 1 a particle of his (Soloman'sl wis
dom certainly should not be writing to
an editor. But it is too remarkable hot
to DO anything else, and besides wish
to be kept in The kind remembrance of
my MANY warm friends in Cheboygan,
the hospitality of whom and the recollec
ton of same forms a very pleasant re-
membrance in my life.
Isuppose the first maatd1f import
ancc which your readers will wish to
be Informed of, is how about the harbOr
improvements. Well, according to the
best lights afforded me ut the present
time the work will commence about the
middle OF August, and the contract will
be So male that the appropriation will
be expended before winter sets in. AL
tho Ugh the appropriation is snch miser-
ably meagrr one, still think if as Judi
ciously expended as the last. will be suf-
ficient to give you channel of 20OXl5
feet. The matter of Il pier OIL the north
side will. however. depend entirely upon
the activity of your future member of
Congress-
I'm sorry 10 learn by your paper that
nothing has yet been accomplished in the
way of those range lights, but I think
the fault lies chiefly with the Cheboy
gan:tcS in not furnishing a clear lille for
the sites of said ranges. IT this had been
done this Indispensable part of your
harbOr improvements would have been
an accomplished fact.
suppose you are dreaming. or ratl er
[ should say spccnlating. how in the
world we support life in Brooklyn with
such fearful temperature as l04. get
nevertheless we do SO and still find some
enjoyment
IL could hardly have escaped your no
ticc. the wonderful achievements which
enterprise has effected i'm securing for
he people of the two great ciiies-New
York and Brooklyn-tie luxury of rrsh
sea air at IL Very moderate cost. They
say that we build Il railroad 10 Concy
l. ta,,t tf l.
| good or bad as that. hut we have four
| lines that viii, at lightning speed remove
one i'm II few minutes from the dense heat
| of the eli to The refreshing breeZes of
the o .can. Coney Island has become in
| the last year The most famous watering
place in the world. Here The wealthy
and those of moderate means can equally
enjoy tie benefits of the sea air. and
| thousands upon thousands daily spend
four or five hours at this delightful re-
| treat.
The afternoon is the time for surf
bathing, which is certainly splendid not
only for the balhcrs but equally rnjoya-
| Bile to the lOt,kcrS-On, aS you would say
in Venice Though the barhing rooms
are of every vmiplyand description, the
cinyiny tenaclty of wet clOlhcs has the
me result. The tat, the ;eam and lank
or scraggy,all are shown ont in their true
colorS Once in II while yOu may trace
| one of Ho@arth's lines OF beauty. but il
would be an abOminatiOn 10 say they
were exceptions.
The three principal hotels are the Man
haitian, Brighton AMI CaperS. Besl les
these there are halt a dozen others wiiicl,
might be termed first-cla>s. all of when
YOU can obtain CLAIMS in every style and
variety, and perhaps TO MANY the NOR
especial luxury OF soft shell crabs. @
course every uihel article supplied by the
New York market is Obtainable. But the
idea of the transient visitor is IL change
of diet, therefore the CLAIMS and Grabs
DESTROYED each day is wonderful. anu II
may not be NAL appropO to say that con-
diments i'm the way of cool beverages are
to be had manufactured i'll the most APP
proved style. But how much or many
enjoy Co0ncy Island by day, the coming
of night far surpasscs it win the tens ol
thousands of lights arranged in All arts
tic manner, extending for a mile. with
bands at short intervals tlisrOursiug muse
that would shame mlny ot the Oper;
houses of the country MAX, ole feel as II
he or she were in the land of dreams and
romance instead OF this plaintiye world
where the universal cry is hard inns.
But must stop here. Beechrr pro-
claims there is no hell, but this weather
comes so coniOunded near to my idea Ol
what that place should be, that I'm hal
Inclined 10 doubt his theology.
Please present my warm-"Oh, jim
mimic. how warm they are Regards tt
all my friends in Cheboygan and hops
they have escaped this wave of heat
waited 10 Us from St. LOUIS.
Yours exhausted,
DUKYEA.