The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-28
SATURDAYS RUSH TO THE SEA.
The Narrow Escape OF Two Maidens who
Essayed Bathing from - Catamaran.

Essnyed Battling from - Catamaran.
Tho rush to Coney Island beaches by
every train and boat yesterday afternoon was
begun at about "a o'clock. BY 4. tho various
beaches known us the Manhattan the brighton.
Cables. and Norton K Murray's were thronged |
by an addition OF several thousand at each |
point: but by Z. and between and g. the num-
bers were swollen until there were not many !
places along the whole five and a half miles of |
ocean washed strand that was not spccklcd |
with black lines Of spectators watching bathers. |
or pedestrians sauntering along the sands in |
quest of rest or amusement The inn |
mense vcrandas OF all tho hotels and |
the pavilions we're crowded. The refreshment
tables were filled necessarily with successive
parties Of chowder and baked clam eaters. Wine,
lager. milk punches. and coffee end tea were
called for ad libitums The carriages and hacks
did good business ut ten. fifteen. and twenty
five cents fare for about five hours The cat
amarans or surf skfs were in constant de-
mand. They are rather dangerous things for
bathers to trile with who cannot swim. They
20 under the inroling wave almost as often as
they ride ii. and IL the bather is swept of and
cannot swim. he stands good chance to drown.
Two girls in their teens. with more BRAY
cry than discretion. tried n catamaran ~ bath
ing machine yesterday afternoon. and we're
with difficulty rescued from watery grave.
One Of them was so nearly dead that il took
nearly thirty minutes to restore her to con-
scousness.
The number OF private carriages and private
vehicles OF all sorts which were on the BOule-
ward and Concoursc were larger than any other
afternoon this week. except on Thursday. when
the fireworks we're expected. Among other
fancy teams was one of ten horses. five spans.
attached to an immensely long stage which
brought down an excursion party Of twenty
five or thirty from BROOKLYN. l.. D.. by the way
of Prospect Park and the Boulevard.
1t is rumored on the Brighton Beach that the
proprietors OF the Hotel Brighton arc deter
mined to try again for their pyrotechnic dis
play next Thursday evening But the knowing
| ones say that It will be impossible To- draw
another such audience as they had last Thurs.
| day evening. The Disappointment was too great
| 10 spend dollar or more to hear an open-air
| band concert and see few rockets shoot up in
| a sky full Of wind.
! large as the Manhattan or Brighton. Is in con-
temptation tor Norton Murray's beach. grows
| more and more positive. II Is needed, and
would certainly pay well Tor. with all the tacili-
| ties for bathing. plcnicking, and junkeuing a.
| forlcd by the hotels and pavilOns now on the
| beaches the hathers and eaters are in excess Of
| the accommodations. 49,
| whole OF Coney Island beach that all the amuse-
ments are Of the most innocent character. No
| thrrc-card monte men. no gambling houses.
| The drinking seems To be- moderate. and the
| gambling Is certainly oil private.
| There are abundant reasons why the Coney
| Island beaches are the popular afternoon and
| SUNDAY resorts Of the thousands Of Nsw York
ers and Brooklynites who are Obliged e. stay IN
| town during the greater part or all OF the sum
| mer months. In the first pacr. they the most
accessible. -Four steam railways. one line OF
| horse cars and line " steamboats, running
| direct To the oldest and most accessible OF
all the beaches Norton Murray's point. take
| visitors from both cities Mt all hours OF the day.
| Tie rates oil TRANSPORTATION are very cheap. va
| rying from forty 10 MY cent? for the round
tfp. and return 10y rail and water. rail
an hour To- 20 down. aud not more
than an hour TO return ,5i Once OF, on
more for his money than AT any other near or
distant hea h. The laboring men and women
they can procure for their children more COM
fort. better bathing facilities and more amuse-
menis at cheap rates than anywhere else. More
over the laboring men ana women ana their
children like to 60 whore they Will see and be
brought in contact with fashionable folks They
like 10 see the turnouts. the horsehesh. the open
carriages with their freights OF elegantly dress
ed women and dandy men. driving along the
same asphalt paved eoncourse why're they can
drive for ten cents apiece from Nanderveer's
the Hotel Brighton. mud walk haek along the
Asphalt .ontl4ih tqii Ellss next To the 5"' y mo
side ~ the drlve. for nothing. err they take
pleasure in packing their lunch has Se,s on sun
day or any holiday OF the week ana running
down 10 the Manhattan Beach by the way Of
Bay Ridge or Grecnpoint. take dip IN the sea.
| gong m by detuchmcnts at the Manhattan
Amuhithcatre bathing pavilions with the best
81 tie gentle folks sit awhile 10 rest and listen
To- The music Of the band and Arbuckle's cornet
notes swelling out to the diapason of the waves.
after the bath is over and then nj the Manhattan
Beach picnic pavilion i'm the rear ofthe Amphi-
theatre. spread their luncheon on picnic table
by the side of society folks. call Tor tea or coffee
and chowder or n bake to give sea flavor TO
their holiday lunkct. and then for 10 cents each
the family party can take n railway ride along
the edge of the sea two miles all the way
ern end Of tho island where tho East
End Pavilion spreads it, inviting shelter from
far and wide all around. ahord the most las
cinatng rambie and rumplng ground for little
folks with their pals and wooden shoveis.
rakes and hoes There they can pick ny shells
and dig pebbles for clans. or chase fiddler
crabs and sand shrmps other hearts content.
uumolested by the crowds of older folks who
throng the beach below. and who sometimes
drink something stronger than beer. Nothing
more intoxicating than lager il ever sold nj tins
East End and the management Of the Manhat-
tan beach say they intend to Keep this spot
sacred for little folks and the.r friends. II the
Seaside Aquarium could only be brought up TO
this part of the beach. Instead OF being MS II now
IL AT Nanderveer's and Cables beach, the East
End could be- made. with few donkeys and
ponies. some merry-go-rounds. seesaws and
swings. perambuators and prOpeers n per-
feet children's paradise.
A boat house is in course Of erection at this
point; ON the inlet where sal and row boats
hour There. on the still waters Of the, inlet
boats can be- moored and launched. and from
INT point ,b i VII be easy to row or SAL
of the ocean or noat northward into
Sheepshead bay and along the edge OF
the salt marshes Of Coney Island creek
There fishermen say all kinds OF FISH can be
caught with the hook and line or net and there
il Mr. Reirho will build his Aquarium he can
sta'k 1t with all sorts ~ strange son things that
ara found in the waters of Shecpshcud or
jamaica bays or the outer OCEAN And II he
will build il with light latloes all around to le,
, in the fresh breezes and light It from above. he
will find that his aquamarlne summer theatre
down by the sea. viii draw Gs large audiences
Us the Aquarium In the city locs.
Up at this end Of the island. too. the Children
Seaside Sanitarium ought 10 be brought The
little creatures and their mothers. happy As they
are would Ind moro room up here and they
would be better of II their quarters were still
nearer the sea. As it il now the mothers have
to take them too far TO ct bath or good blow
on the beach. visit 10 the Santarium re-
veals SO much 20 be- praised that the manqge-
ment can afford 10 listen 70 suggestion; II Is
an excellent charity, giving free board, free
, bathing. and FREQ lodging during the bathing
season to several hundred children, mostly sick
or weakly babies and their mothers, each child
and the mother staying week az time 1t is
/ a Brooklyn institution, or rather Il branch oi
the Brooklyn Chlldren's Aid Society. II is a
large cottage just back Of Cables and could
easily be moved to the upper part Of the island