The New York herald., 1879-07-07
A DELIGHTFUL SABBATH.
Thousands Enjoy the Cool and
Refreshing Breezes
ON BAY AND RIVER.
Happy Throngs of People on the
Coney Island Sands.


TEMPTED thousands from their city homes and led
thorx to the broad and pcopied way that leads to
| Coney Island In the hotels overcoats and shawls
| and wraps comfortable. On the piazzas they
| were endurable. On the beach and along the ocean
| front they were not needed. There have been days
| Of exceptional heat when greater thropgs crowded
the available places of the great resort but low
| estimate names $4,000 the neither limit OF the
| multitude that poured upon the sands from ten A.
M till late in the night. Now that the Long Island
| Railroad makes communication with Brighton Beach
an easy matter and the facility with which steamers
utilize the pier at West Brighton. New Workers.
divide their patronage more evenly. and especially
since the completion of the two beach railroads.
| that one readily 20 from Nortons to Manhattan,
stopping here thero and everywhere it is become
matter of Indifference whether the trip is made from
| New York or brooklyn, or by boat, rail or both.
It will remembered that the heat of the first few
days of the month excessive and sent the crowds
down to the island with rush. The consequence
was hotel proprictors felt greatly encouraged
and in many instances refused rooms to parties
less they wished to take them for series Of days.
As there every probability of the heat continu-
ing people only too glad to secure accommoda-
tons from the the 9th of tho month. This. in
spite of the radical change in the weather. has kept
oil hotels full In fact there not IN unoccupied
room in any Of the better hotels and hundreds
turned away yesterday. The visitors yesterday
like the congregation of the early church. gathered
mainly from the common people," There were very
few whose names would be recognized in general
professional society, and those the names of per-
sons who spending weeks the island. and have
been reported in tho HERALD already. But each
ccssivc train landed its hundreds the hot plank
walks until by four O'Clock the scenes the Fourth
we're recalled, though not absolutely parallcled.
WHAT CROWD
II is interesting note the preferences of the
pie who go to Coney Island. Some push direct for
the beach, write names in the sand paddle in tho
water pick up CLANS. look for crabs and fish for sea-
weed. others recne on the beach, put blue glass
spectaces and gaze into the infinite. Some initiate
the animals In tho menagerie and walk restiessly
here and there. testing their weight the scales,
looking at the framed photographs pecring in the
kitchen and making themselves generally active.
Others are there to They ride Norton's jolly
little road patropize Paul Baner's real COW. prone
made the pier. make bets the female walkers IN
Feltman group in the observatory elevator in front
of Cables, count tho monkeys in the Aquarium ride
on the in tho carrousel ask questions OF the
balloonatics ride the beach from Brighton
Manhattan, and tell to An inch how many acres
the Breslin ranch expected to well how
many hundred dollars week are paid to Levy at the
Manhattan.
Eating and drinking occupy the time of q great
many people. They 60 from CLANS and beer to
| chicken aud champagne with marvellous appetites,
and know the menu of every hotel on the island.
whskey. beer and brandy the favorte beverages.
and the best hotels pride themselves the quality
| OF their cellars. Drunken mon rarely
| Yesterday young man mado himself tolcrably
spicuous and rude in Feltmnns but considering the
temptation the absence of outside and the
general freedom Of the place. it is marvellous that
there is 80 very little iutoxication noticed. Com
plants frequent that the general public not
| we'll served. The HERALD reporter asked Mr.. Bres-
lin of the Brighton, how he accounted for 1t. II
don't account for it, he replied, "for don't be-
fieve IL. In OF o phenomenal rush, such
have had since the lst OF the month. It would be
| strange II now and then guest not neglected.
1 But insist that rule do we'll by the public
| as any hotel in the world. The cooks don't know
peter snooks from the Governor OF the State. They
do their best and il they didn't I'd discharge them
| Mr.. Bresin means we'll and his servants do WELL
but for ali that impossibilities cannot be accom-
plished, and where there 5000 people writing
| and there Is room for 1900 only. somebody must
biae hts time. The waters are sure to be hurried
two-thirds froth. The waters carry twelve or thir
teen giasses at a time. Part Of the beer they drink
part they spill and the rest they give to the GUS
toner.
The compl.ints in regard to beer are constant and
understood that he gives glass full of beer will
tainly profit largely by his honesty. Ton cents a
Il the glasses were full. That the railroads. have
been overworked is obvious, and that the managers
| doing all they can Is patent, but there many
abuses yet to be overcome. Some of the officials.
and notably the road policemen in the Brighton,
wish 20 answer questions they should leave and let
| more obliging people take their places. Accommo-
datlons for the sale OF tickets are inadequate all
much more cared for than are the comfort aud con-
venience of the paying public Hackmen are pro-
| verbally unciv and those who infest the stands at
yandeveers are especially and pre-emincntly
| brusQue aud outrageous.
From the piazzas OF the hotels guests can behold .
sea picsure Of exquisite beauty. BY day it shines
like FURNISHED gold, and its slvered breakers throw
scene that thousands stand enraptured on the beach
| aud look with unaffected admiration at the black
depths of the unllumned sea, or thrill with pleasure
| when the great, round moon bathes the water with
its rays aud makes track OF fairy feet from horizon
TO beach, Across this path beat the steamers.
out the graceful yacht and the sturdy lugger
| add q picturesque charm to the view; excursion
| steamers. gayly dccked with flags aud pushed fnr
down by heavy loads OF passengers. whistle and sing
as they pass along. At times tho surface undulates
| with the gentleness and peace of nursery CRADLE
again the Sssssess % roar and m o9o % surs eSs ana
| hills and valleys.
Considerable amusement and some little specula-
tion caused on the pier when IL found that
while IL took the Grand Republic an hour and half
| to make landing the j. B. Schuyler. Amcrcus and
Minnie Cornell could land IN three minutes time
Ex-Msyor wickham seemed to think that Cornell
| Whites preferences for Rockaway, and that
they might have had something to do with the en-
| barrassnlcn;. However that might be 10 is evident
that passcngers who care to get on the pier easily
aud cxpcdtiously do better from the decks Of
smaller steamers. II the Rockaway boats are to be
detained an hour every trip while passengers are
landed the Coney Island pier their trips arc koly
to be too long for pleasure comfort All day long
the pier oinortably filled by parties who
| seemed to enjoy the stf breeze that Mt times
sumed the proportions OF gale. Some of the excur-
boats went to the pier black with passengers,
| landed them in q few minutes. reloaded and put
back for more. This new feature Will change some
| what the current Of travel. Yesterday the West
Brighton and Cables hotels proftod largely by tho
| patronage from the pier
Now that the season In vigorously under way pro-
fc-sional caterers Of amusement have Joined tho
throng OF money makers. Professor King balloon
was sent up ia the morning, and attracted n great
deal of attention 1t scared 1000 feet above the
multitude. But as the people could sec II ne well
tho beach from the onclosurc very few cared
| to pay tho fec demanded. Tho Midgets arc on and
| exhibition all day long; but there is no time In
the day when money is refused ut the door. An air
ship was sent up from brighton, and after number
OF sscensions broke from Its moorings and went up
| In earnest until II lost . speck In tho sky.
while countless throng gszcd and gazcd Till their
nccks were stiG with bending backward. In Felt
mans Pavilion two long. lean women walked about