The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-09
SUNDAY AT TIE SEASlORE.
ROCKdW1Y AND CONEY ISLAND ALIVE
WITH PLEASURE SEEKERS.
The Passengers ana Their Diversions Aboard
IN ENcursion Stenmer-Clams and Beer
the Heach- HiotIng on Railroad Train.

the Bench-R -RiotInE on Railroad Train.
Although the weather yesterday was
cool. excursions wero plenty. and the number
Of those who sought recreation both in and out
OF the city was considerable. Bargcs and
steamers were to be seen in tho harbor Mt
almost any hour during the dav and early
evening. Pleasure seekers ran up the Hudson
and down the bay and the Central Park took in
larger company than Is usually found there
when the weather is warmer.
The Columbia on It's noon trip to Rockaway
bore. in point Of numbers. Just n comfortable
company. There was nothing on board that
reminded you especially OF Sunday. There
was n weekday vgOr and lack Of restraint In
tho 0zlle Of the five beer kegs. all on tap at
| once on tho fore deck and nothing less lively
than The Babies on Our Block" or Pima
| fore" was tolerated either from the hilarious
| qoartet who passed ttcqucnt>eat thcrc~hous,
| or from the band. which was stationed in prox-
unity to the soda water fountain in the stern.
| II. on the down trip. there was one group or
particle OF tho company which asserted
itself moro. and seemed better to strike
| the keynote OF the entertainment than
another 1t was the group OF ten, evenly divided
ms TO sex. which had the barroom for a head
| quarters and the whole boat for n'roaming
ground. 1t clicked glasses and danced in It's
| headquarters. whero champagne flowed In it's
presence without restraint. and II carried the
laughter and hilarity of Bacchantes whittier
soever it wandered. Its women had yellow
hair. and woro hats the flowers in whose far
| ing rims glowcd about their heads like seven
fold haos and one OF them was accompanied
By a child. who. perched upon n vanished bar
rel In the bar demanded her share Of tho
champagne With a petulance that was pictur
esuue and drank 1t with zest. II not with a
capacity that wns unexcelled.
| At Rockaway the boats company separated.
| They ate clam chowder and roasted clans. and
beguied themselves In all the ways Of the place.
except that they did not battle. inasmuch as the
water was too cold. At the second Rockaway
landing there was an instance Of the pleasant
rivalry that exists between Commodore TOokur's
boat, the Plymouth Rock, and MIR. Cornell
public. The Grand Republic got 10 the wharf
on her up trip Just as the Plymouth Rock was
ready to land her passenRers coming down.
The consequences was that the Plymouth Rock
was KEEP, floating about in the bay for half an
| hour or more before she was permitted to make
| her moorings. She md her revenge promptly.
| Having made the wharf. she stuck there. The
| Columbia came steaming back fro4n tho lower
| landing. Her passengers were gathered by
hundreds on the wharf. and there they were
lnstruffted oy S0nimouot9 t9Iher tC2 anu NE ni7
lash up alongside the Plymouth Rock. That
the Columbia had no notion Of doing. L the
| Plymouth Rock people had told what they knew
| TO be the truth in the matter they would have
said Just tho opposite OF what they facetiously
|
by the wharf To the. upper landing, Al this
moment one other officers. who, 10 the delightiof
all who saw him. hadbeen waltznR with large
and diffdent woman on the crowded board walk
which leads over 10 the beach came running up
breathlcss. and shouted to the Columbia pas
sengers TO go 20 the boat which could not come
to them. Snid the Ieers and catcalls which as
sailet~Sliem from the Plymouth Rock these pas
sengers accordingly withdrew from the pre-
empted wharf and walked Tor quarter Of n mile
but then the Columbia had her revenge. The
two steamers started neck and neck Tor New
| run away from her rival. MS though the Rock
had been a fact instead Of an appellation
On the way home tho Columbia's company
exhibited a natural advance OF tho tendencies
which had been apparent AT starting. The beer
kegs ilzzled still more wildly, and there was an
abundance Of demonstrated affection; The
barrOOm was clOgged, the adage that Enough
is AS good AS a feast' being held in rank de-
spisul on board the boat There were twenty
different songs underway In every section OF the
deck. the men in the merry party OF ten had
n reached that stage OF merriment that they We're
y all fast asleep. and the women and the child
seemed tribe harrassed But their early ex-
company was filed up with glee
2 AT Coney Island II was largely ex-senator
, Norton day, His hotel at The western end was
! opened for the season Tho building is ur-
, changcd-even TO tho thronGs that at onco
crowded the porch and the beach and grew in
numbers by boats loads. The boats began run
2 ming also. and they carried many people; These
, boats were the kosednle and 1dlewild. But
; there was another and new way TO get TO the
| Point. and like the boats and the hotel, 1t was
, opened to the public Yesterday. This was
9nVSr Guver Of the Prospeet @ Park and
! ConSy Island Railroad promised last summer
TO have this road ready thls season olt month
) structon. Yesterday the trains ran MS II there
was nothing new about the road. The line is n
! | remarkable institution. II is single track.
. narrow guage concern, and seeks its way TO
; Point Comfort behind the houses and tayerns
. | that line the beach. The cars are new and ele-
I CANT The road is two miles and n quarter
Y long. 1t takes ten minutes TO ride from Cable
I 10 Norton's and tho fare is TO be ten cents but
, | everybody nothing
utes 10 make the trip because they make four
stops and these stops are left 10 the engineers
, | Judgment and taste The first station was a
J sand hill. the second was pet bear chained to
r view OF the ocean and the fourth was Nortons.
3 Even old Coney Islanders were astonshed at
I tho new country that this railroad opens
: up. Sometimes the train runs through
= acres OF woods: thu, trees IN which
I hilly country SO rough that whore one
! mound ends another Immediately begins.
S9ms Of these hs are twenyays aT t9et 3 hG9
snow hills. The wind forms them in the win
; ter 1t is said that President Culver is the only
railroad next season Norton was alone on his
front porch, Yesterday admiring the water,
load on the other. The eX- Senator shook hands
: with visitors from that moment until the last
boat lett at night resting his arm on the bar at
; Every hotel, tavern, clam shed, saloon, show.
omen one, foT the season All aid liz buslnass
although it did not begin until late IN the after
| noon. In the morning the air WIS chilly in the
! boats and open cars. and in tho shade on the
Q island. At O'Clock in the afternoon tho sun
and the sand grew hot and the crush was tre-
. mendous, A clearer day could not be imagined.
1 The Highlands appeared TO DO but five miles
Q distant and the houses on the bay shore were
. in sight Even the low beach OF Sandy Hook
; oou.! he desof!ed The hotel keepers said this
. was unusual. Toward evening the bathing be-
: gan. and large numbers enjoyed the cool water
and cooler breeze.
. The great point Of Interest was the new pier.
4 At present II looks like a lumber yard on tres
= ties. The boards for the 300 bath houses thnt
: are to res. on the lower floor are henped up on
, the flooring. To-day the piling will be put in
a place around the ocean end q the pier. The
e has been given up. Spring piles will DO sunk a
7 few feet from the pier and alongside Of these
D the boats will land, In ordinarily rough
; weather the boats will not be Injured. Pgssen-
4 | gang planks from the upper decks Of the eXcur-
Q sion boats. The piles viii be sunk. ms the iron
4 | tubes Of the pier were by blowing out the sand
J beneath thom with u hose and water. The
l buildings on the pier are not nenrly finished.
but il will not take long Ia make thom III for use.
D Among the passengers by the "a L. NJ. train
| Ill hal Irf.r