The New York herald., 1879-07-11

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OCEAN CITY DErIoHrs oF A MARYLAND SEA-
SIDE KEsoEr-APfRopsIArE ORIGIN on IHE
rIAcE-rnE LUSCIOUS IEERAPIS AMID The
sEEizEs 90 OCEAN.
ocKAS crrr. Nd. July .. 1879.
Afsw years ago Ocean city ~as sand and air. DO
fore ISIS thu long strip Of Maryland ssashorc known
a. synsPaKsnt beach given over 10 the seAgulls
Dna Mother Gays chickens. save when . sporting
party from the inland towns OF from baltimore
Phsias.phia sxaksnei it- echoes with the shotgun.
ocean city. LAKE your Manhattan Beach.
Is partially discovery aud partially in
ventioa. some of the sporting parties referred
% ss~ its excellence - q bathing ground They
conferred together. they organized stock company
and Ocean CITY sprang into Except Reho-
both. near the DelA~arc Break~ater. and Cobb's
Island. below chineosague. u IL the only regular
summer resort OF nrst class character on the long
line of coast ostFesn Cape Henlopsn and Cape
Char Co. There are number of hotels scattered
along the shore but they almost without exesp-
tion resorts for the cunning aud nsLing parties
which visit the coast in the sporting season.
nEGf>SfSo or ocEAx CITY.
The facilities offered the stock company for
converting the site solietsd into watering place
were rather happily aud abundantly supplied by art
the main land by sheet OF water varying in width
from six miles to a few hundred yards. THIS body
OF water IN vsriously known At different portions Of
Its length ~ chincotsasue sound. synepuxent Bay
aud Isle Of Wight lay. The beach and the main
land spproAch each other very closely at the little
strait between Isie of wight and synepuxent
bays. spot opposite this strait
ieetsd for the FIRST rsntiv- OF the company
the Atlantic HoteI-an eisgant and eoinn.odious
Northern resorts. The town OF Berlin. the
main land. only seven miles distant was connected
by extensions of the wicomico and Pocomoke
lsaiiro@i. snd Ocean City Was thus linked with
systsm OF railway and steamboat communication
reaching to Annapolis. Washington. Baltimore. Will
mington anu Philadelphia anu to all the leading
cities and towns OF Maryland and Delaware. In
aud Delaware and is a popular resort with
people living far north Philadelphia.
by way Of Wilmington and tue peninsula" The
one and nrst hotel built by the company has been
followed by four or five more erected by rival enter
prise This first hotel. the Atlantc. IN built almost
upon the verge of the breakers and surrounded
with wide porches and veiandss. over which the
sea breeze blews strong enough to whisk away
ones hat. 1t il conducted by John Tracy
aveteran hotel man. well known In Philadelphia and
more lately proprietor OF the Peninsula House Vt
Salisbury. One of the features OF the Atlantic Is u
terrapin pen which Is kept constantly filled with
these luscious US creatures anent the daily
draft tor the dining room. The pen is always .
curiosity with visitors, to whom the sight OF the
crawling hundreds OF terrapin is not only promise
study in natural history. The largest
hotel is the Seaside House. conducted by Mcssrs
Massey koons. IL 10 little nearer the roil
way station. striking feature of this house In thS
collection OF fly fans IN the dining room. Of which
motion at any meal they gave the apartment tue APP
pearance OF hoor In . machinery niled factory. A
third hotel. the Ocean City House. Is under the
management OF Mr.. Granville y. Stokes. who Is as
sisted by Mrs. Benson. formerly pioprietress Of
the National Hotel at Washington: A fourth
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by the PhilaaelpLia. Wilmington and Baltimore
parties. and is to Ocean city what the East Eud
Hotel is to Long Branch. A nfth hotel Is yet
awaiting lessee II is rather remotely located
down the beach aud has heretofore famed of pront-
/ able patronage. which Is doubtless the reason
one has yet appeared to reopen IL.
THE NOMENCLATURE.
Some regret naturally feit that the founders Of
Ocean City did retain something OF the old
title. The Ocean Is ali well enough but the term
'cty rather ridicules the small collection Of hotels
aus DuaSss sna the the "
likely like s' to last The buildings are eensraliy
| in drab or brown the collection makes quite pic-
turesque scene. The newness of the whole place is
refreshing and inviting to the pleasure seeker who
cannot help contrasting its clean. bright woodwork
the shining bedroom furniture and clean walls Of its
hotels and their cheerful dining rooms. with the
diapidated buildings aud musty apartments of Older
resorts. Ocean City In. in short pretty mushroom
BATHING FAcn-Ifns.
fealty by coming down perennialiy from Washington
and baltimore to cool OF in its delicious breexcs
The beach il the great attraction for the that
IL shelves suitably that bathing Is afc and enjoys
Bile at almost any stage OF the tide Elsewhere t 10
too often the case at Long Branch that the water
IL too deep st high tide or too shallow at loo
tide. that the beach shelves grxdually.
at Cape May that the bathcr s often compelled to
wade tedious distance to enjoy able depth. A
between these extremes Is struck al Ocean
City Again. there is complete absence Of under
tow and no such thing life lines. Men. women
and children bathe in she surf a. feariessy a. In
swimming school.
There are several private besides the hotels
One of these IL owned by Mr.. George 6oidsboro. OF
Easton. Nd; another by Mr.. John Is. Myers ofPhiia
dephia. and . third by Mr.. Mcrryman. of Whining
ton. Mrs. Serman. OF Demar. Is proprietrc-s OF
other. The prospective next Governor of Maryland.
Judge" Hamilton owns plot OF ground near
the Atlantic House. which he intends building
elegant cottage. Mr. Granville Stokes. the
tired cloth merchant OF Philadephia. has hand
some residence on the main land aud yacht sloop
the bay.
The famous Fifth Maryland regiment. OF BAlti-
more. formerly commanded by Colonel Stryeker
jenkins. 10 to go into camp at Ocean city for ten
days in the latter part of this month.
MANHATTAN TURTLE CLUB.