New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
CoNEY ISLANDS RAPID GROWTH.

CONEY ISLANDS RAPID GROWTH.
ITS FOURTH or JULY vrsIroGs COMPARED WITH
FORMER YEARs-MAEINE RAILwAY-A COOL
SUNDAY.
When two years ago the history of the GUS
tomary Fourth Of July excursions from this city was
written 1t went upon the records that some thousands
during the day sought the cool brceze Of the Hudson,
the Sound, Coney Island Beach, EocKaway and other
places. year later the visit Of great multitude 10
the several beaches OF C0uey Island described,
liberal estimate Of the number OF persons being 10000
This year those least inclined expggcraie place the
number OF visitors TO CJney Island ON The Fourth at
100 OO while there those in position 10 Judge
with some accuracy who say that not less than
from 10000 20 100000 persons certainly found
their way to the Island On Friday last by
ne various steamboats, and railroads running there
While 10 Is OF exceedingly difficult to procure
exact statistics gardng the UumDer OF persons who
actually visited the Island on Friday, or to say precisely
what number the numerous boat and car lines could
have landed there II tested to their utmost capacity, 1t
can be easily demonstrated that there were carrying
facilities for number considerably In excess OF 100
600. At Norton & Nurray's pier seventeen landings
were mad during the day by steamboats, whose carry
ing capacity ranged from 1000 to $500 persons.
The boats well laden in every instance, though no
10 then fall capacity. moderate estimate OF the
number landed at this pOlut il 10000 At the new
ron pier az West Brighton, fourteen landings were
yesterday that %, 900 moderate estimate OF n
number landed there. Ou the Prospect Park and
Cou,y Island Railroad trains OF from ten TO twelve
cars each running at very short intervals ali
through the day, and were always heavily loaded IL
was by employees Of the road that thak 'ried 4o
600 passengers Possibly $4,000 nearer the num-
ber The Bay Ridge aud Greenpoiut Divisions OF the
Manhattan Beach Railroad very likely carried $4,000
though some set the number In excess OF this.
The routes thus far mentioned would, at tue
figures given, furnish the 100000. with the
/ many thousands OF visitors taken by the Brooklyn,
Fatbush and COney Island Railroad, the Brooklyn,
Bath ana Conry Island Railroad, and the Locust Grove
route which lands the visitors from Jersey Guy, New
ten July 4, the Marine Railway between Nan
haitian and Brighton Beach Hotels, ran three cars,
seating go persons every five minutes As the fare is
cents TINS gave receipt IF Sl4 per hour, or $l4iO
the day. A. the expense per day only 500 thl5
leaves net receipt S4lO. The receipts OF this road
nav J@J pn0I snfrirnt 10 build "a douhe track
| which will In operation sometime this week. when
the construction Of this road proposed 10 he STOCK
holders off Manhattan Beach, at recent meeting
b,rs OF them declined take any risk in IT, ana Ausn
CObiu, the president took al the shares uhsuDscrOed
The display Of fireworks at Manhattan Beach saturday
| evening, together with tine cool sea breeze the hlgh
rose about D. M united to make the evening Of the
most enjoyable OF the season. The set pieces OF mr.
| works, which arranged by the Alexandra E&hlp
| ton Company, were not successful as they Noud
have been II the powder bad not been pretty thOrougy
soaked by The showers on the eeuns Oh e m u, pC
the rockets were very fine, ara drew many aumIIihs
| pN
ueighbOThoOd of the baudStud and VINO were wander
ing along the beaches. The rockets were sent up 10
rapid succession to great height and burst with
i0d reports INTO beautiful variety OF coOrs. Later In
tur evening when the seats along the beach were hed
| with people watching the huge waves at Hood TIDE,
rockets and lights OF different cOiOrs were sent up from
tue western end OF the sand. .,
Professor c. +. Richeps aerial machine peerless
winch was uue an ascension nom the brighton
Beach Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon, broke loose
from and muOrlugS about o'clock rose untl IL
struck westerly current and then sailed out over he
Atlantic Ocean The PccreS Ian ger counterpart OF
tho aerial machiue which tested AT Hartford last
| SIMMER The Peerless was anchored Yesterday by 4
rope 400 long and sudden gust OF VIVA sndpptu
the cords attaching tue 10 the balloon which shOt up
INTO the ar, while the fell To the earth ana was
badly broken The whole cost OF the lost ana Dlohen
arr ship was II 900. The thousands OF people at Man
haitian ana Brighton Beaches who watched tie escaped
balloon sail over the ocean, wondered "beh "oulu
| DO ucaId from.
| Although the weather in the city yesterday was only
cool at COney Island IL really cOld ana wraps ana
| shaw ; were to be every where. Ihe cola VIM
prevented the rush OF bdJhcrs, and the paZLas
were the general resorts OF the visitors. There was
l9rge crowd at the Point" and at West Brighton ana
Cables The pier is open TO visitors; admission
| 10 cents. This crowded all day Mr.. Bur
| nan expects TO open his per restaurant on
| the lOtl inst The plaza GIN front OF Cables was
! fu of people, who came by Culyer's road. large
number of carriages and people were on the COncouSe
all day. Hotel Brighton presented very animated ap
pearance during the concert By the philharmonic Dand
The balloon made three asceusiOns yesterday, but
toward evening the breeze too strong. Among the
| arrivals are: