Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
LIFE AT CoNEY ISLAND.


New York, July :, 1879.
To the f litor of the Free Press AMI Times
The season at the seaside resorts opens
this week Large crowds have been making
daily visits 10 Long Branch, Coney Island,
Rockaway, etc, for several weeks, but the
ball does not fairly gel rolling before the first
of July. BY the time the GLORIOUS Fourth
arrives the entire city, and all the towns IN
its vicinity pour their inhabitants out into the
popular resorts OF all the places in the
world to see life in a turmoil. commend me
TO Coney Island, from the West end, fire.
quented by the commoncr and rougher ele-
ment of our city population, TO the East
end, which is the resort Of responsibility,
shoddy. vice, in fact every phase OF lie that
can be imagined. Coney Island, until about
three years ago, had a very bad name. De
cent people would not go there 1t was al
most entirely given over 10 the dcpraved IL
could only he reached by an unpleasant
railway journey, with frequent changes from
horsc-cars, or by boats packed with vicious
men and women, who made things lively
for the company until they dispersed at the
beach The island was celebrated then for
three ngs,-three card monte men, roast
clans and surf bathing. The centre and the
eastern end of the island was dreary stretch
of sand that was little frequcnted. During
the Centennial Summer, Cable noted New
York restaurdttur opened hotel al the cen
tire of the island, at a sufficient distance from
the old establishments to give it an air OF re-
spectablity. He was successful and ms en-
ample was Immediately followed by other
enterprising parties, who formed company
and purchased a large tract Of sand, upon
which they erected the Manhattan Beach
hotel. Two lines of railroad were built TO
connect this hotel with New York. Man
haitian Beach was Immediately followed by
Brighton Beach and its hotel, situated II
little east of Cables. Then the eyes of the
inhabitants Of New York and the surround
ing country were opened TO the fact that
close beside them was splendid seaside
resort that could he comfortably reached in
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