The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-07
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ALTooNA, August IL, 1880.
Our train started Friday evening, August
18th, at g40, from the Altoona depot, aud as
II was special train and little behind time.
we were soon laundering on our way from the
mountain city to the sea. There were six
hundred and twetty-elght passengers on the
train, including the band--al Altoona EN-.
ployees Of the z. II. Il. Company. There we're
thirteen cars, ali full. The lrst stop we made
was In Lewlstown Narrows TO take In water
next stopping place was Harrisburg, al A.
M. Saturday morning. There we changed
engines, and train men. The committee then
went through the train with the conductor.
Our next stopping place was At Lancaster city
at about A. NJ. Here was the finest depot
that we passed on the trip, but did not stop
long here. Now 1t soon began TO get daylight,
aifordlng us chance to see some Of Lancaster
county. The country here Is generally level,
with splendid farms, and nice houses, good
corn, clover, tobacco, sc. On nearing Phila-
delphla the conductor takes one ticket Eve had
six tickets altogether, aud here the conductor
tore of the fret one.) We arrived In Phlladel-
phla al 6i03, Saturday morning, and now there
was a rush for the street cars some would not
walt Till they could get chance 90 get through
the gate, but ran and jumped over the board
fence, all wanting TO get In the cars first In
order TO obtain seats. got In and got seat
anyhow. | am unable TO tell the number of
street care there was. We went from the ?.
Il. Il. depot along Market street to the wharf,
and the like for fruit, vegetables ETC., never
saw BEFORE Thousands of bushels OF peaches
piled up, and the largest ones ever saw also
apples, tomatoes and cabbage, with beef and
mutton piled on both sides OF the street for q
distance of seven miles
There is a large court house here, but Is not
yet finished. The inside Is built of brick, the
outside marble, and Is said TO cost when ln-
lshed, the sum of 81, 100000.
Here the conductor of the street car takes
another ticket. The horses are kept trottIng
all the way. We arrived at the wharf at 7;15,
A. M. and here we got mixed up considerable,
as there were three or four excursion parties
here, some going to Atlantic City and some to
Cape May, but they did not part us here and
we all crossed the Delaware together, on the
steamer Delaware. The band gave us music
while crossing the river IL took but Ave or
ten minutes to cross over, and then we were In
the city of Camden, N. j., which is large
city, Of nearly all brick houses. And now
was the time to get lost, the trains starting for
Cape May and Atlantic City, both, some of our
crowd did get lost and went to Cape May. We
left Camden at 1850 Saturday morning and
were soon laundering over the Jersey sands at
fearful speed New Jersey is low aud level
where the West Jersey road crosses. The
railroad Is built on sand, and the rails fasten-
ed down with dykes. There Is but a single
track, and there Is water standing all along
the road. We passed some nice orchards in
New Jersey, and bearing good crops. Apples
and peaches are plenty there, and also pump
kins and watermeons are in abundance. But
near the Ocean there is no farming done, on
account suppose of the land overflowing with
water. There Is great many pines there and
water standing all around them. AT 10;40 the
Ocean is In sight, and at 1859 we we're stand
ing on "The sands of the boundess sea-"
looking over the wide Atlantic. AS far as the
eye would carry, the Ocean looks blue, and
appears TO rise in the distance.
Myself and friend were standing on the
coast on dry sand talking, and looking In an
opposite direction from the Ocean,
"When a wave came up out of the sea,
And said TO us all, make room for me-"
and came out farther than we expected, and
wet our feet. There we're people in bathing as
far as we could see. suppose there were two
or three thousand In the sea at once, and
thousands standing on the shore watching.
We saw lots of small sail ships on the ocean,
but no large ones, and they were from two to
thirty miles out from the coast. There is no
Of mile from the shore, between which there
is nothing bnt a white sand resembling pewter
sand, and while walking through 1t we would
sink in ankle deep. Ladies would sit down on
this sand in their good clothes and IL would all
brush off easily. The first pavement next to
the ocean is made of boards and is about six
feet from the ground, the others are laid with
large fiat stones. The streets are as level as
floor, and very solid. They run street cars on
the bare streets they have no track. They
have some elegant hotels here, and some fine
looking churches. They charge at the hotels
from 25 cents to $1.25 per meal. The per-
formances here, are dancing, flying horses, run
by steam, and swings, run by steam. While
swinging on them you can see all over the
city charge ten cents per ride.
We were seven hours at the sea. We left
Atlantic City at 6:15 Saturday evening. When
we came back through New Jersey 1t rained for
about half the way, and was very dark. 1t
was reported that there were two ladies that
belonged to our excursion left behind, but 1
don't know whether II was SO or not. We
reached Camden about 10 O'Clock on Saturday
night, and arrived in Altoona at o'clock on
| Sunday morning. Our tickets for the round