New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-02
THE BEACHES On SUNDAY.
GREAT CROWDS AT COMFY ISLAND.

FINE sURF AND MANY BATHERs-ALARM Ar THE
pIER-A BOLD TIIIEF-ROBBED AT BATHING
HOUSES.
"Without doubt Coney Island holds its own
we'll" was remarked yesterday afternoon. in view OF
the great crowds of people that enjoying day
out at the great resort. The iron pier as
crowded, the Concourse and all the walks
were crowded the hotel porches and dining
rooms were crowded. the beaches were cro"ueu'
and even the various museums. the carousais, 'ho
swings and all the other catehpenny coniriyancrs "ee
crowded In the alone although the bathers were
very numerous, there appeared TO be room Tor hoio
Ii SAID that the number OF visitors yeStei""'
was larger of any previous day this season.
excepting The crowds began TO come carly lh io
morning. and they did not cease to come
until after dark. The boats all ran full 'he
trains OF the Manhattan Beach Road were taAeu
their full capacity and the Sea Beach ROAD haa !"
put on extra cars. Mr.. Douglass who manages the
latter road said to TRIBUNE reporter &" am satisfied
that shall carry people to-day than we have car
neG any day this season On Sunday last we SOFA o'o'
20 900 tickets ana to-day ahead OF The SAFES w
the hour corresponding with this An cary
boat from Newark brought 63S people to Bay h'us''
and a later boat the psce brought 376 peo-
pie. Boats were also run from Pceksk1l, E'zaDe'h-
port aud Sing Sing II has been great day Tor Con''
leland"
The hotels were all crowded. AT the Hotel Brighton
II tie house fun, a1d ~ tAc Mauu"F
tan Beach Hotel THE IBIBUSE reporter was told that
b. had for love OF Tor money eiheF thele
or nj tae Oriental Hotel
What did the thou ands OF people find TO do TO amuse
themsc.vesl In thc morning large number compro-
missed with their CT duty or foil we'd Then mchh
ton by listening TO the R"y. Dr. Aewnah' ""o
preached at the Manhattan Beach Hc;ol liking MS
text from Acts w., Il. Dr. Newman conrasicd
tie effects Of Christianity upon the peoples that
have embraced teachings OF Christ WIN The
workings of the doctrines OF CJucus. vita ihe results
OF Buddhism and with the results OF brlhnlh!sm Inc
preaoner SAID that Wiling 20 DOW before the IN
peral nt,licc, OF The men VINO devised those systems"
ont they were in tat error In Christ, ald III FIST
alone Is there salvation for men and iOI naiors lie
concuded with earnest eXhoriaiion to his hearers 70
serve God as the only way happiness here or
hereafter.
1t was not until afternoon that the island put on It's
best holiday appearance, and the visitors were to o'
numbered hy tens OF thousands. The SURF was un
usually fine and the great breakers came to"-
ing IN win delightfully."- regular irreguArity; the
water was comfortably warm, AMI the air
was lust warm enough TO make II an object
TO battle 10 reduce the temperature OF the body Accord
insy there was great demand for bathing clothes, ana
hun drcds upon hundreds of people, men, women snh
Children entered the water. i IS an unanswered
problem where the many fat women ut Coney
Island come from. and there Is 10 be'ter
way Of appearing the mmensi'y Of the
ocean tnan BY noticing that, however many OF
these huge roll and toes about IN the Watr
hoy DO not pcrceptby affect the ebb or h'W oi the
tide In con TO the fat women are tho lean men,
vi II puny imbs that 10 b. seen. II appears 10 he
rather the exception to men OF really fine pro-
portions Many bath.rs yesterday, with the az
noreut determination to get the worth OF
their money! took occasional puuges into the water and
then amused themselves for the hlli-hour at time by
digging holes IN b3 ami by lying in them for sun
bath The usual crowds lined the beaches aud watched
the batncrs Many OF these watchers were women who.
apparently III WEAKNESS sat fiat upon the sand aud
retarded not the fact That their clothing became
wei and soed from the dripprC suits OF he bhihcis
r,o are .l,gvs rbcuslpds of people at Clney Island
who do not know what they 20 there Tor, except with
the vague idea Tat they VIII somehow or other have
ne 49, These neople wander about and as they
nneTouv nave some spending money their pockets.
they ian an prey 10 the llly devices tbat shOud
uot attract even counymsn. II is matter OF at m
isnment tina, so many persons from New-York, who
should be sophisticated, snow u'Ws'Ne' 50
linz upon human folly have set up such childish devices
as Gypsy fortune telling fortune telling ny TIE mys-
terIOus writer" and tnroWlng Dais AT lay neules'
reapcd harvest Yesterday. - did the people who cX-
mbited q chd with big head, VINO took baa pcIar,S
1ile Won waited" who managed the electric inCubut
ing ucn aud VINO alleged museums
,,ra an of pleasant nature aud without excitement.
shortly after O'CLOCK an alarm was gwen rom e ron
pier that there swimmer Ia distress l Ou ana on
to The east His head could be seen from the beach,
rising ana falling with the waves. Ye lunited yards
were at once sent TO the rescue ana The
rash swimmer was saved. Uptii II was decided
/ u
citeme1t ana gtao th t f@t svyrpi OYER their SHOES
When however seen to b. coming in In a GAIA
maraD one man voiced the general NJ ment by saying
They ought TO club sa fellow iOi going out there ana
a. O'clock john II. Roach. Of No DIS Broadway.
white standing Vandervecrs walk, felt twist at his
| watch Guam. Turning, he mGn running away
with ms watch. Mr.. Roach gave cuase ana soon cauRit
the thief dropped the watch and showed night An
Off er who near came up ana arrested the pck-
pocket Before Justice Williams he CAV, ms name as
William Hastings, but was r.coInizeo a. villa ID nun
of NewYork. lie committed for further hearing
TWO Western men, %h2SG haeS , Sete Io '"nem, conf
! planned before Justice Nliahs thaI lner rooms NJ
Nycrs's bathing house bad been entered during me
afternoon. one of them lost SIS and watch aud The
left by tbe hef Another man complained 20 the JUS
tlce that mad been robbed OF set OF valuable sht
At the Sea Beach Palace where there trouble
with some OF the walters Saturday, Charles a. Mer-
ritz the manager said: BecO ming convinced that one
of my head walters In COLLISION with the WATERS
ADout thirty sald that be was sent away
they would 20 also. paid them of aud told
| today their places filed" Mr. Merritt
said that It was in contemplation 70 ada wing 10 the
haconies add two rows Of rooms upon each or them
win he purpose of opening hotel next with
coo or 700 rocns He said that bis idea that
hotel Coney Island nat would furnish clean ana com
| 10 make money for its owners.
Among the arrivals at the hotels yesterday the
Hofei Briqhton-John p. Alger. n. L. Wagner. A. s.
Afford; New-York Charles Lacy AYoS9y a1o ma,
| Winding Washington W. 4. Jones, Saratoga A. Arm
strong and wife, Philadelphia \. belhhn, haftIoIu ;
Joseph VI. NicDOs. Taunton, Mass.
MAMMALIAN Beach Hotel-C. J. Vanderbilt, George \.
Terry New-York; A. LaturOp and wife. Albany j. H..
Aei ger and wife, james Phillips, Phadelpla George
r. Crowley, Charleston, :. C.; H. G. o. Colby, Z. f..
| IIu, cblns Boston; T.. &. Robertson, Newark.
| Oriental Hotel-R G. Browning, New-York; George
T. Marsh wife. Altoona. PENN 8 p. Hinckiey. Bos'
| Conn: +. g Lamb, A. 81. Leslie Chicago; Elbridge
| Wheeler Philadelphia.
THE DAY AT ROCKAWAY
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