The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
Excursion to Atlantic City.

Excursion to Atlantic City.
Tie second annul! excursion of treswell
| Post to Atlantic City. ON saturday, was
| we'll patronzeh. there being nearly six hun
lr-d persons on board. The day was de
| ghtful one, and the ride in the elegant
| 'lrS of the F., W. X Is. Railroad was all
| hat could he desired. Running to the foot
| Il Washington street, The "NcnrsionistS
| we're conveyed across the noble Delaware
n n ferry boat to Camden, where they We're
LACED in what perhaps may be called cars
| N that State on the
WEST JERSEY ROAD,
he new route owned by the Pennsylvania
| tAiroad They were miserable affairs,
ing w-afhrrboarded on the inside, narrow
| I'D low, with Sint seats of :, dirty appear
| ace. "Henry" said the seats We're made
| = this peculiar style to let the sand run
| trough" The distance from Camden to
| iTlantic City is sixty six miles by this
"oute, and was made in about two hours
! ne tNtuESli'nlSlS arriving 1T lllt Sct-Slut
! 1870 o'clock.
| For the first score Of miles from rhiladel-
| phia the West Jersey track traverses
! \ RICH AND PRETTY COUNTRY,
! given up to suburban residences and truck
earning. New Jersey is 4 Hat State. The
! tbSence of undulaton in its surface takes
| from the landscape one of the chief ee
ments Of agricultural beauty. lut along
| here art has bountifully supplemented ma
/ ture. The farms are small and highly cul
| tivated, and wafered by numerous streams
! TO whose luxuriant banks ornamental lawns
/ gently slope. Further on the road reac hes
, Il section of country anything hut attrac-
| tive. This is the home Of the pine tree,
! which springs up quickly in all waste
| places and if left undisturbed for few
! years will cover the soil with scruhby
| growth. Peach orchards are frequent along
! this part OF the line, nterSpersed with fields
! OF straw berries and small lots Of cultivated
jlackberries, and many vineyards Of good
size and promise. As the ear is whirled on
the spires and ho,>etop, of towns and vii
! lagos are seen all along the way. These
towns are characteristic of the country and
the age. The West Jersey Railroad is an
air-iine. The towns We're no, built for the
road nor the road for the towns. The latter
lie emhowered in shade trees and looking
very restful III their white paint and seclu-
sion, from Il half to five miles from the rail
road, with which they are connected by
switch tracks. Approaching the Atlantic
the scene is varied with ponds and blackish
hayous, fringed with rank vegetation and
vocal with the music Of the Jersey mos
quito Near the city deep creeks appear,
navigable for vessels of small burden and
light draft steamers Mays Landing, Il
. tiourishing village, the county town of At
lantic county, is situated on one of these
estuaries, distant about ten miles from the
sea-shore.
ATLANTIC CITY
is on a long low island, separated from the
. mainland by an arm of the ocean locally
known as q the inlet The town lies along
the front for two miles, and is opened
from north to south by three hshways--a
board walk three miles in length extending
along and following the curvatures OF the
beach, and Atlantic and Pacific avenues.
All the streets are called avenues. From
the sea inland the streets are numerous.
and have been given the names of the origi-
nal thirteen States. The houses are built of
wood, of various designs, light and airy in
appearance and color, and with special
adaptation 10 both Winter and Summer u>e.
Several of the hotels are on the usual Sum
mer resort mammoth order, but the great
number (and some OF them Of the best
are unpretcntions structures with comforta-
bic accommodations for Il couple of hundred
guests. The beach is hard and gradually
deepening, and is said to be IS safe for
bathers as any on the coast. \ little flo
tilla Of boats belonging to the life service
stations at this point, which hover just be-
yond the first line of breakers during bath
ing hours, give comforting sense Of secur-
ty. Vessels and steamers are seen in the
otting at all times in fair weather; but in
time Of storm the large ships stand OUT to
sea, while from every point OF the water
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! the friendly haven OF the inlet. Thither
they are directed by the Absecom light
house a: the mouth, an immense tower, 167
feet high, and perched on 4 foundation Of
| thousands of tons of stone, and which looms
, up in the mist like a great white spectre.
! 1t is surmouuted by 4 Fresnel lens of the
! first order, and exhibits a fixed white light
that can he distinguished twenty miles at
/ sea.
After spending tie day as the tastes Of
the various excursioniSfs dictated bathing,
! sightseeing, and u few, We are sorry TO say,
in drinking
; THE TRAIN WAS BOARDED
/ at e o'clock, and we started on the home
ward trip. Then it was that the first trou
. HE OF the day commenced II appears that
three or four persons had unfortunately
partaken of too much heer, and having
thereby lost their good sense, became dis
orderly The Commander and his officers,
! as we'll rs he officials of the train, did all
in their power 10 quiet the unruly. With
. this exception nothing occurred during the
. u.iI W ItIdl us llItstSb[ta. VI 'uhtat, many
] Of TIE passengers We're Indignant at the
! conduct of the unruy, but when they came
! calmly to reflect that it is impossible to get
such \ crowd Of people together without
more or less Of improper behavior, they
( were disposed to lay it away with the other
things to be endured in the present condi-
! ton of society.
OUT OF THE SAND
Arriving at Camden, We were returned
! to Washington street wharf, where the cars
of the F., W. & b. Il. r. were again enter
ed, and everybody felt at home-which was
REACHED q couple Of honFs later.
{ Coi.:raa;.de- Il. + Wilson aid his COM
rades are entitled to the thanks of the eN-
| cursionists for the pleasure enjoyed and the
safety of the trip. We have no doubt they
! learned something which will be useful to
! them in the conduct of future excursions,
should they feel justified in making them.
The New Railroad to Philadelphia.
] ,the statement that the BALTIMORE and
! Ohio Railroad will, Oh August lst cease
/ operating the Delaware Western Railroad
/ is denied at Camden station. The Della