The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-07-14

The following letter clipped from
the Philadelphia Commercial Last
may prove Of interest to our readers;
ATLANTIC CRY, JULY T, 1881.
DEAR LIsT-The glorious Fourth
having come and gone, Fashion has
decreed that the season at this popu-
lar seaside resort shall begin, and as
the weather prophets have given us
notice that both July and August
will be excessively warm, We may ex
pect thst the Island will be fairly
crowded with visitors. It is astouish-
ing how rapidly this place has i'm
proved ia the last three yoars, espec-
tally at the southern end Of the city,
which was formerly . ahowling waste"
Of sand, with solitary stunted pine
tree here and there to relieve the
feeling Of utter dssoIation The rail
roads have, Of course, contributed to
this Improvement, most notably the
Philadelphis and Atlantic City Rail-
way Company, commonly known as
the aNarrow Gauge" Till it was
built, bringing both fares and freights
down to reasonable figures, the old
road was monopoly, charging such
high prices as to amount almost to
prohibition. Atlantic City at that
time increased but slowly, aud had il
not been for its great natural advsn.
tsges, the life would have been crush.
ed out Of It By high fares. But COM
petition has caused II to grow with
Alladdin.like rapidity, aud there
seems to be no limit to the improve
ments. South ATLANTIC City, which
10 situated on the south side Of the
thoroughfare, will have two lines Of
railroad. one Of them connecting with
the Philadelphia and Atlantic, the
other with the Camden and Atlantic
road. The Philadelphia and Atlantic
also has branch road to Ocean City
and Somers' Point, making 1t conve-
Dient for excursions from Atlantic
City to either Of those points. The
hotels aud boarding houses are doing
good business Ia spite Of the cool
weather OF June. Our old friend,
George L. Jacoby, ESQ, of the Hotel
Albion, smiling all over, says bis
house will be fqll from the 9th Of
July till the 9th of September, and SO
it ought to be, as they set the best
table on the Island, the clerks are
courteous and attentive, rooms cool
and newly furnished To such Of your
readers as may desire to take trip to
the Getty by the Sea-" / would say,
60 to Pier 8, just above Walnut street,
where they will End the staunch and
handsome steamer Champion ready to
start punctually at s A. NJ. and 4 p. NJ ,
to meet the express train; after pleas
ant river ride Of two miles will ar
rive at the Bulscn street depot, where
they will find clean, commodious cars
particularly adapted to summer rid
ing. drawn by one of the large 26-ton
locomotives, and after ride of one
hour and half will find themselves
at Atlantic City. / think they will
agree with me in saying that they
have never had a more pleasant jour
ney, free of dust and cindsrs, than
the one they have just taken over
the Philadelphia and Atlantic Rail
way, and all for the low price of one
dollar for ticket for three days /
don't see how they can do it, but the
fact remains that they do do it, and
still keep the road and equipments in
frst-class order. | understand that
the popular excursion train will begin
running Saturday morning, July 8,
leaving Pier s at $50 A. M.,-rouud
trip tickets only fifty cents, giving the
workingman a chance to have days
pleasure at low cost, and thus en-
abling him to come himself and bring
his family, not once during the season
but often. But if you wish to be
convinced that all things are SO, try
it yourself, and come take bath in
old ocean with Yours, FRANCIS.