Daily Republican., 1882-06-27
FOURTHEDITION
SEA ISLE CITY.
A Now Atlantic Coast Resort-Op.
ep ing YesteF day from
Wilmington auO philadelphtA.

wilmington an0 Ph1so0eSpn1A.
There Is but one Charles X. Landi
in the country. If there were more tn
.. country would be the gamer by them
1t is not back behind the memory o
most people living still, when h
was thought to be crazy for gobblinl
up several Thousand acres of what wa
then considered poor and sandy worr
out lands. The wisdom of his purchase
is now seen by city of 10000 people
covering the place. The regularly laid
out and shaded streets, the neat frame
painted cottages, the fruit chards and
vineyards all bespeak the wisdom OF
Mr.. Lands foresightedness, enterprise
and thrift. Vineland is only sample OF
what can be made of most of the arid
land Of New Jersey. Mr.. Lands not
content to stop after having built up a
large city looked around for other enter.
prises.
The foaming waves of the ocean as
they came dashing inland the salu-
brious and healthy atmosphere that
distinguished the Ocean Coast, and
the increasing desire of the people OF
large cities to get out from amongst the
heated brick and mortar to placeswhere
they could catch the delightful ocean
breezes turned his attention to the 80 a
coast In quest of site for first class
ocean resort, tree from the objections
urged against some other places that
had already been built up and occupied,
and it was not long before he made
choice OF Sea Isle, about half way be-
tween and l8 miles from Cape May and
Atlantic City. Sea Isle lying along the
ocean and has a length Of g.. miles
varying in width from one quarter
to " miles IL extends from
Carson $ inlet in the north, to Town
| send inlet on the south and Is bound
cd on the West by Lldlam Bayard q
navigable channel called the Thorough
fare furnishing excellent facilities for
fishing, sailing, saltwater ba hing, etc.
beach is remarkably ii 10 one
extending the whole length of the Is
land and is abou. $50 feet wide. 1t gen
tly shelves towa rds the ocean and the
sand Is 80 dense and closely packed
that horses hoofs scarcely make an in
dentation and in this respect presents a
strong contrast with seaside resorts
where the sand is loose and treacher-
GUS. One great advantage of the beach
at Sea Isle Is that there is not particle
of undertow and no ropes and stakes are
required to prevent bathers from being
drawn out into the breakers against
their will. While there is neither un.
dertow nor loose sand isa there not
the least appearance of mud.
The reason this desirable place was
not long before taken up and cony erted
into seaside resort is because the prop
erty belonged to quite a large number
of heirs with varied interests and aims
Mr.. Lands went to work quietly and
effectively and secured all these inter
ests and titles and when the work was
completed he commenced the laying
out Of Sea Isle City, which will soon
be the rival of Atlantic City and will
soon surpass Cape May. Avenues
were laid out and the principal one
running the whole length of the island,
with flower beds end statuary at every
crossing is called LandisAvenue. A year
ago there was but one house OF the
island and now there are nearly sixty,
several of which are hotels, boarding
houses and stores. The architecture is
unique and imposing.
The lots at first sold for $3.50, size SO |
by 10 feet, hut they now sell readily
for twice that price. The rules re.
quire that the purchaser of lot must
build within year and at the farthest |
within Is months. This will compel the |
erection OF between 500 and 600 cottages
within IL months, equal to q popula- |
tion of 5000 souls, besides transient
boarders. The place is reached by the
West Jersey Railroad running to Sea
vile and from thence AZ miles over a |
new branch road just completed thor |
the meadows to Sea Isle City.
This new branch road was opened,
and indeed Sea Isle City was opened
to the public yesterday, large excur
sion OF 100 invited guests, 20 of whom |
were from this city, under the charge
Of Mr.. lands. The following were |
those from Wilmington f. Thorne,
Col. j. e. Wainwright and |
lady, j. A. Bond and lady Z. Aims
worth and lady Professor P. Allen !
and lady Mrs. Chamberlain, DR.. Der
rickson, Rev. j. l.. Estlin, DIR. H. C.
Snitcher, Professor Ferd, Fullmer, E.
A. Van Trump, Isaac S. Bullock, S. r.
Ball, j. Frank Ball, Haywood Conant,
Of the Every Evening and s. Hersey OF
the REPUBLICAN,.
Those from this city took the steamer
FELTON, in the morning and left in the
regular excursion train at Camden at
D 45 q. IN. The train ran in two SEC
lions and reached Sea Isle at 12 o'clock.
The balmy atmosphere, after the show
er of the previous evening, the golden
hued wheat fields, the aroma Of newly
mown hay and the beautiful towns
through which the West Jersey road
runs, ,contributedto make the trip one OF
The most delightful ever experienced.
at Sea Isle the excursionists
scattered, many of them to lunch along
the beach, others to take dinner at
some of the excellent boarding houses
IN the Island and the most of them
took seats around the we'll spread
table at Struther's hotel in COM
pany with Mr.. Lands. Joke and
repartee we're the order of the day and
at the close, of the excallent dinner
speeches were made by Philadelphia
gentlemen, complimentary to Mr.. Lam
dis and the enterprise in which he
was engaged The latter left nothing
undone to make the excursionists COM
even to the running of two or
three teams with ice water up and down
the beach to quench the thirst free of
charge.
The representative of the RErUBLI-
CAN with others of the Wilmington
delegation, dined at the boarding house
If Mr. Fretz who will navar fail foI
have crowded house If he sets a table
like he did yesterday. One of the first
things to attract the attention of Will.
mington visitors on entering the parlor
Is Wilmington organ with the name
Of Pancoast Allen upon it 1t made US
feel home.like and indicated that no
lays journey was long enough to take
is beyond the reach of Mr.. Aliens or.
yans.
A square distant standsa very hand
some cottage in course Of erection by
Mr.. Allen, which he expects to have
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