The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-01
a winter Resort for Health or Resi-.
The rapid pace at which our busine

The rapid pace at which our business
affairs are driven at the present time
necessitates more frequent pauses for
rest than in the days OF old when bust
ness was conducted more slowly and
with greater elaboration. Not only in
the exhausting heat of summer, but
there should be pauses for rest also
in the equally trying days of mid
winter. 1t is most fortunate, there
fore, that for the people of the United
States, especially from New York and
Philadelphia, there is easily accessible
in Atlantic city place where not only
a season of repose for the weary worker
may be found but likewise sanitarium,
generously endowed by nature with
balmy breezes, warm suns and uni
form temperature, accompanied by all
the comforts, convepiences and luxu-
ries of life. Four hours ride over the
Pennsylvania railroad from New York,
and two hours from Philadelphia will
bring the invalid or the visitor for plea
sure to the delightful city by the sea.
Atlantic City is situated on an island
bounded on the south and east by the
ocean, and on the other sides by an arm
of the sea-. Its main exposure is south
eTn, and the welcome rays of the wiz
ter sun battle it In food of soft and
mellow light. The surrounding waters
are open during the year, and only in
the coolest snaps does ice form on the
inlet. The winds as well as the wave
favor this fortunate spot. From the
north, northwest and southwest the
winds travel for miles over ard and
porous sands on which snow never lies,
and become dried and warmed in their
passage. The southern and eastern
winds come in from the sea laden with
the heated vapor of the Gulf Stream to
tone down the temperature to delight
full degree. We are told by meteorolo-
gists that the Gulf Stream, in c0nse
quence Of its proximity to the coast, af-
fects the temperature more powerfully
here than at any other part of the At
lantic coast, Just opposite Atlantic
City the stream sweeps in landward to
within foTty-hye miles of the shore, and
the heated waters Of the Tropics serve
as a natural radiator, tempering the
harshness Of this northern latitude
With all these advantages of site it is
not surprising that the thermometer
conducts itself with charming propriety
at Atlantic City. AS winters go it rare
ly drops below thirty-two degrees, and
trustworthy observations show that a
fair average for its MONDAY reading in
mid-winter is forty-fve or fifty degrees.
Atlantic City is a city not only in
name but in fact having a resident pop
ulation of seven thousand people. 1t
is laid out in straight, wide avenues
bordered with trees and adorned with
handsome hotels and artistic villas.
Electric lights, street railway, and a
uniformed police attest its municipal i'm
, portance. There are fine drives along
the avenues or on the beach. and all the
facilities are at call.
OF hotels there is an unlimited sup,
ply. There are rich apartments for the
r wealthy, comfortable quarters for the
independent, humble lodgings for the
poor. Mary of the first class hoUels
remain open throughout the year
1 With this view they are adapted to us
. as winter homes, and are as comfortable
Q in mid-winter as they are agreeable il
: the heat of the dog-davs. They are heat
ed by steam and male costly attractiy
/ by open CRATES. Several Of them, hav
. been thoroughly retitted since tn,
2 close Of the summer season. Many Of
J. them have lighthouses where one ca
+ indulge the luxury of a saltwater bath
). and well.arranged sun-parlors, whert
= invalids or others may bask in the brigh
h sunlight without encOuntering the out
Y er air. These pirlors are glass-inclose
d porticos, afTording excellent indoo
promenades.
The health record of Atlantic City
. unsurpassed. No epdimic has eve
4 ragged there. The drainage is good, til
p streets are well cleaned and the drinl
d ing water is brought fresh and pun
% from the mainland. Thousands {
y patients have been sent here by the
: physicians and returned well and hea
r ty.
70 Why should we 90 to Europe in sea; C
3 of health and at great expense when "
+ have here, at our own doors, all the a.
70 planes for comfort, invigorating bree
4 es, warm suns, entertainments an
= sports of all kinds, all of these at pric,
within the reach of alp