The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-06-27
Pleasant Summer Trips.
Ne,o York Times, June 7th, 1885.

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come recollections of broad highways,
of hard sand, stretches of billowy ocean,
the roar of surges, the cooling breath
of Neptune, the plash of the waves, the
salty air from the wide sweeping sea,
and the countless other delights of life
on the sea coast. And nature, ever
kindly, has placed within easy reaching
distance sea coast for the pleasure of
mankind and womankind in their hours
of leisure, and which man has improved
until it seems perfection.
From Sandy Hook to Cape May the
Atlantic Ocean dashes upon coast of
the most variable but always beautiful
description. Years ago this was for
the most part desolate shore, but to-
day it blossoms like the rose, and at
tracts to it the tired dwellers in cities
who have day, week, or a month of
relaxation. At one end of this shining
strip of sand lies Long Branch, and at
the other Cape May, while between
them are located numerous other resorts,
all worthy of attention, and each of
which has its champions among sum-
mer tourists.
The most important of the interme-
diate resorts is Atlantic City. 1t has
the distinction of being strikingly un-
like all other seaside resorts. 1t re-
minds one of a striking character in
'Uncle TOMS Cabin, young woman
who just growed.' Atlantic City
wasn't planned. 1t jumped into exist
ence apparently of its own accord and,
has seemingly made hit. 1t is prac-
tically an island, for it is separated
from the main land by miles of salt
marshes. 1t is twenty miles nearer to
Philadelphia than any other New Jersey
resort, and perhaps for this reason it is
the Mecca of Philadelphians and of
people who live hundreds of miles from
that city. Every one in Pennsylvania
has heard of Atlantic City, and when
the denizen of the rural districts takes
a vacation, and reaches Philadelphia,
his first thought is to get out of it and
reach Atlantic City as quickly as posi-
BILE. The first thing to do is to find
hotel, and, with guide, this is not
dificult-they are numerous. There
are, besides the hotels, cottages with
out number and private boarding houses
beyond count. Atlantic City has be-
yond doubt made hit, for it is always
crowded in summer with a vast con-
course of people drawn from every walk
of life. The facilities for reaching At
lantic City are favorable. The distance
from New York by the way of Philadel-
phia is $50 miles by rail, and is cover
ed in about four hours by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and its seashore connec-
tions. All kinds of fish abound in its
waters, and salt water birds are numer-
Gus in its immediate vicinity. Its even
temperature makes it a healthful resort,
and this perhaps helps TO account for
the fact that it is patronized by the rich
as we'll as the poor. Its board walk is
JOY forever, if not a thing of beauty.
Bathing and swimming is INDUCED in
to an unlimited extent. On Sundays
the crowd is immense On weekdays
it is also immense. Atlantic City has
nothing to complain of. The present
season promises to eclipse all previous
seasons in the matter of attendance,
and the natives are making desperate
efforts to produce for the rush that
they may make all the hay possible
while the sun remains above the hori-
zon. North and South Atlantic Cities
are adjuncts to the parent town, and
are making big strides to catch up.
Between Atlantic City and Cape May
are a number of other pleasant and
flourishing resorts, such as Ocean City,
Sea Isle City, and Sewell's Point, but
in comparison with Cape May these
are but as the lowly snow-drop to the
full-blown rose. 1t has been said that
the West Jersey Railroad carries the
traveller through desert before it fin
ally deposits him at Cape May, but if
SO does not the journey enhance the
attractions of the queen of watering
places? Even a sight of it has sooth-
ing influence on the most dissatisfied,
and there seems to be some ground tor
the statement that had the lotus eaters
discovered Cape May they would have
pitched their tents there in preference
to any other spot on the globe. There
is nothing ephemeral about Cape May.
Away back in 1875 it boasted of a
Baptist church, and surely if there were
a church there it must have had con-
gregation. This, of itself, is course
of qualification to the residents of the
beautiful city on the sea, city which
can boast of population the year
round, with great hotels, magnificent
private residences, and countless other
advantages, and a life all its own.
Nothing, apparently, can shake its pop
ularity. Built upon strip of upland,
where the waters of bay and ocean meet,
it has a grand view of the Atlantic.
Its beach is broad and smooth, and II
is considered the grandest bathing
ground on the coast. The dangerous
undertow that makes bathing at some
points insecure is here unknown, and
perfect safety seems to reign over the
waves that lave its silver sands. Its
streets are broad and level, and all it:
structures have an air of solidity anc
an absence of newness that is refresh
ing of itself. An unobstructed view o
the ocean is obtained from one end tc
the other of the magnificent boulevard
that runs parallel with the ocean for
distance of five miles. Its beach in it
glory, and its new iron pier the pride
of its people. 1t is as smooth as
billiard table. Its sky is always blu
and its sun is seldom hidden. Its bath
ing facilities are glorious and are takel
, advantage of to the full. Noon is tn
favorite hour for this diversion, ant
: thousands of both sexes, all in costume
more or less unique and striking, the
take their dip in view of other and ad
: miring or amused thousands. Cap
) Mays hotels are quite as famous as tn
city itself. During the summer season
, from June till September, Cape May
accommodations, extensive as they are
are taxed to the utmost. Early as it
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