Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-25
SUMMER TRIPS.
City and Other Resorts
Along the Jersey Coast.

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The most important of the Atlantic
coast resorts between Cape May and Long
Branch, says the New York Times, is
Atlantic City. II has the distinction of
being strikingly unlike all other seaside
resorts. 1t reminds one of striking
character in "Uncle Toms Cabin" a
young woman who "just growed." Allan
tic City wasn't planned. 1t jumped into
existence apparently of its own accord,
and has seemingly made a hit.
It is practically an island, for it
is separated from the main land by
miles of salt marshes. It is 90 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 deni-
zen of the rural districts takes q vacation,
md reaches Philadelphia, his first thought
is to get out of it and reach Atlantic City
as quickly as possible. The first thing to
do is to find q hotel, and, with guide,
this is not difficult-they are numerous.
There are, besides the hotels, cottages
without number and private boarding
houses beyond count. Atlantic City has
beyond doubt made hit, for it is always
crowded in summer with vast concourse
of people drawn from every walk of life.
The facilities for reaching Atlantic City
are favorable. The distance from New
York by way of Philadelphia is $50 miles
by rail, and is covered in about four
hours by the Pennsylvania railroad and
its seashore connections. All kinds of fish
abound in its waters, and salt water birds
are numerous in its immediate vicinity.
Its even temperature makes il healthful
resort, and this, perhaps helps to account
for the fact that it is patronized by the
rich as well as the poor.
Between Atlantic City and Cape May
are number of other pleasant and -four
ishing resorts, such as Ocean City, Sea
Isle City, and Sewell's Point, but in COM
parison with Cape May these are but as
the lowly snow-drop to the full-blown
rose. Cape May boasts of population
the year round, with great hotels, mag
nificent private residences, and countless
other advantages, and a life all its own.
Nothing, apparently, can shake its popu-
larity. Built upon strip of upland,
where the waters of bay and ocean meet,
il has grand view of the Atlantic. Its
beach is broad and smooth, and it is con-
sidered 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 its structures
have I'M air of solidity and an absence of
newness that is refreshing of itself. An
uuubstructed view of the ocean is
,htuimed from one end to the other of
.ie magnificent boulevard that runs
parallel with the ocean for distance of
Ave miles. Its beach is its glory, and its
new iron pier the pride of its people. II
| is as smooth as billiard table. Its sky
is always blue and its sun is seldom
| hidden. Its bathing facilities are glorious
and are taken advantage of to the full.
Noon is the favorite hour for this diver
sion, and thousands of both sexes, all in
costumes more or less unique and strik-
ing, then take their dip in view of
other and admiring or amused thousands.
Cape Mays hotels are quite as famous as
| the city itself. During the summer
season, from June till September, Cape
Mays accommodations, extensive as they
are, are taxed TO the utmost. EARLY as it
is the indications are that the present
season will push its predecessors very
| hard in an effort to beat the record.
At the extreme southern end of New
Jersey is situated Cape May Point. Ex-
cept on the northeast side it is surrounded
| by the Atlantic. Ocean and Delaware Bay.
Although it is but two miles distant from
Cape May it is connected with that resort
by rail, and the residents of the two
points are generally equally we'll ac-
quainted with both stamping grounds.
Like Spring Lake, Cape May Point pos
sesses a fresh water lake, which is fed by
cool and sparkling springs. The lake is
situated within few hundred feet of the
Atlantic's salty breakers. Its hotels are
excellent, and its guests are always sure
of finding plentiful supply of amuse-
ment in bathing, sailing, fishing and
| driving.