New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-25
EXCURSIONS NEAR THE CITY
WHERE ONE MAY GO FOR AN AFTERNOON.
CHEAP TRIPS yoR THOSE WHO STAY AT BoME-GooD
PLACES TO PAlRONTZE.

date when the hos weather should begin. without
once looking at the thermometer act from variety
oil reasons. among which fashion II the most
powerful. Most Of them, however. do 1t because
others do But there ara few people who are radi-
cal enough 70 believe that the greatest comfort can
be obtained by staying in the city sleeping IN the
heavy stone buildings with high ceilings and we'll
ventilated rooms. surrounded by ali the modern
convenences and taking daily and half daily trips
TO tho many cool and delightful resorts within easy
reach OF tho city when things get too DOT.
They are % hetcrodox as to maiutain that
this Is more luxurious than sleeping in stnny
little room in the country or by tho seasnorc'
TO the music Of tie mosquitoes song. wShing
IN pint OF water. eating an il-cOOked breakfast
a1d wandering about on the hot sand and shade-
less lawn. One who has not given the matter .
little thought cannot realize the great number OF
delightful places that arc within the radius OF o
summer days journey from New-York.
mere are large number Of pleasant little trips
winch can be taken in an afternoon; quiet sail OF
short run by rail, dinner with the sea breeze or
the Country air for an appetizer and ride home 10
the cool Of the evening. When this sort OF thinP
10 talked about to New-York man. he immed-
ately thinks OF Ccney Island of course. Every
body knows how to get to Coney Island. and that
it only costs fifty cents for tho round trip. Some
t'oAeA w ~ ny TIC DOatS Oh Tile IEOu 'tcemoVos
Company from West twenty -thrd-st or Pier No. !.
North River. Others choose the Long Island Kali
road trains and go from Thirtyfourth Street Ferry
and Long Island City. or the Bridge to Brook
Ign and the Flatbushave station. Still others COM
promise matters and sail from Whitohail-st to Bay
Ridge and tten take the train for West Brighton
or Manhattan Beach. In the matter Of cost there
Is no choice. In the matter Of comfort. every fire.
quenter OF Coney Island has hts favorte route.
There are many people who have prejudice
against Concy Island. This arises from ignorance
Of what not to do and where not to 60. II one
goes by boat the best thing To do is tn stay on
board and come back by the same boat II one must
go ashore. go to the top Of the observation tower
and stay there until ready IT, return 1t is "A cool
place on the hottest If summer days. and from
il all the teeiring hive Of West Brighton can be
seen while the observer Is out OF reach OF theA ust
and the two dozen steam organs that play as many
different tunes at the same time. The best way IS.
however. To 90 straight to the Manhattan Hotel.
or the Brighton Beach Hotel dine on tho veranda.
listen to the excellent music. and come back
without stirring from TIE veranda. u his pro
granme NAV be varied by a view OF the fireworks II
one cares enough about them to buy reserved seat
ut the bOtel office. and then wait unit the rush IS
over at the gates. Any one who takes a general
admission ticket and struggles with the crowd Tor
a seat. will get heated to temperature that three
DAYS resdeace in an ice house would not reduce to
the normal figure
Another 1niet afternoon trip is TO Bays'de, on
the north shore of Long Island; The round trip is
hny-ive cents from Long Island City and "A
dinner at good hotel induces inst that lazy feeling
suited 20 the enjoyment OF the moving panorama OF
the Sound stretched before ones eyes, he great
steamboats, going out with their lnierlacnR tracks
of foam, and the coasters lazilv drifting IN make
changing picture that removes all necessity OF trav
cling about fol- amusement. The ROckaway trains
run from the same station and from flathiisil-ave.
Fifty cents will buy round trip ticket To the and
Of beer and sausages If sand and Innumerable
opcnair minstrel shows From the same NO sta
tions the LOLg Beach trains are run. An hours
ride and eighty cent round trip ticket takes one
down to tbi, isolated strip o. sand W here the ocean
plumbers sulleny all day on the white sand. and
the thermometer never gets any chance At all to
rlse however ambitions its brethren OF the city may
be. An elaborate 81 30 table d hote dinner and
afterward the brilliant dance music floating out on
the broad veranda where the guests SIT absorbed III
the moonlight and Indigestion make the weary
transient forget that bs is only fifteen miles irom
New York -
An afternoon trip that appeals to tho tired New
Yorker is the sail to Glen Island ard return. The
hours sal mp the Sound and back only costs forty
cents and the people who frequent the place are
mnch queter and form q less miscellaneous c0llec-
ton than those at other similarly wcll-k known re-
sorts The boats run nearly every hour from the
foot OF COrtiandt-st.
The delights of the new St George pleasure
ground are known by everyone familiar with bill
hoard literature Ten cents each way and twenty
five cents admission fee entities any one TO gaze
rpOn the changing cOlOrs OF tue electric fountain,
study the panorama OF New-lork Bay, listen to tue
freshr One OF the good points o this resort Is
that boats run every half hour and the trip only
consumes about twenty minutes OF time The Fort
Lee boats rim from Canal-,t. and hfteen cents
Ill take TO this slightly abode of beer anc sand
wches- Round trip twenty-five cents.
In all these trips the place TO De reached has been
the main oaject the journey there secondary mat
ter 1herra number of little voyages to he made
from New York as a starting point that are most
interesting for the scenery a scOvered ana most re-
treshng on hot day. the destination being merely
a turning point. Among these Is the sail &c Long
branch and back Three or four hours OF sea breeze
and often Of lively sea motion can he had for sew
enty five cents The boats of the Iron Steamboat
Company run from est | wentythlrd 81. and PIER
No. l. Starting after office hours. one can ct the
returning over the silvered sea in the early evening
when the beacon lights first shine OFT from sandy
Hook. the long rows OF gas Jets on Coney ls!and
dance IN the evening breeze and the " lite Acn oil
electric l. gifts spans the East River.
sone~ hat similar trip is to start from |tstry-
t. at 3 o'clock IN the afternoon and sail up inc
be eaten on tue boat The first stop IS
at West Point and the last at Kingston. stops
can he made at these or intcrmediate points.
and return by night boat or train West foipt -
most cool, pic uresuue and quiet stopping place ana
thr evening dress parade OF the cadets Is pretty
spectacle CIanstOns. about mile below me mill
tary post. furnishes better hotel accommodations
an equally good scenery but the cadets are want
ing and when the rock Oh Which .he hot-l -
founded once gets heated up 1t takes long tine 10
cool it OFF The fare is from tn TO three dollars
according to the route taken and the distance trav
el ed up the river.
! A similar trip. which gives good idea of the
scenery alohg the Sound. is to take the New Haven
boat which leaves Peck Slip at D. III. At this
tire OF year twilight holds till NewHaven is
reached. A few hours in the city and 4 return on
tho night boat, or by train Immediately. com
plete, the aunt Fare for round tip on the boats
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there are all equal number Ct all day trips pOss
bic and many for day and two nights. if one
wishes 10 lie out of town over sunday The daily
excursions which the Erie road has organized to
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yrrtisel furnish a case IN point. The Hudson
River day boats &c West Point and landings
further up tue river returning by the afternoon
boat furnish an ancient and honorable method OF
spending the day. A run down to the Woods OF
Arden Will give an idea of the interior of >tatrn
Island an interior IS old and quaint as anything
that could be- found one hundred mics from the
cts in other directions A dinner at little
hustelry there and a walk on the rel beach Of the