Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-12
Atlantic City Correspondence.

Atlantic City Correspondence.
ATLANTIC CITY, July 9.-Notwith-
standing that the number of the trains
had been greatly increased on all the
routes leading to this city, they carried
larger crowds than on any previous
day this season, on last Saturday and
Sunday, Had the increase of trains
been sooner made known the travel
would have been greater.
Trains now leave here as late as 9.45
and 10 p. m, affording day visitors the
opportunity of promenading the
boulevard after supper and enjoying
the evening concerts. have time and
again heard folks who could not afford
to devote more than a day to pleas
ure, lament because the early return
of the trains deprived them from en-
joying the most delightful part of a
trip to the seashore.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company are running trains on
the Baltic avenue extension, to and
from the upper end of the island, stop
ping every three squares. This ar
rangement will enable passengers to
reach up town without a change of
cars, and to avoid the annoyance of
the din of the stentorian-voiced cab
DRYERS and baggage carriers at the de-
pot.
A station for the Longport branch
has been erected at Tennessee and At
lantic avenues, and trains run at fire.
quent intervals during the day.
Visitors have not enjoyed all the
pleasures unless they take drive at
low tide along the beach, with it's
smooth surface-a drive of ten miles
from Barnegat Inlet to Great Egg
Harbor Inlet.
1t seems the owners of the log hut,
located at Baltic avenue and the board
walk, have changed their minds as to
converting it into a refreshment place.
1t presents to the passer-by dilapi
dated reminder of the exhibition of
1876.
The boardwalk has at last been con-
structed past the Wright property, on
New Jersey avenue, by a circuitous
route, the owner paying 800 for extra
outlay Now there is no break in the
four miles of boardwalk.
Did you ever notice the cosmopolitan
nature of our boulevard. No matter
what your taste or choice may be,
there you can find what you wish for.
The wharf for the large yachts at
the Inlet has been completed. A
schooner laden with shells and curios-
tiles from the West Indies will land
there in day or two, and fishermen
will find good deep water fishing off
this pier.
The water furnished by the old COM
pany was so salty On the Fourth that
it was unfit for drinking or culinary
purposes, and the trains to Camden
were delayed, caused by the water be-
ing unfit for steam boilers. The new
company have some of their pipes in
working order, and are making extern
sions as fast as possible.
The John Hunter property on Con-
necticut avenue, near the Beach,
narrowly escaped destruction twice op
the 4th inst. The grass and shrubbery
on an adjoining property was set on
fire by boys in the afternoon, and had
it not been for the efficiency of our fire
department the Hunter cottage would
have been ignited. AS there was stiff
breeze blowing off the ocean, an ex-
tensive conflagration would have been
the result In the evening the dry
grass was again in flames caused by
fireworks, and the prompt response of
the firemen again prevented destruc-
tive fire.
The report of the State Agricultural
College, at New Brunswick, for the
week ending June Goth, concerning
the condition of the crops contains
the following. sHThe rainfall durino