Milford chronicle., 1888-07-27
Summer Trips on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad.

People who are so fortunate as to live on
or near the line Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road enjoy rare privileges in their facilities
for making short aud pleasant trips to some
Of the most attractive summer resorts in the
land Its extended system penetrates the
highlands and mountains, and runs down to
the sea, afording in its course a wide diver
sity Of scenery and choice range Of climate.
First among the mountain refugees is Cres-
son Springs, with its grand hotel the Noun
tain House, its celebrated waters, fine eli
mate and romantic surroundings The high
lands are represented by Luray, with its
wonderful caverns and hardly less famous
Luray Inn, and the Natural B.idge, second
only to the Giants Causeway in point Of
prominence as natural wonder
In seashore territory the Pennsylvania
lines are unusually rich That territory is
bounded only by the confines of the Jersey
Coast, which from Sandy Hook to Cape May
is one unbroken series Of smiling summer
Ct ties.
The upper coast offers Long Branch, the
gay capital of fashion, with its immense
hotels, princely villas, grand boulevards, and
its great race course; Hollywood. a fairy
realm By the sea; Elberon, where Garfield
gazed on the blue deep in his last moments
Deal Beach, quiet and pretty Asbury Park
and Ocean Grove the home Of fpleasure-seek-
eTs as well as Of religious workers; Key
East, where metaphysicians solve knotty
problems amid the sea breezes; Ocean Beach,
calm and home-like; Como. with its spark
ling lake and new cottages; Spring Lake,
rarely beautiful; Sea Girt, appropriately
named Mauasquan modernized summer
town built up among the quaint fishing huts
Of Squau village; Brielle, bright with gabled
cottages Point Pleasant, an upland village
transplanted on the sea; Bay Head, young
but vigorous Mantoloking, Chadwick, lava
lette, Ortley, Berkeley, Seaside Park, all
washed on one side by the sea on the other |
by Barnegat Bay, where fishermen thrive
and are merry with big catches On the
border between the upper and the middle |
is Island Heights, the serene and beautiful |
home Of happy cottagers, and Toms River. |
quaint old town of ancient houses, wide |
streets and spreading trees.
The middle coast has as its chief repre-
senIatives Barnegat City and Beach Haven, |
one celebrated for the abundance, variety,
and excellence of its fish the other as a |
pleasant and unpretentious seaside resting
place.
The lower coast begins at Atlantic City, the
peoples great pleasure ground; thence down
the shore is South Atlantic City, a pretty su-
burb Of the older town. Longport, in the
very midst of the Ocean City, the growing
seat Of seaside Methodism. Sea Isle City,
with its great beach, pretty cottages, and
handsome hotels; Avalon, a new and prom
ising candidate for popular favor; Auglesea,
and Holly Beaches, all addition
ally attractive by the grand groves, which
grow from the waters edge; Cape May. the
Queen of the Coast" with its magnificent
beach, great hotels, athletic grounds, and
driving park, and attractiveness in every
thing The bright claim comes to an end at
Cape May Point, which divides the waters of
Delaware from those of the Atlantic
On the Delaware coast is Rehoboth, pos
iessing one of the finest beaches on the
Atlantic; Ocean City, a quiet and popular re-
sort; and further south of Old Point Comfort,
equally attractive in summer and in winter.
This is a galaxy of pleasant places that can
lot be surpassed in the world and with the
Individual attractions each possesses it
would be a fastidious and exclusive taste
indeed that could not find satisfaction in
ome of them.
Excursion tickets to each point mentioned (
re on sale at the principal stations Of the ,
Railroad, and the lowness of
he rates and liberality of return limit brings
delightful vacation trip within the power {
# every one.