The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-07-20
Summer Trips on the PennsyIvania
Railroad.

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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 and pleasant trips to some
OF the most attractive summer resorts in
the land. Its extended system penetrates
the highlands and mountains. and runs
down 10 the sea, affording in Its course
wide diversity Of scenery and q choice
range OF climate.
First among the mountain refugees is
Cresson Springs, with its grand hotel. the
Mountain House, its celebrated waters, fine
climate. and romantic surroundings. The
highlands are represented by Luray, with
its wonderful caverns and hardly less IA
nous Luray Inn. and the Natural Bridge.
second only to the Giants Causeway in
point OF prominence as a 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 sum-
mer cities
The upper coast" offers Long Branch,
the gay capital OF fashion. with Its immence
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 plsasure-seeke as well as OF religious
workers; Key East, where metaphysicians
solve knotty problems amid the sea breezes
| Ocean Beach. calm and home-Iike Como.
with It's sparkling lake and new cottages
| Spring Lake, rarely beautiful Sea Girt,
appropriately named Manasquan, a mod
! ernized summer town built up among the
quaint fishing huts of Sqaan village
Brieile. bright with gabled cottages Point
Pleasant. an upland village transplanted or
the sea Bay Head. young but vigorous
Mantoloking. Chadwick, Lavalette. Ortley
Eerkeley. Seaside Park. all washed on one
side by the sea on the other by Barrega
Bay. where fishermen thrive and are merr,
with big catches. On the border between
the upper and the middle Is Island Heights
the serene and beautiful home of happ,
cottagers, and Toms River, q quaint oil,
town Of ancient homes, wide streets, ant
spreading trees.
The middle coast has as its chief repre-
sentatives Barnegst City and Beach Haven
one celebrated for the abundance. variety
and excellence OF its fish, the other as
pleasant and unpretentious seaside resting
place.
The lower cost begins at Atlantic City
the peoples great pleasure ground theme
down the shore is South Atlantic City.
pretty suburb OF the older town Longport
1 in ~ ha
Point. the fshermen's home Ocean City
the growing seat of seaside Methodism
Sea Isle City, with its great beach, prett
cottages, and handsome hotels Avalon,
! new and promising candidate for popula
favor Auglesea, Wildwood, and HoIi
Beaches. all additionally attractive by th
grand groves, which grow from the water
edge Cape May, the Queen Of the Coast,
with its magnificent beach. great aotel:
athletic grounds, and driving park, and al
tractiyeness in everything. The brIgt
j chain comes to an end at Cape May Poin
I which divides the waters of the Delawar
from those OF the Atlantic.
On the Delaware coast Is Rehoboth, DOS
I sessing one OF the finest beaches on the at
c lnntic; Ocean City, Maryland, quiet an
> popular resort; and further south Oh
!. Point Comfort. equally attractive in sum
mer and winter. This Is a galaxy OF pleas
ant places that caunot be surpassed in th
; world. and with the Individual attraction
each possesses 1t would be a fastidious an
exclusive taste indeed that could not fin
satisfaction In some Of them.
. Excursion tickets to each point mentione
are on sale at the principal stations of th
: Pennsylvania Railroad, aud the lowness
u the rates and liberality Of return limit bring
: delightful vacation trip within the pows
Q OF every one.