Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-28
THE SUMMER REGlRTS
PITTSBURGERS IN POSSESSION.

PITTSBURGERS IN POSSESSION.
Two Thousand Allegheny County Citizens
at Atlantic City-The Paradise of Pleas
ure.Seekers-How They Amuse Them
selves-Sun Baths and Sen Baths.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.i
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 27.-Away from
the counting room and the workshop, 2UOO Pitts-
burgers to say nothing of the sweet-faced girls
and handsome women, are inhaling the Draclng
breezes of the salty sea and lettering about the
thousands of attractive resorts of every descrlp-
tion which make Atlantic City paradise OF
pleasure and an elysium of enjoyment during
the summer months. 49,.
The excursionlsTs are pouring in from Pitts
burg with wonderful rapidity. Many OF them
are leaving for home, sunburned and Strength
ened by their trip, to make room Tor those 10
come.
The bathing this summer is the finest known
for years. The water is warm and the breakers
are lust large and numerous enough TO make IL
Joy TO throw ones self into the surf for Few
hours every day. Most of the bathing houses
have a new set of costumes this year. and tne
scenes along the beach during the tashlonable
bathing hours are animating as they are
beautiful. These who do not bathe spend thelr
time in sailing OF fishing, others in sightseeing
and manv in sweet seclusion. EYery0oys mob
bies can be satisfied here and none want Tor
something to please them.
in Atlantic City since last year, which add
greatly to the attractiveness Of the place. Inc
blizzard OF last winter was a god-send in many
respects. Beside sweeping away the old
rookeries, which have for a number of years
been an eyesore TO those promenadlng the
beach and boardwalk it has brought about the
erection of seven miles of new plank walk, 10
or 20 feet wide, along the coast, and caused TO
be built a number of handsome buildings and
lighthouses near the beach.
Probably the greatest improvement and one
Tl,a tn
wonderful artesian we'll water plant which has
just been connected with all the prominent
hotels and cottages in Atlantic City. Inc
physicians from all over the country who
have tested the water say 1t is the purest
in the world, possessing medicinal qualities
which surpass anything ever discovered In
Europe or America The water is to be bar
relied and shipped to all parts of the globe as
soon as the second well, which is now ,SS5 feet
deep is completed. The well which is now fur
nishing the company's supply, has capacity
of 40 900 gallons per hour and is situate on the
meadows Immediately north of the city. The
discovery of
THIS WONDERFUL BEVERAGE
Is thought to be worth millions to Atlantic City
as health resort The new well will be complet-
ed next week. Another Improvement is the new
electric railroad which divides the city into two
parts. 1t runs from the Inlet to the Excursion
House, a distance of II miles, and every five
minutes one can take a car and complete the
trip from one terminus to another for cents
1t is the best equipped and most speedy electric
road in the United states, and Is being copied
from in several large cities already. The ad-
vantage to sojourners is unlimited. All the
hotels have made Improvements and the most
of them have been enlarged and completely
renovated.
The family of NJ. L. Malone, the Government
architect, have a cottage on Georgia avenue.
Miss Fannie is quite prominent hgure at the
n D. Evans and party of four other Pitts
burgers are at the Mansion for few weeks
stay.
ters Alice and Sadie, are among those at the
Mansion House. Mr.. Pickering leaves for
home next week, leaving his family here for
MISS Kate Finn and Miss Lizzie Finnie are
among the school teachers here from Pittsburg
for the season.
Sheriff McCandless and his family arrived
here yesterday, to remain until the lst Of Sep
Thomas E. Watt, of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, came in on Friday with two carloads of
excursionists, most of whom are stopping at
Coroner Mcdowell, Deputy Coroner Lough.
rev. Captain Moren. Frank McGinnis and a
number of other politicians are doing some hne
sailing and catching some big fish this week.
John Black, of the Bulletin, and E. d. Smith,
of the b. & o., are stopping at the Windsor.
Mr.. Smith is a great bather and is kept quite
busy between exercising in the surf and look.
ing after his party of sojourners whom he
brought in over the B. & o. a week ago.
h.
Hotel of Pittsburg but now OF the Girard
House, Philadelphia, is hobnobbing with his
old friends along the sea coast here. He is
known and sought after by all the old Pitts
burgers here. He entertained a party of 81
Pittsburgers in Philadelphia Thursday night
l. L. Davis, L. p. Jones, Howard Jones
Homer Swaney and ]. E. McKelvy are among
the legal lights spending the summer here.
George Cadwallader, of the Seventh Avenue
Hotel is spending few weeks with his old
friend Charley McShane, the gentlemanly CLERK
IL. Ifnw,C
Thomas f. Kirk, Jr., has accepted the posi-
tion of night clerk at the Mansion House. he
arrived from Pittsburg Thursday and begar
Miss Mary Fisher and Miss Maude Hamilton
of Bellevue, and Monte Crawford, of Wylit
avenue, are prominent social people at Atlantic
this month
s'Bob" Kennedy, formerly of Pittsburg cam,
over from London, England, to spend few
weeks with his old favorite host, McGlade. a
the Mansion. He says that Atlantic City ha
no equal anywhere in Europe.
ABOUT PITTsBURG PEOPLE.
J. Seaman Atterbury. Joseph NJ. Atterbur.
and James S. Atterbury, Jr, of East End
Pittsburg. are among the lions Of the ladies a
the Traymore.
Colonel Phil. Mahan, ], P. Borlaud, Thoma
E Watt Miss Kirkbride, Miss Marshall, Ed
Mcdowell, Isaiah n. Taylor, Benjamin Wander
grift, Henry NJ. Raw and Mrs; Raw. Edwar'
ID. Landis George n. Cadwallader. of the Sew
enth Avenue Hotel. Henry l. Imhon, William
j, Dennie, Mrs. Imhoff and child, Thomas
Kirk, Captain MOren, Miss Thorn, Miss Nc
Kee Miss Hampton and Harry Hornberge
and James Henderson, of Pittsburg, are at tn
Mansion House.
Mr.. and Mrs. John IRWIN and Mrs. Mellon, o
Pittsburg, will be visited this week by Nelli
BLY,, formerly of THE DISPATCH and now o
the New York World. Nellie has been 3
Johnstown lately and is badly in need of mel
tied rest and recuperation. She will do n
work while here, but will have her hands ful
entertaining her numerous friends among tn
residents and visitors in Atlantic City.
Rev. Father Jerome Kearney, of St Bridgeti
Father Divlin, of Hazelwood and Father DEM
Kearney, of st. Patrick's have been enjoyin
thu sea breezes here during the month of july
Miss Olive Smith, of Dawrencevllle, is one Q
the prettiest women to be found along tn
At the Seaside the following Pittsburgers ar
stopping: John Lyons, ID. b. Little, DR.. Phi
lips, A-J.Scott, A. A. Heiner and Mrs. Armour
Congress Hall claims these: Daniel L Nj
Donald, Ed Mcdowell, Wilson Hamilton
Charley Anchor, and Harry Finn.
The Windsor is well patronized by the Yves
ern PennsylvaDians. Among the Pittsburgh
there are john Black, Z. u. Smith. Blanche
Hazlett, Mrs. Young, James s. Israel and Wi
Childs
The Brighton-Edward Fairman, Thomas Z
Jones Charley Brown and Mrs. Brown.
The States includes among its Pittsburger
Mrs. ID. p. Reighard, Mrs. Algeo, A. G. DuI
can, Alfred j. Scott and Mr.. McClintock.
Mrs. Watterson. T. c. Lindsay. ID. B. Lttl'
William Flaccus and Mr.. and Mrs Wainwrigt
are quartered at the Senate for the remainde
of the season.
The social season is in full blast. 1t is ju:
cool enough in the evenings to make dancing
delightful pastime. The grand pavilion OF tn
Mansion House, which is not under cover:
the evening resort of the most fashionabl
people in Atlantic City, coming from othe
hotels and cottages to join the guests OF th
Mansion in tripping the light fantastic.
As q rule, Pittsburg furnishes some OF th
danCer6 AZ R6aSlOre.