The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-23
A GREAT PICNIC DAY.
Many Merry Parties Enjoy
Outdoor Recreation.
COURT JERSEY CITY'S SAIL
The HOboken Fife and Drum
Corps Has a jolly Time at
POhlmann's.

Yesterday the annual excursion of Court
Jersey City took place. A person in the
neighborhood of the long dock yesterday
morning would have had plenty to look at
in the immense crowds of people who
were vending their way from every direc
ton to one point-a steamer and barge.
For one solid hour did the stream of hu-
manity pour over the sides of the vessels,
and endeavor to find place where they
might enjoy themselves.
There could not have been less than
thirty-fye hundred persons on board the
steamer Sylvan Stream and two of the
argest barges on the river; in fact, the
room was rather cramped for so many,
but all were good natured, and they all
cheerfully put up with the Inconvenience
of an otherwise beautiful sail. After all
manner of delays incident to water travel,
the big excursion left the dock at eleven
O'Clock.
The day was spent almost altogether on
the water Owing to the load the sail was
necessarily slow one, and it was about
three O'Clock In the afternoon when the
destination, Idlewild Grove, was reached.
The scenes on board the barges were
very lively. There was dancing where
there was room, but owing to the want of
space the majority of the pleasure seekers
had a chance to view the beautiful land
scape on the beautiful river,
while on the barges the following Re-
ception Committee did all in their power
to make the others comfortable:-P. J.
Hogan, James Roche, J. O'Neill, j. E.
Kelly, J. T. Richard, B. Dougherty, Oscar
Somers, Peter Seaman, Thomas Nugent,
NJ. HenDessy, J. L. Richter, M. Lawless,
w. Reynolds, c. Clancy, w. Mccormack,
James Birmingham, w. J. Brady. John j.
Minihan and J. Harrison. The merry
crowd were two hours in the grove
when the whistle sounded the signal to
return to the boat.
1t was after five O'Clock when the
steamer and barges with their load of hui
man freight turned their prows home
ward. The sail on the return trip was
even pleasanter than on the outward one.
The air on the water was cooler and there
was just breeze enough to be pleasant.
The homeward sail lasted nearly four
hours, and shortly after nine O'Clock all
were landed safe and sound, without a
single accident having occurred during
the day.
This is in a great measure due to this
Committee of Arrangements w. H.
Cross, P. j. Hogan, H. J. Burns, George
H. Stratford and Thomas Doyle. Chief
Ranger Thomas Ramsay was director,
and the floor managers We're John ].
Mooney and Matthew Reardon, with NJ.
j. Fay and w. J. Leslie as assistants.
Among the people present whom every
body knows were: Commissioner Kelly,
james f. :O'Mealia, President John P.
Feeney, ex-Commissioner Nugent, Surro-
gate James r. O'Neill, DIR. Finnerty, j.
Thomas De Rancey, James Rickard Free
holder Grifing, Denny Sullivan, Henry
Burns, Thomas Herlihey, Thomas Doyle,
w. ]. Flanagan, John Bailey, James
Burns, Constable Masker, Policeman
Lowery, Frank Herrick, C. p. Smith, j.
j. Degnan, Thomas Evers, j. c. Evans,
w. j. McCauley, D. P. Brown, James F.
Minihan, NJ Zinner, j. Fitzgerald, P. J.
Driscoll, J; F.. Golden, r. j. Hennessy