The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-28
down In CLAMTOVN.
How the Humid Sunday Was
Enjoyed on the Bayonne
Shores of the Bay.

1uet6 WAS U SttuIu2 OppfeoslFoutSc
about the humid atmosphere yesterday
which made every one long for the cool
shade of the trees or the refreshing breeze
of the ocean. Everyone whose conscience
or exchequer would permit them sought
TO satisfy that longing at some one of
the many attractive suburban resorts.
One Of the most favored trips with the
people Of Jersey City was the Greenville
route of the Jersey City and Bergen Rail
road, and from morning until night the
cars on that line were taxed to their ut
most capacity TO accommodate the in
creased traffic which set In at early morn
ing and continued until late at night. The
greater portion of the passengers left
the cars at the Greenville stables and
wandered over to the thickly wooded
ravine through which the canal passes in
that vicinity and divides Jersey City
from Bayonne. The spot he's all the adj
vantages of a park with the additional
advantage of being wild, and except for
canal and bridges is the work of nature
herself. Here the trees grow tall and
outrageous, while wild flowers and ber-
ries abound in profusion. 1t was favor
ite spot yesterday and many faces famil-
lar to the streets OF Jersey City lolled
breeze which gently stirred the leaves or
pricked their fingers with the briers as
they gathered the lucious blackberry.
Many of the passengers boarded the
small, yellow jigger, which, propelled
by mule power, runs from the stables to
BERGEN Point, and many vowed they
would never do so again. The route
passes through Avenue G, which, in
spots, is lined with handsome cottages
and beautiful grounds ana lin others is q
wild waste of meadow and groves not at
all unattractive. Yet creeping through
even such pleasant scenes as these behind
two deliberate mules at the rate of three
miles an hour is everything but exhilar-
ating But when the Point was finally
reached the bored traveller was amply re-
paid for all the monotony of the journey.
First street, which extends along the
Kill Won Kull shore, is a broad, well
shaded avenue. and yesterday gentle
breeze which blew from the water made
it most delightful promenade. People
thronged the side along the shore and
watched the various pleasure crafts, re-
lieved by an occasional brick schooner or
an excursion steamboat, which crowded
the Kill. Some crossed over on the little
PENNSYLVANIA ferryboat TO Port Rich.
mond and wandered among the hills of
CLASSY surface in row boats and yachts,
and many of the latter were tempting it
yet when the moon came up, for the
breeze died out early in the evening, and
all the yachtsmen, whistling and grum-
bling could not bring it back again.
The two pavillions on the shore did a
thriving business, and the odor of the
succulent clam, undergoing the various
stages of preparation for the human
stomach, filled the air. There were a
number of Jersey City people at the
Point. superintendent Crawford, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, with his wife and
child drove down behind spirited ami
NAL, and pair of grays brought Jailor
Birdsall and mis- family over from the
Heights.
Counsellor Northrup, looking very
ly with his family behind digniied
looking bay, and watched four slim armed,
narrow chested Staten Islanders in shell
trying to impress the Jerseymen that
they were oarsmen. James Manning, the
veteran CLERK Of the Grand Jury. was the
central figure of family group at Char
lie Munn's and was heard TO declare that
it was one of the most enjoyable spots in
the State "Jimn Farrant. whose face is
not so familiar to the people of Jersey
City as 1t once was, sat near Charlie
Birdsall' at the Shore House and discussed
politics with the genial jailor.
Plumber Philip Martin and his family
drove along the shore and regaled them
selves with the many good things the
Point affords, and Samuel Anness
pointed out to his little girl the attrac-
tions of Staten Island across the Kill,
and Policeman Monahan was there also,
but he was in citizens clothes and earn
estly engaged in arresting the smiles of
the pretty girl who walked beside him.
The evening came on altogether too soon
and the shore was left with regret.