The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-17
THE RUSH OUT OF TOWN.
How the Seekers After Rest and Pleasure
Have Gone.

How the Seekers After Rest and Pleasure
Have Gone.
AT low estimate there are thirty thousand of
the regular residents of Washington out of town
just now. They are scattered all over Europe
and at the seaside, at the springs and among
the mountains of the American continent, from
Bar Harbor to Coronado Beach, and from Pass
Christian to the Thousand Islands and beyond
into Canada.
The favorte resorts for few days or weeks
on the B, e o. are Oakland, Deer Park, and
Berkeley Springs. At those resorts the young
men and ladies of Washington find themselves
the admired of all admirers, and papas and
mammas agree with them that tits so much nicer
in the cool mountains with rest and quiet than
it is at the seashore where all is generally bus
tie and confusion.
On the Pennsylvania road the agent saws the
larger share of their traffic has been divided up
among their excursions to Atlantic City, Cape
May, and Montreal and Quebec by way of Mag
ara and the Thousand Isles. All these excur-
sions have been quite popular, that to Atlantic
City probably being the one most patronized.
Every one nearly in Washington who wanted
vacation and didn't have time to take one com
promised the matter by taking a run down to
Atlantic City over Sunday.
On the picturesque Chesapeake and Ohio,
It II. V.
tonians may find many resorts with more than
the ordinary attractions as to health, pleasure
and comfort. White Sulphur Springs the
Warm Sulphur Springs, and Rockbridge not to
forget Old Point Comfort, with its varied at
fractions, are the most popular with people of
this city. The summer traffic to these points
is very large, and the society in every instance
has flavor largely Washington.
The steamship lines are doing very large
business from this city to Europe this year G. W
Moss. GENERAL al hoo lin
The business this year is much larger than it was
last year, or has been any year in the past The
rates are lower and the accommodations better.
Last year the Paris Exposition drew great many,
wanting. The Medical Conference at Berlin
has drawn large number of the medical pro-
fesson to Europe, and Washington has had her
share. One of our lines sent two special steam
ers. over Tor that event, allowing no one but
medical men on them. Most of the tourists
make only tour of England, France, Austria,
and Switzerland. Some few have visited Nor
way and Sweden to witness the Midnight Sun.
The rates are more varied now than they were
some years ago, and person can go to Europe
paying $40 for passage over in the steerage,
while another may pay as high $780, Many
go over now as second cabin passengers. The
fare for this passage is $35 to $40, and the ac-
commodations as good as the first cabin were
some few years since. We have sent over sew
eral hundred passengers from Washington this
year."
Mr.. Edward F. Droop agent for the North
German-Loyd and other lines said "The bust
ness this year is not good as it was last, prob
ably because of the number who went to the Ex-
position in 1889. We have sent several hundred
people from Washington over on our boats, some
going from New York and others from Balti-
more.n
The agents of the Cunard Company, Charles
H. Dubois y Co., located on t street, say the
business is better this year from Washington
than usual. They have sent over something
over hundred passengers from Washington.
The trip to Halifax is also becoming quite a
popular one and berths have to be engaged for
this sea voyage as far ahead as they do in the
case of transatlantic steamers. great many
Army and naval people from this city are now
at that port.