The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
With Florida ON Wheels In the Gay
est City ON the Globe.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. !,

osS lily Oh the GlOD0s
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 90.
To the Editor of the FLoMDIAN:
One week ago to-day l left Tallahassee
and this afternoon find myself the guest OF
the ever courteous and indomitable Gen
eral Wanton s. Webb, on toard of his
ralr ce on wheels, Florida's Rolling Expc-
sit'On. Sixteen years ago Webb entered
the field as a worker tor Florida and TODAY
he is just as enthusiastic for Florida as
ever he was. Every month and every week
in all these sixteen years WantOn s. Webb
has done good work for the tlowery state.
"Florida on Wheels" arrived here this
morning, after having been thoroughly
overhauled and repainted at jackson e.
Sharpe's car shops, Wilmington, Del The
car looks as nea' as pin and the exhibits
are unique and very attractive. A stream
of delighted visitors throng the car from
early morn till late at night.
The Rolling Exposition is an all-year
round advertiser of Florida and Webb is
an everyday hustler for Florida Florid-
ians, Florida towns and corporations
patronizing Webb's car are doing a good
and laudabe work for themselves and
their state. The car will remain at At
lantic City four or five weeks and General
Webb would be glad to receive exhibits
and reading matter from all sections of
Florida.
Two of the most unique advertisements
on the car are those of the j., T. & z w.
railway, embracing a map of the entire
system, and that of the Ocean Steamship
Company, with fine picture of the
steamer Kansas City, said to be the fast
est passenger steamship carrying the
American flag
But l have digressed too far from the
starting point. A pleasant ride of six and
half hours over the western division Of
the F. G.. s. p. system landed us in The
metropolis of Florida. Next day we took
passage on the good ship Algonquin, of
the popular Clyde Steamship Line. De-
parting from Jacksonville at II a. m. we
reached Charleston early Friday morning
| The ship left Jacksonville with big
freight and good passenger list, but it
took ten hours to get freight and passen-
gers aboard at Charleston, thus giving
Floridians ample time to see the city.
At 9 p m. we again set sail and anchored
in East river before sundown Sunday
evening. The entire voyage was a very
pleasant one 10 "good Sailors" but those
who succumbed to the ground-swells "
of old ocean thought the trip quite rough.
Responded promptly every time the gong
sounded. One of the "Babes of the
Woods" the genial and venerable Sena-
tor Bristol, Of Volusia, was passenger
from Jacksonville to New York. Those
who travel by the Clyde line are always
pleased, because all the ships are we'll
off1cered, and all exert themselves to
make passengers comfortable and happy.
| No one ever complains against the Clyde
steamships.
Atlantic City has population Of 49,
0OO is located on the Atlantic ocean, fifty
eight miles from Philadelphia. Over the
Philadelphia and Reading and the Penn
sylvania railroads ninety six regular
passenger trains come and 60 every day,
| 10 say nothing Of the numerous excursion
trains each cay. Atlantic City has an
ocean front of five miles, with grand
plank promenade the whole distance
Every species of amusement abOunds
here-base ball, tennis, La Crosse, run
ming and walking races, dancing halls and
pavilions, tObOggans, merry ROUNDS,
cUc. 1Hc ClIy Is HAColJ ln'u OuC VIVA
broad, straight avenues, and has dummy
lines and electric cars, on which the fare
is five cents for one mile or five. Carriage
fare, one mile ten cents. Cross-town bus
fare to beach, three cents; round trip,
five cents Here are 500 hotels and board
ing houses and many days 100000 people
are in the city. When the number OF
visitors falls below 10000 it is called
dull day Atlantic City, as seaside
summer resort, eclipses everything IN
this or any other country. This is peo;,
ple's resort-the people come here and
enjoy themselves. see quite number
of Floridians here, some for pleasure,
others for business The first familiar
figure my eyes rested upon was that OF
the eccentric Col. Benlisa of jackson
vile, walking alone, with head bowed
down, along the edge of the grand
beach promenade at 10 pm.
Among the magnificent homes here we
notice that Of Florida's friend, Hamilton
Dieston, which is said to have cost SloO,
900.
Atlantic City is surely the acme OF
American watering places. More anon