The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-13
THE OUTING MAN.
The Opening Day at the Shore Places
Hot One.
1T WAS NOT COOL ANYWHERE,
So tho People Went Down the River, Out
70 Cable Cottage or to the Parks
street Cars and Steamboats, Taxed to
Their Utmost.

Yesterday, besides being the opening
day of the shore resorts. was one or the
opening days of Summer as well and the
way people hustled from early morning
70 get out Of the city, was caution. 1t
seemed to be the aim and thought OF
everybody to get out some where where
they could get breath of fresh air. The
day was pretty hot one and following so
closely on the heels Of two very cool days
it seemed as IL the mercury must stand
at 100 in the shade. The boats of the
Continental Steamboat Company were
crowded from early morning and the
same might be said of the street cars
going to Roger Williams Park and Cable
Cottage.
0lRoger Williams Park of course received
It's full share attention, principally be-
cause it Is comparatively cool out there
and also because there are attractions this
wear which many persons have not seen,
especially the lions. tigers, leopard and
hyenas in the menagerie. The boats on
the lake were in constant use till Tar into
the evening, and thousands thronged the
banks watching the pretty spectacle the
lake presented. The electric cars carried
crowds as well as the more accustomed
route. the Elmwood avenue, and this re-
lieved the crowded condition the latter
cars to q great degree.
The cable cars were also patronized to
the extent Of their carrying capacity, as
the thousands of people took their way to
the beautiful banks of the Seekonk. The
boats at this place, also, were in steady
demand, and both boat houses aid q
fiourishing business. Many people who
did not and could procure boats walked
up the shore and appeared perfectly salts
fled when they found comfortable seat
where the least semblance OF breeze
found its way to them.
Cable Cottage was busy place, and
the corps of walters were kept busy all
day serving ice cream and cool drinks.
Speaking of crowds, however, one need
ed to start for some point down the river
word. Crescent Park was, as usual, the
objective point of large number, but
there were enough people who went to
Rocky Point to give Manager Harrington
the biggest kind of surprise party. He
thought he had provided for pretty
good sized crowd, but he evidently un-
derestimated the value of championship
card. The crowds swarmed in on
the tables as IL they would take them by
storm, and long before they were satisfied
Mr.. Harrington was obliged to cry
s'enough," as his stock of provisions had
given out. He assured the disappointed
CIOWQSs uoWcNcE, tudt tuts uoo
happen again, as he would be fully pre-
pared another time for the biggest Kind
of a rush. 1t is estimated that including
the g sec people who went TO see the BAH
game, there must have been about 5000
persons at Rocky Point yesterday. The
Russian toboggan was going merrily all
day, and the other kinds of amusement
received q liberal share of patronage.
Toward evening the tired but re-
freshed people began to take their
way back to the city and the boats could
not carry them as fast as they wanted to
20. The last boat was scheduled to leave
Rocky Point at 6:10. but the lateness of
the ball game delayed this; boat about 20
minutes. Then it was found that this one
boat, the City of Newport, could not be-
gin to carry all the passengers and the
Pomham and Squantum were sent down
to take the remainder who were impa-
tiently waiting. 1t was past 8 O'Clock
when the last Of the pleasure seekers were
finally landed at the wharf in Providence.
The day was a quiet and uneventful
one, nothing happening to mar its peace
full serenity, hardly breeze even. and the
absence of brawls was n noticeable fea-
ture considering the immense throngs
and the consequent unavoidable friction
ON the boats and wharves.
At Bullock's Point a young man tried
to jump on boat and got a good free
bath, but was able to get out Of the water
unassisted.