The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-18
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Atlantic CitY's Brilliant Season-The
R,ysl Routs' Gr,ar Travel

R,ysl Routs' Graar Travel
Go to the seashore, thou pesSlmist! and
be convinced that thy dire complalnings
anent Hard Times" are wrong, all wrong!
Never In It's history has Atlantic City held
so much of gaiety, such enormous numbers
of visitors as at the present time. Is 1t
because that frightsome bugaboo Hard
Times" has no r. al existence. or do people
60 there to flee their financial grieis and
drown their business sorrows in the foam
ing surf and fOaming-Soda wateIP At
any rate, 90 they do. The season at this
great resort has been great one. and it is
just now at its very zenith. No better
lime than the present could be
selected for visit, and no seaside resort in
the old world or the new compares with
Atlantic City in picturesqueness, ir cos
mopolitanism and in variety. One may
rest body and brain in dreamful contem-
platlon of the solemn beauty of the sea;
he may "loaf and invite is SOUL soothed
by the deep-toned murmur of the breakers;
or he may plunge into the bubbling swim
of eai 'ty and lake giddy whlrl on the
merry-go. round Of pleasure, finding enjoy
mpnt in larger quantities and greater di-
versity than is anywhere else attainable.
But, first of all. one must get there.
among the delights of visit to delight
some Atlantic City. There are several
ways of reaching it-besides walking.
Measur d by the indisputabe gauge of
popular preference, the best way is the
Royal Reading Railroad Route" 1t is
only fifty-five miles in length, but it is
among the celebrated railways of the
world, and Il is the finest railroad running
to any American watering-place IL is
double.tracked from end to end. 1t is
constructed in the most substantial
manner with the heaviest of steel rails,
laid on oak ties ballasted with clean, dust.
less slag-stOne. The locomotives are equally
notable for their great power and speed,
and for the absence Of the SCOT, sulphur
smoke and cinders so obtrusivtly and dis
agreeably in evidence upon some lines of
travel; for these steam-driven steeds OF
steel are fed upon hard, anthracite coal ex
clusively, And the "Flyers"-oh, the
"Flyersp
Taking Flyern-the phrase is, some.
how or OF her, suggestive Of an undertaking
pleasantly perilous. Taking flyer" OF
the Royal Reading railroad route for At
lantic City is pleasure devoid Of the ee
ment OF risk. Employing every best safe
guard against accident, it approaches al
nearly to absolute safety as is humanity
possible The fame Of the seventy. min
ule flyers" extends from ocean to ocean
They are the most talked about trains il
the world. The cars are large, airy aud eX
quisitely elegant and comfortable. II twer,
difficult to conceive anything in tn
poetry Of motion" more refreshing, NOR,
exhiarating, more rejuvenescent, than
swift whirl across green meadows ant
through the cool gloom of the pine forests
seated by an open window of one of thes
smooth gliding palaces on wheels. Tn,
Philadelphia stationsof the Royal Readnt
railroad route are at Chestnut street ant
South street wharves, and through tickets
are sold at all Reading railroad stations. =