New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-12
NEW-YORK. MONDAY AUGUST II, s95-TEN PAGES.
FLYING FROM TORRID HEAT.
EXCURSION STEAMERS LOADED TO THE
GUARDS AND TRAINS CROWDED.

swARMs OF PEOPLE AT THE BEACHES AND
Nr.ppv prsoRrs-soME FIGURES OF TRAVEL
AN OBJECT LESSON TO RAILROAD PEOPLE
HUMIDITY ADDED TO THE DISCOMFORT
Evarv available steamboat in New-York Harbor
was pressed into service yesterday TO carry the
crowds OF pleasure-seekers and every one leit her
pier crowded almost TO the utmost limit. steam
hoats harges tugs and craft Of all descriptions
crowded the bay and rivers and every railroad
carried away trainloads Of people to the noun
tains and seashore. AS promised by the weather
sharps yesterday was a scorcher, and the rush 10
get away from the hot city began early anu co"-
tinued until late. The greatest numbers. OF course,
went to the ever-popular Coney Island, but Glen
Island was a close second and the nearby resorts
big and little had all they could do to accoinhno-
date the crowds that the steamboats, disgorged'
The Battery was, without doubt. the livehest
nlace in New-York Yesterday, and all day long
there was a struggling crowd OF people making
FOR the different ferries and excursion piers
Not few in the great crowds were those whose
thirst had made them seek places where less
stringent Excise laws were In force ana peer
flowed more freely. If Commissioner Rooseveit
was execrated by thousands yesterday IL was al
offset by the heartfelt blessings wnich the haru-
worked steamboatmen showered upon MIN ana
his ideas Sunday beer.
1t is always hard to estimate crowds' ana II 10
especially difficult to do 80 when the cro"us arc
widely spread. but II Is estimated that at ieaS'
200 600 people left the hot, swetering city yes'ei
day in pursuit of pleasure. coolness anu pee' -
few figures will give an idea OF the EXODUS bs
II o'clock yesterday the Iron Steamboat COM
pany had carried 10000 people. and during the Gay
nearly 10000 persons were carried to Cohey
Island by their six boats The Taurus carried
great crowd to Long Branch, and so many more
wanted to go that the sale of tickets mad TO De
discontinued for fear Of overlooking the poat'
Fully 1900 pleasure-seekers went up the Sounu
to Glen Island. while nearly as many sought
staten Islands breezy beaches and green woods'
The ST. Johns carried her limit up the HUDSON
and the Monmouth carried a throng to Atanuc
Highlands The General Slocum and Grand Re-
public both big boats, were crowded 10 the
guards with those who were looking Tor a pleas
ant Sunday outing at Rockaway Beach Inc
"barkers" Of the new line or Ocean Pier and
Navigation Company. which has four poats run
ming to Coney Island had a snecure yesterday,
for the crowds simply walked on board, and In
ducements and throat-splittng and ear-percing
yells were not necessary.
One of the most popular boats yesterday was
a,
But to give a list OF the boats that carried
crowds would only be to mention the name OF
every vessel in the harbor. On the railroads
there were numerous excursions among the
largest being those to Shohoa Glen ana Greeh-
wood Lake the New-York, Lake Erie ana
Western
The thermometer registered 81 degrees yester-
day at lO:3O a. m, the hottest part OF the day,
and although this was two degrees cooler than
the previous day, 1t was much more dlsagree-
able as the humidity made it not only humid.
was 81 degrees Luckily for the steamboat men,
the weather had sent all the people who were 60
ing to the seashore by o'clock, for at that hour
IL began to get cooler and threatening clouds
formed overhead while the mercury rapidly
dropped until 1t reached so at o'clock, and at
D. m was 75 About o'clock SLOW penetrat-
Ing rain set in that put all the returning pleas
ure-seekers. who had started out so hopefully IN
the morning, In extremely bad humor
The probabilities for to-day are that slight
| changes in temperature will occur. with local
| showers also on the programme.
| At 1890 o'clock this morning a sharp storm OF
| thunder and lightning. accompanied by heaVy
| rain broke over the city. and the temperature
| dropped rapidly The storm was Of short dura-
| ton but the rain came down In earnest while 1t
| lasted.
A GREAT DAY AT THE BEACHES
It was great day for Coney Island yesterday
Manhattan got a consignment Of about nifty
| thousand people by rail and boat The majority
| Of this number decided that the Manhattan
Beach Hotel was good enough for them, but the
more exclusive and pensive went to the Oriental
Down at the Brighton was a throng with
poetry and music in their souls. and they listened
| TO Anton Seidls orchestra with every sign OF
satisfaction.
| And over at the West End. Perhaps there
wasn't perfect mob Of people to whom the
music OF the merry go-round and the cry OF the
Snowman were food and drink. full hundred
thousand, Police Captain Clayton says. lhey
came by every avenue of travel-came early ana
stayed ate-and the sutriness Of the town was
| forgotten in the delightful temperature or the
| beach.
| Canarsie Beach also had great day. The new
| trolley line, the Nassau, has wrought a reVolu-
! ton In Canarsie Yesterday the cars were packed
| with people going TO Canarsie and Rockaway
| until late in the afternoon. The company est-
mated last night that they had carried 4oooo
passengers II was five cents to Canarse ana
| five cents more to Rockaway. The travel was
| another object lesson to the steam roads running
| to the seashore from Brooklyn points. showing
| conclusvely that with cheap fares the people
will ride Thirty thousand people were carried
| to Canarsie by the Canarsie line. The Tribunes :
agitation for a reduction Of the present rates be-
| tween the Bridge and Coney Island voices the
| popular sentiment and 1t Is only question OF
time before the round trip fare. instead OF being
| 80 cents, will be 10 or 10.