The morning times., 1895-08-17
OUTINGS AT FORT GEORGE.
\ Region Where Great Crowds Enjoy
COHey ISlss nd Attractions

\ Region Where Great Crowds Enjoy
COney Island Attractions
There is likely TO be a sort Of panic be-
fore long among the temporary places oc
enteTtainemnt near the northern end OF Am
sterdam avenue, says the New York sun
Ever since the cable line began running
there, some years ago, there has been an
increasing number ofsaIoons, ,eating-houses,
summergardeus. .photosraphic-shups, merry
go-rounds and the ike This year the re-
gion is a miniature COney Island, resonant
all day long, with the strong music Of thu
steam calbope, and visited at night and on
Sundays by thousands Of anIuse emcnt-seek-
ers The thing that is likely To spread
panic among thc entertainers is the eX-
tension OF the cable lire some blocks farther
north Preparations for the extension
have been going on for some time and the
work Will soon be finished When il is
done the terminus will be almost exactly
upposjteanenJranCe tOthen eneWest tandlar rgest
place of entertainment, while the Old ter
minus, with It's cluster of cheap eating
and drinking places viii BE- left rather more
than 4 quarter OF anJIe behind The
crowd usually goes TO the terminus OF
the line, So that The business of the places
below is likely TO be seriously affected
when he extension IS an aCconIpIi shed fact.
The region OF Fort George, aG the upper
end OF Amsterdam avenue, has mad several
changes in the quality of its anuSement-
seekers. a few weII-kept hotels used to
cater TO well-tO-dO folks that drove out To
dine and enjoy the velw of the Harlem and
the region beyond. With the building of
the cable line came amuSement-SeekerSde de
mandiHg cheaper aCcOnmOda ton, and there
sprang up the growing number of cheap
amusement places. Since the Third ave-
me cable line took TO sending people
from the BOwery and adjoining thorough
fares by q system of transfers up TO Fort
George for five cents SwarnIs OF poor folks
from the downtown Hebrew quarter have
taken to making the Fort George region
the scene Of their outings. These people
used to cross the bridge and go To Pros
pect park with their lunch baskets, but
/ the park police of Brooklyn took TO ex-
Guiding all persons that came on sunday
/ with lunch baskets. 1t now being as cheap
! to go to Fort George as Prospect park, these
people now carry their lunch baskets to
| the former place and there find special
/ provision made for them by the places
/ OF public entertainment They are the
! poorest visitors that ever TeSOrted to the
/ region, but their pennies are welcome and
| their number seems inexhauStible. They
| come especially on Saturdays md sun
| days. and the large new place of enter
| tainment, yet far from complete, is one Of
/ their objective points. The children ride
on the merry-go-roundS and their parents
! buy peanuts and cheap lemonade TO accom-
pany their luncheon Those that cannot
come by day come by night and on hob
nights they arriveinCrOwds- They are thor
| oughIy well ordered and easily mana ged,
| so that their presence does not greatly IN
crease the Iabors o the police
Meanwhile the Ne " place of entertainment
| is rising on u scale rot hitherto unGertaEeE
| at Fort George. IL is managed by a com
/ pIicated corporation. which is indeed, thre,
companies in one, made up of fourteeu
| chief stockholders. These have already
subscribed a good many thousands of d0E
| lars and the concern holds a fifty years
lease on part of the land that is eventually
to be Fort George Park The city will be
/ asked to pay pretty penny for yhe lease.
| Last year merry -gO-rounl un the site tOos
| in nearly $4,000, and this year the pro
! prietOFs of the place, instead of leasing the
| merry-gO-TOund privilege have a merry
| go-rOund of their own. They are building
a great room where 1890 persons may
dine together at once, and are providing all
sorts of curious amuSements. All these
changes are transforming the region from
Il place where mothers and children come
to spend the afternoon ana maid servants
take their day out 10 spot for the pleasure
OF the great general public. y S0-eaiied
toboggan slide is rising half mile above
the present terminus of the cable read and
a second meTry-go-ruUnd revolves hard by.
The new zeal for the enforcement of the
Sunday laws meanwhile threatens Seri-
b. OuSIy to lessen profits, for not only has the
sale of beer been stopped but the merry
go-rounds, which sometimes take in rs much
as 5000 on Sunday, are not permitted "
revolve.