Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
TRIP TO ATLANTIC CITY

There are a number of local wheelmen
who pan taking a trip awheel to Atlantic
City this summer, ANA spending a few
! days at that resort This is regarded as
! one Of the best trips that can be made,
and there are variety oi Mays in which
the same destination caI lie reached. While
| a few of the local riders calculate IiGing
| the greater part of he way. there are
| some who intend to maze a Varied oGtlCg
| OF the trip and go to baltimore by boat
! there take the train ana ride 10 lhiladel-
! pnIa, anu then go by wheel 10 Atlantic
/ City. Others Will ride their wheels TO ial-
! uIGore, and then e.th4r IaHe me tram or
boat Tor Philadelphia, ana use the wheel
10 Atlantic CITY.
! An excellent route croin Philadelphia to
! Atlantic CIts is si'sn By Mr.. George NJ
| Scnei.. chairman OF iae press committee OF
! tae coming League OF American \, i..e!lnen
! meet, Whlch WI! DC .le.4 al fnii..uel pila
august &c 4. His ac,lr-ss Is $40 chestnut
! street., Philadelphia lie says.
! MANY iisq IirleS nagIns reached these
! headquarters concerning ite Iou.e from he
! Stahef CITY 10 lGat queen OF aeaSiue Ie-
! Sorts, Atlantic City, il mas peeIl Thought
! advisable to give some account OF ms
| nGcA- Travelled course, esp sC.a,.Iy IN Nlrw of
the lact That the festivities IA connection
with tae eighteenth annual meet OF The
/ l.. A VI. VIII be followed uE .Sun!a: Inc
| 9Th, with monster combination run ana
excursion TO The city by the sea
AthouSil The l.Le Horse pike the
! INST objective point, can oS .eal.!r, nv way
oL camden, the best route is via IN. South
| street Terry TO Gloucester, w.i.r-. ;I,.r !.
i hdiSniaHay riue Tor ii block turn right
! 10 ms " oodbury pike, when Is follow ed
70 bi'"nliiS laae, where, turning left and
! passing Bel MAJ and Lawnsae railroad
stations, The rider reaches the a nite liorS.
| PIKE, SIX miles from the starting poiut AT
| me plouct str ferry house. Turn right on
ms Wtit-hept highway, and although the
tNNciIcht gong temptS one TO put mis- head
| a"Wn aud .ei or co. the stranger is adj
| V'7ed 10 Sit up and ENJOY this -'cycIer's
Pdiaulse' IS cur worthy friend, f.s;ocIet
| tile route man. Gals it, Gan idea of the
! popularity OF This route may be gained by
| me numbers of 'Cyclers Res,s" and
nS''nt4l Retrs ats which pop up at all
! points along the road all the way TO the
s'ash"re, Dut on d pleasant aay and with a
N=H'tiiS "iAG The average wheelman neith-
| ef feStS nCr retreats until he Reaches HIM.
| fnoiiton, The halfway pointD
We nave resche. the White Horse pike.
ana axe now speeding. southeastward and
-All>-.i'ic CiIywSIrs. We go so rapidly that
we HaidIy notice the little villas es by the
w. 9.NS b.Gvh.And ON warm DAY has a
| Evt"lI"t!: pleasant sound: Magnolia is SIM
Larry suggestive OF something pleasing
Dut We can stop, We have other business
| On We ily to " nlte Horse Inn, nine miles
1tCi'i NiouerstCi, ana The mecca Of Quaker
cyc!efs the year round. A mile further on
| IS L&lFe. Springs. Crhe stranger must adj
nit mat those who gave names 10 these
| charming h2miets could not have been dys-
| peptlcs-eNen SO, this smiling country would
! lFiFe away the blues from the most con-
| ilfn-d nypochondriacD Four and a half
miles mora Matter of but fifteen minutes
| even to q "wo5aier'-and We come TO Eer-
| lin.
From Berlin to Hammonton. a distance
/ OF Twelve miles, the road Is none OF the
| best although ii only suffers by comparison
| Wlth that just Travelled. Besides. there is a
side pain, which, for anything smaller than
trip!et. Is all that the most exactine
| wheclnan could ask for. Money has been
appropriated for building a new road be-
tween Berlin and Hammonson via Mater
| lofd, and 1t Will lie finished before next
year, After leaving Berlin We pass through
! Milton and Cedar Brook tstill on the side
| PATH and twegty-three miles from the
start the old Blue Anchor Inn looms M
P.S.Iihose who Intricate will find excel
lent lubricants hcre) For a few rods be-
You'd the inn there used to be a stretch of
road which was. to quote Mr. Estoclet
again. Responsible for a great deal Of very
loud and highly repre- hensible lalpuage'
but this mas been fixed up. and the morals
OF the neiShborhood are improving Stick
ing close to our beloved side path. We push
| on our route taking US past Winslow and
fosScd!e station, directly into the heart of
Hanmonton. twenty-eight and one-fourth
niies-the halfway point.
Here begins the new gravel road to
ADsecon--some call il a bicycle path; why
no one seems to understand, for a blcycle
path twenty-three miles long and from
sixty TO one hundred feet wide would nat
uiaiiy be considered something of a nov
city. Straight arrow is it. stretch
ing away to the sky line like a ribbon of
yellow set into mass of thick green vel
Vet The stranger who expects TO see any
interesting variety Of scenery along this
twenty-lhree-mile stretch of road will he
disappointed. There Is sameness about
II which makes one even long for a hill
or two-just to vary the monotony But
there are no hills. and few hamlets, the
read having been driven through the will
derness, the crow flies. With a favor
ing wind the stretch from Hammonton to
Ahsecon is pleasure ground for the hot
dog OF the high gear'-he lives and has
his being here every Sunday, and some
times through the week.
Egg Harbor, midway between Ham
monitor and Absecon. is one of the few
eases in the desert-Egg Harbor, famous
Tor her wines-and, by the way everything
goes there seven days q week But |
strangers are warned not to gaze too stead |
lily on Egg Harbor wine when it is red |
for it numbers its victims by the thou-
sands. Leaving this city Of wines the |
rider passes through Cologne Ger1nania, |
Pomona and Doughty on his way To An
secon-he may no; be aware OF the fact |
but he does SO notwiths landing. In Abb |
secon there is a charge of 81 per time for !
riding on the sidewalks; there is also a |
sign planted in conspicuous place that |
tells all about 1t, SO there is no excuse |
Bearing right, We cross the Absecon creek
and a ride OF two and half miles brings 1
US 10 Pleasantville, where, turning left |
into the road across the meadows, We can |
see our finish about five and half miles !
away. There is something peculiar about |
the meteorological conditions CT this |
neighborhood which causes a head wind |
to spring up just as the rider settles down
into 4 2:IO clip for the final stage of his |
journey. and that last stretch has an
peared to be fifteen miles long on oc-
casions At the end of the meadows road
IS the drawbridge. crossing which We are
in Atlantic City. Turn to the left for two
blocks, then to the right for two blocks
more and we are on Atlantic avenue the
main thoroughfare of the city by the sea
nfty-nine miles to an inch from the Glou-
cester ferry.