The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-06
STEAMBOATS, RUN LIGHT.
TNB RAnRoADs GET MOST or x1KH
HOLIDAY crowds.

ne EaiiinE or In the Passenger Trams -
Nearby Resorts Is said 10 ne Due - TIE
Fact That Times Are BETTER asa Few
Workers. Have Money for Lons Seurneys.
Whether the glorious Fourth DO celebrated
BY the populace on July 4 or on the following
day, the date Of the celebration has come 10 b
known on Manhattan Island as tho day Of the
great exodus. On no other day In the year IL
there such q general evacuation Of New York
shops and homes and factories e. on the day
legally designated as. Independence Day. The
real meaning of the day and.the spirit It should
inspire is lost sight 'of In tho general desire Of
New Yorkors, young and old, rich and poor, to
get away from brick and mortar and heated
pnvements to places within sight Of green helds
and cool woods and within sound Of the oceans
waves as they boom upon the beaches.
For this reason the day has como to DO . hars
vest time for all those engaged In the transport
tation OF human freight away from New York
For tho railroad and steamboato companies havs
ing connections between Manhattan Island and
nearby seaside resorts the Fourth OF July, or the
day legally observed as the Fourth, ts ACCOUNT
cd tho most profitable day in tho year. Tbs
day popularity celebrated as the Fourth in tho
year of grace 1897 win DO remembered by trans-
p~ortation companies as one Of the least profit
able they have ever known. With q single eDs
ception, that was the statement at the starting
point Of all excursions yesterday, from tho Bet
tory up the North River to West Twenty-second
street, and up the East River to East Thirty
fourth street. 1t must not bo inferred from
this that large crowds did not leave the city.
| They did. and tho boats that ran directly to ssaa
side resorts, or connected with them by Lines Of
| railroad, and the river boats oil did q fair busi.
moss. But there wae, nothing, stnpendously
multitudi1ous about tho crowd, It was no
bigger and possibly not as big "a leaves the Guy
on any hne, warm Sunday.
ming TO Coney Island that OF the Iron steamboat
t GS% YSirfy.n nhe Ss strsst Ferry Ferry. Tho The iass y in %s "a q
SULLIVAN & dfSwrn and dA Ffta 81 lne at Ambrose PSrk. 10
accommodate the expected enormous. crowds,
foot OF Whitehall street. AT no time during the
day were these more than comfortably flled.
YER route to Coney Island ran under twenty
e spaNS. s who 9e sas s ssls s st 5 or o'c EsHF: 9es Ct 1S1y
afternoon that had the boats run under thirty
or e ,Ss foot forty Of %i9 whitehall eSanlw styes snT would 1slES n ns1ss
have been taken, for q sardine box on account Of
the way in which tho waiting crowds were
The Rockaway boats wero the only once that
were reported to have been jammed. UP to
from the city on these boats that after that
time persons who wanted to buy tickets to
The reason given by the company agents for
this was that the travel up to noon had been 20
bbsihss b sni! the " People. The J. Iron steamSoes
was rot up to Fourth Of July. standard. N
was tho way one Of the company's agents char
The Glen Island boats carried what came to
them, but, they, could have carried more and moo
been subjected to tho censure Of the Govern
ment's Steamboat inspectors. The crowds on
me Hudson River boats to Newburg. West
Point, and other river resorts were away below
the average. The Long Branch boats, so 10
was said, did the poorest Fourth of July BUSH
ho By io oo snUm hesl te railroads did a much bet.
ter Fourth OF July business than the
lines. The outgoing, trains from jersey Cty.
were packed, damned, and stuffed from Saturday
noon Unit Until early iESs psnHy, morning. and the ths
say that what they call their Fourth Of July
business was away ahead Of that for two years
past, at least. One of Mr.. Daniels's sssistants
said: -. ,-o,,.,. ,,on. ,.,,
times good 10 see the crowds that left the Grand
Central station on Satnsdsy aftsrnSon and
least Now. what DOES that meant II meana
that times are improving, and that tho people
d daxs got f %sse E m0Re Yort L f ees a F %npsgS Of 5UlS
outing. Last year and the year before the poo.
pie didn't have the money The result was 81 that a.
other roads. On the other hand, on the Fourth
OF July last year the boats running down 70
tho beaches, carried more people than ever Dc.
was Just oonfortably flied. This year New
fIom SeM iei yd 14st f tae iSn senld IAN atIor pas e ses a a DAY,
and so they have run over to New England TO
sorts. up In the Adirondackss or TO Saratoga
Young man, the omen Of this Fourth OF July u
Of better times and more money, and don't yOo
forget it."