The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-29
YESTERDAYS OUTINGS
Cars, Groves, Cemeteries,
the Boulevard and the
Shore Crowded.

The Greenyille and Bayonne trolley
cars were crowded all day yesterday with
people making for the picnic grounds and
pleasure resorts along the Newark and
New York Bayswater fronts. Parties OF
women and children and lunch baskets
were numerous. Men equipped with the
necessary adjuncts for a few days fshing
were seen vending their various ways TO
the Newark and New York Bays. A num-
Der of the fishermen were afterwards seen
going home. some were fortunate and
others were not, but all appeared to be
happy.
The hotels along the short fronts did a
thriving business all day and far into the
night. The hotel proprietors' prayers nave
been at last granted. The warm weather
was here yesterday.
The trolley service was excellent and
few complaints were heard of cars being
overcrowded. Towards nights the crowds
began to journey home. Later the crowds
of tough young men also start for home,
and with obscene language and ribald
songs, spoil the pleasure of a trolley ride
for the belated passengers. The conduc-
tors are unable to cope with this evil, and
the rowdies continue to have their
way. They sometimes refuse to pay fares;
in fact, a short tine ago it was necessary
for a conductor to stop the car in front
of the Ocean avenue police station and get
assistance from the police to collect the
fares. A number of the loafers come from
New York and the lower part of Jersey
City.
+ The small boy is very much in evidence
during the pleasant weather in the
Greenville section. Baseball appears to be
his favorite pastime, and the shoutings
heard at least a half a mile from the lot
they select. The police tolerate that sort
of thing although a number of citizens
have complained repeatedly about the an
noyance.
The New York Bay Cemetery was
thronged with visitors yesterday. Hun
dreds OF graves We're decorated witt
flowers and plants. The walks lave been
repaired and everything is in readiness
for the Decoration Day crowd. The main
avenue through the cemetery is a opu
promenade. 1t extends from Ocean ave-
nue. to the New York Bay shore. Large
shade trees grow along the walks, making
it a pleasant and cool retreat from the
hot sun.
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presented an animated appearance yester-
day. The cyclists were out in force: the
hot weather having no terrors for them.
Girls, youngsters. middle aged ladies,
young men and old men, all go by and all
appear to be deriving a vast amount of
pleasure from the pastime. While the
road is not in first class condition. 1t has
been improved somewhat during the past
week, and presumably will be put in good
order in a short time.
A favorite spot among cyclists for rest
ing is situated just below the canal
bridge, over the Jersey City line. The
place is known as Currie's Woods. 1t is
well supplied with excellent shade trees,
and is truly an inviting spot. The one
drawback is the absence of a spring. or
wen in the vicinity. Crowds of cyclists
congregate there and partake of lunch
cons prepared for the occasion. Further
down the road, Salter's. formerly called
Willow Haven, also affords shade and a
resting place for the weary cyclists. This
is a pretty grove extending from the
Boulevard to the New York Bay shore.
Picnics are often held in the grove by
parties of young people from nearby
cities.