The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
TROLLEY TROTTlNG NOW.
TWO WOMEN VINO TOOK A 500 NILE
TRIP IN NEW ENGLAND.

WESTERLY, II. j.. Aug. O.-IrOllcy trOt'lnR ID
the newest form OF diversion for summer vlst-
tors to the New England coast and wherever
one goes in the trolley land parties or lnd-
yiJuals are planning some trio or relating eX-
periences OF trips already completed and CIV
ing advice to intending trolley trotters. There
Is no system of trulleys in the world 80 COM
pick as that which literally cuts eastern Mas
sachusetts into hve-mile lots and lays bare
historic and literary New England as nothing
else but the bicycle has yet done. One OF the
out9rowths of the trolley facilities Is the his
torical pilgrimage. Parties OF school girls or
boys and mnny older people start on two or
three days tours via trolley to scenes OF the
Revolution or early New England days. Others
do Whittier's life. from birth to the grave. Via
trolley.
ono young man OF Boston has started
series OF personally conducted trolley tours on
the Cook plan. or he will plan out such trips
and arrange for accommodations In quaint
inns along the northern coast heudlauds or in
quiet villages yet undsturbed BY travel and
just awakened By the invading trolley. He Will
hand you list Of trolleys you are to catch.
with evening trips all planned. with list OF
transfers you can get. fares you will be
charged and everything you may possibly
want to know.
Two women have Just reached Watch Hill
after what they say, is the most extensive troll
ley tour yet completed In New England. hav.
ing covered more than 800 miles without re-
sorting to the steam railroad except for about
twenty-five miles from Greenwich. II. L. to
Westerly where they again took the trolley to
Watch Hin. In another year 1t Ia expected
that chain oi.trolley lines will.skrt the coast
Of Rhode Island from Watch Till TO NarraGan-
sett Pier. making no link necessary between
trolleys excepta steamer from the Pier TO
No 10, nlro n nil trnllay
Rhode Island. Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire to the:Maine boundary.
I'VE got the idea from relative of mine.
| New York travelling man. who when the trip
| from Boston to New York by trolley was sug-
gested. said he had often thought what fine
| vacation might be- spent trolleyinR along the
| New England coast" said one of them. 1t
! would be possible to travel at a very small ex-
pense and with little luggage he said. and to
get an ocean or salt winter bath nearly every
| day for weeks. and hardly lose sight OF some
body OF water during the trip, He had heard OF
! the Boston man who lays out such tours and
we got him to plan three weeks trip for u.s.
| Ne didn't always stick to his plan. although
| we found it very useful and always came back
to 1t because he had arranged it to give us
plenty of latitude and we could follow our own
! sweet wills. You know some people like to
! travel with a cast-iron schedule. Now. live
| by schedule all the winter and l hate to be-
| bound by hours when summer comes. So
| liked especially the luxury OF feeling that any
time | wanted to move on there was trolley
/ handy. II was a sensation worth feeling.
we expressed IL trunk to Salem. Mass. the
| Witch City and started with lightweight
wicker extension bags. The hags contained
! each lightweight bathing suit with its rubber
bag so that We could wiring the suit out and
move on without waiting to dry it until we
reached our night hating place. We wore
| black India silk shirt waists. gray skirts OF
medium length and broad brlmmed Roif hats
! Besides the nathng.suts We each carried Two
clean shirt waists aud white SILK waist Tor
evenings. il We wanted a change rom the dnrk
! silk We both wore chatelaiue bags. carried
! umbrellas ana were able ~ nut our Jackets IN
the bags except when needed. We also had
cameras when we started on the mont Tor New,
port. We got there SATURDAY m"rning and
started in with bath, We I'D NEWPORT Just
Quit 1t that night AFTER doing the c!iN walk 10y
moonlight. Most reorle do i in tht Eihre 81
Ev the hight OF "a brilliant neon and II made
me so wildly en- lious that was unable To- stlli
the feeling until the tr9IIty car was well up 'he
This ride from Newport to Fail River is
without execution one Of the most beautiful
that | know OF. II is PERHAPS inner going 70
ward.Ncwpurt. and there are moods ol weather
that must make it rare hut thg ear M a..
along it. leaving Narragans"tt BAY on one siue
while the sur; could be seen booming on the
ley SkipneG tv histori. spots that III. wclin
, formed conductor actually knew SOM thinE Of.
we had the bay on our lett aud Sakonnet
The conductor showed US the brook ur
which the boat stole that night in the lt"Noll /;
Prescott in a house that still st tnds and that
shone in the moonlight. Then. when We came
started that night. We saw Cornelius Van.
derbilts model farm. that the say he vsi's
| frequently and delights IN. There IS "a luhIn'
| plnu n which Newport used TO come, ana Sfll
does sometimes now. and DurtreS tea house
v. found a. we went along, TIA, there er was a
When we hit n man who knew his route aEC
didn't have a ere wded car, NE enjoyed II mMcl
line Id have school d instructor in ,histor,
Of ,hs route for employees This old fellow tr"T
'up North and there hr used to nnint on
Whttiers grays Later We vent oyer err, NJ E %,l
eI I Of our iir frst cxrericnc.
F h5s. Is rh.r. the sna g
hill to.crosS IA long. low old stone bridge. Thu
view, wa; odd. There are many Island. Az Az
po,te US Was hill, and along IFS s'!e WeT,
many COTTAGES Of snmosr residents SIDE s qay,,
, and wherever wc went w, found Just The am
resorts dancing pavilion, a clam n'n it
nSn Sam Sf therr group pc Of "Shn!
houses and photographer. T. he trolley sys
G3 Pe no + ss %hR a%
place very oId,,aud the home Of thc fam ou
Indian lighters the Churches, until hqlf "a,
10 o clock. but we found room NJ n little sum
r ! mer cottage built partly over the water. H.
dozens Il others, fhe:piaz2a wa, all oyer tn
| water AMI boats were nIpUreL to III" back doc
lust like a summer Venice, We driited ar"un,
the la in in one Of the boats for an hour an'
stole in among many little, Islands that made
a | me think OF the Thousand Islands, hut mos
ii these are unnha',ited. We could sec Noun
; IIope, where King Phiip ths hiE Indian lived
9 such fair land Indeed, I'd have fought for
!. too The basin H. as ! said, shut or by tw
Q bridges and Is right where Narragansett BAY
, Sakounst River and Mount Hope Bay meet
a ! don't know another SPOT lust Ike 1t.
| In the morning We went OIL IN u whoa
= again. but wearing our bathing suits, rowinl
y among the islands until We found Dir of bea"
:: to our taste. Then we pulled the bont ut an,
9 went In swimming, rowing back. stll In on
bathing suits. ia time To dress and 90 to u rea
! NarraGansett Bay cianhake urcpnrcd by
o woman 1t was a. different from the affair
. called ramhakes that hive eaten IN the VI
Q entity Of New York or on Jersey coasts rs any
r thing could he, and tile CLANS were tny bits c
v sugar. ] saw two plump women actually rae
y ing to see who would eat he most clans.
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