The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-08
SUNLIGHT DAYS. /
Summer Resorts at Bay
onne Are Now In
Full Swing.

| All is hustle and activity at the boating
and bathing houses and picnic groves
along the picturesque shores of the New
ark and New York bays. Prettier scenes
| than these shore fronts do not exist in
this section of the State. In fact, taking
Bayonne as whole it is equalled by few
towns hereabouts for it's beautiful sur
roundngs. 1t is bounded by the New
York Bay, the Kill Won Kull and the
Newark Bay.
| There are but few resorts on the shores
of the New York Bay. Boathouses and
yacht clubs are also scarce. On the
shores of the Kills there are enough
pleasure places to make up for the def
cheney ON the other shore front.
Great are the preparations now going
on. Bustle, bustle, everywhere. New
houses and small stands are being hastily
constructed, and those of former years
are being repainted and made to look at
| tractive.
Traffic along the Bergen shores has null
tiplied two-fold within the past two years.
This is unquestionably due to the vast
concurse of cyclists who visit that sec
tion during the warm weather, and the
excellent service rendered by the Traction
Company. Thousands of passengers are
carried back ard forth each day. Yester-
day the cars were crowded from early
morning until far into the night.
Bayonne becomes city of pleasure
during the summer months. Although
the season has just begun, the crowds
which visited the shore fronts yesterday
showed that this season is to be record
breaker.
The most popular shore front is that on
the Newark Bay Bordering on the bay
are countless groves and picnic grounds,
the scenes of many pleasure parties. The
woods are delightfully."- shady and cool in
the scorching weather, and are largely
patronized by cyclists. Proprietors of
| boat houses and refreshment booths have
finished all the necessary preparations for
the picnic season, which will begin within
| a week or so.
Thousands of picnic and May parties
are held in these groves each year. This
| month especially will be productive of
May day outings. The time honored pole,
gayly decorated with vari-colored ribbons,
is much in evidence at these outings, and
is also source of much delight to the
youngsters. Dainty lunches are disposed
of with startling rapidity by the tots, who
scarcely waste minute at anything but
play.
An important factor in these outings is
the extraordinary cheapness of them The
cost of a days pleasure at any of the
shore resorts in Bayonne is but a trifie.
Then the groves are within easy access
and the trip through Bayonne on the
flying, open trolley cars is a pleasant one.
An old salt who has done business along
the Newark Bay shore for many years
said to a '+News" s".reporter yesterday that
the approaching season would be one of
the largest on record.
'"This section is becoming more and
more popular each day." said he 'The
vast improvements in transportation, the
small expense of the trip and the excel
lent pleasure grounds are big induce
ments."
| From Forty-fifth street to Forty-first
street on the Boulevard there are more
stands and booths than at any other
place on the big driveway. This place in
the dead of summer resembles a minia-
ture Coney Island. In fact many of the
contrivances used at the big pleasure re-
sort to extract the nickels sfrom the
pockets of visitors are used in Bayonne.
The shouting of "barkers,'' the ringing
of bells and the music of carousels are
not uncommon at this resort, which is
| patronized by thousands.
The first day of good business was yes
| terday.