New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
ATLANTIC CITY'S ZENITH.
MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOU
SAND PEOPLE ENJOYING ITS
ATTRACTIONS.


crowd cannot g7ow any larger this summer. simply
because there is room for additional vis-
itors. The present record wifi be eclipsed until
the hotel accommodations of Atlantic City are
materially increased. Every hotel in the resort is
filed 70 OVERLOOKING. and just soon guest
departs another arrives to take hts place. Over
three hundred thousand people are douiicned in.
Atlantic City to-day the largest population the
sort has ever had in all its history.
The host OF visitors At this time iS extremely
cosmopolitan From every State IN the Cnion as
well from abroad the visitors come TO see and
enjoy what is. in many respects. Americas great
watering place. II is safe say that there is
no place in the country, outside of the National
Capital, where many well known representatives
Of widely separated districts be SEEN And this
Is not all. In addition TO coming from all parts OF
the world. the visitors this time are OF all
classes and conditions At the big hotels noble
men miIuonaires and prominent leaders OF society
are be found. while at the smaller houses the
scale ranges down through the various classes OF
vacatonIsts the drygoods clerk who denies him
self al the rest OF the year in order to save
few dollars for, q brief summer visit TO the
shore. And here the thing does net end.
Every day thousands of one day. exeursonists
come down from Philadelphia and other nearby
places. and there hundreds OK Door chill
dren brought here for sight Of the ocean AMI
breath OF fresh air by various societies as
simple act OF charity.
Conditions here. both last Saturday and to-day.
were very peculiar. So many people came pouring
10 find accommodations for all the applicants.
Hundreds Of were made 10 do double duty,
cots being crowded into every available corper.
At many houses the parlors were turned into
temporary sleeping apartments while beds on
billiard tables were not entirely unknown At
hotel. several guests were accommodated with
cots IN the barber shop. and thought themselves
lucky TO have such good quarters. With all this
crowding and packing away, there were many
late arrivals who could find shelter OF any
kind. Some Of them passed the night on the beach
and IN the pavilions- along the boardwalk, while
others returned Philadelphia late trains
Greet additions have been made 10 the hotel ac-
commodations of this resort in the last few years
but they have been unable to keep pace with the
rapid growth Of the place
--.-- A HOT WEEK.
The people who came here this week expecting
10 hnd relief from the hot had their hopes
only partially realized Matters were much better
here than in the large cities but at one time the
Thermometer mounted TO the almost unheard Of
height Of IS degrees The hoardwal at midday
like furnace and visitors found that shady
places On the piazzas Of their hotels were much
cooler than the deck of the great ocean promenade
But this was only when the fierce rays OF the
were reflected from the planking of the walk. There
was fair breeze blowing nearly all the time. ana
thousands spent the day in cool spots on the ocean
piers. while additional throngs camped in the cool
sand under the walk. sF--- ---.-
BY far the most popular way of escapinS the
heat was' ID don a bathing suit and go into the
ocean Many people on the hottest days spent the
whole day IN their bathing costumes, sporting in
the waves. promenading the. beach resting
under the piers and boardwalk The crowd Of
bathers. Ike the Ihrong at the Hotels, was the
largest ever known. fully fifty thousand people
being in the surf at one time One or two days
the supply Of bathing suits gave out at every es-
tablShment in she city. and dozen more people
were frequently crowded into designed to
comrnodate not than four. Many Of the batfl
houses. iike the hotels have been considerably
largcd since Inst year. but even SO There was not
nearly enough for the almost countless
throng who longed for the cooling embrace of the
ocean
The heat during the day has had the effect Of in
creasing the number Of evening strollers the
boardwalk From until long after midni-'st
the crowd moves increasingly up and down LIE
great promenade, whose forty feet Of width is mu1n
TOO little comfortably to accommodate the immense
thrOng al a number OF places in the, centre OF the
city Were It not for the piers thousands of peo-
pie would be compelled travel a long distance
Up down town in order to enjoy the cool ocean
breeze IN comfort. The big piers and the still
bigger Boardwalk resemble huge open air ball
room between dances. thousands of handsomely
dressed people promenading about, while other
thousands Of simple spectators line the ratings.
The scene is one that can be Witnessed at few
ether places.
TIE ROLLING CHAIR
But even this inspiring scene has its little by
plays that are not always Of the most pleasant
same time 70 the pleasure and misery of the
largest number Of people is the rolling chair which
is blessed and condemned simultaneously Orig
finally designed for the OF invalids the rolling
Chair has become popular fad with the most
nealthy visitors and such II IS entitled every
consideration in this city Of fadg But even its ad-
Eairers admit tia it's proper place is not on the
boardwalk during ne crowded hours Of early even
Ing, particularly T. the hands of careless or inex-
p1eH'ea ulsh"TE There is a growing dema nd
he Had ,Yf
gether during the hours between and 1890 In the
evening, and that the strctest kind Of regulations
regarding thoir be enforced at all other times
AT present the chairs permitted on the walk at
all horrs and they frequently trundled tfroig,
the immense crowds OF strollers in the evening
TRANS: The trouble is not always caused oy regu-
sa @ reo Pusaers % are only 100 ofte2 care
often propelled. by The people hire them ard
Many handsome gowns have been torn or ruined bT
contact with greasy wheels, and Ire protest of the
best class of visitors Is becoming so great thai n
must be regarded
THIS YEARS DBowNINGs ..
The unusual number OF drosynings this year has
caused increased vigilance the part OF the life
gcards and suggestions OF more appliances for The
safety OF bathers. Mayor Stoy suggested this week
that hfeiDes. so close together that bathers could
not get over or between them he stretched on poles
at suitable distance from the beach forming a
net that would stop swimmers the limit OF safe
~. Il Is doubtful, however II this would he an.
eIficent remedy. OF the half dozen drownpgs thar
nave occurred this summer nearly ali were caused
by a reckless disregard the rules OF common
sense The people who remain within reasonable
distance OF the beach are in perfect safe-T s-d
those who venture into dangerous places IN order
70 show their natatoriai skin would continue their
tOonsh actons with or without lines. 1t utterly
Impossible TO prevent some people from recklessly
enoangerlng their lives, and not single drown
here Ats