The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-03
HOLIDAY SPIRIT DAMpENED
THE FESIIVIIIES AT SATIN ROCK
 YESTERDAY

I
 Crowds at Savin Rock Large but Not as | Large ns on Some Sundays -Business All Done in a Few Hours-People Re- turned Home at an Early Hour. Yesterday was heartbreaker for the | shore merchants and the day of the season upon which they counted to swell their receipts of the season con- general run Of holidays for the year. These merchants have been particular ly unfortunate this season, and almost every holiday for which they have pre- pared for large crowds, the weather has turned out unpleasant and the expected patrons did not put in an appearance. As 8 rule some rainy weather is al
 ways expected but holidays usually
 make up for the other days. This year,
 however, it has been one of frequent
 rains and disappoint for the man
 who ekes out living through the sum-
 mer months at a summer resort. Many
 of these Savin Rock merchants are
 now ready to pack up their traps and
 steal silently away, but it is probable
 sheriffs are watching some for fear
 they will do so, Some of the older and more reliable merchants, hotel keepers and restaurant proprietors smile re- signedly and hope for an easy winter.
 The business yesterday at the Rock
 was all done in few hours and while one hotel keeper claimed he did as much business as he did last year, he had to do it in about one half as many hours. The crowd was not bit larger than is seen on most Sundays through the summer, and while in former years the Rock has been thronged as early as 10 o'clock in the morning, the place was quiet until almost o'clock. At that time the cars began to be crowded and continued to be so until about o'clock.
 There was listless feeling among the visitors, and they seemed to have little ambition. They wandered about aimlessly and began to start for home about 6 o'clock and at 9 o'clock three was very slim crowd, and the cars in either direction afforded plenty of room.
 It was not such day as would cause the ice cream merchants to run out of stock. and they are perhaps among the worst sufferers because they had laid in such large stock in anticipation of the pleasant weather and the resultant large crowds. Had 1t not been for the ball games the railroad company would have missed considerable travel too, and on the whole the entire day was not a success as far as the business end of 1t is concerned. From the stand- point of the pleasure seeker the day was not one whit more cheerful and everybody was glad to get home.
 It was estimated that not more than ten to fifteen thousand people had vis- ited the Rock yesterday, and it was an- day there would have been at least fifty or sixty thousand people there. There has been Sunday after Sunday during the summer when there has been twenty to thirty thousand people visit the Rock and these were almost entirely from New Haven and It's sub urbs. With holiday such as Labor day, however, there is a general flock ing to New Haven from all over the state and the throngs flock to Savin Rock and thus would the many thou sands be augmented. but alas--it was not to be and the shore season prac- tically closes not in a blaze of glory but lin a splash of mud.