New-York tribune., 1902-07-16
LONG ISLAND RESORTS.
SUMNER HOMES OF NEw-YoRKERs AT
OYSTER BAY

Oyster Bay. Long Island July Is (specian NJ
that Oyster Bay has become the summer capital %
the United States worldwide interest is taken In A.,
affairs and happenings. 1t has for many ysars
been a well known summer resort for large mum
ber OF New-YOrkers- This summer finds hera .
greater number OF people than have ever visits5
the place before The town Is. in fact. ENJOYING .
boom, and IL need scarcely be said that advapfava
OF the present condition Of affairs is being taksn
all hands The importance attached to sba
presence of the President makes the least thin, .
matter OF interest. fact which the natives s-a
somewhat surprised at
Along the bay, below the heights upon wbt,.
have been built many splendid residences. are tba
numerous private whafves lighthouses and bar
houses. The anchorins grounds are thickly cov.r.s
with rowboats. eatboats. sloops, scho0ners ara
launches over Centre Island. opposite Cova
Neck, is the Seawanhaka Yacht Club house tba
spacious home Of a famous club. The house Ia sr
tensive and overlooks the bay at a point wher.
wide view of the water is obtained The ground.
about it have been laid out on an extensive pla,
The Whole place stands for culture. sport and en-
toyment On Centre Island there at present
number OF beautiful places. which seem to be s,
joying such an amount of and land advantage
that more people are contemplating estabishipg
their summer homes here.
AL along the Cove Neck Road. out as far as Pres
fdent Roosevelts home. the splendid residences a,
the wealthy men who make oyster Bay their sum
r1er home have been built. Large estates surrn,,s
these homes generally. The large. lofty trees thar
have stood hefe for generations grow in great Inv
uriance and iihe the road for many miles CI1t
toward CooDeT's Bluff. toward the end OF Cows
Neck, there deep woods, where, bur for rbS
few roads that have beer made through them n il
as wild and thickly grown now in the times
when this spot was rarely visited by men and thOss
few only when In search Of game The view from
Cove Neck Point reaches across the Sound 10 TIA
shores Of Connecticut. with IlOyd's Neck bOundi-S
it on the side and Centre Island on the west
Many of the old fashioned houses still stand in th
taste and comfort. others little changed from wbst
they were century OF two ago. The picturesuus
Episcopal church stands near the centre Of the W.
lage on the road % Cove Neck. and Just OpDosir.
IL, elevation. is the Presbyterian church Tha
town library. a pretty little building, generOuslv
stocked with the books such village this a.
mands. stands within a few hundred feet OF tha
Episcopal church Down on the waterfront many
interesting and characteristic sights among ina
whaTves and oyster boats may be seen Bathing
In the bay is a grateful boon these July DAYS
The following New-Yorke.s are here in their spr,
mer homes William F. Sheehan. John A Wssss
William j. Youngs. r. r. Conklin. R, ". Gibson
George E Armstrong. F. c. Travers. y. p Travs-s
c. w wideBvelt Benjamin Ashmead j w RasF
man, Comm odore William s Swan, II H Lang5o1
p. Bigelow, Mrs NJ Graham. Charles E Ha3ssi-
X "A Kathan Assistant District AtJOrney RObsr
Townsend Granville Hamilton julius Kastner n
z RoseTs. Charles W. Wetmore. r Reeve Ner-f-
J. C Reayes. Mrs. J. A. Roosevelt Mrs j
Roosevelt. W. Emlen. Charles E Maxwell WfjUsr
.: Howard John Ross Charles E Young Ge0rss
Thomson. George E Stone. Charles Baer A. r
Wobcke, Edward NJ Townsend sr Edward n
Townsend tr-, Major A. P. Montant Charles 4
sherman and Colgate Hoyt