The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14
THE OAKS, on Hampstead Hay Quiet rural
Ideal for children; new. modern
NATE T. FRAME Baldwin. L. |.
Warden Cliff, in this village is becoming
NEW YORK.
Long island.

Warden Cliff in this village, is becoming
a prosperous cottage settlement.
One of the features of Long Island is its
good roads No section near New York
has the views which can be seen there
without difficulty by the men and women
who appreciate a bicycle spin, canter or
a drive at ease in runabout or aut omobie
over a smooth road. There are in the
island 600 miles OF macadamized thorough
fares. and hundreds more miles Of well
graded and carefully maintained bicycle
paths. Many of these paths follow the
most picturesque routes under shade trees
almost all the way and from them are
seen charming vistas of the ocean and the
Sound and broader views of rolling fields
and attractive villages.
One good highway in the island has be-
come famous the country over. The Merrick
road skirts the south shore for fifty miles,
from Prospect Park, Brooklyn. to Patch
ogue. Between these points are many old
style inns of tho most picturesque and de-
lightful sort. Probably nowhere else in
America is there such a stretch of level road
kept in such uniformly good condition
and passing through so rich and lovely and
interesting region.
From the park in Brooklyn the road is
macadamized and we'll shaded to Freeport,
TWENTY-FIVE and a half miles and the stone
facing continues on for nearly ten miles
more to the Suffolk county line. Beyond II
is gravel road with occasional stretches of
we'll preserved shell.
picturesque and famous settlement in
the island IL Sag Harbor on Peconic Bay.
II should 20 down in American maritime
history with Nantucket and Portsmouth,
with which 1t divided honors in the years
wheE whaling was one of the foremost in
dustries Of the Eastern States.
In appearance i is the Nantucket OF
Long Island, and clings tenaciously to the
customs aud habits Of a century ago. when
the tonnage Of its harbor was as great as that
81 New York, and its income from the whale
fishery alone was near million dollars a
year. Its harbor used to be filled with sail
ing vesselR OF the stanchest type. and it's
village life was gay with the coming and
going of hardy seafaring men. Now the
town has assumed, despite its antiquity
churches and excellent schools and even
a largo factory or two. One Of the largest
silverware manufactures in the country
has taken it's stand there.
There are several beautiful lakes Of small
size in the interior of the island which add
TO it's woodland beauties. Success Lake
near Hampstead, / sheet of water which
Vanderbilt coveted and vainlv sought to
buy, is one Another is Lake Ronkonkoma.
near lsi'p, IN the pine belt where Maude
Adams has her summer home
Lake Rorkonkama If bout three miles
around, and its shores form the shape of a
pear, 1t is fed by springs at the bottom.
and its waters are as clear as crystal. In
ScIIlc places IL IL more lnaIl nuItNI lPt'
deep BY some odd freak Of nature ii has
periods OF ebb and flow, which are not CO.
incident with the tides or in any way de-
pendent upon them. and have hitherto gone
unexplained by any satisfactory theory.
This Is the largest and finest body of fresh
water in the island. and is full Of fish.
The most delightful feature of the island
to summer visitors is that it seems always
breezy and cool. The whole island is open
to the ocean air, and though its elevation Is
not so much greater than Manhattan's it's
hot weather temperature Is very different
Sngularly enough, it is the only section
Of the United States whose coast lines
run nearly east and west, Owing to this,
the prevailing south winds Of the ocean in
summer sweep over its entire length, giving
an average temperature fifteen degrees
lower than that OF New York city
New Workers. have not learned fully to
appreciate all its beauties yet, but they are
rapidly knowing them better, and each
year greater stream of summer folks Is
making its abiding place for longer or
shorter time in country 30 near, and yet
30 far from the city's heat and rush.