The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
BATHING SUITS ON SHOW. DRY
EATER TOO cool AT CONEI'S
BEiCH YESTERDAY.
Hut the quarter Million Visitors Had an
Old Fashioned Time At the Shows
Seventy .hvc window jumpers Punched
Press Agents Competing Again.

-SeNcnt !sfNc window jumpers PIncheu
Press Agents Competing Again.
Coney Island cam, into it's own yester-
day. 1t seemed that everybody old enough
10 walk and the babies who were fortunate
enough 10 have somebody to carry them
were there yesterday 10 make up for lost
time. Surf avenue was a mass Of slowly
moving humanity. The shore walk was
crowded lust comfortably. Every park,
show and stand did a business which
closely crowded capacity, and the smiles
which wreathed tie faces of the owners of
the attractions were u pleasure TO see.
The Joy really began late Saturday after
noon. That night the island had a big
crowd. Yesterday morning they began
coming early. and the trains to the island
late at night we're still carrying passengers,
White dresses and baby blue or pink sashes,
which were given just a peek at the sun
light on Memorial Day, and were then hur-
riedly put back to wait for summer. we're
donned with confidence yesterday. The
slight chill Of the air on the homeward trip
had lots of fuu-penetrating thousands OF
peek.A=bo6s Name and Bill strolled along
arm in arm, or worse, just as they used to
before New York became the sport OF the
weather man. .
1t was an orderly crowd, too. 1t had
waited too long to take any chances. The
only police who were kept r ally busy
we're the special cops Of the B. h. I. There
we're ten of these stationed at the Sea Beach
terminal and five at the terminal of the
Culver line Among them the made
, oeyenty-hve a rests Of car window jump.
ers. easily breaking last years record OF
fifty-seven for a single day. The regular
police said that the B. r; T. specials
reoeived:so much a head for these arrests,
besides their meal tickets. This method
of payment the specials denied.
Inspector Harkins was much wro ght up
over the wholesale arrests.
aThsse special police have no business
acting. in such a highhanded manner, ' he
sai1. EIt's their duty TO warn these people
il they se0 them attempting to climb through
the car windows, then II they perslst maze
arrests. I'm sure hTee-fourths of these
could be ayoided if they would Use common
sense. II 5 only a misdemeanor at the
worst, and it's easier 20 prevent 1t than go
at it SO highhanded.
Several OF these cases have been of
men who started to climb through win
dows 10 secure seats for their families and
women they were escorting. Now the
men are locked up and the women COM
PEELED 10 go home alone. think this could
all have been avoided. :,
Henry NJ. Cummings, a Coney Island
attorney, went to the police station in the
interests OF the arrested passengers and
told Lieut.. Sheehan he had no authority
10 demand more than twice the amount
of the maximum fine as bail in each case.
That would make each prisoner bailable in
the sum OF $500.
The lieutenant refused to take his adj
vice, however, and demanded 5000 real
sequence nearly all the prisoners spent
the night behind the bars, three or Tour
and even more being put in each, cell;
Tt the average visitor the island looked
10 be wide open, but il was said that this
wes not the case. Four arrests were m ade
for violation of the excise law. Capt,
Pinkerton, in command of the Coney, lslano
precinct, explained conditions with the
statement that there are l4l bona noe houel
licenses on the island, and but seven places
holding saloon licenses. A week ago yes
terday when no arrests were made, these
seven saloons were supposed TO be ooserV-
ing the law closely.
The transit company felt the pressure
of the. day severely. A faulty motor tled
up the elevated trains on the Brooklyn
Bridge for a few minutes in the Afternoon.
but repairs were soon made, though not
before the Manhattan entrance was oadly
congested. 3 Every car that could be used
was put into commission on the surface
lines. Then right in the midst of things
one Of the three big turbine engines in the
Kent avenue power house broke down,
crippIIng those lines which draw their power
from that direction.
To. make matters worse, one OF the other
two engines got tired of the extra exertion,
and Knocked of, with a bad case Of heated
bearings. While these were cooling, cars
on the Bergen Beach, Culver. and Canarsie
lines and the Kings County elevated,
stopped any old place and waited until the
ofActals of the road had borrowed enough
electric juice from the Edison people to send
things along again after an hours wait.
Quite g proportion Of the younger genera
ton in the crowds carried bathing suits in
their hands, but the majority OF these
H,or1ht thaDn hack dry There were a
few brave souls at each of the big bathing
houses who took advantage OF the hot sun
and ran gayly down into the water. Then
they ran as quickly back again. satisfied
Like everybody else, the press agents felt
I the change from the cold weather OF the
preceding days and warmed up. EDUARDO
Broker OF Dreamland was materially helped
lands electrical engineer, who, with James
Driscoll, who sometime worked for the
Western pmon people, but has since gone
into the show business, has rugged up a
wireless apparatus on the top Of the Dream
land tower When the above named gentle
men get through with their preparations
all you will have to do TO get a hot or cold
wireless massage or 10 send one VIII oe 10
walk into 81 'eamland.
Broker thought of the possibilities Of the
wireless first, so Joe Shesgreen OF Luna
had 10 resort 10 the story of a young man,
Berney Gamezias, who reached New York
EAIuTuHN Oll lbON llblh SAlON ""'iHH
walked all the way in his anxiety to get a
Job at Luna Park, Berney is a sign painter
hy trade who tried his dash at theatricals
and landed in Manistee, Mich. He jumped
a freight TO Detroit, but walked the rest
of the way. or there would have been no
STORY for Shesgreen, would there? .
On his arrival at the Manhattan offices OF
Thompson and Dundy Berney accepted the
loan Of the carfare TO Coney and a meal
And all this time he was accompanied by his
dog Pal. "DiIapidated, dirty. disconsolate
and daring" were the adjectives sent out by
the press agent to describe b condition Of
dog and man when they landed on Broad
way. Berney will tool the stage coach in
THE Days Of 80.
Over at Bostock's they descended to
nature taking. Buster Brown, the di-
minutive elephant trainer, wanted TO get
even with White Eagle, a .Moqui snake
dancer, for something, so he offered to
bet IS that the indian dasn't go into the
mountain lions cage. Now, White Eagles
own nature is 30 wild that IL was a perfect
c'nch. He just walked into, the cage and