New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
SUMMER HERE AT LAST.
ONE HE4T PROSTR4TION.
Thousands Viat Beaches and Parks
900, 900 Come from Jersey.

The five boroughs Of New York woke up early
yesterday morning to welcome the first sum-
mer Sunday of 1907. Everybody expected sun
that would effectuaIly break the backbone OF
winter. and it came early. The night before the
! thousands of youngsters the East Side on
! the West Side, on the North Side and at the
Battery had been told that Sunday, June LII, was
! to be real summer Sunday" Their fathers
and mothers had read it in the papers, and the
youngsters last sigh they were tucked away
was Call me early mother, dear Before the
day was nine hours old half million people
were their way to Drcamland, Luna Park.
Manhattan Beach and othor seaside resorts,
! The fdders on the steamboats, played as they
! had not played since last summer The boats
| were crowded, and the bigger the crowds the
more to pay the fiddler While the half million
were crushing onward to the sea, another half
million was cheerily marching on Central Park
! and Bronx Park and probably another hall
went to Golden City and other miniature cities
of pleasure. 1t was day TO be outdoors, and
! the unfortunate who could not get away stuck
mis- head out of the window or sat on the steps.
THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS.
| There always thousands who cannot leave
| their narrow streets even when the heat is
cracking the stone steps. There were many
such yesterday in all parts of the city, particu-
arly in the lower East and West Sides. But II
not hot to be uncomfortable outdoors
and these sections were alive all day yesterday
with men. women and children on the streets,
J on me doOrStepS or on the roofs.
As the day it became warmer and
more cnticing. As many persons crossed Brook
lyn Bridge at O'Clock as did at 10. BY t
o'clock the mercury reached 81 degrees.
About o'clock last night the first heat pros
traton was reported Henri Roberts, a French
/ language teacher living at No. 116 West 27th
street, twenty-siX years old, was found uncon-
scous in the roadway of Riverside Drive. He
was taken to the ]. Hood Wright Hospital.
CROWDS FROM JERSEY.
The oldest ferryboat pilot on the North River
could not remember a day when the crowds
from the suburban towns of New Jersey
crossed the river in greater numbers than yes
terday y conservative estimate placed the
number of pleasure seekers from New Jersey
visiting the sea5hore resorts of New YORK at
two hundred thousand
Rut il was to Coney Island that most of the
New York and New jersey crowds went. And
to say that the managers Of Dreamland ana
Luna Park were ready would be putting it mild
ly They received the crowds with open arms
and the crowds like good Americans, received
| what they had 10 offer Every show was visit
ed from the Biblical "Belshazzar' at Dreamland
10 The Days of 40" within the Court of Luna
on Steeplechase with its human roulette de-
Scended the crowd like q great dOwnpour after q
long drouth. Everybody seemed 10 want TO be
a human roulette"
Then the bath. Not many women ventured
into the water. but the men, having less fear OF
colds. and husky youngsters. with American dis
they we're tired The official estimate of visitors
10 Coney Island was 35000o. Down at Man
haitian Beach and Far Rockaway the strains OF
the hotel orchestras assured the patrons that this
surely summer
r. r.. T. TIED Up
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit had apparently
bigger crowds than it had planned for. All day
long il was apparent that the road had not
enough men employed to handle the crowds. and
as a$fesult there were several fights. and in the
mad rush homeward twenty-three persons were
arrested for climbing through windows.
The greatest trouble was experienced at the
Kent avenue power house. where two of the
three great turbine engines. were combin-
ing with the South Brooklyn power houses
in furnishing electricity. one OF the ma
chimes was put out Of commission sew
eraI days ago. laying greater strain on those
remaining. and shortly after 3 O'Clock one or
the others gave out The car lines I'm all parts OF
Williamsburg and4 East New York, crowded
with people bound out Of town, slowed down To
two miles an hour The other turbine worked
all the harder but by O'Clock 1t. too, was
stopped 1t had 10 b. cooled off.
The stopping Of the second turbine was felt
from Williamsburg 10 Couy Island. Tim the
company called on the Edison Electric Company
for help The official time Of the block was from
a half 10 two hours. but the great number Of
cars that were the tracks raised this on some
lines 10 three hours. The Culver and Brighton
Reach II ncs 10 Coney Island. were about the
first to stop and the Company saw to it that
they were about the first 10 get outside aid. The
cars running to Canarsie and Bergen Beach
were tied up for fully three hours, and when
the traffic started to move again the pace was
snail like
Mean while the crush to get out Of town con-
tinued to grow. and tens Of thousands of pers-
pirng and women packed into the cars
wherever they were found moving.
RICHMOND FERRY PATRONIzED.
Nearly forty thousand persons crossed the
Municipal Ferry to Richmond yesterday. and
fully thirty-e)ight thousand were "trippers''
with return tickets The beaches and other
sorts crowded all day. The electric road
controlled by Henry II. Rogers surprised the
public by putting on several open ears. These
ran from St George to South Beach at three
minute intervals Here thousands OF persons en-
joyed the shows at Happyland.
While riding in roller coaster at South
Beach Edward Andrews stood up in a car and
was thrown out. The not high UP at
the time He bruised but not seriously.
Three persons hurt while riding in a
miniature car in one of tho South Beach con-
cessions. The top of the car. which was of iron
and supported by iron uprights. struck a beam
In going over the route. and was crushed down
on the occupants They were bruised and badly
frightened.