The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
7HRONG ON HOLIDAY
Trolley Cars Garry Crowd of 5o,000 to Spend Last Day
 at the Shore.
OVER A HUNDRED EXTRAS
Big Closing Day for the Attractions at Sa,in Rock--Only One Ac.
 cident Recorded

Labor day proved the glorious holl- day that the tens of thousands of working people in New Haven Were looking forward to and they took ad- vantage of 1t to the fullest measure With not a cloud in the sky New Ha- veners turned out by the thousands to take the last look at the shore re- sorts before they are dismantled and put to sleep for the long months of the winter season. A conservative es- timate for the crowds that visited Savin Rock yesterday places the mum Der at around s0.o0o while altogeth,r it is estimated that the local trolley lines. which were running full force, carried no less than S0.000 people to the various shores. While he Rock, Of course, had the majority of them, all the rest of the shores Irew large crowds and the trolley lines were kept busy transportinr the people back and forth. and with but ono accident, an account of which will be found in am other column.
 To take care of the thrnnss who were out and wanted 10 20 somewhere the trolley company had out about io0 extra cars Some Of these were closed cars, but there were few And the peo- pie avoided them as much IS possible. knowing that they will he in seascn soon enough. On suburban lines dou hle headers were run most of the day and hie crowds from all the neighborine towns and from the city of Waterbury came down 10 see the shore attractions for the last time IS ! the announcement had bean made that the White City would close after yesterday and that lt would practically end the season at the shore. The at 1 fractions fared better yesterday thsl 1 on the previous holidays of the sea i son partly because the weather was more propitious and partly for soms | causes which, though unknown seem cd to work loose the purse strings of ! those who made merry for the day I Most of the big attractions at the { Rock were busy from the start in the ! morning until late last night and some of them had lines of waiting visitors ! almost all evening
 About the city it was very quiet | day Most Of the people who were l out were at the shores or on trolley rides into the country and he streets were not very crowded until evening when the trolleyites were returning. The police found it quiet holiday. tob. and there were few arrests even for i drunkenness The crowds were very orderly and took in the events they wished to attend and made little trou- ! ble Among the places that Attracted q large share of the throng were the l theaters. all those which were open last night being well attended.
 l There was no formal observance on I the part of the city except the ob. out all departments. No labor parade was held. Many decorations prepsr- cd for the Richmond Blues were put up In time to answer for yesterday al. SO and made the center of the city ap- pear gayer than Is usual on this holi- day.
 The city court held it's regular morning session regardless If the hol- l iday. Eighteen unfortunates were sent to jail for varying terms. the most popular being for thirty days, They were largely cases of intoXica- ton where the parties had been In too recently to have the offense overlook
 ed. Some slight breach of the peace
 cases and other small offenses were also disposed of and punishment met
 ed out