The sun., 1908-05-10
LONG ISLAND BY TROLLEY.
A Six Hour Rambling Trip to he Made at
a Cost Of 90 Cents.

II YOU wish TO 500 the western part OF
Long Island in a few hours, and at small
expense, there ls no better way to do II
than by trolley,
In returning II Is not necessary 10 retrace
one foot OF the ground covered In going;
while for those who do not care TO 90 all
the way round, there are places where one
can leave the trolley and by train or boat
reach the sea in a few minutes,
The starting point for this trip Is the Man
haitian end Of Brooklyn Bridge, where you
board Kings County elevated train for
the City Line. At the City Line the east
bound Long Island trolley cars wait for
passengers. They run every thirty minutes,
leaving at quarter before and a quarter
after the hour.
You inquire for the Hampstead car, and
having found it, get aboard and settle
yourself comfortably for a long ride first
through the outlying districts Of the city,
next through that part Of the island where
the small farms OF market gardeners are
scattered, and finally through the real coun-
| try and villages Of Long Island
Along the country roads you pass from
time 10 time quaint old houses Of a century
ago comfortable homes In their day but
now fast falling in ruins. You see women
working In the fields giving TO the place
30 much the air Of foreign land that you
almost imagine yourself in the Old World
when suddenly, nearing village. sign
| board advertising lots for sale in such and
such a park, or on 40 and so terrace. brings
YOU back TO present day Long Island, You
get glimpse Of property cut up into build
! ing lots and streets, with sidewalks laid and
! Young shade trees planted; then you are
back again in the open country or passing
through a bit Of woodland, only to be
greeted by the advertisement OF another
land company when you approach the next
village on the line
You are carried twenty-five miles out the
South Shore passing successfully through
the villages Of Rosedale, Valley Stream,
Lynbrook, Rockville Centre and Baldwin
to Freeport.
At Rosedale the trolley route crosses
another line which runs TO Far Rockaway
and at Lynbrook it passes the railroad
station, where, if it strikes your fancy
Won can take a train TO Long Beach, Con-
tinuing on The trolley you get occasional
distant glimpses from here on OF Hemp
stead Bay and its inlets, dotted with tiny
sails
After passing Rockville Centre and just
as YOU are leaving Baldwin you come TO a
little settlement known as Millburn, The
name by which the whole Of Baldwin was
known in years gone by. 1t Is iishlng
settlement, made up Of the fishermen 8
homes, lighthouses and oyster houses, all
huddled together on strip OF land when
borders the inlet.
The winding channel which threads the
surrounding meadows Is filled with small
sailboats, while here and there reel
hung with drying nets, adds TO the plctur-
esdueness Of the spot, During the season
large quantities Of oysters are shipped 10
the city from here as well as from treeport
the next village beyond
II when the car reaches Freeport you
arc tired Of the trip you can change 10 a
branch road which will quickly convey you
to a wharf where boats take passengers foI
Point Lookout Return ticket, 25 cents.
After entering Freeport the through
trolley lire turns north and runs fouI
miles through Main street to Hampstead
passing Though tho village OF Roosevelt
en- route At Hampstead you can transfer
10 Garden City and Mineola. The Garder
CITY trip is well worth while.
Having seen Garden City, you return tc
Hempstead where westbound trolley cal
running along the side Of one Of the road'
of the course formerly used for the auto
/ mobile races starts you homeward, through
Queens and past the Belmont racing parl
70 Jamaica,
At Jamaica you have the choice Of severa
routes to return to the city. You can take
a trolley car TO either Brooklyn Bridge o
Broadway ferry; or again, you can 60 t'
Flushing and transfer to car for Ions
Island City, from which place ferry crosses
the river 70 East Thirty-iourth street
BY the time you reach Manhattan you viii
have spent about six hours trolleying; you
carfares for the round trip have amounte;
10 only 55 or 60 cents according TO the rout'
taken and you have gained a much bette
general idea of the west end Of Long lslanC
\ than YOU could possibly get IN any otheI
way in so short a time, and at trliiing ca
pense.