The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12
LONG ISLAND
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the fret Of the south shore villages fronting
directly on the Great South Bay To the
westward If Amitvville the bay ia almost
entirely filled with sand bars and tidal
fats. To the eastward II hroadens out.
Inc islands gradually disappear and moth
ing hut the open water separates the, main
land from Fire Island beach.
Babylon has through express service to
New York and is one Of the most important
committing towns the south shore.
Bayshore, a fashionable wateriag place.
is widely known through IT. annual open
air horse show Along the ocean front are
Fire Island beach. cherry Grove. Short
Beach and Point o. Woods, each with It's
summer cottage colony A line Of light
draught steamers connects them with the
mainland. The village Is located directly
on the bay. Il has a winter population ui
loo that is sWelled TO $500 in the height
IL the season. The Pentaquit C%Orinthian
Yacht Club and the Olympic Yacht Club,
both with a big membership and a splendid
fleet Of pleasure craft, make B%ayshore their
home.
A short distance beyond lies Great River,
a tidal stream that winds back into the in
terror for a long distance. As the train
crosses tho river and speeds onward the
traveller notes a gradual change IN tS
appearance Of tho country. The dreary
expanse 81 scrub oak X succeeded bygroyes
~ mixed timber and by extensive pine
woods. In ard about Oakdale and Say
vile. in the heart Of the pine belt are some
q the most beautiful estates to be found
on Long Island. Idle Hour, the Wander
bill estate at Oakdale, contains several
hundred acres Of woodland with a two mile
frontage on the Great South Bay. Within
It's limits are a chain Of lakes and streams
stocked with trout, a private game pre-
serve and miles OF winding driveways.
Near nv are other estates fully "a extensive
and as beautifully laid out. For miles on
either hand extend high iron fences, with
here and there an ivy covered porters
lodge, guarding q massive gateway. Tit
South Side Sportsmen's Club, composed OF
more than a hundred millionaires, also holds
vast preserves in this region,
Bayport and Blue Point, celebrated for
their oyster beds, are old fashioned villages
situated in the midst 81 a fertile stretch Of
open country. just beyond lies Patchogue,
a hOurishing town with paved streets,
stores and office buildings and extensive
lace factories. The railroad divides the
town into two sections. To the north OF
the tracks Is the business district, to the
south the residential section. A broad
thoroughfare, bordered 10y fine old trees
and lined with comfortable homes, extends
from the station TO PatChogue Bay, al inlet
Of Great South Bay, here over three miles
in width. Along the waterfront are several
big hotels and boarding houses.
PatchOgue is the easterly limit for daily
cOmmutatiOn, even i'm summer Beyond
this point New York business men are
able 10 run down to their country homes
only for the week end.
Through the eastern end OF the South
Shore Of Suffolk county from Patchogue
outward the railroad winds through thick
woods. with here and there a stretch Of farm
ing country or a few scattered houses.
The South Country road, an important high
way for automobiles, runs parallel TO the
tracks. connecting all the villages with
towns 10 the east and west.
BeIpoFt is an attractive settlement that
struggles along the main road leading from
the railroad station to Bellport Bay, about
a mile distant. 4 distinctive feature Of
the place is it's fine old windmills along the
water edge,
Brookhaven is located directly on the shore
NJ the bay, which at this point narrows
until the mainland is only a few hundred
feet distant from the ocean front, A thick
grove Of woodland intervenes between
the town and the railroad, 80 that the
station seems set down almost in the midst
Of \ wilderness.
Carman's River, which has its source far
hack in the interior near Middle Island
and its outlet in the bay near Brookhaven +,
is n~avigable for several miles inland.
smiths Point, lying 10 the eastward of the
rivof, Is included In an estate Of several
thousand acres that has been held by a
single family since the original grant nearly
TWO hundred years ago.
Morirhes is divided into three separate
communities East Moriches. Centre Nor
lches aud West Morinhes. All three are
Naterside resorts.
70 the eastward lie 'the Hamptons. >
including Northampton. Quogue. Good
Ground. Shinneoock Hills, Southampton,
Water Mil. BrdHehampton, Wainsoott,
last Hampton and Amagansett. A ma
jointly Of the settlements were founded by
'Engllsh coloniSts in the early part Of the
eighteenth century. The village streets are
of unusual width and are lined with mag
nlticent elms.
Good Ground Is on the narrowest part Of
the south fork Of Long Island. with Shin
necock Bay az It's southern boundary and
PoconiC Bay on the north. A navigable
uAnRl connects the two waterways.
From here on the ground rises gently
20 the Shinnecock HAlk, a tTeeless expanse
" rolling country. The S~hinnecock Hills
golf Links v celebrated for its vast extent
and beauty " situation.
Southampton Is the FRS settlement onthe
south hukP, which fronts directly on the
oocan. Between II and Coney Island,