New-York tribune., 1910-06-20
CROWDS SWARM TO BEACH
Coney Island Business Men Reap
Rich. if Deferred, Harvest.
8. r. T. TRAINS STALLED
Rescue of Small Boy from Pier
Overshadowed by Dispute
of Press Agents.

The weather lifted the hoodoo which has
been making the season a disastrous one
for the Coney Island purveyors TO the
public Yesterday and offered such fine wea-
ther conditions that more than three hun
dreo thousand persons from all parts OF
the greater city f1ocked TO the island.
The large parks, side shows restaurants.
frankfurter and candy men had the best
business they have done in some time The
parks were crowded all through the day
The puilers Of mo!asses candy got stlH
arms working overtime to supply the wants
Of the small boys, who were present IN
record breaking numbers. The usual
crowds gathered outside the free moving
picture places, and tried the old trick OF
looking al the pictures underneath the cur
tains spread to hide them from those who
were not buying.
The crowds were SO great on Surf avenue
that word was sent to Captain Calvin,
commanding the Coney Island station Cap
tain Calvin set his mounted policemen 10
work keeping all vehtcular traffic off the
avenue. and the crowds were given the use
of the entire street The police had their
hands full late in the afternoon managing
a fretting crowd of several thousand who
gathered at the railroad terminal TO find
the BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Con2panys
power houses, which stalled almost every
train on the system The crowds gathered
in increasing numbers as the afternoon
went on. but the policemen kept the waiting
people quiet Many went from the ter
r,inal to the piers and took boats back TO
New York The rush of business surprised
the steamboat people who were kept busy
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nearly an hour the block on the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit was lifted, and there were
enough trains in and near Coney Island
for all
The bathing was fine. All day long the
beaches were crowded with men, women
ant children, who forgetful OF Saturdays
terrific but cooling storm. strove only 10
get relief from the depressing heat The
lifesavers on the beaches kept their eyes
open for business, but none had occasion
to wet his bathing togs.
Two young men, George Collins and
James Shoemaker, OF Bath, N. V, wet their
Sunday clothes, however, when, as they
were boarding a steamer at the Dreamland
pier, they heard shouts Of distress conins
from the ocean. From the side of the pier
they could see q young boy struggling IN
the water Removing only their hats. the
Young men jumped, and managed to get
ashore with the boy, who was more scared
than hurt. The two rescuers went to the
Coney Island station to dry out AS they
walked from the beach to Surf avenue they
were cheered by hundreds of bathers-
The police made few arrests They
rounded UP several rowdies, but had no oc-
casio, to worry about the conduct of the
great masses of people who were at the
Island.
The animal trainers in the big parks had
lucky day No terrible experiences with
heat-maddened rnan-eaters were reported
tc the police. and the hospital authorities
breathed easy.
The press agents OF both Luna Park and
Dreamland are a swords points owing to
their differences OF opinion as to what was
responsible for the good weather yesterday.
Jim Schesgreen, Of Luna Park, says he
brought on the good weather by choking
to death on Saturday night q horned
rooster he found in one of the park shows.
Wells Hawks. of Dreannland, insists that
the good weather came in answer to the
prayers OF his wild men from Borneo, who
sat I'D all Saturday night praying TO the
sun god for all the heat he could spare
Sufffce II to say that the business men of
coney Island shut their cash registers with
q cheerful hang last night