The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21
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loyalty 10 CCney Island, common play
ground for Father Knickerbocker and
his progeny. Each year new parks and
amusement palaces spring up in and
around Greater New York. only TO prove
nine-day wonder and then lapse into
state Of innoeuous desuetude from
want OF patronage. Year after year
month after month. week after week
and day after day all roads lead to
Coney, and even now the constantly in
creaslng transportation lines there con-
Centrating are taxed TO their utmost in
hauling the millions TO and from The
Island Its popularity apparently new
or Waness ana, 10 Judge nom the mann
moth crowds that daily surge through
its narrow and dirty streets, its future
is so well assured that those who have
there invested millions in purveying TO
the amusement Of their patrons can
safely look forward TO years of pros
perity in the form OF dividends far in
excess Of the dreams OF the most con-
scienceless "get-rich- quick promoter"
II is not necessary TO OVertaN ones
memory 10 recall the days when Coney
Island consisted OF a boardwalk, mer-
ry-gO-TOund. a roller coaster or two and
countless beer gardens, where wheezy
orchestfions or discOrdant bands blared
forth the popular melodies of the day
Maybe a leather-lunged young man and
euOrt-skirted young woman, with palI-
besmeared cheeks and a high-pitched
cracked soprano bawled out ballad
which had 10 do with home and mother.
Where such enterprise on the part or
mine host was manifest his reward
came in the form of nickels and dimes
In such proportion that he was soon
forced 10 hire an extra bartender or two
and several more beer singers, as the
walters of COney Island of those days
were called Strange 10 say, the march
Of progress has not elevated their
standard Of excellence, and beer sling
CTS" they still remain.
But all, OF nearly all, Is changed now.
The capital invested al this resort runs
high into the millions. and one mary els
at she chances these intrepid capitalists
take when 10 is recalled that COney ISL
and is constructed OF gold ana unset
and papier mache. or materials equally
unendUring and quite as lnIlamma Die
Croakers have predicted for generations
that either fire or a tidal wave Wou!d
sooner or later sweep the island OIL tHo
face OF the map. Somehow, despite the
hard knocks il has received from IRE
ana water, COney, PhOenlX-nke, ARISES
from her ashes finer. more gltterlhs
ana Tar more distracting each year.
The COnev Island that New AoIheIs
ana The millions who annually Visit
there know today Ia IN reality less imam
DO wears old, for this Coney Island ohiy
dates from the birth OF Luna FdIh aLu
Dreamland These TWO WonderIul paris
srnusemsnt for the residents OF any oth-
en- civ but New York. Indeed, II Is e1-
4remelv doubtful il any other city could
support them as they are cohuuSteu III
their present locality. -
With the birth OF Luna anu ~ IAN, 90
land. less than ten years ago COneS
island assumed new compressor -
the character or the croWds lilat A4oSEN
there each afternoon anu Sfe4I- i-e a.
uletely changed. True, those VINO IN
1ha MAST We're wont TO regard "Trip 10
Conev Island in the light OF a STUN
ming trip can still graJIy lhat ue
sire. but their haunts would De atons
Coney's BOwery and the lhlI -cltt7s
baer halls and rOugh-and-f
amusement resorts that sun @ ~ ~
there Nothing OF this sort can DC
fonnd within the boundaries OF Luna
~ Dreamland. and the crowds that
plunge so eagerly into the Iun there
abounding is OF a different sort from
that which floclzs 10 re drinking places
and the hot dog stands.
The thrills that greet the visitor az
sverv turn at Coney Island are OF such
a variety that one is hard-put 10 ue-
Terrnfne which is the most EMBARRASSING.
fS,-er,-rbine- from the "LOOp-the-Loop
10 he -Helter-Skelter' Is here 10 De
found. and in each there Is suIllclohe
element Of danger 10 give u JUST IN, "
proDer Zest OF course me IOlei
coasters stiU exist but on such an elan
crate scale thar there is little 10 aus
eest the scenic railways OF u0OaGS
ago Here they are dlgnLleu DS lH0
titles OF Mountain Torrent. Dragon
Gorge" and other equally fantastic u
ties The scenic artists Jalehls anu
skill have been given Iull scope IN C ol-
structing twists and turns thIOusll
rushing water and over cdNerus anu
srorges of papier mache. hut SO realls-
lis as 10 suggest TO the flying passen-
ger that he is making mica minus l
dasH through the Grand Cahohs OF tlle
Rockies Al every turn the passengers
are wildly reminded that should the
little cars in which they are seated De
fOlted from the tracks they WouIu DC
dashed TO eternity. yet Withal tnere are
few accidents. When such mlshaps 90
occur il is more often the fault or the
pleasuTe-seekers than those operating
the coasters. In nearly every crowd
there can be found the "rock-tne boat
fool" COney Island is no exception,
After leaving one of the many trains
that run 10 the Island or upon dlsem-
barking from one of the many steam
boats that ply between the Island ana
points In Greater New York and Jer-
sew the crowds soon scatter and surge
either into Luna park or DfeainlaAu-
Many come with baskets prepared To-
en- all-day outing Of the picnic variety,
while others at once seek one OF the
many first-class restaurants scattered
OVer and adlacenf 10 the lslahd. ALlTI
Dartaking of dinner or luncheon the run
begins. and from then on until long
past midnight il wakes fast and u
rfous. III an depends upon the tastes
and fncliuatiOns If the pleasure-seek-
ers lust what their fun shall be.
Frederick Thompson, who founded
Yuma mark. is a firm believer in the
theory that none Of us are too old 10
lar.S back 10 childhood days and the
particular form of amusement that
pleased US most then. For this reason
many OF the most mirth-provoktps De
vices in Luna park are b2seC on this
Drinciple. Take the Helter-Skelter for
instance. Thousands OF men. women
ard Children are daily h0'stcd TO the T.
of a tower. where they seat themselves
on a cushion which rests al the TOD
Of a winding twisting and groovei in
cline. down which they are shot with
the r. Didity Of a bullet They land
gently but not gracefully. at the bot
tom Of the incline unhurt little
frightened and much abashed by the
shouts OF tAe multitude which invaria-
hIv stands around 10 see the novice on
his or her initial trip. The Helter-
SHELTER. af-e~ all. is but an amplified
slide down the cellar door. OF course,
Won have SID down the cellar door,
Why. 10 be sure.
Not Gar from the Heltpr SHELTER is TO
10 found the Pneumatic Tubes. This is
based on the principle Of the cash cart
,t11-rs chat q 20 shot overhead in nearly