The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-21
TRIP TO ATLANTIC CITY
Description OF Americas Famous
Summer Resort

Description Of Americas Famous
Summer Resort
At a recent meeting of Bennington
Grange. Capt. B. L. Fletcher read the
following description Of 6. A. r. En-
campment week At Atlantic City:
Left Bennington July B. After
spending few weeks in new Hamp-
shire and Philadelphia. arrived at At
lantic City September s, where l
spent five weeks. To any one who
has never seen Atlantic City it is
great place, one of the finest sum-
mer resorts in the world. There are
about 300 hotels, over thirty being for
colored people. This does not In
clude at least 1000 places where peo-
Pile can rent rooms by the day or
week. Board can be had for S1.O0 to
s25 a day AT the Blen Hieme a very
aristocratic hotel party paid $3.50
week for room and board This
looks as though some people had
more money than brains. You can
get rooms at soc, 75e and $100 day
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finest is Childs' restaurant on the
board walk near Young's ocean pier.
They can seat 1000 at a time.
During G. A. r. week the day of
the parade the doors were closed
three times at dinner time. There
were a great many came in for the
day, the railroads running special
trains, having ten or twelve cars In
section and running three sections
At Childs' restaurant you can get a
meal at from 10 cents up to as much
as you want to pay, everything of the
best and well cooked. No liquors Of
any kind are sold there.
The Atlantic City Yachtsmen's club
have about thirty staunchly built
yachts and we'll manned. They take
out parties for a sail carrying from
10 to 80. This Is a pleasant sail In
good weather. The piers four in mum.
Der are of steel-Steeple Chase
Young's, Ocean and Young's million
dollar pier. They are equipped with
moving pictures, vaudeville shows
and various other attractions.
On Young's Ocean pier they have
large fishing nets that are set and
hauled In twice a day at 1880 and
4;30, sometimes having a pretty good
catch. This is great attraction to
many. The charge to go on the pier
Is ten cents. The rolling chairs on
the board walk of which there are
over 200 are patronized largely by
invalids and the lazy people who do
not like to walk The charge is SOC
per hour and they are propelled most.
ly by colored men.
| There are interesting rides on the
electric cars around the country and
a pleasant hour can be spent in that
way. Anyone who is fond Of fishing
can have some fine amusement in
that way. The fishing boats go out
about 3 a. m, going about two miles
and returning about 10 a. m. They
catch blue fish, weak fish and various
other kinds, often coming in with
from as to 100 pounds at a catch.
The streets and walks are finely
paved and kept very clean. 1t would
not be bad idea for some of the Of
ficials OF Bennington to go down
there and take pattern how to keel
sidewalks in order. Their fire ser
vice is also very fine. Their houses
are fully equipped with the best anC
finest Of everything They have Z
fine automobile at headquarters ant
when they start out to fire every
thing has to keep out of the way.
There are several churches and al
up to the standard; also a fine hos
pital, first class in every respect
During the bathing season wheI
there are from one to eight Thousand
In bathing they have a life savinl
crew who are on duty on the beacl
during bathing hours and do fine ser
vice and it is almost impossible fol
any one to get drowned. The beacl
is about four miles long and II Il
a great sight to see so many In bath
ing at one time.
Ii was common remark durinl
G.. A. r. week that they never saw
city so finely decorated II seemed
to be one mass of flags, bunting an,
electric lights from one end to thu
other. The city spent several hun
dred dollars TO make Il pleasant an(
attractive for the old vets and | as
sure you II was greatly appreciated
Every one had good word for AT
lantic City. II was not like othe
cities where they tried to get al
they could out of the crowd. But a
far as the city was concerned every
thing was free to the people VISITING
the place and It is SO in regards Il
all societies holding conventions
there. So much for Atlantic Cit.
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