The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
he FOUESAY CONEY ISLAND
FBLTNtN. THE PIONTER. ~
DEAD ~ GFRHNNY.
struEgIed Against Poverty Intu IIe Ae-
Iuired some wealth Then lie Opened
Place On the Dunes From Uis
Idea anne the Hix Nmu>ruient Place.

Idea anne the Hi< Amu>ruient place
Csnle- FeltmAr. the German baker
with an imaRiuaiipn. vino saw nl~ dream
~ the tra"~furm-'iuu II ,pu"y Island
from a blatk was'" ~ saud du""- into
= great pi"tsu-" r"surt. died Yesterday
In easel. Germany. whore h.. had gnu"
in search ~ hesl'h. IT, backed hl, rarly
belief In Cpnsv Islands future with hIS
savings aud lived o., $50. tho ITyrs -lantv
In which he started b'r- .r",- 'l"rr 90
1874 EruN INTO th" la-I"r raytuHu On
tn" island and boz. savings Errw INTO a
forum"
Nj frltmln's story - rl" always ru-
mantle one 1T ID" pupr boy whu mad"
successful fight against his odd, He
was born ~ \"gi"u. Hanover Germany.
on \uvemhr =. IsII and before he was
IL had set Ia, face toward America as
the land Of promise Tor the poor How
to get tNe-e was hls first problem. and
he met with many discuuraKemcuts until
he succeeded an shipping a. cabin hoy
on New York bound sailing vessel
Young F"tman dldr know Two words
of English whom he landed ho-" az the
beginning Il the .rIuic winter 81 Isi7
There was littla work fpr any owe a;
friendle,~ hoy. who was handicapped
by strang" language. Mr.. Feltman
has often 'old hi- friends - later wears
how he lived through that winter on a
diet 81 stall" bread and water and how
happy he felt when h" finally landed a
job a. boy Of all work IN an Fa~' New York
coAl yard which wds run IA cnnn-c-
tion with a farm and grocery store
He worked dAv~ on the farm and In the
coal yard and az night helped out in the
store. Hts working hours wee from
A. N. until 10 7. ". aud the job paid him
- a month.
FROM the coal ward and - pc-ry - rrc
young Feltnan went To- q smith street
bakery. wher" ne got better pay and his
first sight ~ Con"v Island IL was while
delivering bread tn the few ~hnnii.- ~ the
west end NJ ~" island that the boy con
ceived the idea which he mover r"lin-
pushed. som" day Il building au amu~a- /
ment place there. BE- worked hard and !
was beginning 10 -av" money when n" was
laid up 10y an accident lie was once
more pennies whom b" got IN his feet .
again. and h'cam" an apprentice IA ker-
mans ha Kerry on Fulton street
Feltmau stuck tn the bakery huSine-S
and 10y 1891 u" had -ty,,l enough money
y
avenu" uS1r Van PrrIut str..n' ~" prs
peTed and move,i 10 parA yilie. uIt the
building uf the Fpul"yJri drove ulm back
60 BROOKLYN, wh"r" b" put NJ % brick
building Tor his shop - sixth avenue and
Tenth street " that tim" on" streets had
not h@''n cat through m" -.cJiuu and Nr
Feltman heart ms fpr' -lguf "Illsi fool
hardy. In t few YEAR tu" laugh Was on
his side
nv this time F"ltuiu'- bakery Vr- sup .,
plying such demand 80 tr.rn We 80 ,pnry ..
Island Tor pastry and Ice cream. u,.t tho
trade didn amount - ;iVcn and f"Itruau. ,
with his great idea s'Ill IN mind. og-r o bout
for n wav m which To- make ~ come. true
Coney Island ~ that Tim. IN5i wn- lti.
more than wind swept waste Il sand
wher" . Tow ulamm"r- hV'.i and whore
the only thing m tir' Vlv - anu-.-
ment we're Ia" Sharty dly"s operated 10y
three card mont" men. The uuty railway.
except for horse eat line. running 20 tho
beach was Gunthsr =, and 70 NJ, near the ,
GunthsT station that F"lt'Dan hirai
shaniy. paying fisu for q wear I,.a-". and d
began To sell clam roast- and r".r
W" AZ once established a record Tor low ,
prices hv selling beer tpr o '''rf- INSTEAD ,
81 ~. As had been IN. custom. and 81
though Their" wasn't a tram TI"ufug 20 ,
the beach after darA be- soon at'rsctad ,
trade ana m tn, first yrar cleared 9 ~ 1
on his bar Receipts aipn"
This was good start. lUf the man ,
from whom Folfran had r'N'.d he shlIfv
raised the rent - S-.,sU AID IN" baker
felT that II ha were g. ilay tho l-atu..
with that ant. h" would hav" o. hurry
the boom h. felt s,,r" Wa COMING ~ I
h. tired 10 win over VI GIIuthDr 20 rr.i.
evening trans o. 40 immediate" btsluap- ,
men who might Hdut 20 VISIT tn island '
after hours. His suggestion, hat ~ Was B
poEs hle f,r - railway - r.aAo profits
carving folks ~ ~, island vas 'alyh.d =
At ty MIR Gdnth.r and ~. sup ru'"Gd-n' ,
~ 'he brook iyn and .ur"y i-,af 4 iiurs.'- !,
car Road
Almost eysrybcdv I'D fr. Ia,.r hat q
he d wake up -pr1a day 'u 40" reau.at! ~
that Cpn"v l~.a.d Vl- n 'G. uay uIt
A. n. Culver. Va Was claiming q new Ira-
To the teach. listened % German logic
and pTunt~'d o. nm ate evening" trans
With this h.D" aL"ai Nlr tsItman T,a.d q
81. so tor "a ton wears lr1<s uu small
building known a. IN" Na-hlt g'r'I
Hotel tor" down a." old STRUCTURE and e.
b'Hlt two story one. IIN l1i With a 1INSi 1
wing He called his piar. tha O,,.nn !
Pavilion and o. rH~I HIM S1u no.
Mr.. FeI'man hired ManU.maCher'-
Seventy first Regiment Rand the first
ever head on the island To- kr.p hi.
patrons Interested u "u th"y w.r. wait
yig for the r"asf CLANS and beer and his f.
fiTst season va a -uCps.~= IA" fulluWirv ~
year he had vocal a. Well - instrument Il y
nusi" and bit 10y lIt t"l'man. = acquired q,
a NOR" than local reputation and people II
= no cam" ~ New YORK didn't consider B.
heir yl-Ii com pl"t" unless they had made. a ,
rip - the island aud -'.rn he. ~ ga jrj- 4
All blazing at once and had "A dance pu the
ptggest ballroom hopr ~ the world
VIZ Feifman'- dream had come true
'ut he wa- seeing more and more tI. b
great possibilities II %" place. - an amiI-.'-
nept resort. and ns tur,-~haaDw.d The.
scenic ra,lSay by importing from Ger y
many ~" first merry gurTuund seen IA
hts country ~" alsp brought over IN. &
irst lyr'l"ss y,-dl"r- Whom no --;ir,.i :
seven wears az" ho mad had = ulrt an q,
very movement which h-- mad" the ,
Oney Island - TODAY the .s~,.tf popular
price amusement uia." n
sine" hi retirement NJ F".trnau and
Its Wi" hay" spent fnu-t 81 fu.-ir summer. %
~ Germany. The. business h'.r,. is.iug ~
.harR" IT his two -un-. Alfred and Cha .I.--
j. f"ltrnan ~" had been ili tor som" tim.
lrd Charles !. F"ltmau sailed f. C,"r-
many yesterday ,u th" kruuurIuI,..4tu o.
"rili" mt a. the new e II- fg'Irr's -
Heath reached i"r" hv pabl" is ida- a,
NJ -nr- ard widow VI F"l'uI' our &
'iv"d NV daughter. ~" vidnW u Edmund
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