Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-09-03
LETTER FROM ATLANTIC CITY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.)

during the summer vacation, OF
whether what may be called utter
,l1aziuess, for the time being, takes pos
session of otherwise busy people, n
is certain that it is most difficult to
compose the mind and spur the pen
for the simple performance of letter
writing. Hence your correspondents
delay in narrating some Of his i'm
rssssions of this unique and most in
ttcresting city by the sea for another
summer.
It's hold upon his heart is as strong
as ever, he returns to it with delight
land leaves it with regret as each sea-
son comes and goes. There is the
same old ocean in its rcsistleSS sum-
mer glory, ana the same wonderful
boardwalk nJw stretching from the
Inlet along the Atlantic City ocean
front, down through Chelsea and
Vesttnor to Malgate, and it Will soon
reach to Longport, thus covering In
due time the whole sea front of Alb
secon Islands. Over the Atlantic City
portion of this walk multitudcs whose
one purpose is pleasure and recreation
pass and repass from early morn until
late at night, and it may be SAID that
every hour in the twenty-four during
the height of the season records the
sound Of human footsteps. Beside
the steady march Of the pleasure
seeking pedestrians is tho dtgnlllco
procession Of the rolling chairs, each
containing two or three happy "ccu-
pants, moving lciSurely up and down
the boardwalk with the attendant,
either white or colorcd, pushing IL
from behind. This is undoubtedly
The approved dc luxe method Of ell
joying the pleasures Of the boardwalk,
and is patronized by all sorts and
conditions of men, found on the
stretch between the piers, or in that
from The Million Dollar Pier TO
Chelsea, which takes in tic part
where The day cXcursionistS Ind from
the trains. The piers, aS al iIcGuan
lers of Atlantic City know, form the
great public pleasure resorts from
Steel Pier, where vcsali.
sways The baton for his renowned
Italian Band, to the Stccpicchasc,
where mirth and mcrrimcnt exist IN
every form to split the childrcn's sides
with laughter. There arc two other
piers, Young's old, %md
Young's new, called the Million Dol
lar Pier where numerous attractions
arc found TO satisfy every taste
Heinz with his '57 varieties has pier
TO exhibit these, which is very at
tractivc for It's position, and Ter The
number Of It's Chinese, Japanese, and
other curios, including a, collection Of
five paintings which arc well worth
Il visit. 1t has the additional attrac-
ton Of being free Of admission char
res, so that whoever desires can
20 on it, and take a scat commanding
the magnificent eXpansc Of ocean,
which extends from it eastward and
The view on enc Size will
soon he cut of by the fine new Garden
Pier which is in process Of erection
between Heinz Pier and tn" Steel
Pier This now contains Il fine court
entered at once from the Boardwalk
with Il beautiful garden in the centre,
n;nilcd on both sides by splendid
shops, which will be opened shortly
under g, rental. as VIC were told, Of
from ten to twelve thousand dollars
each per annum. Beyond this will be
Il large anrl molcrn theatre U"!1ich is
approaching completion. The pier
will extend Il long distance into the
sea and on the farther end, it is said
4 fine hotel will be built which will
catch all the pure blcezes of the ocean
Everything goes to show that
Atlantic City is sure of her future,
and the large number of summer WISH
tors is a living witness to this. On
the record Sundays OF August-3O0,-
900 10 $4,000 visitors were in the
city Every hotel was filed to its ut
most capacity, the boarding houses
were Overlooking and private houses
had to accommodate some Of thc be-
lutcj wanderers for the nights or
the week ends. One hundred thousand
bathcrs were in the ocean each Of
these August Sundays
Not only arc the visitors to hotels
and boarding houses found in great
numbers. The cottagcrs who make
their summer homes on the isl.nd arc
rapidly increasing. During tic years
we have been coming to this popular
resort we have noticed the rapid
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