The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
ATLANTIC CITY HAS NO RIVAL
ASPREMIEREP PLEASURE RESORT

and the same system of illumination
will be gradually extended into other
portions of the city. a splendid entrance
to the city for automobiles and other
vehicles in accordance with these plans
mas been made ut Albany avenue. A
large tract of land has been purchased
for the Inlet Park. used for public play
grounds by school children. under
proper supervision:
Train and Trolley Service.
The superior train service to Al
lantic City contributes to the COM
/ fort. pleasure and safety of the visitor.
There are direct trains between Phila- =
delphia, New York Baltimore, Wash
ington and Pittsburgh. The double
tracked roadbeds of the Pennsylvania
and Reading systems are level, weli
ballasted with stone, and protected by
the best types OF automatic block sig
mails. The Pennsylvania tunnels un-
der the Hudson River afford dIrec,
service from Broadway to the board
walk. The twenty-five miles between
Winsl"w and Absecon from one of the
best constructed and longest stretches
of absolutely straight track in the
world. The Central Railroad of New
Jersey runs through trains from New
York over an interesting route. The
rolling stock is OF the latest and
strongest patterns. The motive power
is unequaled. as is demonstrated by
the fact that the fastest train and
the fastest nine trains in the world
run to and from Atlantic City. OF
the sixteen trains in the world rum
ming on their regular published sched-
ule at sixty miles per hour or faster,
thirteen are in the Atlantic City
service. There is a high-speed third
rail service. with trains leaving Mar
ket street wharf. Philadelphia. and
Atlantic City every other hour from
in the morning until II at night
throughout the year, with increased
service during the summer season.
superior trolley service connects
Nentnor Margate, Longport. AbseCon,
Pleasantvile, Somers Point and Ocean
City with Atlantic City and affords
many interesting excursions for the
day The ocean City cars cross the
bay on a long trestle, affording a
unique ride.
The Boardwalk.
Visitors find that the most dis
, tinctive feature of Atlantic City is
the boardwalk. It now extends eight
miles along the beach. with a prac-
tically unobstructed ocean view. In
its central portion it is sixty feet
wide, and at no point less than twenty
feet 1t is substantial structure
erected from ten to fifteen feet above
the strand. upon massive piling, at a
cost of $500. 900. 1t is brilliantly light
ed every evening in the year. 1t is
well patronized at all times. but in
July. August and september it is
thronged In February, March and
April a multitude from all parts o.
the world finds on the boardwalk an
early spring and relief from the snow
and slush of the cities. May and Oc-
tober are every year becoming more
popular. Many important national
conventions meet in Atlantic City in
June. The Easter Sunday parade is
made up of more than 100000 people
dressed in the newest styles. and is a
social pageant of surprising interest
not to be found in any other part of
The world
Next to the ocean view and the
promenaders, the shops and the rolling
chairs are the prominent features OF
the boardwalk. Visitors. regardless
of age. health and sex. are patrons o.
these chairs, which are open for the
bright warm days in the spring and
autumn, and shaded for the summer
season, while for convalescents they
are enclosed in glass, so that at no
time is one obliged to forego his daily
rides. The chair of the invalid guest
may be rolled from his room into the
elevator and out upon the walk.
Along the land side of the board
walk the shops not only act as a
shelter from the occasional north
winds. but are one of its chief charms.
Armenia and Syria, China and Japan,
Hawaii and Mexico, Egypt and Turkey,
0 India and Persia, Italy and Scandi-
ravia, Paris and London, are each rep
resented by one or more shops Ak
clusively devoted to its rarest i'm
portations. In addition to these are
as many more in which are displayed
the best creations of American arti-
sans. The shop windows and the
auction sales attract the connoisseur
and entertain the stroller. There are
also many excellent stores of a gem
eral character in the center of the
city for the visitor and resident.
Extending seaward from the board
walk are six great ocean piers-in
all the world the greatest series of
piers devoted exclusively to recreation.
Nowhere will builders and engineers
find more interesting examples of con-
crete work than in these famous
structures Concerts by noted bands,
theatefs.~ dancing, net hauls, bowling
and other amusements, interesting in
themselves, have added zest when en-
joyed over the ocean. Along the
boardwalk are playhouses, auction
sales and many other forms of enter
tainment. Atlantic City enjoys the
premier production of many LEADING
plays because of the excellence OF its
theaters and the cosmopolitan char
, acter of its audiences. Any one can
find endless diversion in Atlantic City
The saunterer is led on by the brac-
ing air and the resiliency of the
boardwalk the aTlurements of the
ocean, the shops, the amusements and
the joys of mingling with the pleasure