The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
big IMPROVEMENTS
HELP Stone HARBOR
Resort Builds Boardwalk and Makes
Bid for Seaside
Fame.

Stone Harbor, June lT.-Stone Har-
Dor is rs miles below Atlantic City and
II Miles above Cape May. II is the
largest resort on Seven Mile Beach.
one of the four island beaches for
which Cape May County. y. j.. is fam
Gus. 1t is ia miles from Philadelphia,
reached in "a minutes by either the
Reading or the Pennsylvania Railroads.
Both these roads connect Stone Har-
bor with New York city, l54 miles, or
AZ hours distant.
This is essentially a cottage resort.
Cozy. well-furnished bungalows or
apartments may be obtained at very
reasonable rentals. For those who do
not care to keep house comfortable ho-
tel accommodations may be had at
moderate rates.
No resort in America has such a
strong appeal to varied tastes II one
likes bathing, the best is at Stone Har-
Dor. The fishing is also fine. For
boating the finest waters along the
coast, and for motoring perfect roads
through perfect pastoral regions; or
II one looks to golf, tennis. trap-shoot-
ing for amusement a country club pro-
vides them.
In the last month. since the new
boardwalk has been built, the popu-
larity of Great Channel. which has
hitherto been the recognized fishing
ground. has been shared with the beach
NfrOnt. Surf fishing with rod and reel
with the fisherman lttired either in a
bathing suit or rubber boots, has been
the recognized form of ocean-front
angling. but to fish from an elevated
boardwalk. built directly over the surf
is quite another and more comfortable
form of pastime.
Every day the number Of fishermen
along the boardwalk increases ana
some splendid catches are recorded.
One group of three Philadelphians re-
Gently had more than two dozen superb
kingfish in their basket nets. kingfsh
are most generally captured at this
time of the year by surf fishing. They
lie in shoals along the beach front and
to them through the surf They are
considered a great delicacy, whole
sailing for &C a pound in New York
being used by exclusive restaurants
and hotels for crab meat. AS the 81
daily excursion season approaches the
number of visitors who come attracted
by the fishing will increase. The COM
bined vehicle and railroad bridge over
Great Channel is another popular fish
ing spot, where founders, weakfifish
croakers and an occasional sheepshead
are caught
Other attractions are sailboat and
speedboat races. The new boardwalk
"A feet wide and over a mile in length
is brilliantly lighted and provided with
comfortable benches.
No other resort along the coast has
a channel front to compare with that
at Stone Harbor. It is a wide, long
and straight eXpanse of salt water
separating the island on which the re-
sort is situated from the mainland The
water is changed twice every "a hours
by the sweep of the ocean tides
through the inlets at either end of
the island
Seven miles of perfect surf bathing
cannot be produced by any other At
lantic coast resort. The beach at Stone
Harbor is admitted by all the travel
ers who have seen it to be one of the
finest in the world. 1t Is ,25o to 300
feet between high and low tides, and
bathers may go out an average distance
of 2,00O feet before reaching a six-foot
depth of water.