Year: 1875




Since the FIRST OF the present month the summer Pill.
grms from Gotham have been retracng their steps and
returning their native air AS rule the advent OF
September tolls the knell OF the seaside watering
places The breezes lose their bamy quality and
bathing falls into dsreputc. The inland summer re-
sorts retain their atracveness longer for Sepemberis
the of all others when the country looks its best
and brightest There is less dust and heat and,
spondngy, more comfort annually New York is de-
peed OF its regular population by least 100 900 peo
pie who betake themselves to Europe and to all tho
many watering places that abound at home 1t is calcu
lated that the lst OF the present month half that
number have returned and half the remainder on
their way. Watering place residents are like sheep
when fashionable party leaves tho rest
are apt to follow pell-mell single
cold, wet day near the ond OF the season
prccipitatcs a rush for home, and thus We find
the leading depots of travel now, after the recent
cool SPELL thronged by returning crowds From every
quarter the truant ones are dropping into the city
from quiet QUITO way hooks in New Jersey
and Long Island somo from the brilliant glitter of New
port drawing rooms, from the echoes of the sad
sea waves at Long Branch. from the tempting
disspaons of Saratoga, and some from every conceiv
able sort of place


TIE FOCUS TRAVEL.


A majority Of the watering places reached from
the Grand Central depot there the tourist takes
passage for all the iavorte summer resorts on the
Eastern coast, from New London Bangor Maine and
inland from West Point to Saratoga from there to
Niagara Falls. Within this circuit are embraced at
least five hundred places, paronized to greater or
lesser extent annually by residents of New York
Now that the return flow has fully set in
it is very interesting study to watch
the fashionable throngs that dcbouch Forty
second of afternoon from the Grand Central
depot Here is family all complete-hther, mother,
boys girls, and baby-in extreme state OF
hilarty. Tho children the picture OF health and
the small baby gives evidence OF having imbbed
the vigorous air of the country. The old folks are
sereney happy and cannot but nater themselves they
have laid in stock of health that will tide them safely
the winter. They in a very benevolent temper
and trust themselves uncompaningly the charge Of
the erocious cab driver who yelling for their patron
age the curbstone. Then the young gentleman, with
the long alpaca duster the beed bag at the waist and
perhaps fishing rod or fowng piece encased III gray
linen along the platform, rejoced get back
to civilization and tell the story of his travels and ad
ventures.


Everywhere in the thronging multitude the
tnts of health and good living in the faces alike of
and The latter rival the bloom Of the peaches
that are now pouring with lavish abundance into the
markets. There air of strength and oyousness in
the arrivals from the country that stands in marked
to the jaded and stless demeanor of those
doomed to pass the summer in tho city.


SPORTING TOURISTS.


Some homo all travel-stained and bronzed as
though they had been camping IN the woods and follow
ing the pursuit of game 1t is easy pick those
who have been sojourning at Newport and Saratoga
from the bolder and less fashionable ones who have
pierced tho Adirondack forests and shed in the clear
lakes of that wild region The Saratoga tourist il
| pale and dressed in his best but the adventurous
| spirit who has spent his summer days climbing
the rugged Catskills hunting the woods of Maine
pays little attention TO the cut color OF his habi-
mcnts while his face is tawny from the wind and sun
* "A n a
represented in the motley crowd that issues from
the long line Of carriages and in endless procession
files out the sidewalk at Forty second street. The
clerk earning pittance of SIS week jostes the mil
lonnaire who keeps country palace up the Hudson.
Both have been away on vacation and not unlikely tha
poor clerk has enjoyed himself to better purpose than
the nabob beside hlm. He has had high brands of
wine to unsettle his liver and digestion His
has been shanks' mare in place of in carriage and
| the chances are he brings home with him stock OF
health for which the millionaire would exchange all hl
| money


INFLUX.


The influx OF the wanderers has been steadily aug
menting since the month opened. At the Grand Cen.
tra depot Saturday the evidence of summer having
''gono gimmerlng through the dream of things that
weren was made plain in the immense number and
quantity of passengers and passenger baggage freight
that rolled in by the afternoon trains. breath Of
winter in the air had hurried back thousands who may
have contemplated spending the remainder of tha
month in the country.


on day since the 1st of September according
to the superintendent of the New York and Harlem
Railroad, has there been occasion for extra accom-
modations on the road The influx has been evenly
distributed over ten eleven days, with marked in
crease in the past two DAYS on Saturday over COG
summer tourists arrived at the Grand Central
depot with estimated weight OF 800
tons of baggage, which would give en-
ployment to at least 500 express wagons
Calculating that each of the g. 900 spent an
average 5000 each there found gross expenditure Of
81 500 900 The baggage department at the northern
end OF the depot place of extreme business actv
ity On several trains extra baggage attached
The express wagons did roaring tralfc. Saratoga
! trunks conspicuous, and IN many Instances
single family required the entire accommodation of
wagon Tor their own baggage enough to lit out small
army


RETURNING FROM LONG BRANCH AND LONG ISLAND


On Saturday the Long Branch boats and the New Jer
sey Southern Railroad brought host OF people up 10
the city, who have, doubt come to stay An extra
long train pufed into the depot of the Long Island
Railroad at Hunters Point, bearing multitude OF sum
sojourners on Long Island, chiefly at Rockaway.
Mr. Custis the General superintendent ccls satisfied
with the seasons returns Long Island Is every
year growing moro and more popular with New
Workers; and for Rockaway il has more than
doubled It's patrons since railroad facilities of reaching
there have been Afforded Last Sunday and ncxt viii
probably be the last TO witness any considerable exodus
IRON New York to the silver sands of Rockaway The
mosouto season on Long Island is responsible for driv
Ing hundreds of New Workers home who might other
wise elect stay the entire of this month such de-
lghtul rural places as Huntington, Babylon, Bath and
Southold.


Down THE HUDSON


The passenger traffic on the Hudson River was quite
considerable during the season and is now at It's height
down stream The scenery on Doth banks OF tne NOBLE
river is assuming its splendid garb Of autumn tnts and
the pilgrims who lied from the torrd heats ana spread
themselves over Maine, Vermont New hampshire New
York State and Canada are to great extent
coming back via the HUDSON hNer DurlnG
all september the aqueous roads of travel
will be popular. The Daniel Drew, Dean Richmond
and vib6ard brought multitudes ofpeopo and noun
tans of baggage from various points tho river
during the past week. and the Narragansctt and Rhode
Island of the stoningon line the Bristol and Provi-
dence Of the tall River line, the City OF Boston and
CITY Of New York, of the New FORK and Norwich line
and the Electra and Galaca of the Providence ne had
unusually large lists of passengers homcward bound
FROM EUROPE.


From Europe the return tide Is rising higher every
day Last week the number of cabin passengers that
arrived from various European ports was 100. These
were all New Workers. half, at least belonging to
other parts of the United states Twelve steamers
tered the port and in only one or two instances
there any bcrths to spare for cabin passengers The
influx from Europe is now at its meridian and will
be the decline