{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3866", "width": "2415", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3736", "width": "2524", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3726", "width": "2435", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3717", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "~^q%sP^\\n^^1\\nILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK\\nMIIaaliQ viilf,\\ni\\nCompiled by A. Ivl. Heston,\\n1887\\nI\\n^5*^-.-", "height": "3766", "width": "2405", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3766", "width": "2405", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Showing location of Hotels, P", "height": "3656", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "MAP OF ATLANTIC CITY.\\nShowing location of Hotels, Public Buildings, Railroad Depots, Prominent Cottages, Etc.", "height": "3544", "width": "4393", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3656", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Mansion House.\\nTHE LARIjEgT HOTEL. OPEM ALL TjE M\\\\.\\nGreatly Enlarged, with all Modern Improvements.\\nTHIS Hotel is one block from all railroad stations, and is con-\\nvenient to all places of interest. It contains a large bil-\\nliard room, a news counter, and the principal office of the Western\\nUnion Telegraph Company, with day and night service. Electric\\nbells in every room and city gas. The Mansion is supplied with\\npure water from the mainland.\\nCHAS. McGLADE, Proprietor.", "height": "3766", "width": "2405", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Hotel Brighton,\\nATLANTIC CITY,\\nr^fo\\nOPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.\\nENLARGED, REMODELED, REFURNISHED.\\nWith all Modern Improvements and Conveniences.\\nLarge Bed-rooms, many with Open Grate Fires.\\nSuites of Rooms, with private Bath-rooms.\\nToilet Rooms on all floors.\\nHot and Cold Sea- Water Baths.\\nHalls and Public Rooms, heated by steam.\\nHydraulic Elevator.\\nImproved Plumbing and perfect Drainage throughout.\\nBroad Piazzas, 730 feet in length.\\nLocation unsurpassed, unobstructed view of the ocean.\\nF. W. HEMSLEY SON", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "United {States Y) otel,\\nQJk3\\nATLANTIC CITY, N.J\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Q^\\nLeading Hotel.\\nSuperb Appointments.\\nHydraulic Elevator.\\n5^A\u00c2\u00abX^fi^5K9^\\nExcellent Cuisine.\\nElectric Bells.\\nFire Escape, etc., etc.\\n{J. l e BROWN, Proprietor.\\n3", "height": "3766", "width": "2405", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "SEASIDE HOUSE.\\nEnlarged and Improved.\\nThis favorite house has been moved from its former site to the\\nOcean End of Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nAn entire new wing has been built, the building placed upon a solid brick founda-\\ntion, remodeled and refurnished throughout. It is open permanentJy and has accom-\\nmodations for two hundred guests. The building is heated throughout by steam, has\\nan Otis hydraulic elevator, electric bells, fire and burglar alarms, open-grate fires in\\nmany of the rooms, besides hot and cold sea-water baths, and water-closets on every floor.\\nThe location of the Seaside is one of the best in Atlantic City, being in full view\\nof the ocean easy of access from the depots, and convenient to all the churches, Post-\\nOffice, etc. It is well supplied with pure water; has good drainage, fine, airy halls, large\\nbed-rooms, and over five hundred feet of porches.\\nThe table will continue to be a leading feature of the Seaside. Special arrange-\\nments will be made for board by the week or entire season, and rooms may be secured\\nby mail or telegraph.\\nCHARLES EVANS, Proprietor.\\ng EaSIt)E OCESIN pSRLOR,\\nOn the Beach, just ab. Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nYT7 HIS is one of the most important and most attractive features of Atlantic\\n\\\\Jj City. It is luxuriously furnished, and combines, besides the spacious\\nsun parlor and verandas, a parlor and reception-room, library and\\nsmoking-rooms. The parlor overlooks the ocean, and here the invalid or\\npleasure-seeker may enjoy, without exposure to the weather, the invigorating\\nchemical rays of the sun, inhale the healthful saline breeze, and view the\\nbreakers as they roll in upon the beach a few feet distant. The view from\\nthe parlor or veranda on the second floor is very enticing to those who\\nenjoy the grandeur of the ocean.\\nConnected with the building are one hundred private bathing apartments\\nfor surf bathers, and adjoining are the hot sea-water baths, with ample ac-\\ncommodations for those who enjoy these invigorating baths.\\nThe Seaside Ocean Parlor is in charge of a polite attendant, and the\\nregulations are such as to make it at all times a desirable place for ladies\\nand families.\\nPROPRIETOR.", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "T^e Dennis,\\nAt the Sea End of Michigan Ave.\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR.\\nTHIS House has been enlarged and entirely refurnished, and\\nnow has accommodations for 200 guests. It has hot and cold\\nsea-water baths, hydraulic elevator, electric bells, is lighted\\nthroughout with gas and has every feature of a first-class hotel.\\nA majority of the rooms have an uninterrupted ocean view, and\\na sight of the breakers may be enjoyed at all hours from the win-\\ndows and spacious verandas of the Hotel. The heating facilities\\nfor winter and spring are first-class, and the accommodations\\nexcellent.\\nBORTON MARSHALL, Prop rs.\\n^g^mm?m\u00c2\u00a3^\\nTHE TRAYMORE,\\nOcean End of Illinois Avenue.\\nReplete with all Modern Conveniences, including Passenger Elevator, Open Grate Fires,\\nElectric Bells, Hot and Cold Sea- Water Baths, Billiard Room, Sun Parlor, etc.\\nSanitary and Drainage Arrangements Altered and made Perfect,\\nw. w. GREEN,\\ntEJSTfc w w GREEN CO.\\n5", "height": "3766", "width": "2405", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "-feHADDON HALLs-\\nExtreme 0?ean End of J^orth Garolina fine.\\nOPEN WINTER AND SUMMER.\\nThis favorite hotel, formerly known as the Haddon House,\\nhas been moved to the extreme sea-end of North Carolina Ave.,\\nenlarged to nearly twice its former size, and a solid brick basement\\nplaced under the entire building. It has been newly papered,\\npainted, and furnished, and has an Otis Hydraulic Elevator, open\\ngrate fires, fire and burglar alarms, electric bells, hot and cold sea-\\nwater baths, and other first-class appointments. Spacious verandas\\nand sun parlors surround the building, from which may be had an\\nunsurpassed view of the ocean. Most of the rooms also have a\\ndelightful ocean outlook.\\nEDWIN LIPPINCOTT, Proprietor.\\nXBRADY HOUSE*\\nArkansas Ave., bet. Atlantic and Pacific Aves.\\nA large and handsome Boarding House, in the new and\\nimproving quarter.\\nTHIS is a well-appointed House for Spring and Summer Guests, being ele-\\ngantly furnished and having excellent sanitary arrangements. Water, for\\npurity, unexcelled.\\nAttached to the House are newly laid out sanitarium grounds, affording light\\nand healthful exercise for invalids. The location of this House has become\\ncentral and especially desirable, being only two minutes walk from the Phila-\\ndelphia and Atlantic City Railroad Depot, and but a square from and in view of\\nthe ocean. Carriage and boating excursion parties made up of guests of the\\nHouse and their friends exclusively.\\nOn arrival of all trains via the West Jersey and Camden and Atlantic Rail-\\nroads, carriages, street coaches, and street cars are in readiness to convey passengers\\nto this House promptly, at a very moderate fare. Servants neat and obliging.\\nP. O. Box 707.\\nJAMES BRADY, Proprietor.\\nSEND FOR CIRCULAR, j-\\n6", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "Gongress gall, m ac ^Z,, Go Bros., Owners.\\nSee description on Page 91 of this Hand-Book.\\nThe Margate,\\nCORNER PACIFIC and KENTUCKY AVENUES,\\nSAMUEL KIRBY, Proprietor.\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "Peters Beach Plou^e,\\nCHARLES SMITH, Proprietor.\\nThis House is situated on Peters Beach, in full view of Atlantic City, and only fifteen\\nminutes sail from the Inlet. Passenger boats at the wharf at all hours of the day.\\n^pHE PETERS BEACH HOUSE is delightfully located and is unsurpassed for those who\\nare fond of boating, gunning, and fishing. Oysters are taken fresh out of the water almost\\nat the door of the house. The house has nice, cool rooms, fine verandas, and first-class accom-\\nmodations for guests.\\nTHE SHELBUR NE.\\nDirectly on the beach. Open all the year.\\nHOT AND COLD SEA-WATER BATHS.\\nThoroughly heated throughout. Large Sun Parlors.\\nTelephone 36. A. B. ROBERTS.\\nVermont House,\\nVERMONT AVENUE, ABOVE ATLANTIC.\\nUnobstructed ocean view. The yachts from the Inlet are in full view as they pass in and\\nout. Broad piazzas surround the house.\\nPrivate bath houses on the grounds. Good bathing.\\nStreet cars pass every few minutes, and the express trains of the\\nC. A. R. R. land passengers on the premises.\\nTelephone No. 52. MRS. M. E. COMPTON, Proprietress.\\nFLORIDA HOUSE,\\nPacific Ave., between New York: and Tennessee.\\nThis house has just been enlarged and newly furnished throughout, and is heated\\nby steam. The sanitary arrangements are perfect and all the appointments first-\\nclass in every respect. It presents two fronts, i. e., one on the drive and one\\ntoward the beach. Its location is most desirable, being only three minutes walk\\nfrom the depot and the same distance from the beach.\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR. MRS. S. E. COOK, PROPRIETRESS.\\n8", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "WAVERLY HOUSE,\\nCorner Pacific and Ohio Avenues.\\n0PEN all the year. All the modern improvements. Sea Baths on each floor.\\nHeated by steam throughout. Gas and Electric Bells in each room. A\\nSun Gallery for the use of Winter Guests. The House is handsomely\\nfitted up in first-class style, and for comfort and elegance is not surpassed by any\\nHotel on the Jersey Coast.\\nJOHN E. MIFFLIN, Manager. MRS. J. L. BRYANT, Proprietor.\\nWINDERMERE^\\nTennessee Avenue* near the Ocean*\\nNew House, Newly Furnished. Convenient to all points\\nof Local Interest.\\np.o. box 1676. MRS. C. L. HOUSTON.\\nGURNEY COTTAGE,\\nOcean End of Virginia Avenue.\\nSanitarium for the treatment of nervous affections and mild cases of\\nmental disease, under the care of the Managers of the Friends Asylum,\\nat Frankford, Philadelphia, is situated near the Ocean, with modern con-\\nveniences and good sanitary arrangements. It is open all the year, is well\\nheated, and is lighted by electricity. Twelve patients can be accommodated, both\\nsexes being admitted. For information, address\\nDr. J. C. HALL, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa,\\nCataract House,\\n(Formerly the Merchants\\nNew York Avenue, below Atlantic,\\nOpen all the Year. P. O. Box 1089. Free Buss to all Trains.\\nTHOS. H. CRINNIAN,\\nF. O. Robbins, Clerk. Formerly of Niagara Falls.\\n9", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "HAGAN S HOTEL\\nOpen All the Year.\\nCorner Atlantic and New Jersey Avenues,\\nATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nP. O. BOX 349. P. F. HAGAN, Proprietor, Formerly of Monroe Cottage.\\nALBRECHT S HOTEL AND SUMMER GARDEN,\\nNos. 1716, 1718, 1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE,\\n(Between Illinois and Indiana Aves.)\\nLarge and Airy Rooms. Vocal and Instrumental Concerts will be given during the\\nSummer Season. Free admission to guests.\\nW. B. ALB R ECHT, Pro prietor.\\nEstablished for the Sale of Pure Liquors Only.\\n1Arir.LIA.lVI I. WALSH.\\nDEALER IN\\nWHISKIES, WIINES, BRANDIES, Etc.,\\n1322 Atlantic Avenue, opposite CHy Hall.\\nBrown Stout and Beer on Draught, Ice Cold.", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "m \u00c2\u00b0[he Revere,\\nPARK PLACE, OPPOSITE THE BRIGHTON.\\nHaifa square from the Ocean and Park Parlor. A thoroughly good house. Open\\nall the year. Capacity 100. Closets and waste water connected with the underground\\nsewer. Sanitary conditions perfect.\\nTELEPHONE No. 90, connecting with Philadelph a. M. DAY, PROPRIETOR.\\nP. O. Box 700. BY THE SEA. A. P. Morris.\\n^he ptglen.\\nMichigan Ave., ab. Pacific.\\nP. O. Box 852.\\nMRS. L. W. REED.\\nA new house, newly and comfortably furnished throughout. Thoroughly adapted to both\\nsummer and winter service. Gas on every floor. Full ocean view and open all the year.\\nWALLINGFORD,\\n9)\\nPacific Avenue, between Kentucky and Illinois Avenues.\\nRooms all Carpeted. Gas throughout. Hair Mattresses. Spring Beds. One square\\nfrom the Beach. City Water. All Modern Improvements. Terms Moderate.\\nP. O. Box 1123. M. A. GRAVATT,Proprietor.\\nKUEHNLE S HOTEL,\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR.\\nCorner Atlantic and South Carolina Aves.\\nNEAR C. A. R. R. DEPOT.\\nRooms thoroughly heated. LOUIS KUEHNLE, Proprietor.\\nTerms Moderate. i- ^d^S F^OLGL Open all the Year.\\nCorner .Atlantic and Qeorgia Avenues.\\nIt is in full view of the ocean. Bar stocked with the best wines, liquors, and cigars.\\nEgg Harbor wines a specialty; sold to hotels and cottages in large and small quantities\\nP. O. BOX 818. JOHN A. EVERS, Proprietor.\\nII", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "THE MINNEQUA.\\nAccommoda-\\ntions for\\nThree\\nHundred\\nGuests.\\nUnderground\\nDrainage.\\nSpring\\nWater.\\nThis popular house is situated on Pacific Avenue, near Arkan-\\nsas, one square from the ocean, and one square from the Reading\\nRailroad Station. Newly furnished, and all the modern improve-\\nments of a first-class hotel. Home comforts, and at reasonable rates.\\nOmnibuses run direct to the house.\\nPROTECTION to la-\\ndies and families on\\nthe beach front, the regu-\\nlations insuring propri-\\nety at all times. The\\npremises are for the ex-\\nclusive use of patrons,\\nand are a select rendez-\\nvous for friends. The\\nverandas are inclosed in\\nglass. Rooms are car-\\npeted, comfortably fur-\\nnished, and heated. The\\nBetween Illinois and Indiana Aves,\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR.\\nSituated at the Water s Edge.\\nPark Baths and Annex\\nafford superior accommo-\\ndations for surf bathing.\\nDressing rooms rented on time, and private robes a specialty. Limited num-\\nber for daily customers. Fresh water shower baths. Guard and boat for protec-\\ntion on the beach. Laundry attached, insuring perfect cleanliness.\\nNewspapers, telephone, bell boys, writing material, beach chairs, and um-\\nbrellas furnished guests of the parlor free of charge.\\n12", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "HOT BATHS.\\nFreshness and vigor are imparted to those who use the Hot Sea-Water Baths. They are better\\nthan medicine. Physicians recommend them for invalids.\\nThe establishment of Kipple McCann, sea end of Ocean Avenue, is fitted up with every\\nconvenience, and has a Sun Parlor attached.\\nKIPPLE McCANN, Proprietors.\\nGEORGE W. JACKSON,\\nYj ot gea \\\\\\\\?ater gaths,\\nBOARDWALK, ab. PENNSYLVANIA AVE.\\n(Adjoining Seaside Ocean Parlor.)\\n100 private yZjoarimenis,\\nComplete in all their appointments.\\nLargest and best accommodations for Surf\\nBattling on the Coast.\\n-1 OIPIEirsr ALL -TIHIIE YEAR.\\n1 3", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "CHELSEA.\\nThe cheapest Lots are in this new and improving section of\\nAtlantic City.\\nSize of Lots, 50 by 125 feet, on the cross Avenues; on Pacific\\nAvenue, corners 65 by 125 between corners, 60 by 125 feet.\\nLots graded and streets built free of expense to the purchaser.\\nPrices from $850 up. Terms easy.\\nSpecial inducements to persons who will build at once.\\nIn front of Chelsea there is the safest bathing in Atlantic City,\\nbeing entirely free from current and under-tow. The place is de-\\nsirably located and extensive improvements are now in progress.\\nFor further particulars apply to\\nI. G. ADAMS CO.,\\nTelephone Connection. 2031 Atlantic AveUUC\\nLONGPORT.\\nTT7HIS new and attractive place is situated six miles southwest of Atlantic City, and is\\nI conceded to be one of the finest locations on the Atlantic coast for a summer and winter\\nresort. Being nearly surrounded by water Atlantic Ocean, Great Egg Harbor Inlet, and\\nBeach Thoroughfare it offers superior advantages to persons in quest of health or pleasure.\\nBathing, Boating, and Fishing\\nequal any on the New Jersey coast. The Railroad between Atlantic City and Longport,\\nbeing in close proximity to the sea, affords a delightful ride.\\nLongport supplies the want of a quiet family resort within easy access of Philadel-\\nphia. A number of fine cottages have been built and others are being erected. Telephonic\\ncommunication has been established.\\nSteamboat communication with Somers Point and Ocean City. The Aberdeen is\\nopen all the year. Choice lots for sale by\\nM. S. McCULLOUGH,\\nLONGPORT, N. J.,\\nOr 1018 Arch Street, Philadelphia.\\n14", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "Great trees from little acorns grow,\\nThat bear from year to year\\nThere s greater crowds, quite near the clouds,\\nOn Applegate s great Pier.\\nJjpplegate s Jjtlantic C ty P er\\ncontains four decks, shady and cool, great fishing grounds,\\nelegant music, select Sunday-night sacred concerts,\\nFIRST-CLASS MINSTREL SHOWS,-\\nby the most popular artists in the world.\\nTHE ORIGINAL FIVE CENT HOME OF RECREATION.\\nHundreds of thousands have walked these spacious\\ndecks. Nothing like it on the American coast. The\\nmost extensive likeness concern at any seaside resort\\nin the world is connected with the pier, which is free\\nto patrons of the galleries.\\nFare Five Cents, both Night and Day. Baby Carriages Free.\\nBaylor s Central Bakery\\nAND\\nICE-CRE\u00c2\u00a3]V[ jSALOOH,\\n1324, 1326, 1328 Atlantic Ave., opp. City Hall.\\nThree Stores in One. Finest Place in the City.\\nThe largest and best Ladies and Gentlemen s Restaurant in Atlantic City. First-class accom-\\nmodations for visitors.\\nSPACIOUS BANQUETING HALL ON SECOND FLOOR.\\ny/jJitfjvi.fljf g ejloieE eorlFECtfioife.\\nHotels, Boarding Houses, and Cottages supplied with the greatest variety and finest quality of\\nBREAD, CAKES, AND ICE-CREAM.\\ntelephone No. 88. JOHN S. TAYLOR, Proprietor.\\n*5", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "1881. 1887-\\nAtlantic Qit\\\\f [Rational gan^.\\nCapital, $50,000. Surplus, $25,000.\\nCHAS. EVANS, President. F. P. QUIGLEY, Cashier.\\nDIRECTORS\\nChas. Evans, Walter Garrett, R. H. Turner, Geo. Allen, Jos. A. Barstow, John B.\\nChampion, Elisha Roberts, Jos. H. Borton, Dr. Thos. K. Reed.\\n000.\\ncapital, (yjerchants \u00c2\u00a7an^ *so,\\nOF ATLANTIC CITY.\\nWILLIAM CURTISS, President. JOS. R. FLANIGEN, Jr., Cashier.\\nA General Banking Business Transacted. Drafts Issued, Payable in all Principal Cities of\\nthe United States and Europe. Collections made on all accessible points.\\nSAFE-DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT.\\n2 per ct. Interest, no notice to draw. 2 l A per ct. Interest, ten days notice.\\nSmall Safes to Rent in Fire and Burglar-Proof Vaults.\\n~i\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0082\u00aciecfi\u00c2\u00a3idL national luk,^-\\nATLANTIC CITY.\\nCAPITAL, $100,000.\\nGEO. F. CURRIE, President. BENJ. H. BROWN, Vice-President. J. G. HAMMER, Cashier.\\nDIRECTORS:\\nJohn W. Moffly, Aaron Fries, George F. Currie, Benj. H. Brown, Joseph Thompson,\\nEnoch Cordery, Israel G. Adams, Enoch B. Scull, James H Mason, Daniel\\nMorris, L. C. Albertson, Louis Kuehnle, Wesley Robinson.\\n-r- REMITTANCE TO EUROPE BY BANK DRAFTS AND POSTAL ORDERS.\\nUPHAM S\\nBal^ePY a^ I\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00a9 dve^m aI\u00c2\u00a90RS,\\n722 and 1400 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nDAVID JOHNSTONS BOTTLING ESTABLISHMENT.\\nOFFICE, LANSDALE HOUSE,\\n25 NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE.\\nMineral Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, Porter, Ale, Lager and Weiss Beer, Brown Stout,\\nPorter, Seltzer, Apollinaris Water. Orders promptly attended to.\\ny\\nSliMIS rjOUSE\\nRestaurant Attached.\\nOn the European Plan. Open all night.\\nY All the year round.\\n1016 Atlantic Avenue. D w hannis, prop*.\\n16", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HAND-BOOK\\nOF\\nATLANTIC CITY\\nNEW JERSEY.\\nA WINTER, SPRING, AND SUMMER RESORT FOR HEALTH,\\nREST, AND PLEASURE.\\nWith Maps, Illustrations, a Guide to Places of Interest,\\nand other information.\\nCompiled by A. M. HESTON.^^^pymGi^S^\\nMAR 311887/\\npV-VVASHmG^\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nFranklin Printing House, 321 Chestnut St,\\n1887,", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "Good-bye to pain and care I take\\nMine ease to-day\\nHere, where the sunny waters break\\nAnd ripples this keen breeze, I shake\\nAll burdens from the heart, all weary thoughts away.\\nHa like a kind hand on my brow\\nComes this fond breeze,\\nCooling its dull and feverish glow\\nWhile through my being seems to flow\\nThe breath of a new life the healing of the seas.\\nWhittier.\\n1\\nCopyright, 1887, by A. M. Hhston.\\n20", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nPAGE.\\nMap of Atlantic City.\\nPrincipal Hotels and Boarding-Houses, 1-16\\nFrontispiece The Invitation, 18\\nOn the Beach, 22\\nPreface, 23\\nEn Route, 25\\nAtlantic City, 29\\nPast and Present, 33\\nHealth, Rest, and Pleasure, 35\\nSummer Days by the Sea, 46\\nWater Supply and Drainage, 56\\nDistances from Atlantic City, 60\\nHook, Line, and Trigger, 61\\nMortuary Statistics, 66\\nInstitutions for the Afflicted, 68\\nLongport and Chelsea, 72\\nHints for the Seashore, 75\\nOf Hotels Near a Whole City Full, 83\\nAlong Atlantic Avenue, 95\\nAround and About, m\\nMemoranda, 120\\nHotels and Boarding-Houses in Atlantic City 131\\nLeading Business Houses, 135-152\\nMap of Seaside Resorts, 153\\n21", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "ON THE BEACH.\\nThe waves dash in, and the waves roll out,\\nThey toss, they tumble, and frisk about.\\nThe sea is broad and long and wide,\\nWe on the beach note but its tide\\nNote but the billows broad expanse,\\nBeyond, where the white-winged vessels dance\\nThe restless pulse of a power sublime,\\nThat heeds no season, and knows no time.\\nWe reach for the snowy flakes that yearn\\nFor the under current s backward turn,\\nAnd catch but a breath of saline air,\\nWhile a wave runs out to sing beware.\\nBreak on, O sea, of the ages past\\nOur thoughts you anchor and bind them fast\\nWhile you are deaf and blind, that we,\\nMites of a day, are your lovers sea\\nMrs. S. L. Oberholtzer.\\n22", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nTTTHIS Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City will serve as a\\nguide to the reader, and save him the trouble of asking\\nand answering a thousand questions. It contains just\\nwhat every visitor, as well as resident, ought to know\\nrespecting the greatest watering place in the country. Many of\\nthe illustrations are new, being drawn expressly for this work.\\nThe frontispiece, and a few others, are the property of the Penn-\\nsylvania Railroad Company, kindly loaned for this purpose. The\\nmap of Atlantic City is the best work of the kind yet published.\\nThe descriptive features of the book were written after personal\\nvisits to the various places of interest in the city. It is hoped,\\ntherefore, that the Hand-Book will prove not only an invaluable\\ncompanion on the spot, but an ever-welcome and entertaining\\nfriend for future perusal and reference at the home fireside.\\nThe editor does not presume that the book is faultless but to ap-\\nproximate such a degree of completeness will be his constant en-\\ndeavor. He will, therefore, be grateful for any errors or omissions\\npointed out, or corrections suggested.\\n23", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3755", "width": "2345", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "En I^oute.\\nTTTHE ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City in search of health\\nI or pleasure is not entirely devoid of interest. The traveler\\n1_, has the choice of three routes, two of which are a part of\\nthe Pennsylvania Railroad system. The other route is by way\\nof the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad, operated by the\\nReading Company, which starts from the foot of Walnut Street.\\nThe popular routes, however, are the West Jersey and the Camden\\nand Atlantic, operated by the Pennsylvania Company. Crossing\\nfrom the foot of Market Street, Philadelphia, the traveler takes the\\nWest Jersey cars at Camden and passes south near the Delaware\\nRiver to Gloucester, a city of over six thousand inhabitants, devoted\\nto manufacturing. It was founded in 1689, and was held by Lord\\nCornwallis with five thousand British troops in 1777. The next sta-\\ntion is Westville, near the mouth of Timber Creek, where Captain\\nCornelius JacobeseMey, of the Dutch West India Company, founded\\nFort Nassau in 1621. The Colonists were soon at feud with the\\nIndians, and being decoyed into an unfavorable position, they\\nwere all massacred and the fort was destroyed. The train next\\npasses the city of Woodbury, which one authority says should be\\nspelled Woodberry, a place of about four thousand inhabitants,\\nmany of them Philadelphia business men. The place takes its\\nname from the family of Woods, who came from Berry, in Lanca-\\nshire, England, in 1684. Richard Wood, the first settler, came\\nout with the earliest emigrants to Philadelphia. Leaving his family\\nin that town, he descended the Delaware and paddled two or three\\nmiles up the Piscozackasingz-Kil, now called Woodbury Creek,\\nuntil he came to a likely place for an habitation. In the winter of\\n1777, Lord Cornwallis had his headquarters in the village of Wood-\\n3 2 5", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "26 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nbury, During his stay some of his men seized a valuable cow-\\nbelonging to an ardent Whig. The latter waited upon his Lordship\\nand requested a restoration of the property. Cornwallis was\\ndesirous of knowing the political principles of the man. The\\nsturdy patriot tried to evade the question, but at length cow or\\nno cow the truth would out, when his Lordship, in admiration of\\nthe man s independence, restored to him his cow. Succeeding\\nstations are Wenonah, a very pretty suburban village, Sewell, Pit-\\nman Grove, and Glassboro, the latter a town of four thousand\\ninhabitants. The place was settled by a family of Germans named\\nStangeer, in the latter half of the eighteenth century, who com-\\nmenced the manufacture of glass. They failed in business, and the\\nworks were purchased in 1781 by Colonel Thomas Heston, a Revo-\\nlutionary patriot. The place was known as Heston s Glass Works\\nuntil some years after, when, at the suggestion of a member of the\\ncelebrated Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, on the occasion of a con-\\nvivial gathering at Colonel Heston s house, after a hunt and cap-\\nture of Reynard, the name was changed to Glassboro, and has ever\\nsince borne that name. The works are still in the possession of\\nColonel Heston s descendants, the Whitneys his daughter, Bath-\\nsheba, having married Captain Ebenezer Whitney and are the\\nlargest as well as the oldest in the country. Beyond Clayton, with\\nits three thousand inhabitants, the train passes the vineyards of\\nFranklinville, Iona, and Malaga, and thence to Newfield, where\\nexpress trains sometimes stop. After leaving Newfield, there are\\ntwo or three small hamlets before reaching May s Landing, the\\ncounty seat of Atlantic County, containing about five hundred\\ninhabitants. This village was founded by George May in 17 10,\\nand is at the head of navigation on the Great Egg Harbor River.\\nThe greatest water power in the State is at this place, furnishing\\nmotive power for a large cotton mill, owned by the Wood broth-\\ners, one of whom is President of the West Jersey and Atlantic\\nRailroad.\\nIn the latter part of 18 13, the sloop New Jersey, from May s\\nLanding, manned by Captain Barton and two hands, was taken by\\na British armed schooner off Cape May. A young middy, two\\nEnglishmen, and an Irishman were put on board the Jersey, with\\norders to follow the schooner. But three Yankees were not to be\\nbeaten by such poor odds as this. Barton and his men soon", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J. 27\\nrecovered command of the sloop and run her in at Somers Point,\\nwith the middy and his three assistants as prisoners. The first was\\nconfined for awhile and then exchanged, and of the latter, the\\ntwo Englishmen soon went to work in the neighborhood, and the\\nIrishman enlisted on board one of Jefferson s gun-boats and fought\\nbravely for the gridiron. The last station before reaching\\nAtlantic City is Pleasantville, a thriving village, situated on a\\nbluff overlooking the bay.\\nIf the traveler prefers, he may return to Philadelphia by another\\nroute, round-trip tickets being good on either of the two roads\\noperated by the Pennsylvania Company. Absecon, the first station,\\nis situated on the bay shore two miles above Pleasantville, and is\\ninhabited by a considerable number of well-to-do people, many of\\nwhom are either commanders of or interested in vessel property.\\nThe history of the town dates fron 1695, when Thomas Budd, the\\nowner of many thousand acres of land on the beaches and the main-\\nland, disposed of large tracts to actual settlers. Each of his deeds\\nhas this clause inserted: With the privilege of cutting cedar,\\nand commonidge for cattell, etc., on ye swamps and beaches laid\\nout by ye said Thomas Budd for commons. The exaction of\\nthese privileges at this date would cause much trouble, as a large\\nportion of the built-up portion of Atlantic City stands upon one\\nof the surveys of Thomas Budd.\\nAbove Absecon is Egg Harbor City, a German settlement, where\\nthe celebrated Egg Harbor wines are made. Elwood is the site of\\na projected city, with parks, avenues, and squares laid out on the\\nlong reaches of sandy soil. Hammonton, midway between Atlantic\\nCity and Camden, is a prosperous town of three thousand inhabit-\\nants, settled by New Englanders in i860, and situated on the old\\npine plains of Atlantic County. The town is beautifully laid out\\nand the inhabitants are largely engaged in fruit raising. The train\\npasses Winslow, Waterford, Atco, Berlin, Kirkwood, and other\\nsmaller villages before reaching Haddonfield, six miles from Cam-\\nden. This is a borough of two thousand inhabitants, where many\\nPhiladelphia business men have their suburban homes. It was set-\\ntled by Friends or Quakers in 1690 and was named after an eminent\\nQuakeress named Elizabeth Haddon. The Continental Congress\\nremained several weeks here, and the place was afterward occupied\\nby British troops. Several very interesting Revolutionary incidents", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "28 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nconnected with Haddonfield have found their way into print, but\\nare too lengthy to be copied into this Hand-Book. During the\\nFrench Revolution, Louis Philippe, who subsequently became King\\nof France, made his home for a short time with one of the Quaker\\nfamilies of the village. Leaving Haddonfield, the train passes\\nthrough a pretty country, and finally reaches Camden, whence the\\nferry-boats convey the passenger to Philadelphia. The distance is\\nsixty-four miles by the West Jersey route, and sixty by the Camden\\nand Atlantic, and the time is usually about ninety minutes.\\nThroughout the winter, spring, and summer seasons there are fre-\\nquent express trains over both roads, and attached to each train are\\nelaborately furnished parlor cars in charge of attentive porters.\\nThe special care in the management of both roads is exhibited\\nin the regularity with which the trains are run, the close connection\\nmaintained with other railroads, by which transfers may be made\\nwithout delay, and the absence of serious accident within recent\\nyears. For several years the Pennsylvania Company has made an\\neffort to meet travel from points beyond the line of the Camden\\nand Atlantic and West Jersey Roads, and the schedules are now\\narranged with the view of serving, by close connection, the conven-\\nience of parties arriving from New York and points beyond, and\\nof those coming upon the numerous lines centering in Philadelphia.\\nIt is specially a passenger railway company, and to satisfy this trade\\nit is constantly adding first-class facilities in every branch of its\\nbusiness. Indeed, in equipment and management the Company\\nhas no equal among the lines running to the seacoast.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": ".Atlantic City.\\nJ7V TLANTIC CITY, the most popular resort on the Atlantic\\nY^\u00c2\u00bb coast, is situated on Absecon Beach, N. J., between Abse-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J con Inlet and Great Egg Harbor Inlet, within sixty miles\\nof Philadelphia and one hundred and fifty miles of New York.\\nAs stated in the preceding chapter, it is reached by three rail-\\nroads from Philadelphia, the Camden and Atlantic, West Jersey\\nand Atlantic, and the Philadelphia and Atlantic City. From\\nNew York and the East the Pennsylvania Railroad via Trenton\\nconnects with the West Jersey Road at Camden. The time\\nfrom Philadelphia is one hour and a half, and from New York\\nfour hours and a half. The Philadelphia and Atlantic City\\nRailroad connects with the New Jersey Southern and Central Rail-\\nroad of New Jersey from New York.\\nThe resident population of Atlantic City has increased within\\nten years from twenty-two hundred to nearly ten thousand, while\\nin summer the visitors increase the population to seventy-five thou-\\nsand. There are several good schools, with an attendance of nearly\\ntwo thousand school children, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Roman\\nCatholic, Methodist and Baptist churches, and a large and attract-\\nive City Hall.\\nAs a winter resort Atlantic City is largely patronized not only\\nby people from Baltimore and Philadelphia, but by many from New\\nYork and the Eastern cities. The wonderful tonic and curative\\ninfluence of the sea air have been thoroughly tested within recent\\nyears, and hundreds have been benefited by a sojourn at the sea-\\nside in the winter.\\nThe peculiarity of Atlantic City s position, the salubrity of its\\nclimate, the singular dryness of the atmosphere, and the mildness of\\nthe temperature render the place a desirable resort in the fall,\\nwinter, and spring months. Hot and cold sea-water baths are pro-\\nvided throughout the year.\\nConvalescents from typhoid fever, those suffering from malaria\\n29", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "3\u00c2\u00b0\\nIllustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nand bronchial troubles, or those who desire and need rest from the\\ncares and anxieties of their daily vocations, can here derive great\\nbenefit. If they will learn the hygienic advantages of Atlantic City\\nthey will cease to go long distances or undertake tedious journeys.\\nThe well-ascertained salubrity\\nof Atlantic City has made it the\\nchief winter health resort in the\\nUnited States.\\nIts hotels are the finest and\\nmost comfortable on the coast.\\nIt has a perfect system of sani-\\ntation.\\nIt has an abundant water supply from natural springs on the\\nmainland.\\nIts death rate is smaller than that of most other cities of the\\ncountry.\\nIt is lighted with gas and electricity, has a fire and burglar-", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N.J. 31\\nalarm telegraph system, and a first-class volunteer fire department,\\nwith several engines and hose carriages, and a hook-and- ladder\\ntruck.\\nIt has ample telegraph and telephone facilities.\\nIts people are intelligent, liberal, and cosmopolitan, and they\\ncordially welcome new residents or visitors.\\nAtlantic City is separated from the mainland by an arm of the\\nsea, called the Thoroughfare, across which there are three railroad\\nbridges and one turnpike bridge. A hard, smooth strand stretches\\nfrom Absecon Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, and at low tide it\\naffords a splendid drive ten miles in length.\\nThe principal avenues are Atlantic and Pacific, running parallel\\nwith the ocean, Atlantic being one hundred feet wide and Pacific\\nsixty feet. The cross avenues are named after the various States,\\nbeginning with Maine and ending with Texas Avenue. Pennsyl-\\nvania, North Carolina and Virginia Avenues are each eighty feet\\nwide, the other avenues being fifty feet in width.\\nA passenger railway traverses Atlantic avenue from the Inlet\\nHouse to the Excursion House, and several lines of omnibuses\\nconvey passengers to all parts of the city. There are numerous\\nlivery stables where carriages and other conveyances may be hired.\\nHacks and omnibuses meet all arriving and departing trains.\\nTo the inquiry, Whence came Atlantic City? we reply It\\nis a refuge thrown up by the continent-building sea. Fashion took\\na caprice and shook it out of a fold of her flounce. A railroad laid\\na wager to find the shortest distance from Penn s treaty elm to the\\nAtlantic Ocean it dashed into the water and a city emerged from\\nits train as a consequence of the manoeuvre. Thai is the origin\\nof Atlantic City. From a small colony of summer pleasure seek-\\ners it has grown to be a famous watering-place and health resort,\\nwith a still greater future before it.\\nJuan Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer of the sixteenth cen-\\ntury, sought in vain for the spring whose virtues were credulously\\nbelieved to restore the vigor of youth to the aged. Searching for\\nthis fountain of youth, he landed on the coast of Florida in the year\\n15 1 2, and in that country there are springs almost innumerable,\\neach of which to-day lays claim to the high antiquity of being the\\nidentical spring in which the great Spaniard performed his daily\\nablutions. History informs us, however, that nowhere could he", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "32 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nfind this mythical fountain of youth but who will deny that if he\\nhad extended his search northward, and landed upon this island,\\nhe would have found here a well-nigh perfect realization of his\\nhopes\\nAtlantic City truly is a place of rest, and for those in quest of\\nhealth, an equable climate in winter, and refreshing breezes in\\nsummer; for those who would enjoy the invigorating sea air and be\\ncharmed with the music of the surf; for those who would delight\\nin the pleasures of yachting or fishing for those who would have\\nlong life, good living, good society, and be inspired by the gran-\\ndeur of old ocean; for those who, like Ponce de Leon, would dis-\\ncover the place which imparts youth to the aged, health to the sick,\\nand hope to the despondent, there is no more highly favored spot\\nanywhere in the land than this beautiful City by the Sea.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Past and Preserit.\\nIN the early days of American history all the population of what\\nafterward became the United States lived near the Atlantic\\ncoast, and for many years after the Revolution the inhabitants\\nhad penetrated but comparatively a short distance inland, so that\\nthe ocean, with its indenting bays and sounds, and the rivers\\nemptying into it along every part of the coast, furnished attractive\\nONE OF THE FIRST COTTAGES\\n(RECENTLY REMODELED).\\nfacilities for habitation and pleasure. The seashore was easy of\\naccess in summer time, even for that portion of the population\\nmost remote from the coast, and the delights of the element were\\navailable for a people seemingly amphibious by nature, by history,\\nand by practice a people who had little idea of recreation that\\nwas not conducted near the seashore.\\nAlthough the people of the United States are now scattered far\\nand wide over countless square miles of country, until they have\\n33", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "34 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\noccupied nearly every portion of a territory lying between two great\\noceans three thousand miles apart, and with an expanse from north\\nto south nearly as great, they have not lost the distinguishing\\ntraits of their early history, but still have an inherent love for Old\\nOcean. Watering-places are as much a necessity to denizens of\\nthe interior as to those living in States bordering on the Atlantic\\nOcean, Descendants of the fathers still love the ocean haunts and\\nseashore resorts, and year after year there are pilgrimages to the\\nocean from every inland section, the devotees traveling thousands\\nof miles and numbering hundreds of thousands of souls annually.\\nIn process of time favorable situations upon the Atlantic coast\\nhave become well known, even famous, among communities a\\nthousand miles away from the sound of the surf or sight of the\\nrolling billow, and it has come to pass that people of these inland\\nsections know the seashore better than some who dwell within\\nreach of the ocean breezes. Among the places thus distinguished\\nand highly favored none present more of intrinsic merit than\\nAtlantic City, the great American winter and summer sanitarium. In\\npoint of mild climatic influences, and situations affording summer\\nconditions prolonged throughout a greater portion of the year, some\\nplaces lying in the lower latitudes of this country may be considered\\nsuperior, when those conditions alone are considered, but with\\nregard to all other features characterizing the place Atlantic City\\nstands above and beyond any other resort on the Atlantic coast.\\nThe Atlantic City beach has become celebrated as among the\\nfinest on the coast of the United States. The surf, pouring in-\\nward from the expanse of a great ocean and washing a beach of\\nclearest sands, which glitter in the summer sunrays and send back\\nin myriad flashing streams the water which never ceases thus to\\nadvance and retreat the endless panorama of life upon the water,\\nthe strand, and the boardwalk, constantly in motion and ever-\\nchanging the rolling porpoise enlivening the outlook the light-\\nhouse and life-saving station at the inlet all these and many other\\nattractions are found at Atlantic City, to say nothing of the mild\\nand healthful climate in winter, the cool, invigorating breezes in\\nsummer, and the proximity to centres which renders its location\\nwithin such easy reach that its denizens may, within a few hours,\\nfind themselves in either of the great cities of New York, Phila-\\ndelphia, or Baltimore.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "jiealtli, I^est, and Pleasure.\\nJV LTHOUGH the history of Atlantic City as a pleasure\\n/fty resort dates from the time of its founding in 1854, it was\\nJ not until more than twenty years later that the place\\nbecame widely known as a winter health resort or sanitarium. To-\\nday there is no northern winter resort more popular, none more\\nlargely patronized, and none more urgently recommended by phy-\\nsicians generally than Atlantic City. The physicians of Philadel-\\nphia were the first to discover the wonderful curative effects of the\\nsaline air of Atlantic City, and to them, more than to any other\\nclass of men, is due the credit of making the city what it is a\\nfamous sanitarium. Overtaxed brains are ordered hither by Dr.\\nS. Weir Mitchell, the man who has the honor of having discovered\\nthe rest cure. He and his learned congeners have found that\\nmany chronic diseases result from nervous exhaustion. The suf-\\nferer from incipient paralysis or brain -softening is ordered to\\nAtlantic City for six .months, and in many instances returns to his\\nhome cured. It was N. P. Willis who first said that consump-\\ntion was curable if the patient could stop consuming. The once\\ndreaded disease to which every New England woman resigned her-\\nself, fifty years ago, if her lungs began to trouble her, is as curable\\nnow as the measles, if taken in time. Pulmonary and bronchial\\ntroubles are much alleviated by the warmed ozone of Atlantic\\nCity.\\nIt is believed by many scientists and students of hygiene that\\nthe air at Atlantic City is hostile to physical debility, and\\nthat to those who suffer from our great American complaint, ner-\\nvous prostration, whether brought on by overwork or by our\\nchangeful climate, it promises not only recuperation, but a perma-\\nment re-establishment of health.\\nThe favorable comment of physicians and scientists soon estab-\\nlished for Atlantic City a reputation as a health resort far beyond\\nthat of older but less favored localities. The winter business of the\\n35", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "36\\nIllustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nhotels had its in-\\nception in 1876,\\nwhen the late F.\\nW. Hemsley, of\\nBrighton Cottage,\\ndecided to provide\\na house thoroughly\\nadapted for the\\naccommodation of\\nwinter and spring\\nas well as summer\\nvisitors, and though\\nat the time this was\\nthought to be a\\nrather hazardous\\nexperiment, the\\nresult has been emi-\\nnently successful.\\nVisitors from all\\nparts of the coun-\\ntry, jnany of whom\\nhave heretofore\\nsought health and\\nrelaxation in the\\nmore distant South-\\nern resorts, have\\nfound in the genial\\natmosphere of At-\\nlantic City the\\nneeded rest and\\nrestoration while\\nits superior advan-\\ntages in point of\\naccessibility have\\nmade it the most\\npopular place of\\nresort on the con-\\ntinent. Hundreds\\nof those who have\\nbeen benefited by", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 37\\nwinter and spring visits bear willing testimony to the tonic effects\\nof its bracing atmosphere. The climate is equable and the atmos-\\nphere free from the humidity which prevails at other points on the\\ncoast. Indeed, in this latter respect Atlantic City stands without\\na rival.\\nThe popularity of Atlantic City as a sanitarium is now so gen-\\neral and its reputation so well established that many hotels and\\ncottages have been erected or enlarged to accommodate the ever-\\nincreasing influx of winter and spring visitors. The success which\\ncrowned the pioneer effort of the Brighton is well maintained, and\\nfrom a small boarding-house it has grown to be a mammoth hotel,\\ncapable of accommodating nearly three hundred guests. Other\\nhouses, notably the Mansion, Seaside, Haddon, Dennis, Waverly,\\nShelburne, Traymore, and Minnequa, have been very much enlarged\\nand improved to meet the demands of those who come here\\nduring the winter and spring months for health, rest, or plea-\\nsure.\\nOf the many thousands who visit Atlantic City in the interval\\nbetween the first of January and the first of June, it is not to be\\nsupposed that all are in search of health. As has been already\\nhinted, a three-fold object is associated with life at this resort at\\nthat season. Invalids, especially those troubled with bronchial\\naffections or convalescing from malarial attacks, following the\\nadvice of their physicians, come here to regain their wonted health\\nand strength others whose daily life of care and toil has brought\\non nervous exhaustion seek rest and recuperation where it is gener-\\nally to be found and others still, following the b ent of fashion,\\nare to be found among the throng of pleasure-seekers who hie\\nthemselves hither during the Lenten season.\\nIn winter, when the majority of the guests are invalids, any but the\\nmildest forms of dissipation are, of course, out of the question but\\nduring Lent, when the more extravagant gayeties of the rest of the\\nworld are temporarily suspended, Atlantic City becomes the scene\\nof genuine fun and frolic. During the past two or three seasons it\\nhas been the generally acknowledged correct thing among the most\\nexclusively fashionable circles of New York and Philadelphia to form\\nLenten parties for Atlantic City. Upon the advent of Lent some\\ngood-natured married lady of unimpeachable social standing organ-\\nizes a party of from a dozen to twenty young people, and offers to", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "3*\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nchaperon them to Atlantic City. They go for a week or ten days,\\noften staying longer, and while they are here the heretofore quiet\\nhotels ring with the sounds of music, dancing, and merry laughter.\\nThe more sober-minded invalids gaze with a mild surprise not un-\\n3B\\n,0\\nt\\n!Jl],i\\nQ\\nfc\\nI\\n(A\\nh\\ni-N-\\nc/l\\njjjiv:,\\nH\\nlull\\nX\\nii\\nh\\nz\\n.lili:.\\no\\nmixed with pleasure at these jolly parties, and by force of example\\nbecome more energetic and inclined to forget their invalidism.\\n^considering Atlantic City as a winter and spring resort, it is\\nproper to offer some explanation of the causes which produce such\\nbeneficial ^results. To this end we must have recourse to the\\nopinions of leading physicians and scientists who have made a", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n39\\ncareful study of the matter. Actual experience, says Dr. Board-\\nman Reed in the Medical Times, has demonstrated that sea air is\\nas valuable in winter as in summer. It also bears out the statistics\\nwhich prove that the climate of Atlantic City is superior to that of\\nmost seacoast towns, being drier, more equable, and unusually mild,\\nconsidering the latitude. The same authority says: Another\\npeculiarity of the location of Atlantic City is that all the winds from\\nthe landward must pass for long distances hundreds of miles in\\nsome directions over a very dry and porous sandy soil, upon which\\nsnow rarely lies for any time. These winds, including those from\\nthe north, northwest, west, and southwest, are, therefore, to some\\nextent both dried and warmed in their passage. Though the coast\\nof Southern New Jersey has a general direction from northeast to\\nsouthwest, the beach at Atlantic City trends more to the westward,\\nso that it faces almost directly southward. Therefore south as well\\nas east winds are sea breezes here, and both blow across the Gulf\\nStream, which exercises considerable influence upon the climate of\\nthis part of the coast.\\nThe dryness of the climate of Atlantic City, as compared with\\nother seaside resorts, is best shown by statistics of the rainfall,\\nwhich is less here than at any other place on the coast, as appears\\nfrom the records of the Signal Service at Washington. The follow-\\ning table represents the annual amount of rain at the principal cities\\nand stations on the coast for five consecutive years also the aver-\\nage rainfall at each station since it was established\\nAVERAGE.\\nAtlantic City, N. J.,\\n42.90\\n40.60\\n44-23\\n55-48\\n39-55\\n40.24\\n8 years.\\nBarnegat, N. J.,\\n52.25\\n49-38\\n47.27\\n60.13\\n58.85\\n50.20\\n8\\nCape May, N. J.,\\nCharleston, S. C.,\\n47-99\\n42.44\\n50.92\\n60.54\\n40.41\\n46.70\\n10\\n68.62\\n64.33\\n44-47\\n48.80\\n48.63\\nio.91\\n11\\nJacksonville, Fla.,\\nNewport, R. I.,\\n52. ir\\n51.62\\n5499\\n66.87\\n48.69\\n55-74\\n10\\n55.84\\n52.20\\n40.75\\n6i.45\\n44-52\\n5998\\n6\\nNew Orleans, La.,\\n73 3i\\n58.29\\n60.84\\n67-33\\n58.22\\n60.63\\n11\\nNew York City,\\n42.68\\n43.68\\n33-24\\n49-5Q\\n35.60\\n42.67\\n11\\nNorfolk, Va.,\\n66.28\\n44-44\\n34-54\\n54.48\\n46.49\\n51-43\\n11\\nPortland, Me\\n45-6i\\n41.10\\n38.24\\n45.02\\n42.99\\n39-33\\n10\\nSandy Hook, N. J.,\\nWilmington, N. C.,\\n54.86\\n60.37\\n40-75\\n53-14\\n46.20\\n52.05\\n8\\n84.12\\n50.90\\n50 13\\n53-35\\n46.56\\n57.28\\n11\\nThis table of rainfall shows that Portland, Me., alone of all the\\ncities and stations mentioned, had during that period a less rainfall\\nthan Atlantic City. This is an extraordinary fact. Atlantic City\\nhas less rainfall than any other resort on the coast, so far as the\\nofficial records show, and has thus a strong basis for its claim to\\nexceptional dryness.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "40\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nSignal Observer L. M. Tarr, who has charge of the United\\nStates Signal Station at Atlantic City, has kindly furnished the\\ncompiler of this Hand-Book with the following statement of the\\ntemperature in this city during each of the twelve months of the\\nlast four years\\n1883.\\n1884.\\n1885\\n1886.\\n1 3\\n6\\nu\\nu\\nss\\n8 3\\nas\\n8 k\\nP*1\\n8\\ns 2\\nS 2\\nF2\\nSs\\n3\\ne 2\\ns 2\\nS2\\nPi\\nP2\\n\u00c2\u00a72\\nP2\\nP X\\nIf\\n3 a\\nA s\\nMaxi\\nempe\\n.a\\nP\\nc 0,\\nSI\\nft\\nIt\\nii\\nH\\nEn\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nH i\\nH\\n29.7\\nH\\n52.8\\nr*\\nJanuary,\\n13.2\\n46.0\\n5-2\\n29.2\\n50.0\\n4.0\\n32.3\\n53-o\\n7-5\\n2.1\\nFebruary,\\n35-1\\n64.0\\ni-7\\n37-6\\n57-b\\n11.\\n25-7\\n48.1\\n5-o\\n29.9\\n50.3\\n2.3\\nMarch,\\n35-o\\n62.0\\n11.\\n38.6\\n60 2\\n8.0\\n3i-4\\n55-3\\n8-S\\n38,1\\n67.5\\n10.6\\nApril,\\n45-5\\n63.0\\n27.0\\n47.0\\n67.0\\n29-5\\n46.6\\n75-2\\n28.9\\n48.0\\n83-4\\n28.4\\nMay,\\n56.7\\n79.0\\n40.0\\n58-7\\n78.1\\n41.0\\n1 57-8\\n75 .0\\n87.3\\n35-4\\n56.0\\n74-9\\n4o.5\\nJune,\\nJuly,\\n67.2\\n87.0\\n52.0\\n66.4\\n87.2\\n49.0\\n66.7\\n52.0\\n65-7\\n82.0\\n50.3\\n73.0\\n94.0\\n57-o\\n70.6\\n89.9\\n56.9\\n73-4\\n90.9\\n89.3\\n56.8\\n72.1\\n86.1\\n58.3\\nAugust,\\n70S\\n91.0\\n55.o\\n71.5\\n88.6\\n61. 1\\n73-1\\n48.8\\n7i-4\\n86.5\\n55-3\\nSeptember,\\n65.1\\n80.0\\n45.0\\n69.7\\n86.2\\n49-7\\n64.7\\n80.6\\n44.0\\n68.5\\n85.6\\n49-8\\nOctober,\\nSS.b\\n75-0\\n39-8\\nS8-S\\n83.0\\n32-4\\n55-8\\n73-9\\n33-6\\n58.1\\n73-9\\n36.2\\nNovember,\\n45-9\\n63.0\\n18.7\\n45.7\\n69.9\\n20.0\\n46.4\\n64.7\\n26.8\\n46.7\\n65.0\\n24.4\\nDecember,\\n37-2\\n57-b\\n11.\\n37-5\\n61.0\\n2.1\\n36.9\\n53-3\\n12.5\\n33.2\\n5L4\\n13.7\\nThe same authority also furnishes a comparative summary of the\\nmean temperature at some of the principal cities of the country\\nduring the years 1885 and 1886. These figures are taken from the\\nofficial reports to the Department at Washington\\n1885.\\n1886.\\n3\\nu\\nft\\n6\\ns\\n3\\n3\\ng,\\n,X3\\nas\\nft\\nc\\n3\\n1/1\\nAtlantic City,\\n37.6\\n38.6\\n47-o\\ns8. 7\\n66.4\\n70.6\\n71.5\\n38.1\\n48.0\\n56.0\\n65-7\\n72 2\\n71.4\\nBoston, Mass.,\\n3 I -\u00c2\u00b0j33\\n5\\n42.7\\n53.8\\n66.O\\n68.0\\n68.3\\n33-7\\n47-7\\n56.2\\n63.1\\n70.8\\n67.7\\nChicago, 111.,\\n27-7! 34\\n2\\n44-3\\n56.7\\n65.O\\n69.2\\n68.8\\n36. i\\n49.1\\n57\u00c2\u00b0\\n66.0\\n71.4\\n72.4\\nJacksonville, Fla.,\\n62.1 66\\n8\\n68.7\\n70-5\\n76.9\\n82.9\\n59-9\\n66.5\\n75-8\\n80.7\\n80.9\\nNew Vork\\n35-i 37\\nS\\n47.6\\nS8.8\\n68.7\\n701\\n71-5\\n36.9\\n50.3\\n58 5\\n65.6\\n72.9\\n71.0\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.,\\n403 4i\\n5\\n48.7;6l.3\\n70.5\\n71.8\\n40\\n53-4\\n60.9\\n68.6\\n74.6\\nWashington City,\\n40.9 42\\n2\\n50.9 64.41 72.5\\n74.2\\n74.2\\n42.0 55-5\\n62.1 69.9 73 9 73.1\\nA well-known physician of Baltimore, Dr. J. T. King, says\\nThe geological peculiarity of the island is one of the agents that\\ncontribute to the remarkable healthfulness of Atlantic City at all\\nseasons of the year. There is no indigenous or spontaneous vege-", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Ha,7id-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n4i\\ntation upon the island. The only growth to be seen is the arbo-\\nreal embellishments of the avenues and lawns\u00e2\u0080\u0094 sylvan contribu-\\ntions from the forests of the mainland. No stagnant pools or\\nsloughs mar or disfigure the facial lineaments of the island, and\\nthere is no malarial or miasmatic emanation or effluvium to offend\\nthe senses or to affect its perfect hygiene.\\nSeveral elements combine to produce the tonic effect of the sea-\\nair, the first of which is the presence of a large amount of ozone\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCOTTAGE OF WILLIAM C HOUSTON, NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE.\\nthe stimulating, vitalizing principle of the atmosphere. Ozone\\nhas a tonic, healing, and purifying power, that increases as the air\\nis taken into the lungs. It strengthens the respiratory organs, and\\nin stimulating them helps the whole system. It follows naturally\\nthat the blood is cleansed and revivified, tone is given to the\\nstomach, the liver is excited to healthful action, and the whole\\nbody feels the benefit. Perfect health is the inevitable result, if\\n4", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "$2 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nthere be enough of the constitution left to build upon and even\\nconfirmed invalids are often materially benefited by seaside life,\\nand existences that would be utterly miserable are by sojourns here\\nmade not only tolerable but often pleasant and happy. Another\\nreason is that the atmosphere, being denser at the sea-level than at\\nmore elevated points, contains, in a given space, a larger amount\\nof oxygen while still another is that, as a larger portion of the\\nbreeze comes from the sea, the air contains but a small amount of\\nthe deleterious products of decaying vegetable and animal matter.\\nThe saline particles held in suspension in the atmosphere, the\\ndust of the ocean, enter the system through the lungs, and aid\\nin the tonic effect experienced at the seashore. But whatever may\\nbe the cause, the effect is undoubted. Few who visit Atlantic City\\nfail to experience a marked improvement in appetite, while to\\nmany there comes such a feeling of drowsiness that the most excit-\\ning story will fail to keep them awake between the hours of three\\nand six in the afternoon. This is a sure sign that the nerves are\\nbeing well rested and fed. It is a great thing to get an abundant\\nsupply of nerve food without the use of medicines, the falsely\\nstimulating effect of which must be followed by a corresponding\\nexhaustion.\\nCLIMATE BETTER THAN MEDICINE.\\nAtlantic City, as is well known, is wholly surrounded by un-\\nmixed salt water, besides having six miles of salt meadows behind\\nit, and rests upon abed of dry sand therein fulfilling the two con-\\nditions laid down by Professor Loomis as essential to immunity from\\nmalaria. No considerable fresh water stream empties within many\\nmiles of it. My personal experience of the place, dating back\\neighteen years, says Dr. Reed, affords strong evidence against\\nthe probability of malaria originating here. In my practice among\\ninvalid visitors, I see a great deal of malaria. It is one of the dis-\\neases for which visitors come here, particularly in winter; and when\\nthey remain long enough, they do not often come in vain.\\nIt is with climates as with medicines trustworthy evidence as\\nto what they have accomplished is the most valuable. With regard\\nto nervous, rheumatic, gouty, dyspeptic, and various other chronic\\nailments which are usually found to be benefited here in the sum-", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n43\\nmer, equal benefit may be expected\\nin the winter. Convalescents from\\nacute disease, or from surgical\\noperations, nearly always improve\\nremarkably upon being removed to\\nAtlantic City from the large cities.\\nAs to diseases of the respiratory\\norgans, says Dr. Reed, I have\\nhad personal knowledge of many\\npatients suffering from various forms\\nof such affections who have made\\ntrials of this climate in winter.\\nThe cases have, as a rule, improved,\\nsome of them very decidedly, though\\nthere have been exceptions. The\\nconsumptives who were in the in-\\ncipient stage, and those even in\\nthe advanced stages where the de-\\nstructive process has been advanc-\\ning slowly, have often experienced\\nvery marked improvement. In a\\nconsiderable proportion about\\none-fourth of the cases of these\\nlatter classes, the disease has been\\napparently arrested, and some of\\nthem seem to be cured.\\nIt is a significant fact that pneu-\\nmonia and bronchitis are of infre-\\nquent origin here, and when they\\ndo occur the patients almost in-\\nvariably recover. Upon this point\\nDr. Reed s experience as a resident\\nphysician enables him to speak very\\npositively. He has not known an\\nuncomplicated attack of either dis-\\nease to prove fatal.\\nTo another highly respected\\nphysician, Dr. James Darrach, of\\nGermantown, belongs the honor\\ni\\nV;", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "44 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nof having relieved many patients suffering from hay fever and\\nautumnal catarrh, by sending them to Atlantic City. The late Rev.\\nH. W. Beecher and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes had a witty cor-\\nrespondence on the subject of hay fever a few years since, in\\nwhich the latter declared that there was no cure for the disease\\nbut six feet of gravel. Atlantic City, however, has answered\\nback that it may be alleviated.\\nBETWEEN THE SEASONS.\\nThe month of May, by many considered the loveliest of all the\\nyear, divides the spring and the summer seasons at Atlantic City,\\nif there be any division. The spring guests, however, often linger\\nthrough May, and it is sometimes difficult to tell where the spring\\nseason ends and the summer season begins. About the last of May\\nthe large summer hotels and boarding-houses begin to prepare for\\nthe coming of the summer guests. When the month of roses\\ncomes the register of the summer hotel lies open upon the spacious\\ndesk the clerk is bland and gracious his opportunity to be\\nimperiously dignified and lofty not having arrived servants are\\nbusy with mop and bucket, putting things in order scores of\\nchairs are ranged to the right, left, and front of you with not a\\nvestige of a struggle to get position smiling Bonifaces greet\\nthe advent of each guest with an earnest welcome and confiden-\\ntially advise him to select his room early, lest disappointment\\nshould follow the horse-cars plod to and from the Inlet without\\ngrave friction on the bell-punch and even the policeman looks\\ngracious as he dreams of the tips to flow in his lap when the\\ntide of humanity turns seaward. In a few weeks all this will be\\ntransformed into bustle and animation the diamond of the ten-\\ndollar-a-week clerk will sparkle as never before the houses will be\\nfull and some of the guests fuller, and the summer season will be\\nat its height.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "Rummer Days by ttie \u00c2\u00a3ea.\\nTTTHE development of Atlantic City as a winter resort has not\\nI been more marked than has been its progress as a place of\\nJb permanent abode for those who cater to the necessities of\\nthe tens of thousands who migrate hither in summer time. Start-\\ning in 1854, the growth of the city for some years was slow and it\\nwas known only as a place for summer recreation, lasting from the\\nfirst of July until the first of September. From September to\\nJune the number of inhabitants was considerably less than one\\nthousand. Now the permanent all-the-year-round population is\\nabout ten thousand, while the summer inhabitants often exceed\\nseventy-five thousand.\\nLittle did the few residents of 1854 dream that this lonely\\nisland, so inaccessible, so remote, would become in a compara-\\ntively brief period the site of a beautiful city by the sea, with\\nbroad avenues lined with handsome cottages, thronged with splen-\\ndid equipages and a moving multitude representing the culture,\\nintelligence, and wealth of a metropolitan people the permanent\\nhome of a large and growing population, and the favorite pleasure\\nresort of many thousands. The building of the Camden and\\nAtlantic Railroad from Philadelphia to the island has made this\\nonce isolated spot blossom as the rose, and in its popularity, its\\naccommodations, its many excellencies and varied attractions, it is\\nahead of the oldest places of the kind in America.\\nThe first-class hotels and numerous boarding-houses are over-\\ntaxed in summer time to accommodate the throng of visitors who\\ncome from every direction, north, east, south, and west. During\\nthe past year cottages have sprung up with a rapidity and in\\nnumbers without a parallel in the history of Atlantic City, or of\\nany other resort in the world. These cottages find occupants in\\nthe spring, most of whom remain until October.\\nThe solid character of its patrons from the better elements of\\nsociety, the quiet, homelike aspect of the place, the natural\\n46", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n47\\nscenery and charms peculiar to itself, conspire to make Atlantic\\nCity the very ideal of a summer resort. Art and design have\\nadded to its attractions, beautifying it with broad avenues, with\\nwalks bordered with trees and with gardens whose fragrance unites\\nBOARDWALK AND OCEAN PIER.\\nwith the cool breeze of the ocean to delight and refresh those who\\nseek rest and recreation at the seashore.\\nLife at Atlantic City in summer is buoyant, gay, and attractive,\\nand draws many thousands to enjoy the hospitality of its people.\\nThe hotels are often taxed to their utmost to accommodate the", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "48 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nnumber of arrivals. As many as thirty thousand people have been\\nknown to arrive here in a single day, and the aggregate number\\nof guests at one time has exceeded seventy-five thousand. The sum-\\nmer rush and crush reaches its height about the first of August,\\nwhen the city itself puts on its gayest attire. Then it is that hops\\nare held almost nightly at the principal hotels, and the boardwalk\\nis transformed into a mass of surging humanity so thick, indeed,\\nthat the crowd merges over on the sides, and the strand, either\\nfrom choice or necessity, becomes an equally popular promenade.\\nThe current moves constantly on in both directions, the rule of the\\nroad keep to the right being strictly adhered to. When one is\\ntired or wants to study humanity, there is no place equal to the\\nboardwalk. As a study of some of the most unique phases or\\nhuman character, a stroll along this crowded thoroughfare is worth\\na year of ordinary life. Its infinite variety preserves it from\\nmonotony, and never does it present the same aspect two days in\\nsuccession.\\nSeated in one of the many cozy pavilions which line the board-\\nwalk, one may find rest and pleasure on a summer evening gazing\\nupon the broad ocean, upon which the dark shadows of night are\\nbeginning to fall. The stars twinkle in the sky above, the waves\\nchant a weird song as they break upon the strand, the moon rises in\\nits glory, lighting up the dark waters, and the ear is lulled with the\\ngentle murmur of the surf. It is an opportunity for thoughtful\\nmeditation or melancholy pleasure, according to the mood of the\\nindividual.\\nMany delightful, dreamy hours may be spent upon the strand\\nwhen the weather is pleasant. The long stretch of sandy beach\\nand the roar of the surf may be uninteresting to some upon a\\ngloomy day, but when the sun is shining all dreariness disappears,\\nthe ocean sparkles like a huge diamond, and groups of people\\nwander along the strand or scoop out convenient hollows, in which\\nthey will lie for hours, enjoying the warm sun-bath and inhaling\\nozone at every breath. Bevies of girls dressed in dainty costumes\\nare scattered about on the sand, and ripples of laughter come to\\none s ears. Far out upon the horizon a faint trace of smoke may\\nbe seen ascending from a passing steamer, while above the horizon\\nand sometimes just beyond the surf the white wings of swift-sail-\\ning yachts or other craft lend a charm and a motion to the scene.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "50 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nNothing could add to the quiet beauty of this scene or heighten the\\npleasure of those for whom it is created.\\nFrom morning until evening the beach is a perfect paradise for\\nchildren. The youngsters take to digging in the sand and pad-\\ndling in the water by natural instinct, having unlimited opportu-\\nnities for both. Every day they throw up fortifications, build\\nmounds, and excavate subterranean caverns, and every night the\\ntide washes away all their labor and leaves a soft, smooth surface\\nfor another day s toil.\\nThe pleasures of the surf bath bring multitudes to Atlantic City\\nduring the summer months, and bathing here attains a popularity\\nunknown to more northern resorts, the near approach of the\\nGulf Stream to this point increasing the temperature of the water\\nto a delightful degree, and taking from it the bitter chill from\\nwhich so many would-be bathers shrink. At the fashionable hours\\nof bathing, from eleven to one, the beach is crowded with thou-\\nsands of merry bathers, whose shouts and laughter mingle with the\\nroar of the surf, while the strand and boardwalk are lined with\\ninterested spectators and promenaders. The scene at this time is\\nas animated as the streets of a continental city on a fete day. On\\na moonlight evening, when the beach is filled with equipages, and\\nthe boardwalk thronged with merry promenaders, then, indeed,\\nAtlantic City presents a picture of delightful existence, fairer than\\nany vision of a midsummer night s dream.\\nFor sailing under most favorable conditions, the Inlet affords\\nample opportunity, and good boats ably manned by veteran sea-\\nmen are always to be had at a fair price. The Inlet is the favorite\\nresort of the lovers of those twin sports, yachting and fishing. A\\nlarge fleet of handsome yachts is always riding at anchor in wait-\\ning for parties desirous of a sail over the briny waters, or of in-\\ndulging in that exciting sport, deep-sea fishing. The water is\\nfairly alive with game fish, such as sea bass, flounders, weak fish,\\nking fish, porgies, croakers, snapping mackerel, blue fish, and\\nkindred varieties. The most delicious oysters are to be had here,\\nfresh from their native beds, and with an appetizing flavor un-\\nknown to one who has never eaten them before the moss of their\\nshells is dry. The Thoroughfare, which is as smooth as a moun-\\ntain lake, with many picturesque surroundings, is another favorite\\nresort, especially for the ladies. It abounds in crabs, which are", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n5*\\ncaught in great numbers. Those who prefer steam to sails as a\\nmotor can be accommodated also, and the few whose stomach\\ndread the heaving billows may eschew both and idly sit and watch\\nthe fleet of gayly decked boats as they dance in the dim distance\\nwith their precious freight, their blood meanwhile tingling with\\nthe ozone blown from the sea, or the commoner kind which some\\nendeavor to suck through a. straw.\\nIn addition to the customary weekly hops at the principal hotels,\\nAtlantic City is visited during the summer season by some of the\\nbest musical and dramatic talent, and concerts and entertainments\\nLIGHTHOUSE.\\nare given at various places of amusement. These, in connection\\nwith the varied and ever-recurring pleasures natural to the resort,\\npresent a constant round of enjoyment. A feature of Atlantic\\nCity is the open-air concert gardens. At first thought one would\\nperhaps not consider these places among the special attractions,\\nbut the estimation in which they are held elsewhere must not be\\nthe standard of judgment here. They are conducted with order\\nand decorum. Many people who never venture into them at home\\nvisit them here in the cool of the evening, and enjoy the excellent\\nmusic which is provided. Solid business men of irreproachable", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "52 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\ncharacter, distinguished people from all parts of the country, as\\nwell as church-going people, are frequently seen in these places.\\nAt Albrecht s Garden, of which W. Albrecht is proprietor, in-\\nteresting entertainments are provided, and the garden is managed\\nwith a strict regard for propriety. In addition to the musical\\nattractions, there are select concerts and operatic entertainments\\nduring the summer months, and the audiences are usually quite large.\\nConnected with Albrecht s is a large banqueting hall for socie-\\nties or excursionists, which will seat six hundred and fifty persons.\\nThis hall has a polished floor suitable for dancing, and is used for\\nhops in the summer season and for balls and roller skating in the\\nwinter.\\nAt the lower end of the city there are two hotels, which are\\nspecially designed for excursionists that is, persons who come\\ndown to spend a day at the seashore. This class aggregates many\\nthousands. The houses are provided with well-appointed restau-\\nrants, pleasant parlors, broad piazzas, and spacious ball-rooms.\\nSuch is the popularity of Atlantic City that the excursion houses\\nare often engaged in advance of the season by parties who know\\nand prefer this resort above any other within reach.\\nStarting from the vicinity of the Excursion House, where congre-\\ngate the photographers, the itinerant vendors of views, curiosities,\\nedibles, and trinkets, the weighing-machine men, and the test-your-\\nlungs men passing these and many other things to amuse, and\\nfollowing the boardwalk in the direction of the Inlet, the pedestrian\\ncomes to the lighthouse, of which some data is given in the closing\\nchapter of this book. It is situated at the northeastern end of the\\nisland, near the entrance to Absecon Inlet.\\nFrom the balcony of the lighthouse a grand panorama of sea and\\nland is presented. We behold there what the world looks like to\\na sea-gull and a grand waste of waters it seems, indeed. Look-\\ning north and west, across the extended miles of salt meadows, with\\ntheir winding thoroughfares and bays, one sees the lines of pretty\\nbuildings and fertile farms of the mainland. Stretching to the\\nsouthwest the beautiful city, with its grand hotels, its extensive\\nboarding-houses, its hundreds of private cottages embowered in\\nshrubbery, and the long lines of shade-trees skirting the side-\\nwalks, presents a lovely picture while beyond, to the east and\\nsouth, the ocean stretches into the distant horizon.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 53\\nSummer days by the sea would be incomplete without a visit to\\n\u00c2\u00abach of the three great piers, whose surface reaches far out over the\\nocean, and upon which one may walk and watch the waves as they\\nroll in, and perchance lay hold upon the mane of the sea. As\\nthe boardwalk is the promenade, the centre of life and interest,\\nover which everybody strolls in search of exercise or amusement,\\nso are the piers places of interest, which every one should visit, if\\nonly for a few breaths of the very purest and freshest of ocean air.\\nHEADING FOR THE INLET.\\nThe largest of these three structures is the new Iron Pier, which\\nextends a thousand feet into the ocean from the foot of Massa-\\nchusetts Avenue. The width of this pier is thirty feet, widening\\nat the centre pavilion to one hundred feet, and at the outer pavil-\\nion to one hundred and forty feet. The pillars and all the works\\nbelow the floor are iron, the former being sunk into the sand to a\\ndepth of ten feet. The floor is ten feet above high-water line.\\nThe outer pavilion is sufficiently spacious to hold an audience of\\ntwo thousand people. The cost of the entire structure was sixty-\\ntwo thousand dollars.\\nApplegate s Pier, at the foot of Tennessee Avenue, is nearly seven\\nhundred feet in length, and was finished in the spring of 1884 at\\na cost of over twenty-five thousand dollars. Before it was finished", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "54\\nIllustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nit stood the test of the severe storm of January 8th and 9th, 1884,\\nand since then it has baffled old Boreas and Neptune on more than\\none occasion. Though built upon the sand, it still stands as solid\\nas a rock. Applegate s Double-Deck Pier is a great resort for\\nboardwalk promenaders in summer-time. Thousands resort to it\\nto enjoy the delightful ocean breezes and find relief from the heat,\\nwhich sometimes becomes uncomfortable in the built-up portions\\nTHE NEW IRON PIER.\\nof the city. Above the upper deck and near the centre of the pier\\nthe owner has erected what he calls the Lovers Pavilion, where\\nspoony couples are wont to resort to escape the gaze of the madding\\ncrowd. It has been estimated that as many as one hundred wed-\\nding engagements are consummated in this pavilion every summer\\nseason. During July and August first-class minstrel performances\\nare given upon this pier every evening under the management of\\nthat well-known middleman, Mr. E. N. Slocum.\\nThe Howard Ocean Pier, at the foot of Kentucky Avenue, is the\\noldest of the three piers. It is six hundred feet long and has an", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 55\\nextensive pavilion at the outer end, where select hops and excellent\\ndramatic or operatic entertainments are held.\\nThe pavilions of these piers afford an unobstructed view of the\\nentire beach, the bathers, and the limitless expanse of water stretch-\\ning away to the ocean s horizon. Beneath us, deep down in the\\nclear waters, the finny inhabitants are as busy in their element as\\nwe are in ours, although they are probably not looking for their\\nlost nervous energy.\\nLife at Atlantic City during the summer is in one aspect without\\nrestraint. Coming from every part of the land and from every\\nwalk in life, the crowd must necessarily be a motley one, but there\\nis none of that respect of persons which is sometimes seen in\\nthe churches. The man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel,\\nis not considered one whit better than the poor man in vile rain-\\nment indeed, appearances are so deceptive that it would never\\nbe safe to judge of the size of a man s bank account by the clothes\\nhe has on especially if it be a bathing. suit. Men whose talents\\nhave made them famous throughout the land judges, lawyers, and\\nministers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 arrayed in a suit of blue and white, mingle daily with\\nthe other bathers, ignorant of who they are and regardless of their\\nsocial standing. It is no uncommon sight to see men eminent in\\ntheir callings busily engaged in scooping up bucketsful of sand for\\nchildren whom they chance to meet upon the beach, or aiding\\nthem in their search for shells after a receding tide. Sedate bach-\\nelors and prudish old maids not infrequently take part in such\\ndiversions as these, and, viewing the scenes from the calm of a\\npavilion, one cannot help thinking that the intellects and the\\ncharacters thus unbent, and finding a share in the enjoyments of\\nchildhood, appear to greater advantage by the relaxation. Year\\nafter year, summer after summer, this strange commingling of the\\nyoung and the old, the high and the low, the rich and the poor,,\\nthe grave and the gay, goes on in Atlantic City and so until the\\nend of time, generation after generation, the charmed voice of the\\nsea will draw men to its sands and to its surf. From the plains of\\nthe South, from the wide expanse of the West, and from the bleak r\\ngray rim of the North, men, women, and children will come and\\ngo, girdling our coast with joy and sorrow through the twelve\\nmonths months which make possible the winter s comfort and the\\nsummer s pleasure.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "Water Supply and Drainage.\\n*TfP TLANTIC CITY now has a two-fold water supply. Nearly\\n*foy every house has a cemented cistern or wooden tank in\\nj which water distilled from the clouds is preserved pure\\nand sweet for use when required. When carefully kept, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2especially when filtered, rain water is entirely reliable, and usually\\naffords an adequate supply for drinking and culinary purposes.\\nBut water-works of the most elaborate character were built, and\\nspring water introduced from the mainland, seven miles distant, in\\nJune, 1882. A standpipe one hundred and thirty-five feet high,\\nhaving a capacity of five hundred thousand gallons, insures at all\\ntimes an abundant supply for every purpose, including the sprink-\\nling of streets and extinguishing of fires.\\nThis place promises to be hereafter the best drained city on the\\nAtlantic coast. Years ago provision was made for getting rid of\\nthe surface water, and since the compulsory filling up of low lots,\\nthere has been little ground for complaint in this respect. All\\ngarbage has long been and still is removed daily in closely covered\\nbarrels. Other refuse and excreta have for some years past been\\nstored temporarily in carefully constructed vaults with excellent\\nventilating arrangements, and removed at frequent intervals beyond\\nthe city limits during the latter part of the night by the odorless\\nexcavating apparatus. An improved system of underground sewer-\\nage, adopted by the Board of Health and City Council after a very\\ncareful study of various rival plans, is now in successful operation.\\nTHE IMPROVED SEWERAGE SYSTEM.\\nUpon the subject of drainage the same authority from whom we\\nhave already quoted (Dr. Reed) says\\nWith the continued growth of Atlantic City and the intro-\\nduction of extensive water-works, underground sewerage became a\\nnecessity. Years previously numerous conduits had been provided\\nfor carrying off the surface-water, while the raising of the level of\\n56", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 57\\nthe streets and adjacent properties, and compulsory rilling of low\\nlots, had further improved the surface-drainage. The one thing\\nneedful remaining was to make better provision for disposing of\\nlaundry-water, kitchen-slops, and human excreta. After studying\\nvarious plans and sending committees even as far as Pullman, Illi-\\nnois, to investigate the practical value of pumping-stations and\\nsewage-utilization, the authorities adopted for Atlantic City what\\nis known as the West system, and contracted with the Improved\\nSewerage and Sewage-Utilization Company of New York to put it\\nin operation.\\nBriefly stated, this system comprises a pumping-station and\\nreservoir with deeply laid sewers converging to it, and filter-beds\\nsituated at a considerable distance from the well, out on the salt-\\nmeadows.\\nThe reservoir is placed on the edge of the meadows, next that\\nside of the town which is farthest removed from the ocean and the\\nhotels, being half a mile to a mile distant from the latter. It is a\\nwalled pit, cemented on both the inside and outside, thirty feet in\\ndiameter and twenty feet deep. Connected with it is a ventilating\\nshaft seventy-five feet high. The main sewer, which empties into\\nthe bottom of this well, is a cylindrical iron pipe twenty inches in\\ndiameter. Connecting with this is a system of sub-mains and\\nlaterals of iron or heavy glazed terra-cotta pipe, the best product of\\nthe Trenton works. These are respectively twenty, fifteen, and ten\\ninches in diameter, according to location. All the larger ones are\\nlaid below the level of the ground-water, upon a substantial\\nwooden support or bed.\\nBy thus excavating to an extraordinary depth and conducting\\nthe main to the bottom of a well twenty feet below the ordinary\\nlevel of the town, the necessary grade was obtained to render the\\nsewers self-cleansing.\\nThe sewage is conveyed by gravity to the well or reservoir, and\\nis forced thence by two powerful steam-pumps, having a joint capa-\\ncity of upward of sixteen hundred gallons per minute, through\\nan iron ipe to the filter-beds. The liquid, after emerging from\\nthese, is only slightly discolored, and, by extra care and frequent\\nchanging of the filtering material, it has been found practicable to\\nrender it clear and pure enough even to drink. This may seem\\nincredible, but Parkes, in his Practical Hygiene, quotes Mr. Dyke\\n5", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "58\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nas claiming for a similar system of sewage utilization with filtration,\\nat Merthyr-Tydvil, that the effluent water was stated to be pure\\nenough to be used for drink.\\nThere is absolutely no odor at the well, not even when one stands\\nupon the floor inside with the trap-door open. The reason is that\\nthe sewage empties there in a fresh condition, before having had\\ntime to decompose then, even if gases had formed, the high ven-\\nW!S! *m\u00c2\u00bb lf ipP\\nIMtDSiffi):\\nCOTTAGE OF THOMAS C. HAND, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.\\ntilating shaft, adjoining the well and connected with the fire of the\\nengine-room, causes a powerful draught in that direction. A slight\\nodor is detectable at the filter-beds, but this never reaches any in-\\nhabited part of the city proper. If there ever should be sufficient\\nsmell created by the process to reach even that portion of-the town\\nnearest to it, a prompt and thoroughly effectual remedy, which\\ncould be enforced at any time, would be to compel the company\\nto move the filter-beds half a mile, or even a mile, farther away.\\nThe problem of effectively and safely draining cities situated on", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n59\\nflat plains with no convenient water-course into which sewage could\\nbe discharged had been previously solved at various places in\\nEurope by the use of pumping-stations and some form of sewage\\nutilization. The model city of Pullman, Illinois, a suburb of Chi-\\ncago, was the first in this country to attempt such a plan, and it is\\nentirely satisfied with the result. Atlantic City had even greater\\ndifficulties to overcome, on account of the peculiar character of the\\nunderlying ground, but it has been demonstrated that sewers of any\\ndesired material can be laid even here at any required depth.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "Distances from Atlantic City.\\nMiles.\\nAltoona, Pa 297\\nAlbany, N. Y., 293\\nBaltimore, Md 158\\nBoston, Mass 380\\nBethlehem, Pa 115\\nBedford Springs, Pa 314\\nBeatrice, Neb 1,497\\nBurlington, N. J 79\\nChester, Pa 74\\nCarlisle, Pa 186\\nCarrollton, Mo 1,271\\nCresson Springs, Pa 312\\nChambersburg, Pa 217\\nChicago, 111 883\\nCincinnati, Ohio 727\\nCleveland, Ohio 564\\nCharleston, S. C 846\\nColumbus, Ohio 608\\nDovlestown, Pa 93\\nDelaware Water Gap, N.J 152\\nDowningtown, Pa 92\\nDetroit, Mich 743\\nDenver, Col i,95\u00c2\u00b0\\nEaston,Pa 112\\nErie, Pa 5\u00c2\u00b0 6\\nElmira, N. Y 343\\nFort Wayne, Ind 735\\nGettysburg, Pa 195\\nGreensburg, Pa 382\\nHarrisburg, Pa 165\\nHuntingdon, Pa 263\\nIndianapolis, Ind 782\\nIthaca, N.Y 418\\nJohnstown,Pa 336\\nKansas City, Mo i,337\\nLancaster, Pa 132\\nLincoln, Neb 1,447\\nLouisville, Ky 9\u00c2\u00b05\\nMedia, Pa 73\\nMauch Chunk, Pa 149\\nMilwaukee, Wis 9 2 3\\nMontgomery, Ala 1 ,097\\nMontreal, Can 649\\n60\\nMiles.\\nNorristown, Pa 77\\nNew York City, N. Y 150\\nNewark, N.J 140\\nNew Brunswick, N. J 117\\nNiagara Falls, N. Y 518\\nNew Orleans, La 1,474\\nNew Haven, Conn 226\\nNewport, R. 1 316\\nOgdensburg, N. Y 544\\nOmaha, Neb 1,380\\nPhiladelphia, Pa 60\\nPittsburgh, Pa 414\\nPottstown, Pa 100\\nPottsville, Pa 153\\nPortland, Me 491\\nQuebec, Canada. 821\\nQuincy, 111 1,114\\nReading,Pa 118\\nRochester, N. Y 437\\nRichmond, Va 314\\nSan Francisco, Cal. 3,280\\nSt. Joseph, Mo 1,397\\nSt. Louis, Mo 1,063\\nSalt Lake City, Utah 2,434\\nSt. Paul, Minn i,334\\nScranton, Pa 223\\nSavannah, Ga 827\\nToledo, Ohio 675\\nTrenton, N.J 90\\nTallahassee, Fla 1,160\\nUnionto wn, Pa 420\\nUnion City, Pa 479\\nUtica,N. Y 386\\nValley Forge, Pa 83\\nVirginia City, Nev 2,844\\nWilliamsport, Pa 258\\nWest Chester, Pa 91\\nWilmington, Del 88\\nWashington, D. C 198\\nWatkins Glen, N. Y 359\\nXenia, Ohio 663\\nYork,Pa 153\\nZanesville,Ohio 5^\u00c2\u00b0", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "jiooXt Line, and trigger.\\n1\\\\T OWHERE else along the coast are there greater facilities for\\nI \\\\1 sport with the rod and the gun than in the vicinity of\\nJb Atlantic City. The bays and thoroughfares are a vast water\\npreserve, with nature for their keeper. From Grassy Bay and\\nLittle Egg Harbor on the north to Great Egg Harbor and Lake s\\nBay on the south, from the wreck of the Cassandra to the wreck of\\nthe Diverty, fish of large size and fowl of many kind are found in\\nabundance. The thoroughfares, sounds, and bays teem with millions\\nof the finny tribe at certain seasons of the year, while the woods on the\\nmainland, or off-shore, if we may use the local vernacular, are\\nsplendid feeding grounds for quail in the fall months. The meadows\\nalso abound with duck, geese, plover, snipe, marlin, curlew, and\\nmud hens. Nowhere can the hunter or angler go amiss. It is\\ngenerally safe to carry the gun or the rod, for the fruits thereof will\\namply repay the drudgery. The waters of the sea and bays and\\nthe outlying marshes and woodland contain enough to keep the\\nfisherman and hunter in keen quest after their game.\\nA favorite feeding ground for the robin-breast, as they are gener-\\nally called by city gunners, or robin-snipe, as they are known to\\nthe shore guides, is the sod beach on Brigantine. An old hunter\\nsays that for fifteen years he has shot them on this spot from\\nbehind a blind near Smith s Brigantine House before daybreak,\\ncatching a bead on their nimble bodies only when the white comb\\nof a breaker flashed in the background.\\nCurlews, both of the long bill and crooked bill varieties, are in\\ngood flight in the spring and fall of the year. The latter are called\\non the shore horse-foot curlews, from a habit they have of eating\\nthe eggs of the king or horse-shoe crab.\\nEvery variety of beach bird can be bagged in the spring, if the\\nsportsman is speedily on the ground, and a few straggling birds\\nmay be killed as late as the 15th of June. The gunning is equally\\n61", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "62\\nIllustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\ngood in the fall, when the birds make their annual flight southward.\\nSeptember is generally a good month to test the sportsman s mettle\\nand skill, and, with perseverance, he is sure to return laden with\\nsmall game. Nor will he need any soothing syrup to woo his\\nnatural rest his peregrinations will bring him both appetite,\\nfatigue, and stamina. Woodcock may be killed in the month of\\nJuly, upland plover after August ist, and mud hens after August\\n25th. For extra sport in wing shot in the spring and fall the\\nWILD DUCK IN GRASSY BAY.\\nsportsman must visit Grassy Bay, which is convenient of access by\\nyachts from the Inlet, where wild duck and geese are found in\\nsuperior numbers. For outside fishing a trip to either of the sunken\\nwrecks will give the angler fine sport in bass, weak fish, and sheeps-\\nhead fishing.\\nThese sports of fin and feather are not only delightful in them-\\nselves, but they serve the better purpose of aiding largely in restor-\\ning health and strength. The conditions are perfect for this way", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n63\\nof roughing it; and the invalid, if strong enough to bear the slight\\nfatigue, will speedily find relief, if not a cure, for the ailments to\\nwhich his flesh is heir. Good digestion, active nutrition, and\\nsound sleep restore the nervous system, and these are largely ob-\\ntained by a moderate indulgence in those exhilarating sports, gun-\\nning and fishing. Days and weeks may be spent in cruising about,\\nthrough the bays and thoroughfares, with never a flagging or failing\\nof interest, or lack of occupation which is at the same time enjoy-\\nment. And while the bronze deepens on the cheek, and the pulse\\nbounds more vigorously, and the step grows more elastic, there is\\nno thought of yearning for other\\nscenes, but rather of frequent regret ^^Z^\\nthat the summer vacation\\nmust so soon end.\\nFor the in-\\nformation\\n=^s?- r,\\nTROLLING FOR BLUE FISH.\\nof those\\nwho may be\\nvisiting the shore\\nfor the first time in\\npursuit of birds, we state\\nthat complete outfits, with\\nthe exception of guns, ammu-\\nnition, and lunch, are furnished by the guides, viz. boats, decoys,\\nblinds, etc. The usual charge for one person is $3 per day,\\nand for two $4 per day. Parties intending to prolong their\\nshooting trips for several days or more can charter a yacht at\\n$2 per day, in addition to the cost of a guide, who in this case\\nwill charge $2.50 per day. A party of four will be at a cost\\nof about $2 per day for each person, excluding provisions and in-\\ncluding the services of two guides, which number will be required,\\nas the shooting is mostly done behind blinds, one of which will not\\nhide properly more than three persons. The guns generally used\\nfor beach bird shooting are ten bores with No. 6 shot, forwillet and\\ncurlew, and No. 8 for gray backs, calicoes, and robin snipe, and\\nNos. 2, 3, and 4 for ducks.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "64 Illust?-ated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nThe following information will be of permanent value to those\\nwho may wish to go in quest of any of the varieties of fish or fowl\\nwhich are found here at certain seasons of the year\\nFISH.\\nBlue Fish. Appear about the middle of May leave in\\nOctober.\\nSheep s Head. Appear about the ioth of June leave in\\nOctober.\\nWeak Fish. Appear in May; leave in October.\\nStriped Bass. Found in the rivers on the coast the entire\\nwinter; more plentiful in summer.\\nWhite Perch. Come early and remain late; chiefly found in\\nbrackish waters and in rivers.\\nBlack Fish. Bite from ist of June, and cease ist of October.\\nSea Bass. Taken ist of July until October.\\nKingfish, or Barb. Come in July and remain until October.\\nFlounders (Summer). Oblong in shape; come in June; stay\\nuntil October.\\nFlounders (Winter). Flounder proper come in October\\nleave in May.\\nPorgies. Abundant along the coast after July.\\nSpot, or Goody. Summer fish.\\nCodfish. Taken late in autumn and in winter.\\nFOWL.\\nWild Geese and Brant. Arrive about the ist of October and\\nremain until the last of March. Very plentiful.\\nBlack Ducks. Remain all summer.\\nBroad Bills. Arrive about the 15th of October.\\nCub Heads, Dippers, and Red Heads. Habits similar to\\nbroad bills. Arrive in October and remain until April ist.\\nGray Ducks and Teal. Arrive September 1st, leave in No-\\nvember come again for a short time in spring on their northern\\nmigration.\\nEnglish Snipe. Make their appearance about ist of April,\\nremain but a short time, go North, and return in October on their\\nway South.\\nWilson Snipe. Robin Snipe, Curlews, and Yellow Legs.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n65\\nCome about the 1st of May, make short stay, return in July, and\\nremain till October.\\nWillet. Willets remain and breed in salt marshes.\\nPlover. The several varieties arrive in May; remain during\\nthe summer.\\nTell-Tales. Arrive in May and pass northward return in\\nautumn for a short stay.\\nBut remember that there are in New Jersey certain enactments\\nwhich must be respected. They are known as Game Laws.\\nThey prohibit persons who are gunning for geese, brant, or ducks,\\nfrom placing their decoys further off from the edge of the marsh,\\nisland, bar, bank, blind, or ice than three rods distance. All per-\\nsons are prohibited from pursuing any fowl after night with a\\nlight. This class of sportsmen are called pot hunters, and are\\nheld in disrepute. by legitimate sportsmen.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "]YIortuary statistics.\\nONE of the best evidences of the salubrity of the climate of\\nAtlantic City is its low death-rate. The statistics given in\\nthe table below are taken from the official records of the\\nvarious State Boards of Health. The deaths in Atlantic City dur-\\ning 1886 were as follows: Non-resident visitors, 107; residents,\\n102.\\nThe population of Atlantic City in 1880 was five thousand five\\nhundred, and in 1885 it was eight thousand, an increase of forty-\\nfive per cent, in five years, or at the rate of nine per cent, a year.\\nAt this rate of increase the population of the place at the close of\\n1886 was above nine thousand, though a careful estimate, based\\nupon other sources of information, places it at ten thousand.\\nAdmitting, however, that the population was not more than nine\\nthousand, the record of one hundred and two deaths during the\\nyear shows the death rate to be 11. 3 to each thousand of popula-\\ntion. The percentage of deaths during preceding years was about\\nthe same.\\nAs a basis of comparison, we give the following table of the\\nmortality of various cities of the United States\\nRate per 1000. Rate per IOOO.\\nNew York 24.93 Cleveland 16.72\\nPhiladelphia 17.96 Chicago 16.50\\nBrooklyn 20.15 i Salt Lake City 14.00\\nBuffalo 14.19 Jacksonville, Fla 13.07\\nRochester 16.24 Worcester, Mass 19.25\\nBoston 21.53 i Cambridge, Mass 9-65\\nWashington 26.58 Mobile, Ala 23.05\\nBaltimore 21.53 Charleston 29.16\\nWilmington, Del 21.02 j Evansville, Ind 19.52\\nRichmond, Va 18.40 St. Louis 12.00\\nNorfolk, Va 21. 19\\nMilwaukee 14-35\\nCincinnati 17.23\\nSan Francisco 1580\\nPlattsburgh, N. Y 25.00\\nConcord, N. H 13.20\\nNew Haven 17-99 I New Orleans 50.17\\nHartford ,....16.67 Savannah 30.25\\nPittsburgh 21.16 Providence, R. 1 19.89\\nNashville, Tenn 23.11 Atlantic City 11.03\\n66", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n67\\nAtlantic City being a popular resort for invalids, especially those\\nsuffering from chronic diseases, the actual number of deaths within\\nits limits is necessarily large. This is especially the case in sum-\\nmer, when large numbers of infants suffering from diseases inci-\\ndent to childhood at that season of the year are brought here,\\nsome of them in a dying condition when they arrive. In places\\nlike Atlantic City there are various institutions for the sick, where\\nthe death-rate is also large. There are at least three such institu-\\ntions in this city. Moreover, many of our permanent residents\\nare what physicians call impaired lives persons with chest,\\nrheumatic, nervous, or other troubles, who live here throughout the\\nyear on account of the relief which the climate affords. These\\nare counted among the permanent residents in making up the\\ndeath-rate, though they rightly belong to the non-residents. Suf-\\nficient is shown by the above table, however, to satisfy any one\\nthat Atlantic City has a death-rate much lower than that of any\\nother city in the country. The well-ascertained healthfulness of\\nthis city has made it as much an invalid s as it is a tourist s resort.\\nThere is no limit to its popularity with the medical profession, who\\nare almost unanimous in pronouncing it the best winter and sum-\\nmer home for their patients.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "Institutions for the Afflicted.\\nGURNEY COTTAGE.\\nTTTHE Gurney Cottage, on Virginia Avenue below Pacific, was\\nI the summer home of the late Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney\\n^X_, from i860 until the time of her death, about eight years\\nago. Her whole life was occupied with deeds of charity, and\\nthough an influential member of the Society of Friends, she gave\\nliberally to Christians of every name. Assisting in the organiza-\\ntion of Sunday schools was her special pleasure, and the poor\\nalways found in her a friend. She enjoyed a personal acquaintance\\nwith many distinguished persons, and was a staunch friend of Presi-\\ndent Lincoln, who, in a letter written a few months before his\\ndeath, said he was much indebted to the good Christian people\\nof the country for their constant prayers and consolations, and to\\nno one of them more than to Mrs. Gurney.\\nTwo years ago the Gurney Cottage was leased by the managers\\nof the Friends Asylum, at Frankford, Philadelphia, who con-\\nverted it into a sanitarium for the treatment of nervous affections\\nand mild forms of mental disease. Cases of nervous prostration,\\nconvalescents from acute brain disease, and those mild mental dis-\\norders needing isolation from former surroundings can here find a\\nhome for treatment free from unnecessary restraint, where medical\\ncare and skillful nursing produce the best results.\\nThe building is situated near the ocean, and has all the modern\\nconveniences, including good sanitary arrangements. It is open\\nall the year, is well heated, and is lighted by electricity. Twelve\\npatients can be accommodated, both sexes being admitted. The\\nestablishment is presided over by a matron, and a sufficient number\\nof nurses are employed to care for the patients. It is under the\\nsupervision of Dr. John C. Hall, Superintendent of the Friends\\nAsylum in Philadelphia, who visits the place every week, and in\\nthe interval the immediate care and treatment of the patients are\\nconfined to Dr. John E. Sheppard, of Atlantic City, who makes\\n68", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Ha?id-Book of Atlantic City, JV. J. 69\\ndaily visits to the institution. During the first eight months thirty\\npatients were admitted, a number of whom were discharged as\\ncured. The results of the treatment at the seashore, the Superin-\\ntendent reports, have been thus far very satisfactory. The good\\neffects of a change of air, the comparative freedom from restraint,\\nand the home life, felt and appreciated by all, have had a marked\\neffect upon the patients and contributed greatly to their recovery.\\nDr. Hall adds that his experience at Atlantic City proves the\\ndesirability of the method, and that it affords many advantages not\\nto be found in the usual hospital treatment.\\nMERCER MEMORIAL HOME.\\nThis institution, the corporate name of which is Seaside House\\nfor Invalid Women, was organized in 1878.\\nIts object is to provide at the seashore a place where invalid\\nwomen, of moderate means can spend a few weeks and have not\\nonly the comforts of a home, but also good nursing and the care\\nof a physician, at a price which they are able to pay, but much\\nbelow the actual cost. It differs from other seaside institutions for\\nwomen, in that it is intended for invalids only, and in this respect\\nit meets a want which has often been felt by those who come in\\ncontact with the masses of workingwomen in our large cities.\\nThe work of the institution was begun June 22d, 1878, in a little\\ncottage with accommodations for fourteen patients. In February,\\n1880, it was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. The capa-\\ncity of the little cottage was nearly doubled in 1881, in order to\\nin some measure meet the demands made for admission.\\nIn 1884 the present building, at the corner of Ohio and Pacific\\nAvenues, was erected, largely through the munificence of the late\\nMr. J. C. Mercer, of Philadelphia, who gave forty thousand dollars\\nfor the purpose.\\nThis building is one of the finest of its size in Atlantic City, and\\nis provided with every convenience for the care of sick women.\\nIts sanitary arrangements are as near perfect as they can be made.\\nBesides sitting-rooms, bath-rooms, parlors, writing-room, dining-\\nrooms, offices, linen-rooms, trunk-rooms, servants rooms, and the\\nlike, there are fifty-eight bed-rooms, capable of accommodating\\nseventy patients. These are neatly furnished, and each patient", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "7\u00c2\u00b0\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nhas a comfortable spring-bed, with hair mattress. There are sixteen\\nbed-rooms on the first floor, and an easy, inclined plane runs from\\nthis floor to the ground, so that those unable to walk can be wheeled\\nfrom their bed-rooms to the beach. During the season of 1886\\nmore than six hundred invalid women were cared for in the insti-\\ntution.\\nThe difference between the receipts from board of patients and\\nthe current expenses amounts to about three thousand dollars\\nannually, and, as the whole income of the institution from invested\\nfunds is less than three hundred dollars, a very large portion of\\nMERCER HOME.\\nthis deficit must be provided for by voluntary contributions.\\nThese will be thankfully received by any of the managers. The\\nhouse is open to visitors every afternoon except Sunday. The\\nattending physician is Dr. William H. Bennett, assisted by Dr. J.\\nE. Sheppard.\\nCHILDREN S SEASHORE HOUSE.\\nThis institution (the first of its kind in the United States) was\\nopened in a small cottage in 1872. In July, 1883, it was re-opened\\nin its present location, at the sea-end of Ohio Avenue, occupying\\nwhat is now the main building. Numerous smaller buildings have", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 71\\nsince been erected within the grounds by visitors at the different\\nhotels, each bearing the name of the house by which it was erected.\\nIt now has accommodations for about one hundred children and\\ntwenty-six mothers. The object of the corporation is to maintain\\nat the seashore an institution in which children of the poorer classes,\\nsuffering from non-contagious diseases or from debility incident to\\nthe hot weather and a crowded city, may have good nursing and\\nmedical care, without regard to creed, color, or nationality.\\nChildren over three years of age are cared for by competent\\nnurses in the large, airy wards of the main building; and in order\\nthat those too young to be separated from their mothers may also\\nbe admitted, little cottages have been erected for the mothers\\nalmost upon the beach. One of them is assigned to each mother\\nwith a sick infant. She may also have one other child with her,\\nand have for herself and children the exclusive use of the cottage,\\ntaking care of it and her children, but having her meals provided\\nfor her in the main building. A separate building, located imme-\\ndiately on the beach, is used for very serious cases needing closer\\nattention and greater quiet than can be had otherwise.\\nThe children are under the care of a resident physician, a corps\\nof nurses, and a matron, and the total charge, including board,\\nwashing, medical attendance, bathing, and, occasionally, driving\\nor sailing, is not over three dollars per week. A number limited\\nby the means at the command of the managers are received with-\\nout charge. Applications for admission are made to an examining\\nphysician, who furnishes railroad tickets, provided at a reduced\\nrate.\\nNo more worthy charity could appeal to the beneficence of those\\nwho are blessed with means. The resident physician is Dr. W.\\nH. Bennett, assisted by Dr. John E. Sheppard, of Atlantic City.\\nThe House is open to visitors Tuesday and Friday mornings from\\nhalf-past nine to half-past ten o clock, and every afternoon from\\nthree to five o clock.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "Longport and Chelsea.\\nT ONGPORT and Chelsea bear much the same relation to\\nI f Atlantic City that the numerous suburban villages bear to\\nthe two great cities of New York or Philadelphia. They are\\nadjuncts and not rivals of the older and larger place. Longport is\\na collection of attractive homes below Atlantic City, and occupies\\nthe western end of the island, bordering on Great Egg Harbor\\nInlet. Its water advantages are unique. The ocean, the inlet, and\\nthe thoroughfare surge restlessly or wave placidly on three sides of\\nit. The island narrows and is scarcely more than one square in\\nwidth in the improved portion of Longport, rendering both bath-\\ning and fishing convenient. The ocean beach is broad, smooth,\\nand level, making a fine promenade ground when the tide is out\\nand safe bathing when the tide is in. Fish are abundant in the\\nthoroughfare, and are caught steadily from the pier and break-\\nwaters, which accommodate and protect the shore at different\\nangles.\\nMr. M. S. McCullough purchased the site of Longport, some two\\nhundred and fifty acres, of Mr. James Long in 1882, and named the\\ntown, which he immediately laid out, in honor of the former owner.\\nImprovements have gone on steadily. Broad streets have been made\\nand graveled, a boardwalk to the length of ten squares has been built\\nalong the beach, railroad and telephoni z communication made with\\nAtlantic City, and a post-office established by Mr. John Ober-\\nholtzer. The wharfage is good, a couple of little steamers meeting\\ntrains and making regular trips to Ocean City and Somers Point,\\nthus affording a through route to those places from Philadelphia.\\nSail boats accommodate those who desire such recreation.\\nThe buildings of Longport are all first-class. Temperance and\\nsanitary restrictions in the deeds possess attractions for those who\\nsummer there. The bearing of the place is literary rather than\\nfashionable. Two resident authors, Professor J. P. Remington and\\n72 x", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atia?itic City, N. J.\\n73\\nMrs. S. L. Oberholtzer, have well-used libraries there. The former\\nhas written a number of standard medical and pharmaceutical works,\\nwhile the latter is the author of several volumes of poetry and one\\nor two works of fiction. The Agassiz Microscopical Society holds\\nregular meetings throughout the season, while naturalists and sci-\\nentists are among the summer guests.\\nThe Aberdeen, erected by M. S. McCullough, in 1884, and\\ndoubled in capacity in 1886, accommodates many guests, and is\\nsupplied with all modern conveniences, including hot sea-water\\nbaths. The cottages are diverse in architectural design. Those\\noccupied yearly by their owners are Amos Dotterer s, John and S.\\nMRS. OBERHOLTZER S COTTAGE.\\nL. Oberholtzer s, Professor Joseph P. Remington s, Carrie Rem-\\nington s, and James Long s. Mr. Long s house was built in 1886,\\nand is one of the most imposing homes along the Atlantic coast.\\nSeveral pretty cottages belonging to different persons are rented\\nfor summer use. The Bay-View Club-House is a substantial struc-\\nture on Seventeenth Avenue, and is the headquarters of the Bay-\\nView Club, which is composed of thirty Philadelphia gentlemen.\\nNew houses are regularly going up, The place has present comfort\\nand steady growth. Mrs. H. M. Lawton, who prepares tastefully\\nmany varieties of marine algae, resides in Longport.\\nA few squares below the lower limit of Atlantic City a select\\nsuburb, called Chelsea, is rapidly building. It claims to have the\\n6", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "74 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nbest bathing-grounds on the island, and expects to be a second\\nElberon. It is laid out on a comprehensive scale, with wide streets\\nand large lots, those fronting on Pacific Avenue being sixty feet\\nwide and the corner ones sixty-five feet. Restrictions embodied\\nin the deeds require all houses to be set back a good distance from\\nthe street, and prevent them also from being crowded closely\\ntogether. Only one building for dwelling-house purposes is per-\\nmitted on each lot. No liquor saloon or other undesirable places\\nare allowed in the place, and stringent regulations govern the\\ndrainage arrangements. This spring of 1887 finds a dozen houses\\nalready in course of erection there, with every prospect of a rapid\\nincrease.\\nThere are many persons who prefer that their summer residence\\nshould be select and exclusive, with plenty of breathing-room and\\na guarantee against objectionable neighbors, as well as against too\\nnear neighbors of any kind. Chelsea seems to offer them just\\nwhat they require a combination of suburban attractions together\\nwith proximity to the railroads, churches, schools, shops, and great\\nhotels of Atlantic City proper. The Camden and Atlantic Rail-\\nroad will have a station at Chelsea, and both the street cars and\\nomnibusses will convey passengers to and from the city.\\nBesides the handsome cottages already erected for the occupancy\\nof wealthy Philadelphia families, many of the better class of\\nAtlantic City residents the bankers, merchants, physicians,\\nlawyers, etc., are considering the advisibility of moving down\\nto Chelsea. It promises to become the fashion.\\nThe Chelsea Beach Company was organized in 1883 by Mrs.\\nMary A. Riddle, Dr. Rebecca C. Hallowell, Miss Julia M. French,\\nJulia P. Brown, Henry Mosebach, and others. Mrs. Riddle was\\nthe active spirit among the enterprising ladies who first conceived\\nthe idea of creating such a suburb. She was President of the\\nCompany during the first two years of its existence its most try-\\ning period and is still one of its largest stockholders. The fol-\\nlowing are the present officers of the Company President, D. S.\\nDengler Vice-President, Dr. Boardman Reed; Treasurer, Henry\\nMosebach Secretary, Ebenezer Wood, with a board of nine\\nDirectors.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "flints for the ^eashors.\\nTTTHE following hints to seashore visitors may be of interest It\\nI is better to telegraph in advance for rooms at hotels. A\\n^Xj single room means a room for one person a double room\\nmeans a room for two persons a double-bedded room means a\\nroom with two beds. Always mention the day of the week and\\ntrain by which you will arrive.\\nTo discharge sewage directly into the ocean in front of the\\nbathing-grounds, as is done at some coast resorts, is highly objec-\\ntionable. To let it empty into a sluggish creek or ditch running\\nthrough the town, as is the method at other resorts, is even more\\ndangerous.\\nVisitors to the seashore require the luxuries as well as the neces-\\nsities of life. Cigars and tobacco are counted among the luxuries,\\nbut to many they are a necessity. John M. Taylor, of 1220 Atlantic\\nAvenue, deals in several brands of cigars which are really luxuries\\nto lovers of the weed.\\nThe atmospheric pressure at the sea level has been computed to\\nbe about fifteen pounds to the square inch, which amounts to from\\nfourteen to sixteen tons upon the whole surface of the human\\nbody. At an elevation of a few hundred feet above the sea the pres-\\nsure is materially less. The change from a high or even medium\\naltitude to the seaside involves an increase of the pressure upon\\nevery square inch of the body. To this fact is largely due the ex-\\ntraordinary feeling of buoyancy and vigor, as well as the stimula-\\ntion of all the nutritive processes, which are experienced upon\\ngoing to the shore.\\nBesides being blessed with a good degree of the milk of human\\nkindness, Mr. Henry C. Wright supplies humanity with the milk of\\nthe kine, commonly called the cow. As a milkman Mr. Wright is\\na success. He is the Wright man in the right place. The office of\\n75", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "76 Illustrated Ha7id-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nthis dispenser of the lacteal fluid is on Virginia Avenue below\\nArctic.\\nAs to exercise, the danger is that invalids visiting Atlantic City\\nwill take too much, owing to the extraordinary stimulative effects\\nof the sea air. They need, therefore, to be careful that they do\\nnot exhaust their small stock of vitality as fast as it can be replen-\\nished. But this tendency is much less in winter than in summer,\\nwhen the nightly hops and other pleasures and dissipations keep\\nthe more impressionable visitors in a constant whirl of excitement.\\nFor some persons the air alone is sufficient, while others get on\\nfamously with the air and the help of judicious bathing. Still\\nothers need medicines, and suffer by having them stopped during\\ntheir stay at the seashore. For these the tonic and alterative vir-\\ntues of the air often furnish just the adjuvants necessary to accom-\\nplish the cure. The medicines which at home were nugatory or\\nonly half successful may succeed perfectly with the aid of the sea\\nair when neither alone would be sufficient.\\nIn a place the size of Atlantic City there are necessarily some\\nhotels of limited capacity for boarders, but otherwise well able to\\nprovide for the thirsty visitor. Such a place is kept by Mr. W. I.\\nWalsh, at 1322 Atlantic Avenue, in close proximity to the depot.\\nAtlantic City is different from any other watering-place in the\\nworld, for three reasons First, because the air here is filled with\\niodine and the sea with chloride of sodium second, because, with\\na whole universe of water, the place itself is dry, and, third, be-\\ncause of its perfect rest and its infinite horizons.\\nH. E. Tietjen, Jr., is the original and only candy manufac-\\nturer in Atlantic City. His business was established eight years\\nago, and he has been seven years in his present location, 10 14\\nAtlantic Avenue. His trade is not confined to Atlantic City, con-\\nfections of his manufacture being shipped to all parts of the country,\\neven as far as the Pacific slope. His specialties are marshmallows\\nand old-fashioned cream candy.\\nOzone or oxygen in an active electrical state is an important ingre-\\ndient of the atmosphere at the seashore as well as in mountain dis-\\ntricts, while it is nearly absent from the devitalized air of large\\ncities. This is the most powerful oxidizing agent known, and its\\npresence unquestionably greatly enhances the vigor and activity of\\nall the vital processes.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 77\\nA noteworthy property of sea air is its greater density as com-\\npared with the atmosphere of inland places which have a consider-\\nable altitude. This increase of density enables more oxygen to be\\ntaken into the lungs with each inspiration, and thus increases\\noxidation.\\nThe visitor to Atlantic City often wishes to send to friends at\\nhome photographic and stereoscopic views of the seashore. These\\ncan be had at J. H. Wolsieffer s art, music, and stationery store,\\nadjoining the post-office. Connected with the store is a circu-\\nlating library, music rooms, and an art studio. Standard works\\nand light literature may be found on his shelves. The Hand-Book\\nof Atlantic City is also on sale here.\\nWhen winter s storms have passed and gone shall summer s\\nsun succeed? sang the sentimental wight neath the chamber win-\\ndow of his fair inamorato. Never you mind about the winter\\nstorms or summer suns just you go and look at my wood pile\\nexclaimed the irate papa of the young lady. No doubt if he had\\nburned Borton s coal, the wood pile would not have been so low.\\nBy Borton we mean George B. Borton, whose coal yard and office\\nare at Baltic and Indiana Avenues. He deals extensively in the\\nfinest quality of Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, carefully screened and\\npicked, and guaranteed full 2240 pounds with every ton. His coal\\nis largely used by residents and cottagers of Atlantic City. He\\nalso deals in building brick of his own manufacture. Mr. Borton\\nis one of the best known and highly esteemed of our local trades-\\nmen.\\nTo the influence of the Gulf Stream we must attribute the geni-\\nality and curious softness of atmosphere which greets the new-\\ncomer at this favored spot. The mean temperature in January is\\n35 9 and often at mid-day stands at 50 in the coldest months of\\nour northern year.\\nThe matter of diet is not so important at the seashore in winter\\nas in summer, but it is safe to counsel all invalids to restrain the\\nprodigious appetite they are almost sure to have soon after coming\\nhere in winter; otherwise constipation, headaches, and loss of\\nappetite will follow.\\nIt is a mistake to suppose that one cannot take cold at the sea-\\nshore. Invalids should take the usual precautions against being\\nchilled. In the winter season and on summer evenings wraps are", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "78 Ilhtst rated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nalways in order ouf-of-doors, though in summer they need not be\\nheavy.\\nWe dye to live and live to die was the motto of a well-known\\ndyer who died long ago. But among the dyers who still live to dye\\nis Mrs. William Doerschner, of 933 Atlantic Avenue. Visitors will\\nfind her prompt and reliable, and we cordially commend her to\\nthose needing the services of a first-class dyer. D ye see?\\nPeople recover quickly here from surgical operations, which is a\\nvery valuable proof of the cleanness of the atmosphere.\\nIt is a true though trite saying, Never despise the day of small\\nthings. It was evidently some such thought as this which inspired\\nMr. Edward Prag to establish in Atlantic City the Metropolitan\\nFive and Ten Cent Store, at 1810 Atlantic Avenue, where for a\\ndime or a half dime the purchaser can generally secure what in\\nother stores he would be expected to pay double that amount for.\\nNecessarily, in a business of this kind the profits are small, but the\\nsales are quick. Recently Mr. Prag was obliged to enlarge his\\nstore to accommodate his increased trade.\\nIt was Bobby Burns who said, Some hae meat that canna eat,\\nand some would eat that want it but we hae meat, and we can\\neat, thanks be to Adolph Kessler, whose meat market is on\\nAtlantic Avenue, a few doors below Ohio. Hunger is said to be\\nthe best seasoning for meat, but Kessler s meats, being fresh and\\nsweet, need no seasoning other than that of nature. Kessler s\\nMarket-House is an imposing building, an ornament to the lower\\nsection of the city, and its energetic proprietor is one of Atlantic\\nCity s most prosperous citizens. His trade reaches to all parts of\\nthe island, and many of his customers have dealt with him regu-\\nlarly since he began business in 1878.\\nAtlantic City is an especial home for those who suffer from rheu-\\nmatism, and for some inscrutable reason they find their pains relax\\nwhen at this place.\\nA radiation of heat is constantly taking place from such a large\\nbody of salt water as the ocean, which is warmer in winter and\\ncooler in summer than the surface of the land adjacent hence the\\nair over the sea or at the shore is usually warmer in winter, though\\ncooler in summer, than that of interior places in the same latitude.\\nIf it be true that where there s a will there s a way, it is equally\\ntrue that where there s a way there s a Wills. That is, if there is a", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Ha?id-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 79\\nway to sell groceries, Wills, whose front name is Lewis E., will\\nbe sure to find it. He is one of the most enterprising men on the\\nisland. Besides groceries and provisions, he makes a specialty of\\nbutter, eggs, and poultry at his double store, 919 and 921 Atlantic\\nAvenue. He is the sole agent for Filhol Autheman s imported\\nolive oils, with which he supplies most of the leading hotels of\\nAtlantic City.\\nSeaside towns located at the extremities of capes, where the\\nwind blows off large bodies of water on nearly all sides, have a\\nmore humid air than those not so exposed. Thus Atlantic City\\nhas been found to have a much drier air than most seashore\\nresorts. This may be partly due to the trend of the coast at this\\npoint and to its distance from the mouth of any large river, since\\nwinds often seem to focus at the mouths of rivers, and the stronger\\nthe winds from the seaward the greater the degree of moisture.\\nFurthermore, the large extent of very dry, sandy barrens directly\\nbehind the city causes the land breezes to be particularly devoid\\nof moisture.\\nWater absorbs heat and parts with it by radiation more slowly\\nthan the land. Hence in hot weather water is comparatively\\ncooler than the land, while in cold weather it is comparatively\\nwarmer. Therefore the summer temperature of a country border-\\ning on the sea is lowered, while the winter temperature is moder-\\nated. This explains why Atlantic City is cooler in summer and\\nwarmer in winter than places inland. The prevailing winds here\\nare from the sea, and winds which come from the sea temper the\\nextremes of heat and cold.\\nJohn Wesley, in writing upon the subject of dress, maintained\\nthat it was a duty and not a sin to dress well. Cleanliness is\\nnext to godliness, said he, and ever since his day and generation\\nmankind has believed in the wisdom and piety of wearing clean\\nclothes. Hence every city has its laundry. To have these at his\\ncommmd while at the seashore, the visitor needs the services of a\\nlaundryman, and this need is well supplied by Mr. A. W. Bowers,\\nagent for the popular Shoemakertown Steam Laundry, at 821\\nAtlantic Avenue.\\nNone but the better class of hotels and representative business\\nmen of Atlantic City are invited to advertise in this Hand-Book,\\nand the fact that they appear is a guarantee of their character.", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "80 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nThere are certain things with which every visitor must supply\\nhimself before starting on his journey homeward, and certain facts,\\na knowledge of which will be useful to him while on his way. For\\nthis reason a little time devoted to an examination of our adver-\\ntising pages will doubtless be profitably spent.\\nThe south and east winds of Atlantic City are warmed in winter\\nby their passage across the Gulf Stream and therefore the captious,\\nimpatient invalid can rise in the morning free from that pinching\\npain which inclines him to speak in uncomplimentary terms of the\\nthermometer.\\nIt is a wet soil rather than a moist air which is so injurious to\\nhealth, and a considerable portion of our Atlantic coast, including\\nthat bordering the southern part of New Jersey, has an exceedingly\\ndry, porous, sandy soil, which permits water to rapidly sink away\\nexcept during spells of very rainy weather.\\nSkill in dentistry can only be acquired after years of practice\\nin other words, skill requires practice and practice brings skill. It\\nis now six years since Dr. C. E. Ulmer, of 1112 Atlantic Avenue,\\nopened an office in this city, and by skillful treatment of his\\npatients he has built up a large practice. In his laboratory he\\nmanufactures nitrous-oxide gas daily.\\nThe brisk sea-breezes of early spring, which sing and whistle\\naround the cottage gables and through the bare branches, inspire\\nthe visitors with longings for the vigorous exercise of brisk walks\\nand long horseback rides. From these they return with such glow-\\ning cheeks, sparkling eyes, and keen appetites that the mere sight\\nof them is a better advertisement of Atlantic City air as a tonic\\nthan all the books that could be written.\\nQuaint Gabriel Thomas, in writing of Pennsylvania and West\\nJersey in 1698, said Of lawyers and physicians I shall say\\nnothing, because this country is very peaceable and healthy. Long\\nmay it so continue and never have occasion for the tongue of the\\none nor the pen of the other, both equally destructive to men s\\nestates and lives; besides, forsooth, they, hangman like, have a\\nlicense to murder and make mischief.\\nHappily the times have changed since Gabriel wrote his little\\nhistory. Lawyers and physicians are now quite as necessary in any\\ncommunity as is the merchant, the pedagogue, or the preacher.\\nOf lawyers Atlantic City has her share of the best, the oldest", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 8 1\\nbeing Slape Stephany, Mr. Slape being City Solicitor, and Mr.\\nStephany a graduate of one of the German universities; Thomp-\\nson Endicott, the former District Attorney of the county, and\\nthe latter County Collector S. D. Hoffman, present Mayor of the\\ncity James B. Nixon, a graduate of Columbia Law School\\nSamuel E. Perry, formerly an influential citizen of Hunterdon\\nCounty, N. J,, and also a graduate of Columbia Law School, and\\nGeorge T. Ingham, a graduate of Union College, New York.\\nDiedrich Knickerbocker, who wrote his famous History of New\\nYork, existed about the time that old Nicholas Allen made his\\ndiscovery of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania in 1790. Years\\nbefore that, however, a close observer suspected that there were\\ncoal fields somewhere in Penn s domain, for historian Thomas,\\nwriting in 1698, said that he had observed that the runs of water\\nhave the same color as that which proceeds from the coal mines in\\nWales. The Knickerbocker family in New York, whence came\\nthe name of the Knickerbocker Ice Company, knew little about\\ncoal in this country, but their descendants of to-day show their\\nreverence for the name by buying their coal and ice of the Knick-\\nerbocker Company, whose branch office in Atlantic City, opposite\\nthe Post-office, is in charge of Mr. H. J. Keller, superintendent.\\nIt is a very easy matter to judge who are the public-spirited men\\nof any town. It is those who help along every enterprise designed\\nto further the interests of the place. It is manifest that a Hand-\\nBook like this must be beneficial to Atlantic City in many ways,\\nand that there is a lack of public-spirited citizens is clearly dis-\\nproven by the advertising pages, in which is represented almost\\nevery place of business of any importance on the island.\\nMost of the illustrations which appear in this Hand-Book are the\\nproperty of the compiler, being engraved expressly for this work.\\nThey are copyrighted and cannot therefore be used in other publi-\\ncations without a violation of the copyright law, except with the\\nconsent of the compiler of this Hand-Book.\\nAn old couplet reads\\nThere is not in this wide world a pleasure so sweet\\nAs when you have fresh fish and good oysters to eat.\\nSupplies of the succulent bivalves, fresh from their native beds,\\nfish of all kinds, and game in season are received daily by Risley", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "82 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nBarlow, of 1922 Atlantic Avenue. Mr. Barlow owns his own oys-\\nter beds and his own vessels, while the finest fish in the sea seem to\\ncome to his net as regularly as the sun rises and sets. He has an\\nartificial fish pond in the hold of his vessel, and in this way always\\nhas them fresh for his customers.\\nHOW TO LIVE LUXURIOUSLY AND ECONOMICALLY.\\nSeashore living at one time was very expensive. A few dealers\\ncontrolled the trade, and not only were prices high, but the delica-\\ncies and relishes to which city residents were accustomed could not\\nbe secured at all. To-day matters are very different at Atlantic\\nCity. Prices are as low as in any large city, and almost everything\\nin the fancy grocery line can now be obtained. This change is to\\na large degree due to the influence of Finley Acker Co. s\\nbranch house at 922 Atlantic Avenue, next door to George Allen.\\nTheir well-known Philadelphia establishment, at 123 North Eighth\\nStreet, is celebrated for its superior goods, moderate prices, and\\npolite service. When their branch store was opened in Atlantic\\nCity the same characteristics were observed. A complete price-\\nlist of all their articles was freely distributed. All goods were\\nguaranteed. Everybody got the one, lowest price. Prompt and\\npolite service was extended to all. The same assortment was kept\\nand the same prices charged as in their Philadelphia establishment.\\nTheir business, especially in coffees and teas, grew very rapidly,\\nand their enterprise in lessening the cost and improving the quality\\nof foods has no doubt largely contributed to the popularity of\\nAtlantic City as a family resort.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "Of hotels near a Whole City pull.\\nWHILE Atlantic City has much pride and satisfaction in the\\nfact that it is a thriving city of ten thousand permanent\\ninhabitants, it is as a cosmopolitan winter and summer\\nresort for invalids and pleasure-seekers that she is most widely\\nknown. Beginning more than a decade ago, Atlantic City has be-\\ncome known no less as a fashionable place of refuge from the\\npiercing cold of winter, than as a cool retreat from the sweltering\\nheat of summer, and this result is due, first, to the attractions and\\nbenefits of the climate, which is warmer than that of Charleston\\nin winter and cooler than that of Boston in summer, and, sec-\\nondly, to the capacity, elegance, and extent of her hotels. In fact,\\nthe hotels and boarding-houses of Atlantic City are a significant\\nfeature of its desirable qualities. It can truly be said of this place,\\nas of no other resort on the coast, that of hotels there is near a\\nwhole city full. A number of these houses take rank with the\\nfirst-class hotels of the country. Many of them are open through-\\nout the year and are thoroughly adapted for winter and spring, as\\nwell as for summer use.\\nBesides those enumerated below, there are in Atlantic City dozens\\nof other smaller hotels and boarding-houses which, in summer,\\ndevote their surplus rooms and best attention to guests, and the\\nexcellent accommodations thus afforded are much appreciated by\\nthose who visit the City by the Sea. The fact that, compared with\\nthe practices which obtain at most watering-places on the coast,\\nthe cost of summering here seems insignificant, doubtless has much\\nweight with those who do not care to spend a year s earnings for a\\nmonth s summering.\\nThe pioneer in the business of winter hotel-keeping in Atlantic\\nCity was the late Mr. F. W. Hemsley, father of Mr. Frederick\\nHemsley, now of the Hotel Brighton. In 1876 Mr. Hemsley\\nopened the Brighton Cottage, on Indiana Avenue, for winter as\\n83", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "84 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nwell as for summer visitors. The benefits derived by guests of the\\nBrighton from the bracing air and mild winter climate encouraged\\nmany others to seek Atlantic City at that season for health and\\nrecuperation. Until that time, however, no provision had been\\nmade for winter guests, excepting those who came here to enjoy\\nthe gunning and fishing, and it was found necessary to enlarge the\\nBrighton during the fall and winter of 1877, when many comforts\\nand conveniences hitherto unknown at seashore hotels were pro-\\nvided. The house was reopened in March, 1878, and from that\\ntime onward it was filled with guests, principally from New York,\\nPhiladelphia, and Baltimore. It remained open throughout the\\nyear for eight years, or until September 13th, 1886, when the\\nowner, having decided to make extensive alterations and improve-\\nments, found it necessary to close its doors to the public. After\\nfive months work the architect and contractor pronounced the\\nimprovements complete, and in March, 1887, the building was re-\\nopened, enlarged to nearly double its former capacity, refurnished\\nthroughout, and supplied with all those conveniences which are\\nfound in the best-equipped hotels of the country.\\nThe Hotel Brighton is situated on the ocean front, between Illi-\\nnois and Indiana Avenues, surrounded by a lawn which extends to\\nthe water s edge and in close proximity to several attractive cot-\\ntages. The building is L-shaped and is four stories in height. The\\nmain building is 275 feet in length and the wing 160 feet. A\\nbroad piazza, 735 feet long, part of which is inclosed in glass, ex-\\ntends around the building, affording a pleasant promenade. The\\nfirst floor comprises the main parlor, ladies reception and writing\\nrooms, gentlemen s reading and writing rooms, children s and\\nnurses rooms, private and general offices, lavatory, main dining-\\nroom, nurses dining-room, gentlemen s toilet rooms, billiard,\\nsmoking, and wine rooms, kitchen, pantries, pastry, china, and\\nstore rooms. The main hall is finished in antique oak, the piers\\nand ceiling beams being incased in the same kind of wood. The\\npiers are square, with sunken paneled faces, Romanesque carved\\ncaps, and base moldings. The ends of the ceiling beams are car-\\nried on brackets, which spring from the tops of the caps. All the\\ndoors opening into the hall are of antique oak, with six panels each.\\nThe halls and stairs are wainscoted in plain oak, four feet high,\\nwith sunken oak panels and molded cap and base. The dining-", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 85\\nhall, adjoining the main hall, is also wainscoted, the heavy piers\\nhaving molded caps, base moldings, and chamfered corners.\\nThe ceiling is paneled, with molded corners surrounding each\\npanel. The elaborate finish of the dining-hall, main hall, and\\nstaircase, aside from other attractive features, gives to the Brighton\\nan appearance of richness and elegance. Access to the floors\\nabove is by means of a wide, double staircase, facing the entrance,\\nand also by means of an Otis hydraulic elevator, which leads from the\\nbasement to the fourth floor. There are one hundred and fifty large\\nbed-rooms, single or en suite, several of which have private baths at-\\ntached. The house has been refurnished throughout, has open grate\\nfires in many of the rooms, and ladies and gentlemen s closets on every\\nfloor. Hot and cold sea-water baths are also provided. All the\\npublic rooms and corridors are heated with open grate fires and\\nsteam radiators. At the ocean end of each floor is a large circular\\nbay window, designed as an observatory. The telegraph and news\\noffice adjoins the main staircase on the first floor. Attached to the\\nbuilding are fire-escapes and electric fire-alarms, besides six stair-\\ncases on each floor, and other means of protection in case of fire.\\nOn each floor, near the centre of the building, there is a water\\nnozzle, to which is attached a fire-hose for use in emergency. In\\nthe construction of the Brighton particular attention has been paid\\nto ventilation and drainage. The hotel has been repainted in new\\ncolors, inside and out. New and tasteful gas fixtures have also\\nbeen introduced. A fifty-horse power engine and boiler furnishes\\nsteam, and a twenty-horse power engine and boiler hot water for all\\nthe departments. The service and cuisine of the Brighton are always\\nof the best, and its guests are mostly persons of prominence in social\\nand business circles. It is considered the most select hotel on the\\nisland.\\nThe Mansion is accounted the largest of the Atlantic City hotels\\nwhich are open throughout the year. It is centrally located at the\\ncorner of Pennsylvania and Atlantic Avenues, convenient to the\\ndepot and within easy reach of the ocean. This hotel has been\\nfitted up at great expense with every regard for the comfort and\\npleasure of its guests. The dining-room of the Mansion, which\\nwill seat three hundred persons, surpasses in elegance any room of\\nthe kind in Atlantic City, the decorations being perfect specimens", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "86 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nof the artist s skill. The walls of the corridors, parlor, and re-\\nception-rooms are also beautifully frescoed. Its large and hand-\\nsomely furnished bed-rooms, many of them communicating, offer\\na feature of comfort rarely found elsewhere. In fact, every im-\\nprovement and arrangement for the comfort and convenience of\\nhis guests has been added by the energetic proprietor of this\\nhouse, Mr. Charles McGlade, and being liberally managed, it has a\\npatronage excelled by that of no other house on the island. Elec-\\ntric bells communicate with all parts of the building, and attached\\nto the house is the main office of the Western Union Telegraph\\nCompany and a branch of the Union News Company. Adjoining\\nthe open pavilion for dancing, in the rear of the house, is a well-\\nappointed children s play-room. Select hops are held almost\\nnightly in the pavilion during the summer season. In the con-\\nduct of this excellent house Mr. McGlade is his own manager, and\\nby looking carefully after the wants of his guests no one has cause\\nfor complaint. At the close of the coming summer season he pro-\\nposes making extensive alterations to the building, introducing an\\nelevator, steam heating, and other improvements.\\nThe Seaside House is recommended to the pleasure-seeker and\\ninvalid as one in all respects complete in every way that can\\nadd to the comfort and enjoyment of its guests. It was recently\\nremoved from its former site on Pennsylvania Avenue below Pacific\\nto its present location at the ocean end of Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nThe building has been greatly enlarged and remodeled, both within\\nand without, and a solid brick basement placed under the whole\\nby its energetic proprietor, Mr. Charles Evans. An entire new\\nwing has been added, so that there are now accommodations for\\ntwo hundred guests. The dining-room has been enlarged and the\\nculinary department extended. Its accommodations throughout\\nare ample, its table is provided with the best of everything in abun-\\ndance, and all modern improvements, including a hydraulic eleva-\\ntor, have been introduced for convenience and safety. The sanitary\\narrangements are perfect. There is steam-heating and low-down\\ngrates in the bed-rooms, besides fresh and salt water baths, for\\nthe free use of the guests. The building has wide porches and sun\\nparlors, a billiard-room, smoking-room, and reading-room. From\\nevery part of the house there is a delightful ocean view, and", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 87\\nwithin convenient distance, even for invalids, is the new Seaside\\nOcean Parlor, situated directly on the beach and furnished with\\nevery regard for comfort. Here the health or pleasure seeker may\\nenjoy the refreshing air of the ocean, or he may feast his eyes on a\\nwater view unsurpassed in the world for extent and grandeur.\\nAttached to the Seaside Parlor are smoking-rooms for gentlemen,\\na library, and reception-room overlooking the ocean. Here the\\nvisitor may also enjoy his ease, day in and day out, winter or\\nsummer, tempest or sunshine. Adjoining the parlor are hot salt-\\nwater baths, with accommodations for one hundred persons.\\nThe United States Hotel, so widely known as the leading sum-\\nmer hostelrie, covers an entire block, extending from Atlantic to\\nPacific and from Maryland to Delaware Avenues. It is the oldest\\nhotel on the island, having been opened to the public on July 1st,\\n1854, on the day of the first excursion to Atlantic City, when six\\nhundred guests were dined in the spacious dining-room of this hotel.\\nThe building has since been enlarged and much improved, the latest\\nfeature being a hydraulic passenger and baggage elevator leading from\\nthe first to the fourth floor. The appointments are in every sense\\nthe best, and are so arranged that luxury responds to the touch of\\nthe electric bells. Its cheerful rooms, most of them commanding\\na full view of the ocean, are furnished with a strict regard for com-\\nfort. Broad halls opening upon extensive piazzas, well-fitted and\\ntastefully arranged parlors, a commodious dancing-pavilion, per-\\nfect drainage, excellent cuisine, fire escapes these and other features\\ncombine to make the States what it has justly been pronounced,\\none of the best hotels on the coast. The proprietor, Mr. Benjamin\\nH. Brown, is considering the advisability of making it a winter\\nand spring as well as summer hotel.\\nThe secret of successful hotel-keeping is an excellent table, and\\nherein lies the secret of the success of the Dennis, of which Borton\\nMarshall are proprietors. This popular house has a national\\nreputation for excellence of cuisine. Lately it has undergone a\\nthorough renovation; and being enlarged one-third its former size,\\nnow has accommodations for two hundred guests. Situated at the\\nfoot of Michigan Avenue, almost at the water s edge, no house on\\nthe island commands a better ocean outlook. A majority of the", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "88 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nrooms have an uninterrupted sea view, and a sight of the breakers\\nmay be enjoyed at all hours from the windows and spacious veran-\\ndas of the hotel. Among the many improvements to this house\\nis the introduction of a hydraulic elevator, besides which there are\\nseveral staircases and ample provision for escape in case of fire.\\nThere are also hot and cold sea-water baths, electric bells, and, in\\nfact, every modern improvement usually found in a first-class hotel.\\nThe house is newly furnished throughout, and the wall decorations\\non the first floor are elaborate.\\nMr. Edwin Lippincott having removed his popular Haddon\\nHouse to a more eligible location nearer the beach, has added two\\nnew wings and made other extensive improvements to the building,\\nwhich he now calls Haddon Hall, after an ancient manor of the\\nsame name in old England, whence came Elizabeth Haddon, the\\nfounder of Haddonfield, nearly two centuries ago. Haddon Hall\\nhas now a solid brick basement, an elevator leading to each of the\\nupper floors, electric bells and fire and burglar alarms throughout,\\ncozy sun-parlors, spacious verandas, and, indeed, every requisite\\nfor comfort. There are one hundred and six sleeping-apartments,\\nwith an ocean view, a large dining-room, reception-rooms, and\\nparlor on the first floor, the latter commanding a magnificent view\\nof the ocean. It is supplied with pure spring water, has steam-\\nheating, thorough drainage, and every sanitary appliance. Mr.\\nLippincott s long experience at hotel-keeping in Atlantic City has\\nmade his house very popular with the many thousands who visit\\nthe seashore. It is an excellent winter house and enjoys an exten-\\nsive patronage. Haddon Hall has accommodations for nearly two\\nhundred and fifty guests.\\nTo the visitor the Traymore is always recommended as one of\\nthe largest, most comfortable, and most fashionable of the Atlantic\\nCity hotels. He finds here large and luxurious rooms, elevators,\\nelectric bells, billiard-rooms, sun parlors, and wide and sheltered\\nporches for exercise. It stands very near the water, at the foot of\\nIllinois Avenue, a fine view of the ocean being afforded from almost\\nevery room in the house. The broad piazza facing the ocean is in\\ngreat favor with guests of the Traymore. This house has enjoyed\\nthe patronage of a number of distinguished persons, among them", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 89\\nthe late Vice-President Hendricks, who was so well pleased with\\nhis first visit that he shortly afterward returned with his wife, the\\ntwo remaining for several weeks. A few months ago the Traymore\\nwas purchased by Walter W. Green Co. Mr. Green is acknowl-\\nedged to be the most successful hotel-keeper in Cape May. He\\nstill retains his interest in the Hotel Windsor, at that place,\\nand has associated with him in the management of the Traymore\\nhis two sons-in-law, Mr. G. E. Knight and Mr. D. S. White, Jr.\\nThe drainage and other sanitary arrangements of the house are\\nperfect and the water supply is excellent. The Traymore is ele-\\ngantly furnished throughout and has open grate fires in almost\\nevery bed-room.\\nThe Vermont House is a popular winter and summer house,\\nsituated on the avenue from which it takes its name. It has one\\nof the finest ocean outlooks on the island, the Inlet, as well as the\\never restless sea, being in full view from its windows or spacious\\nverandas. The Vermont is one of the leading all-the-year-round\\nhouses, and its guests comprise representatives of the best families\\nof Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. It has all the con-\\nveniences of more expensive houses, and for solid comfort is con-\\nsidered equal to the best on the island. The proprietress is Mrs.\\nM. E. Compton.\\nThe Margate is one of the newer houses, but is among the best.\\nThe proprietor, Mr. Samuel Kirby, formerly of the Seaside House,\\nis a thorough hotel man and does a large winter and summer busi-\\nness. The Margate is eligibly located at the corner of Pacific\\nAvenue and Surf Place, convenient to the beach and within a short\\ndistance of the depot. Broad verandas surround the house and\\nfrom nearly every bed-room there is a full view of the ocean. The\\nhouse is thoroughly heated in winter, delightfully cool in summer,\\nand is fitted up with all modern conveniences. On the first floor\\nthere is an elaborately furnished parlor, reception, smoking, and\\nreading rooms, a spacious dining-room, etc. The table is supplied\\nwith the best viands and the appointments are those of a strictly\\nfirst-class house. The Margate is patronized by many of the best\\nfamilies from Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Washington.\\n7", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "90 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nHagan s Hotel, at the corner of New Jersey and Atlantic\\nAvenues, is an entirely new house, having been finished in Feb-\\nruary of the present year. It is well built, nicely furnished, and\\nthoroughly comfortable, while the terms are moderate. The house\\nhas underground drainage and every sanitary appliance. The\\nproprietor, Mr. P. F. Hagan, is a gentleman of experience in\\nhotel keeping, and his guests always give a good account of him\\nwhen they go home.\\nThe recent rapid development of the lower end of Atlantic City\\nhas opened the way for additional hotel accommodations,\\nespecially for winter and spring use. One of the more recent\\nwinter houses is the Minnequa, situated on Pacific Avenue above\\nMissouri, of which Mr. William J. Cowley is the hospitable pro-\\nprietor. This has long been a popular summer house, but last year\\nMr. Cowley fitted it up for winter use. The building has been\\nenlarged to double its former size, and now has two fronts, one on\\nPacific and the other on Missouri Avenue, with city water, drain-\\nage, water-closets on every floor, and other improved sanitary\\narrangements. It is furnished comfortably throughout and has all\\nthe appointments of higher-priced houses. The building is but\\none square from the beach and guests have the full benefit of the\\ndelightful ocean breezes. It is also one square from the Philadel-\\nphia and Atlantic City Railroad depot, and not far from the post-\\noffice and West Jersey depot.\\nThe Waverly, at the corner of Pacific and Ohio Avenues, has\\nbeen thoroughly renovated and beautified since the close of the\\nseason of 1886. The main parlor has been enlarged by the addi-\\ntion of bay windows, and with new chandeliers in crystal designs,\\nbeautiful Wilton carpets, elaborate decorations, new furniture and\\nhangings, it is one of the handsomest parlors in the place. The\\ndrainage of this house has been put in complete order, being\\nflushed with Belmont closets, and everything necessary to the\\nhealth and comfort of its guests has been considered. The bed-\\nrooms, especially those having bay windows, are beautiful and\\nspacious. The Waverly has hot and cold sea-water baths, a fine\\nsun parlor, and many other comforts, making it one of the most\\nhomelike and pleasant houses on the island.", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 91\\nCongress Hall, though one of the oldest, is still one of the leading\\nhotels of Atlantic City. Its present owners are the Coon Brothers,\\nleading business men of Philadelphia, who have an experienced hotel\\nmanager in charge during the summer months, when the house is\\nopen. During the past year Congress Hall has undergone great\\nchanges, so that now it is almost a new house. This is especially\\ntrue of the interior. Extensive improvements have been made in and\\nabout the office, affording private parlors, reading-room, gentlemen s\\nsmoking-room, etc. The kitchen has been remodeled and fitted\\nup completely, and special attention will be given to the table this\\nyear, the same as last. The entire house has been thoroughly reno-\\nvated, painted, papered, and refurnished, and made as attractive\\nand comfortable as it is possible to make any seaside hotel. The\\nsanitary arrangements are perfect, the drainage and improved water-\\nclosets having been introduced at an expense of several thousand\\ndollars. Congress Hall was the first house in Atlantic City to intro-\\nduce the hotel refrigerator. The excellent location of this house,\\nat Pacific and Massachusetts Avenues, near the inlet, lighthouse,\\nhot baths, surf bathing, and the new Iron Pier, is an important\\nfeature for the consideration of the visitor. The house has accom-\\nmodations for five hundred guests, and the fact that it is often filled\\nduring the summer season is sufficient evidence of its popularity.\\nThe rates are from ten to twenty dollars a week.\\nThe Brady House is one of the most comfortable of the down-\\ntown spring and summer houses. It is situated on Arkansas Avenue,\\nbetween Atlantic and Pacific Avenues, and is elegantly furnished,\\nbesides having excellent sanitary arrangements. Attached to the\\nhouse are newly laid out sanitarium grounds, affording light and\\nhealthful exercise for invalids. A pleasant feature of this house is\\nthe interest which the proprietor takes in making up parties from\\namong his guests and their friends for a day s outing, either in the\\nwoods or on the water, in quest of fish or for the pleasure of a sail\\nin some fleet-winged yacht. The terms of the Brady House are\\nmoderate, and the service very satisfactory.\\nThe Shelburne, standing at the extreme ocean front of Michigan\\nAvenue, with a sea view unsurpassed in the city, is a modern and\\ncapacious building, containing some eighty sleeping-rooms, either", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "9 2 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nsingle, double, or en suite, and replete with all the appointments\\nof a refined and luxurious home. Pure water, electric bells, gas,\\ntelephone, hot and co.J sea-water baths, and other conveniences\\nfor the comfort and pleasure of summer or winter guests (the Shel-\\nburne being always open) will be found complete in every depart-\\nment. The parlors, dining-room, reception, reading, and smok-\\ning rooms and sun galleries are commodious, bright, and excep-\\ntionally attractive, and, with the entire establishment, handsomely\\nand tastefully furnished. The table and service are unexceptionable,\\nand the rates will be found reasonable. With very fine bathing-\\ngrounds only a few steps from the ever-shady veranda of the\\nhouse, commanding an unrivaled ocean scene, the Shelburne,\\nalways patronized by the cultured and refined, offers a combination\\nof attractions and advantages equal to any seaside hotel on the\\nAtlantic coast.\\nThe Elkton is one of the best of the large boarding-houses. It\\nis situated on Kentucky Avenue, near the beach, and commands a\\ngood ocean outlook. The house is tastefully furnished, comfortaby\\nheated throughout, and well lighted. Speaking tubes lead from\\nevery floor to the main office on the first floor. The table of the\\nElkton is commended by those who are in the habit of stopping\\nat this popular house and the terms are moderate. The bed-rooms\\nare all of good size and handsomely furnished, and the other\\naccommodations are entirely satisfactory. The proprietress is Mrs.\\nA. P. Morris.\\nKuehnle s Hotel, at the corner of Atlantic and South Carolina\\nAvenues, is the favorite stopping-place for transient visitors, being\\nhandy to the depot and in the very centre of the city. The accom-\\nmodations are of the best, and guests are always sure of satisfactory\\nservice, either in their rooms or at the table. The proprietor, Mr.\\nLouis Kuehnle, is a thorough hotel-keeper.\\nThe Wallingford is situated on the most fashionable avenue of\\nthe city Pacific, below Kentucky. The proprietor, M. A. Gravatt,\\nhas made it a popular house for both winter and summer guests.\\nRecently the Wallingford has undergone some internal and exter-\\nnal improvements, making it still more attractive. It has city", "height": "3726", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 93\\nwater, underground drainage, and other hygienic features. It is\\none of the nicest of the larger boarding-houses, and fully deserves\\nthe large patronage which it receives.\\nThe Cataract is the name of a new house recently opened on\\nNew York Avenue above Pacific by Mr. T. H. Crinnian, late of\\nthe Prospect House, Niagara Falls. The building is attractively\\npainted, well heated, and is newly furnished throughout. It is\\nsituated within convenient distance of the depot, as well as the\\nbeach, and a private omnibus meets all arriving and departing\\ntrains. Mr. Crinnian is a hotel-keeper of large experience and\\nlooks carefully after the comfort of his guests.\\nOn the west side of Tennessee Avenue, almost within a stone s\\nthrow of the beach, is the Windermere, of which Mrs. C. L.\\nHouston is proprietress. The building is new, and from almost\\nevery room there is an unobstructed ocean view. Close by are the\\nhot baths, the piers, and other places of interest. The Windermere\\nhas thorough sanitary arrangements and is in all respects a desirable\\nand home-like house.\\nAfter three years management of the Atglen, on Michigan Ave-\\nnue, Mrs. L. W. Reed opens another season under the most favor-\\nable circumstances, having a large number of spring guests, with\\nthe promise of an increased summer business. The Atglen is in\\nall respects a well-equipped house, having thorough drain-\\nage, good water, large rooms, all tastefully furnished, besides an\\nexcellent table and other comforts. It is but a short distance from\\nthe beach and is situated on one of the best avenues of the city.\\nThe hotel of John A. Evers is at the corner of Atlantic and\\nGeorgia Avenues and commands a full view of the ocean. It is\\na new house and the terms are moderate. Mr. Evers manufactures\\nsuperior wines at his vineyard in Egg Harbor, and keeps a stock\\nof these always on hand at his hotel. Mr. Evers is an accommo-\\ndating landlord, and his house is a desirable stopping-place.\\nThe Revere, originally known as the Day Cottages, is one of the\\nbetter class of houses. It was started eight years ago and has had", "height": "3747", "width": "2346", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "94\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\na. very successful career under the management of Mr. Day. It\\nis situated on Park Avenue, near the beach, and in close proximity\\nto the Brighton. The house has telephonic communication, hot\\nand cold baths, and perfect sanitation. Guests are made as com-\\nfortable here as at some of the higher-priced houses, while the\\nrates are considered quite reasonable. The Revere has accommo-\\ndations for one hundred guests.\\nThe Florida House is pleasantly situated on Pacific Avenue,\\nbetween Tennessee and New York Avenues, and is but a few\\nminutes walk from both the depot and the beach. It has been\\nenlarged and improved, and is fitted up as a winter house, with\\nsteam heating, gas, and electric lights. It has also been newly fur-\\nnished throughout, while the sanitary arrangements are perfect and\\nthe other appointments strictly first-class. There are several hand-\\nsomely furnished bed-rooms on the first floor. Mrs. S. E. Cook,\\nthe proprietress, has entered upon her third year in Atlantic City,\\nand has made the Florida House one of the most comfortable houses\\non the island.\\nC L^", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "Along Atlantic Avenue.\\nTTTHE prosperity of Atlantic City is due in no small degree to the\\n\u00c2\u00abJ I I* liberality and enterprise of its men of business. Atlantic\\nAvenue, the principal street, is lined with stores, offices, and\\nother places of business, and a lively traffic is carried on\\nthroughout the year, especially from the first of February to the last\\nof October. Although the place is known to most people as a winter\\nand summer resort, it, nevertheless, offers inducements to the per-\\nmanent resident for business and light manufacturing. The number\\nof all-the-year-round residents is steadily increasing, and in another\\ndecade the regular winter population of the place must be between\\nfifteen and twenty thousand. The cost of living is comparatively\\ncheap, being less than in the larger cities not far distant, or in most\\ntowns in the Eastern States. Land for the erection of buildings is\\nobtainable at low prices, enabling mechanics and others to procure\\ncomfortable homes for themselves and families at a small outlay.\\nThe markets are supplied with all the necessities and most of the\\nluxuries of life. There are good private schools, besides several\\npublic schools, capable of accommodating in their different depart-\\nments a large number of children. These are in charge of compe-\\ntent teachers. There is also a High School and a public school\\nlibrary free to pupils who desire to enjoy its benefits.\\nBesides what has been enumerated in another chapter of this\\nHand-Book, there are three express companies making connections\\nwith all the important points in the country, two newspapers, three\\nbanks of sufficient capital to supply the present business needs, gas\\nand electric light companies, furnishing light to our streets and\\nbuildings, two flourishing building associations, and various other\\nadjuncts of a well-regulated and well-governed city.\\nPROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.\\nIn the matter of protection against fire Atlantic City is particu-\\nlarly favored in fact, the place has the best volunteer fire depart-\\nment in the State. There are three efficient fire companies, besides\\na hook-and-ladder company. All these companies are well\\nequipped. The members are well drilled, and thoroughly ac-\\n95", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "g6 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J.\\nquainted with their duties at a fire. The apparatus, although very\\ngood, is being constantly added to. New hose-carriages were\\nlately received by two companies, and a Silsby engine of the most\\nimproved pattern by another. The city is also negotiating for a\\nnew fire-engine. Although a volunteer department, competent\\nmen are in the employ of the several* companies. The chief and\\nhis assistants make frequent inspections of the several companies,\\nand their apparatus is in thorough order and ready for prompt ser-\\nvice. To render the fire service more efficient there is an inexhaust-\\nible supply of water with sufficient force to throw a plug stream\\nover any building in the city. It is a noteworthy fact that during the\\ntwo years ending February first of the present year (1887) the total\\nloss by fire in Atlantic City aggregated only fifteen hundred dol-\\nlars, two-thirds of which was covered by insurance. For a wooden\\ncity this is a remarkable showing.\\nSOME ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MEN.\\nThe rapid development of the hotel and boarding-house busi-\\nness in Atlantic City within the past year or two, the improvements\\nto some of the larger houses, and the erection of so many private\\ncottages, has opened a field for the furnishing of complete outfits\\nfor any size house, and this field E. S. Bell Son, the furniture\\nand carpet dealers, were quick to occupy. Their system of house-\\nfurnishing, which they call their New Plan, is one which has met\\nthe approbation of some of the principal hotel men, as well as\\nmany of the boarding-house keepers and cottagers of Atlantic\\nCity.\\nThe Seaside and Dennis are among the larger houses\\nwhich have recently been supplied with entire new outfits by this\\nfirm. Their system or plan has been pronounced a success by\\nthose who have tried it, and doubtless ere another season the firm of\\nBell Son will find that not even the two stores which they now\\noccupy, the one at 1903 and the other at 1924 Atlantic Avenue,\\nwill be adequate to the demands of their growing business. Start-\\ning scarcely more than six years ago, in a small way, the elder\\nBell found, in the course of a year or two, that his business was\\ngrowing beyond his expectations, and he soon associated with him-\\nself his son, Mr. William A. Bell, who had been connected with\\none of the leading carpet houses of Philadelphia. His thorough\\nacquaintance with the carpet and furniture trade is evidenced by\\nthe ability which he has shown in aiding his father in the conduct\\nof their large business in Atlantic City. With their new plan, and\\ntheir new store, which must come, if noc this year, some other year,\\nit needs no prophet to foresee that the firm of E. S. Bell Son is\\non the highroad to prosperity.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 97\\nIn the matter of home decorations there has been remarkable\\nprogress within the last few years. It is only in the homes of those\\nwho have no love for the beautiful that we fail to find, nowadays,\\nsome evidence of an appreciation of the decorator s art. Upon\\nthe walls or on cabinet or mantel we see pretty pieces of bric-a-\\nbrac, Japanese work, paintings in oil or water colors, etchings, or\\nother product of the engraver s skill. Commensurate with this\\ngrowth in aesthetics has been the development of the art of wall\\ndecoration, commonly called paper-hanging. But there is a vast\\ndifference, in reality, between the ordinary paperhanger and the\\nskillful decorator. One requires labor, the other talent. A man may\\nbe a success as a paperhanger, but an absolute failure as\\na decorator. Fortunately for Atlantic City, she is not without\\nher decorator. Mr. O. H. Guttridge, who came here about ten\\nyears ago, has shown his skill in the line of wall decoration to a\\ndegree unsurpassed by the best decorators in any of the larger\\ncities. His reputation extends even beyond Atlantic City, and he\\nis frequently called upon to display his skill in some of the finest\\nresidences of Philadelphia. To meet the requirements of his grow-\\ning business in this City by the Sea he has two stores, one at 1003\\nAtlantic Avenue, and the other at 1611 Atlantic Avenue, both of\\nwhich are in charge of obliging attendants.\\nSuccess in every undertaking is largely dependent upon two\\nthings strict attention to business and honest treatment of the\\npublic. With this idea before him, Mr. George Myers, of the\\nUnion Market, came to Atlantic City about a dozen years ago, and\\nhas established for himself a business unequaled by that of any\\nother market man in the city. The business is now practically in\\nthe hands of his four sons, and of the two oldest John does the buy-\\ning and Charles the selling. This house, besides being extensive\\ndealers in Eastern meats and produce, are in direct communication\\nwith one of the largest meat dealers of Chicago, from whom they\\nreceive shipments of tenderloins several times weekly. They make\\na specialty of these tenderloins, which are in great demand among\\nthe best hotel and boarding-house keepers of Atlantic City. Myers\\nUnion Market is situated on Atlantic Avenue, midway between\\nNew York and Kentucky Avenues.\\nAbout twelve months ago Mr. H. S. Scull, after years of expe-\\nrience in the wholesale dry goods trade of Philadelphia, returned to\\nhis native heath Atlantic county and opened a retail dry goods\\nstore at 1609 Atlantic Avenue. The cardinal principles upon which\\nthe firm of H. S. Scull Co. established their business one price\\nand no misrepresentation soon brought to their store a large trade\\nfrom the resident and visiting population of Atlantic City. Their\\nstock embraces choice selections in dry goods, hosiery, underwear,", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "98 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nand gentlemen s furnishing goods, and they ask the ladies to note\\nthe fact that purchases made at their store are returnable if not\\nsatisfactory in quality or price. They furnish nearly everything\\nlikely to be needed by the visitor to the seashore, and we know of\\nno other store which offers greater inducements to the buyer.\\nBread is said to be the staff of life, and, though the multitudes\\nwho visit Atlantic City are not supposed to live by bread alone,\\nyet it is susceptible of proof that the staff of life enters more\\nlargely into their composition than any other article of diet. Ad-\\nmitting, then, that bread is the most essential of the various kinds\\nof food, the natural inquiry is, How can we get good bread?\\nfor it cannot be denied that some loaves which are called bread\\nhave little of the staff of life in them, or else, like coffee, they have\\nbeen spoiled in the making. To insure good bread, the first re-\\nquisite is good flour, and this can always be had of the well-known\\nand reliable firm of Lewis Groff Co., 1121 Atlantic Avenue.\\nThey are the sole agents for Washburn Crosby s celebrated Min-\\nnesota flour, than which there is nothing better in the market, and\\nof which large quantities are sold in Atlantic City. This firm are\\nalso large dealers in all kinds of hay, grain, and feed. Owners of\\nfine stock, who may be spending the summer here, will find at\\nGroff s the best of horse-feed, including choice re-cleaned oats.\\nFeed of all kinds is ground on the premises.\\nMr. Groff came to Atlantic City in 1878, having previously been\\nengaged in the same business at Fourth and Columbia Avenue,\\nPhiladelphia. He is a native of Quakertown, Pa.\\nThe firm of Currie Schroeder, hardware and stove dealers,\\nplumbers and gasfitters, is the oldest in Atlantic City, the\\nbusiness having been established in 1857, at Absecon, by Mr.\\nGeorge F. Currie, father and father-in-law, respectively, of Mr.\\nCurrie and Mr. Schroeder. Subsequently it was removed to Atlantic\\nCity, this place having eclipsed its older but less progressive neigh-\\nbor off-shore. Of the present firm, Mr. Srhroeder has special\\ncharge of the stove and hardware department, while Mr. Currie,\\nhimself a practical plumber, has general oversight of the plumbing\\nand gasfitting. Their business is quite extensive and requires the\\nservices of a considerable force of skilled workmen. In the fur-\\nnishing of supplies for new buildings, including paints and oils, the\\nfirm has been quite successful, and their business in that direction\\nis steadily increasing. They are agents for the Chesapeake Iron\\nWorks, whose nails have a national reputation. They are also\\nagents for various specialties in hardware, and are extensive dealers\\nin the favorite Novelty heater and Victor cooking range, of which", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 99\\nthey are sole agents. This firm is one of the most substantial on\\nthe island, and, with experience and capital behind them, they are\\nconstantly widening their field of business.\\nIn the spring of 1885 Mr. H. J. Steen, who had been associ-\\nated with a large tea and coffee house in Philadelphia, opened a\\nsimilar establishment in this city at 1121 Atlantic Avenue, under\\nBartlett s Hall. His business prospered, and to meet the demands\\nof his trade he added a line of fancy groceries, thus enlarging his\\nfield. Roasting his own coffee daily by steam, his customers were\\nnot long in finding out its merits over the stale though other-\\nwise good coffees. Fresh-roasted coffee has a flavor about it\\nwhich is wanting in the stale article. Coffee roasting is an art in\\nitself, and to have it properly done is a matter of importance to the\\ncareful housewife or thorough-going hotel-keeper. Mr. Steen s\\nbusiness is steadily increasing, not only in the line of teas and\\ncoffees, but in groceries generally, of which he keeps a good supply\\nfrom the best wholesale houses in Philadelphia. One can readily\\nfind his store by simply looking for the large tea-pot over the side-\\nwalk, from which puffs of steam may be seen escaping at all hours\\nof the day and night.\\nWith so many buildings recently erected, in course of erection,\\nor to be erected, the wonder is that there are builders enough to do\\nthe building. If a man is a thorough master of his business, how-\\never, he is generally found equal to any emergency. Two such men\\nin Atlantic City are Mr. George W. Sherman and Mr. E. V.\\nCorson, both well-known builders, practical carpenters, and owners\\nof extensive lumber yards. The former has his office on Atlantic\\nAvenue, above Pennsylvania, with a carpenter shop and yard\\nadjoining, and the latter may be found at 2315 Atlantic Avenue,\\nwhere he has his office and yard. During the last twelve months\\nMr. Corson has contracted for and finished no less than fifty houses\\nin Atlantic City, and Mr. Sherman has erected almost an equal\\nnumber of new buildings. Besides house-building, the latter\\nmakes a specialty of jobbing, having the only carpenter-shop in the\\ncity, and in the summer he has two men constantly engaged in\\nmaking window screens for cottages, boarding-houses, and hotels.\\nBoth Mr. Sherman and Mr. Corson furnish plans and specifications,\\nas well as estimates, for cottages, and the large number which they\\nerect from year to year is the best evidence of the satisfactory\\ncharacter of their work.\\nAmong the first of the up-town grocers was Mr. Charles E. Adams,\\nwho came to Atlantic City in 1876 and opened a store in Novem-\\nber of that year opposite the United States Hotel. In November,\\n1878, on the anniversary of his opening, his place of business was", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "ioo Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J.\\ndestroyed by fire, along with others in that vicinity, and he soon\\nafterward located at the corner of South Carolina and Atlantic\\nAvenues, where he still remains. He is one of the solid men of\\nAtlantic City, is a director in the Electric Light Company and\\nBoard of Trade, and President of the People s Building and Loan\\nAssociation. His patrons include many of the prominent cotta-\\ngers and well-known residents, who usually find at his store the best\\nof everything at the lowest city prices.\\nOf the younger business men on Atlantic Avenue, L. Steuber\\nBro., the grocers at the corner of Indiana Avenue, take front\\nrank. Careful and conservative, they are worthy sons of an hon-\\nored sire, to whose business they succeeded about three years ago,\\nThey are the only dealers in the celebrated Limburger cheese, and\\ntheir other specialties are Swiss cheese and Holland herring.\\nThe oldest of the several dry goods stores in Atlantic City is that\\nof Thompson Irvin, at 1619 and 1621 Atlantic Avenue, which was\\nestablished ten years ago. Previous to that time staple dry goods\\nwere sold at the general stores and one or two small trimming stores\\nof the place. Mr. Irvin at first kept his store open during the sum-\\nmer months only, but a year or two later, as the city grew in size\\nand importance, he resolved to make it a permanent branch of his\\nlarger store at Ninth and Washington Avenues, Philadelphia. From\\na small beginning his business has increased to such an extent as to\\nnecessitate his occupying two stores, both of which are well stocked\\nwith such goods as are found on the counters of the best dry goods\\nstores of Philadelphia. Prices are the same here as at his city store,\\nand this fact, coupled with polite treatment of his customers, may\\nbe taken as an explanation of his success. Mr. Irvin s store is a\\nfavorite shopping-place for ladies, both residents and visitors, many\\nof the latter making their purchases there from year to year, as the\\nseasons roll by.\\nSmith s Atlantic Bakery is one of the principal places of busi-\\nness in the lower part of the city. It is situated at the corner of\\nAtlantic and Ohio Avenues. The proprietor, Mr. H. H. Smith,\\nhas been in the baking business over eleven years, and was the first\\nto introduce what is known as Smith s home-made bread. He also\\ndoes a large business in supplying hotels and cottages with pies,\\ncakes, and fancy pastry of his own make.\\nDavid Johnston s Eagle Bottling Establishment is the oldest in\\nAtlantic City, having been started in 1865 by his uncle, now de-\\nceased. Mr. Johnston succeeded to the business thirteen years ago,\\nand has built up a very large trade among the hotel men and pri-\\nvate families of the island. His works are in the rear of 25 North\\nCarolina Avenue, above Pacific.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 101\\nOne of the oldest groceries on Atlantic Avenue is that of Smith\\nConover, which was established at the corner of Atlantic and Vir-\\nginia Avenues eleven years ago. It is a popular store with up-town\\ncottagers and residents, and the proprietor does a thriving trade the\\nyear round.\\nJ. C. Wahl is the oldest, and, it is claimed, the leading shoe-\\nmaker of Atlantic City. He began business in 1872, and as the\\ncity grew in size his business showed a corresponding increase. At\\nthe beginning of the present year he erected a new building at the\\ncorner of Atlantic and Virginia Avenues, which is said to be the\\nfinest store in Atlantic City. It is both wide and deep, and is at-\\ntractively furnished. His business is quite extensive, and, having\\nestablished a reputation for fine custom-made shoes, he has secured\\na trade which extends beyond the limits of Atlantic County. In-\\ndeed, some of his best customers reside in Philadelphia and more\\ndistant places, but being in the habit of coming to Atlantic City\\nfrom year to year, they have formed a practice of buying all their\\nfoot-wear of Mr. Wahl, of whom it may be said, he gives all his\\ncustomers particular fits.\\nAbout seven years ago Mr. John S. Taylor opened his Central\\nBakery in Atlantic City. His capital was limited, and he did all\\nthe work himself with nothing more than an ordinary cookstove.\\nWhat he made, however, he made well, and people soon found that\\nhis bread and cakes were equal to the best that could be had any-\\nwhere. At the end of the first season Mr. Taylor found himself\\nseveral hundred dollars in pocket, after paying all expenses, and\\nthe following year his business was greatly extended. A year ago\\nhe enlarged his building by adding another story and erecting an\\nentire new front. Subsequently he leased the adjoining property\\nand connected the two buildings, using one as a store and ladies\\nrestaurant, and the other as a gentlemen s restaurant. In the early\\npart of the present year (1887) he added about seventy feet to the\\ndepth of both buildings, deepening the store and restaurant, and\\nconverting the entire second floor into a spacious banqueting-hall\\nthe finest in the city. On the first floor of his main building Mr.\\nTaylor has a very handsome soda-water fountain, far surpassing\\nanything of the kind in Atlantic City. His business is rapidly in-\\ncreasing. Last year it amounted to nearly fifty thousand dollars,\\nand this year it promises to exceed that amount. He is one of the\\nmost enterprising business men on the island.\\nMr. Robert Stroud, of the Southwestern Market, began busi-\\nness in Atlantic City six years ago in a small building on Atlantic\\nAvenue just below Illinois. His business gradually increased, and\\ntwo years ago he purchased the property known as the Atlantic", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "102 Illustrated Hand- Bo ok of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nOpera House, on Atlantic Avenue below Missouri, which he im-\\nproved and converted into an extensive market-house for the sale\\nof meat and produce. This spirit of improvement, started by Mr.\\nStroud, soon extended to other property owners and business men\\nin that locality, and noticeable changes have been made in the\\nneighborhood within a year or two. With low prices and close at-\\ntention to business, Mr. Stroud has succeeded in building up a large\\ntrade. His sales have been nearly doubled during the past year.\\nSince the introduction of water and drainage in Atlantic City\\nthe services of practical and experienced plumbers have been in\\ndemand. This demand has been met by Mr. L. E. Freeman, of\\n1 02 2 Atlantic Avenue, who, besides being a practical man of\\nlarge experience himself, employs none but thoroughly com-\\npetent workmen, and as a result he has built up a large business\\nin Atlantic City. His work always stands the test of time and\\nweather, two important requisites in good plumbing.\\nEdward S. Reed opened the first drug store in Atlantic City\\nabout April 1st, 1858, and for years his was the only store of the kind\\nin the place. It is still the leading drug store in the upper portion\\nof the island, and enjoys an extensive patronage. Mr. Reed erected\\nthe first brick building in Atlantic City, on Atlantic Avenue, oppo-\\nsite the United States Hotel, in which he still carries on his drug\\nbusiness. Educated for the medical profession, his ability as a\\ndruggist is recognized by physicians even at a distance, who send\\ntheir prescriptions to him to be compounded. Great care is exer-\\ncised in the prescription department of this store, and ?s none but\\nfresh drugs are used, patrons have the satisfaction of knowing that\\nthey are getting a pure and efficacious medicine. Mr. Reed s\\nhandsome residence is at the corner of Atlantic and Delaware\\nAvenues, adjoining his store. His son, Dr. E. L. Reed, has an\\noffice in this building.\\nUpham s ice-cream saloon and bakery was established in 1879, an d\\nis now one of the finest places of business in Atlantic City. There are\\ntwo stores, one on Atlantic Avenue above Delaware, and the o f her at\\nthe corner of Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues, both of which are\\nconveniently and handsomely fitted up. Visitors find here the best\\nquality of ice-cream and cakes, and bread which has no superior\\nanywhere. The proprietor has every facility for baking plain and\\nfancy bread, pies, cakes, biscuits, crackers, etc., etc. Mr. Upham\\nis a native of Massachusetts, but has been a resident of Atlantic\\nCity for several years, and is now one of her most progressive busi-\\nness men.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 103\\nH. N. Bolte is one of the oldest and best-known of our Atlantic\\nCityjewelers. The business was established in 1864. Beinga thor-\\noughly practical watch and clock maker, Mr. Bolte is enabled to give\\nhis personal attention to that branch of his business. He carries a full\\nstock of silverware, besides watches and clocks, and usually has a\\nnice assortment of jewelry of all descriptions, gold, silver, shells,\\nand other unique curiosities. Though the business was started in a\\nsmall way, the thoroughness in watchmaking and repairing, and the\\ndiscernment exercised in selecting those styles of jewelry which suit\\nthe taste of the people, has brought it to its present enviable posi-\\ntion as the leading jewelry establishment in Atlantic City. Both in\\nbusiness and social circles Mr. Bolte occupies a prominent position,\\nhaving been several times honored by his fellow-citizens with an\\nelection to City Council, of which body he is a useful member.\\nAmong the public-spirited citizens of Atlantic City none take\\nhigher rank than Mr. Charles A. Idler, the well-known plumber\\nand paperhanger. After nearly twenty years experience in Phila-\\ndelphia, he established his business in Atlantic City in 1880, and\\nsince that time has taken a prominent part in the various improve-\\nments of the city. During the past two or three years Mr. Idler\\nhas devoted much of his time to building operations, and a number\\nof cottages erected by him are models of neatness and ornaments\\nto the city. He recently erected some very pretty seaside villas at\\nChelsea, the new resort just below the built-up portion of the city\\nand within the corporate limits. Designs for buildings are furnished,\\nestimates given, and all work is executed in the best manner. Mr.\\nIdler has done considerable work on many of the prominent build-\\nings of the island, the style and finish of which stamp him as a\\nthorough workman. His business is divided into departments, such\\nas paperhanging, plumbing, gasfitting, window shades, and paints.\\nHe makes a specialty of wall decoration, for which he employs\\nnone but skilled workmen, and as evidence of his ability in that\\ndirection he points with satisfaction to the many finely decorated\\nwalls of Atlantic City. The plumbing branch of his business is\\none in which he also takes considerable pride. His store, adjoin-\\ning the City Hall, is centrally located and easy of access from any\\npart of the city.\\nIt is now nearly eight years since J. H. Crawford opened the\\nfirst all-the-year-round dry goods and notions store in Atlantic City,\\nat 1 107 Atlantic Avenue. Up to that time it was the custom of\\nmany of the leading storekeepers to close during the winter and re-\\nopen in the spring or early summer. Recognizing the needs of the\\npermanent as well as the visiting population, Miss Crawford resolved\\nto take a step in advance and try the experiment of keeping open\\nthroughout the year. She began business in one of the new build-", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "104 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nings marking the site of the fire which destroyed an entire block.\\nShe had previously carried on an extensive business in ladies cloaks\\nand suits on Ninth Street above Market, Philadelphia, where she\\nwas quite successful, and with her thorough knowledge of the busi-\\nness, thus acquired, her coming to Atlantic City supplied a long-\\nfelt want. Her store is now in the centre of business, and her\\npatrons find there everything usually found in a first-class dry goods\\nand notion store.\\nMr. William F. Wahl, shoemaker and shoe dealer, started in\\nbusiness at 1613 Atlantic Avenue on the 1st of January, 1885.\\nBeing a practical shoemaker as well as shoe dealer, he soon estab-\\nlished for himself a reputation among a class of people, both resi-\\ndents and visitors, who desire a well-made and perfect-fitting shoe.\\nHis business has nearly doubled within a year, and his patrons\\ninclude many of the best families of Philadelphia and elsewhere,\\nwho are in the habit of spending their summers in Atlantic City.\\nBesides dealing in the best grades of manufactured shoes, Mr. Wahl\\ngives personal attention to custom-made work, first selecting his\\nleather with care, and then having the shoes made in a thoroughly\\nworkmanlike manner. His store is one of the most attractive in\\nthe city, and customers are treated with uniform politeness.\\nAlmost the first inquiry made by the speculative visitor to At-\\nlantic City, after having read of the remarkable progress of the\\nplace and the consequent rise in property within the past ten years,\\nis: Where can I buy a lot or Who will sell me a cottage? It\\nis the old story the man who hears of another s success wishes\\nthat he also may be given an opportunity. In the words of Mrs.\\nKidder\\nIs there any money in it?\\nAsks the calculating man,\\nAnd shall I be sure to win it,\\nIf I join you in your plan? m.\\nIn reply to this inquiry, we simply refer the reader to the well-\\nknown real estate agents, I. G. Adams Co., of 2031 Atlantic\\nAvenue Sternberger Brothers, of 131 2 Atlantic Avenue, and V.\\nC. Bruckmann, of 1021 Atlantic Avenue, whose business brings\\nthem in daily intercourse with the owners and buyers of real estate.\\nThese gentlemen will cheerfully give all needed information upon\\nthe subject.\\nAtlantic City is well supplied with plumbers and gasfitters but\\nin this business, as in others, there is always room for one more,\\nespecially if he be of the right kind. Sanitary plumbing and good\\ndrainage are two of the first requisites of house building, and these are\\nsupplied by C. A. Devlan Co., plumbers, gas and steam fitters,\\nwho recently engaged in business at i52Sand 1530 Atlantic Avenue.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Ha?id-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 105\\nThe safest and most convenient shape in which the traveler to\\nthe seashore can place his money, before leaving home, is in the\\nform of letters of credit or circular notes, payable at a local bank-\\ning institution. In Atlantic City there are two national banks\\nwhere letters of credit may be made payable the Atlantic City\\nNational Bank and the Second National Bank. The former occu-\\npies an imposing brick building at the corner of Atlantic and North\\nCarolina Avenues, one square from the depot. It was chartered in\\nATLANTIC CITY NATIONAL BANK.\\nthe spring of 1881, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, and is\\nregarded as one of the strongest banking institutions in the country,\\nhaving a surplus nearly equal to its capital stock, besides paying an-\\nnual dividends of eight per cent. The building is fully equipped with\\nall the best appliances for the banking business, and is very care-\\nfully and prudently managed. The president is Mr. Charles Evans,\\nand the cashier is Mr. Francis P. Quigley, with a board of nine\\ndirectors.\\nHenry Afflerbach, whose toy and stationery store is at the\\ncorner of Atlantic Avenue and Surf Place, began business in Atlan-\\ntic City in 1882, having previously carried on a similar business on\\nan extensive scale in Philadelphia. He came to this city on account\\nof his health, and, engaging in business, liked it so well that he con-\\n8", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "io6\\nIllustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\neluded to remain here permanently. Mr. Afflerbach is a large prop-\\nerty owner, and is much interested in the material prosperity of the\\nplace. He has been successful in business, having one of the best\\nstands in the city. His store is a favorite resort for ladies and\\nchildren.\\nThe Second National Bank began business in January, 1887, with\\na capital of $100,000. A massive brick and stone building, of\\nunique design, is now in course of erection at the corner of New\\nYork and Atlantic Avenues, and meantime the bank is occupying\\nSECOND NATIONAL BANK.\\ntemporary quarters in the commodious building on the lot adjoin-\\ning, formerly used by the West Jersey Railroad Company. This\\nbank began business with every promise of soon becoming another\\nof the foremost banking institutions of the State. It is managed\\nby a board of thirteen directors, with Mr. George F. Currie as\\npresident, and Mr. J. G. Hammer as cashier. The architect of\\nthe new building is Mr. Lindley Johnson, of Philadelphia.\\nMr. James Farley has had large experience in the boot and shoe\\nbusiness, and is well acquainted with every detail. Before coming to", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 107\\nthis city he carried on an extensive business on Passyunk Avenue,\\nPhiladelphia, the Atlantic City store being opened as a branch of\\nthat establishment. Since beginning business in this city he has\\nenjoyed a generous share of the patronage of residents and visitors.\\nHis assortment of goods will be found to embrace a full variety of\\nladies gentlemen s, and children s boots and shoes, selected of\\nmanufacturers who have reputations for producing none but first-\\nclass goods. He is sole agent for the celebrated Day sewed shoe,\\nwhich has had a wide sale wherever introduced. Purchasing his\\nstock directly of first hands, and for cash or on short time, he is\\nable to place his price at but a trifling advance on the cost, and at\\nthe same time guarantee his goods to be as represented. Mr.\\nFarley s place of business is at 1623 Atlantic Avenue, a few doors\\nabove Illinois.\\nBesides the two national banks, there is the Merchants Bank, on\\nAtlantic Avenue, above Illinois, which was chartered under the laws\\nof the State, and began business in July, 1885. The institution\\ndoes a general banking and safe-deposit business, allows interest\\non deposits, and issues drafts payable in any part of the world. The\\nbusiness of this bank has shown a steady increase, and it is evidently\\na fixture of Atlantic City. The directors are men of responsibility,\\nthe president being Mr. William Curtiss, a well-known business\\nman of Philadelphia. The cashier is Mr. Joseph R. Flanigen, Jr.,\\na gentleman of large experience in the banking business.\\nRiley Adams are well-known grocers at 2327 Atlantic Avenue,\\ncorner of Georgia Avenue. They began business four years ago,\\nand soon built up a large trade among hotel men and cottagers in\\nthe l\u00c2\u00a9wer part of the city. They are popular young men, and are\\nwinning success by deserving it.\\nJ. B. Alcorn, the baker, established himself in business ten years\\nago near his present location, 1825 Atlantic Avenue, below Indiana.\\nHe bakes neither pies nor cakes, but devotes his entire attention to\\nbread baking, furnishing supplies to many of the larger hotels and\\nprincipal cottagers throughout the city.\\nAfter considerable experience in the meat and produce business\\nat the Dock Street Market, Philadelphia, R. C. Griscom Co. estab-\\nlished the Keystone Market at the corner of Indiana and Atlantic\\nAvenues, in this city, two years ago. They deal in none but the\\nbest meats and vegetables, and enjoy the patronage of many of the\\nprominent cottagers and hotel-keepers.\\nHannis s restaurant, 1016 Atlantic Avenue, above Pennsylvania,\\nwas established two years ago, and has been kept open continually", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "108 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nday and night, weekday and Sunday, ever since. It is the only\\nall night restaurant in the city, and in the summer season espe-\\ncially is a great convenience to visitors.\\nGeorge W. Holmes is one of the oldest and best known of the\\nAtlantic City business men. He carries on an extensive plumbing,\\ntin roofing, stove and hardware business at 1834 Atlantic Avenue,\\nand, being thoroughly practical, gives personal supervision to his\\nwork and sees that it is done well.\\nThe leading tailor of Atlantic City is Mr. A. F. Sttegler, whose\\nplace of business is at 1310 Atlantic Avenue, below South Carolina.\\nTen or twelve years ago Mr. Stiegler, who is a native of Germany,\\nfounded his enterprise in Atlantic City, and soon took front rank\\namong the business men of the place. He confines himself to cus-\\ntom work, and is the representative merchant tailor of Atlantic\\nCity. On his counters may always be found a fine assortment of\\nforeign and domestic cloths and cassimeres, selected with a view\\nof meeting the wants and tastes of the public. Years of experience\\nand a superior style of cutting and fitting enable Mr. Stiegler to\\ngive the highest satisfaction to his patrons. He recently returned\\nfrom a prolonged trip through Europe, where he combined business\\nwith pleasure, purchasing a supply of foreign fabrics for the spring\\nand summer season.\\nJ. S. Haslett s fancy stationery store and circulating library\\nis at 1 1 22 Atlantic Avenue, a few doors above the Mansion\\nHouse. It has been established nearly eight years and is one of\\nthe best patronized places of business on the island. The stock\\nembraces staple and fancy stationery, photographic views of\\nAtlantic City, books, and a circulating library. The latter is well\\npatronized by ladies and children. The store was recently en-\\nlarged to nearly double its former size, and is now about fifty feet\\ndeep. Visitors will find here everything usually found in the\\nprincipal stationery stores of the larger cities.\\nE. R. Quinn are extensive importers of human hair goods in\\nPhiladelphia, whose branch store in Atlantic City is at 1006 Atlan-\\ntic Avenue. They carry a full lme of the latest styles in bangs, the\\nnew Parisian coiffure, etc. Their store in this city is large and\\nattractive, and customers are treated with uniform politeness. The\\nMisses Quinn have had large experience in the arrangement of\\nhair goods for ladies, their Philadelphia store, at 103 South Thir-\\nteenth Street, being one of the leading stores in that city.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 109\\nOFF THE AVENUE.\\nThe pharmacy of T. M. Galbreath, at the corner of New York\\nand Pacific Avenues, was established in 1880 by H. C. Blair s\\nSons, of Philadelphia, who installed Mr. Galbreath as manager.\\nSubsequently he purchased the business of the Blairs, and, at a\\nlater date, opened a branch store at Pacific and New Jersey\\nAvenues, in charge of Mr. H. H. Deakyne, a former attache of\\nthe Blairs in Philadelphia. The prescription departments are im-\\nportant adjuncts of the Galbreath pharmacies. It is well known\\nthat the work of the apothecary requiring the greatest care is the\\ncompounding of prescriptions. Realizing this, a separate place\\nhas been provided where nothing but the compounding of pre-\\nscriptions is attended to. In this department every precaution has\\nbeen taken to insure perfect accuracy. When a prescription comes to\\nthe department, there is sent with it what is known as an order.\\nOn the order is written the name of the person wishing it filled,\\naddress, where to be sent, when received, who received it, who\\ncompounded it, who checked it, and the number of the prescrip-\\ntion. This insures absolute safety to every patient, and the success\\nthat has attended this department shows full well its standing with\\nphysicians and the public.\\nIn the supplying of mortar, lime, and cement for the many new\\nbuildings erected in Atlantic City during the last twelve months\\nEdwin A. Smith Son report a large increase over the preced-\\ning year. Atlantic City never experienced a building season equal\\nto that now closing, but still greater activity is looked for in the\\nfall. This, of course, will create a still larger demand for lime\\nand plaster, but Smith Son are able to supply it at their works,\\nArctic Avenue, near South Carolina.\\nOf building houses there seems to be no end that is, if we con-\\nfine our range of observation to Atlantic City. No sooner has the\\nsummer season ended than the carpenters, the bricklayers, the\\nplumbers, and the plasterers are again at work, and house after\\nhouse rises upon its foundation of sand, which experience has\\nshown to be equal to the best bed-rock foundation in the country.\\nFrom early fall until late in the spring the sound of the hammer,\\nthe click of the saw, and the ring of the trowel is heard in every\\ndirection, and one wonders where all the occupants of these new\\nhouses are to come from. That question has already been answered in\\nthis Hand-Book. The query now is, where does all the lumber\\nand mill-work come from? and the reply is, much of it is supplied\\nby Frambes, Somers Co., whose planing mill is at Baltic and\\nMissouri Avenues, the office being at the corner of Arctic Avenue\\nand the Reading Railroad. The business of this firm was estab-", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "no\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nlished seven years ago, and has steadily increased in the interven-\\ning years, so that now they employ a force of twenty-five men.\\nThey are dealers in hard woods, wood mantels, and building lum-\\nber, and furnish a large portion of the mill-work for buildings\\nerected in Atlantic City, besides supplying material for carpenters\\nand builders in the surrounding country.\\nAfter a successful business career of twenty-eight years in Cam-\\nden, Mr. Adam Knauf moved to Atlantic City eight years ago,\\nand established his boiler and machine works on Arctic Avenue\\nbelow Michigan, adjoining the gas-works. He manufactures iron\\nfencing and awning frames, repairs boilers, and does all kinds of\\ngalvanizing and machine work. Some of the prettiest and most\\nsubstantial of the iron fences seen in Atlantic City are of his man-\\nufacture, and as his is the only place of the kind in the city, he\\nenjoys a monopoly of the trade, although his prices are below\\nthose of Philadelphia manufacturers. This fact can readily be\\nproven by a comparison of prices. Mr. Knauf s business has\\nbeen largely increased during the past year, and the present year s\\nwork promises to be nearly double that of the preceding. He is\\ndeserving of the generous support of every property owner or\\nbusiness man in Atlantic Citv.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "Ground and About\\nPLACES OF INTEREST IN AND NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, AND OTHER\\nINFORMATION FOR VISITORS.\\n*W* DMITTING that Atlantic City is the principal seacoast resort\\nTflTv of the country, and an object of pilgrimage for thousands\\nA of people from every walk of life and from every part of\\nthe land, it may be well to trace some of its attractions, and\\nthus obtain some appreciation of its advantages and claims to con-\\nsideration, which may assist in a proper estimate of its importance.\\nThe history of the place will not be herein considered, for how-\\never interesting the historical features of this favorite locality,\\nthey take vastly inferior place when compared with its natural\\nand artificial attractions. Here are to be found all the requisites\\nwhich enter into the constitution of a complete seashore watering\\nplace. Aside from the attractions of land and sea the drives,\\nthe beach, and boardwalk, the fishing, the yachting, and the\\nbathing, the bracing air, and other attributes of the grand old\\nocean aside from these, Atlantic City affords diversions of a sec-\\nular or religious character above and beyond those of any other\\nseacoast resort. One can go a-shopping here, find books, papers,\\nsmall wares, material for embroidery, painting, and drawing can\\nvisit a circulating library, or take an interest in the church of his\\nchoice, get acquainted with the minister, and help along the good\\nwork. If one chooses, he can give a private entertainment in the\\nevening at either of the ocean parlors, which afford to the visitor\\na somewhere to go, an object and an end to an otherwise pur-\\nposeless stroll along the strand. Atlantic City loDg since learned\\nhow best to provide for its summer and winter guests and it is\\nnow the business of the place to set forth its attractions, which\\nare all in the direction of making one s stay delightful.\\nTHE BOARDWALK.\\nTo Atlantic City belongs the credit of having introduced what\\nis now a feature of a dozen seaside resorts the boardwalk. This\\nwas first built in 1870, five thousand dollars being raised for that\\npurpose by the sale of city scrip. The venture was regarded in an\\nunfavorable light by many of the conservative citizens, some of\\nwhom were large owners of real estate, but the younger men\\nin", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "ii2 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\ncarried the project through on money privately borrowed until the\\nissue of the city s obligations could be legalized. The boardwalk\\nwas destroyed by severe storms in the winter of 1883-4, but was\\nrebuilt in a more substantial manner in the spring of 1884 at a\\ncost of less than ten thousand dollars. This walk, now about three\\nmiles in length, and extending from the Inlet to the Excursion\\nHouse, is the distinctive feature of Atlantic City. It follows the\\ncontour of the beach just above the line of high-water mark, and\\nis lighted with the electric light its entire length from the first of\\nMarch to the middle of September. On a moonlight evening,\\nwhen the beach is crowded with vehicles and the promenade\\nthronged with pedestrians, Atlantic City presents a scene of gayety\\nunequaled anywhere else in the country.\\nTHE LIGHTHOUSE.\\nThe lighthouse is an object of much interest at the northeastern\\nend of the island, the house of the keeper, Major A. G. Wolf,\\nfacing Rhode Island Avenue. There are two assistant keepers, S.\\nF. Adams and Frank T. Hills. The extreme height of the tower,\\nfrom base to pinnacle, is one hundred and sixty-seven feet, to\\noutside gallery one hundred and fifty feet, and to the focus of the\\nlamp one hundred and fifty-nine feet. The ascent of the gallery is\\nby two hundred and twenty-eight spiral steps. The lamp is what\\nis known as Funck s mineral-oil lamp, with fixed white light of\\nthe first order, and from the deck of a vessel can be distinguished\\nfrom other lights at a distance of twenty miles. The lighthouse\\nis open to visitors from nine a. m. to twelve M. in summer time,\\nand from eleven to twelve in the winter season, Sundays and\\nstormy days excepted.\\nEnglish s History of Atlantic City gives a history of the light-\\nhouse, from which we make this extract: The great number of\\nwrecks that were continually occurring on the beach caused Dr.\\nJonathan R. Pitney and other gentlemen to turn their attention\\nto the absolute necessity that existed for the erection of a light-\\nhouse at Atlantic City. Between 1834 and 1840 the proposal was\\nfirst agitated. After a great waste of trouble and money, a Con-\\ngressional appropriation of five thousand dollars was at last voted\\nupon the proviso that a satisfactory report should first be made by\\na competent official of the Naval Department. Commodore La\\nVallette was commissioned to make the report. He visited the\\nbeach, examined the coast, and requested a letter from Dr. Pitney\\non the subject. Notwithstanding the exertions of Dr. Pitney, the\\nCommodore made an unfavorable report, and the lighthouse\\nproject slept for several years. In 1853, after the railroad had\\nbeen surveyed, Dr. Pitney again agitated the subject. He circu-\\nlated petitions for signatures, wrote to Congressmen, and published", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 113\\narticles in the newspapers. The result of these labors was the\\ngranting of an appropriation of thirty-five thousand dollars for a\\nlighthouse. Thus Atlantic City has to-day one of the best light-\\nhouses in the country, which, with later improvements, cost up-\\nward of fifty thousand dollars. The tower of the lighthouse was\\nfirst illuminated in January, 1857.\\nLIFE-SAVING STATION.\\nThe Atlantic City Life-Saving Station is situated at Pacific and\\nVermont Avenues, and is in charge of Captain Amasa Bowen, with\\nseven assistants. The present building was finished in December,\\n1884, and is the finest life-saving station on the coast of the United\\nStates. It is a pretty Gothic structure with three rooms and a\\npantry on the first floor, and three rooms on the second. Above\\nthe roof there is a tower or lookout, where a constant watch is\\nkept for vessels in distress. The building is open to visitors at\\nall hours of the day, and the obliging captain or any of his\\nassistants will take pleasure in explaining to any one the method\\nof saving life and property from destruction by the fury of the\\nelements. On the first clear day of each week the crew goes\\nthrough an interesting drill with the mortar and lifeline, sea-\\ncar and surf-boat, beginning at eight o clock in the morning.\\nThe first life-saving station established on this beach was opened\\nnearly forty years ago, and was known as the Government Boat-\\nHouse, with Ryan Adams as keeper. It stood near Connecticut\\nand Pacific Avenues, about where the Ocean House now stands.\\nWhen James Buchanan was elected President, Samuel Adams sue\\nceeded Ryan Adams, holding the position for five years, when\\nBarton Gaskill was appointed by President Lincoln. He retained\\nthe position for sixteen consecutive years. When the improved\\nsystem was adopted, in conformity with an act of Congress,\\napproved June 18th, 1878, the station was moved to its present\\nsite, in the rear of the lighthouse. Captain Bowen has been the\\nefficient keeper for the past eight years.\\nUNITED STATES SIGNAL STATION.\\nThe United States Signal Station in Atlantic City is situated on\\nRhode Island Avenue, below Atlantic, nearly opposite the light-\\nhouse, and is in charge of Mr. L. M. Tarr, Signal Observer. This\\nstation was opened December 10th, 1873, in the Government Life-\\nSaving House, about one hundred yards from the lighthouse. Sub-\\nsequently it was removed to its present location. The elevation\\nof the barometer above the level of the sea is thirteen feet. The\\ninstrument shelter is of the standard portable pattern, and is placed", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "ii4 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, JV. J.\\non the northern end of the building. The anemometer, wind-vane,\\nand rain-gauge are on well-exposed parts of the building. The\\nstation is supplied with a complete outfit for international signals.\\nVisitors will be welcomed at any hour of the day by Signal Ob-\\nserver Tarr, who always finds pleasure in explaining the methods\\nof conducting the signal service.\\nBEACH THOROUGHFARE.\\nThe Thoroughfare is a sheet of water that abounds in the finest\\nfish, oysters, crabs, and clams, and is the rendezvous of a\\nfleet of graceful yachts, in which the visitor can cruise for pleasure\\nor for fishing, either in the smooth water of the inlet or upon the\\nbriny waters of the Atlantic. Omnibuses will convey visitors either\\nto Sykes Wharf or Higbee s Bridge, where boats can be hired and\\nfishing-tackle procured at a moderate charge.\\nBRIGANTINE BEACH AND PETERS BEACH.\\nYachts leave the Inlet House daily, conveying passengers to\\nPeters Beach or Brigantine, both on the opposite side of the inlet.\\nThere are two large hotels on Brigantine and one on Peters Beach.\\nMr. Alfred B. Smith, of the Brigantine House, is a hospitable land-\\nlord, guarding carefully the comfort of his guests. His brother,\\nMr. Charles Smith, of Peters Beach, is equally attentive to those\\nwho visit his house. The Peters Beach House is delightfully\\nlocated, and is a favorite rendezvous for those fond of boating,\\ngunning, or fishing. Oysters are taken fresh from the water almost\\nat the door of the house. It has cool rooms, fine verandas, and\\nfirst-class accommodations for guests. It commands a full view of\\nAtlantic City, and is only fifteen minutes sail from the inlet.\\nPARK BATHS AND SEASIDE OCEAN PARLOR.\\nTwo of the most important and attractive features of Atlantic\\nCity are the elegant and luxurious Park Baths and Winter Ocean\\nParlor and the Seaside Ocean Parlor, the former situated on the\\nboardwalk, near the foot of Indiana Avenue, and the latter at the\\nfoot of Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nHere the invalid may enjoy, without exposure to the weather, the\\ninvigorating chemical rays of the sun, inhale the healthful saline\\nbreeze, and view the breakers as they roll upon the beach a few feet\\ndistant. By an admirable arrangement one may be comfortably\\nseated upon the sand and enjoy the full benefit of the perfect sun-\\nbath and sea-air. In nervous and paralytic affections the effect of\\nthis combination of the direct rays of the sun and the stimulating\\nsaline air are the most potential hygienic agents known.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Ha?ui-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 115\\nDuring the winter and spring months, when many resort to Atlantic\\nCity to seek health or recreation from the cares of a busy life,, and\\nlisten to the soothing melody of the surf, they are frequently com-\\npelled to seek their hotels or cottages sooner than desirable, for\\nwant of a comfortable resting-place on the beach. This want is\\nnow supplied, and the Winter Ocean Parlor as well as the Seaside\\nParlor are in great favor. The main parlor of each is on the second\\nfloor of the building, surrounded by a roofed-in piazza overlooking\\nthe ocean, and affording an unobstructed view up and down the\\nshore. It has a high, ornamented, and arched ceiling, and there\\nis an annex which is used as a smoking-room for gentlemen. The\\nroom is handsomely carpeted and furnished. The regulations are\\nsuch as to make these places at all times desirable for ladies and\\nfamilies, thus offering a comfortable protection while enjoying\\nthe entertainment by Neptune. Both parlors are lighted by gas,\\nand can be secured for private entertainments in the evening. The\\nlower and upper stories are inclosed in glass.\\nThe bath-house apartments comprise under one roof a large num-\\nber of separate dressing-rooms, which are designed to furnish the\\nconveniences requisite for surf-bathing of a better class than the\\naverage bath-house appointments. At the Park Baths a hall seven\\nfeet wide extends through its length, covered by a skylight with open\\nsidelights, which, with the dormer windows on either side, secures\\nperfect ventilation. This is intersected by cross halls six feet wide,\\non which open the dressing-rooms these are large, tastily fitted\\nup, and well ventilated. The regulations are such as will insure\\nperfect propriety in every department and the convenience of\\nguests. Robes are provided at both places of plain or stylish designs\\nfor gentlemen, ladies, and children. Special care has been taken in\\nthe selection of material and in the making to secure comfort and\\nfreedom from annoyance by faulty seams or fastenings. Everything\\nof an immodest character is strictly avoided. Patrons on enter-\\ning will obtain from the office a ticket bearing the number of the\\nroom to which they are entitled, deposit their valuables, and secure\\nthe key to the safe compartment.\\nHOT AND COLD BATHS.\\nThe hot sea-water baths are in great favor with visitors to Atlantic\\nCity, and invalids especially derive great benefit from them. Persons\\nsuffering from rheumatism have often been permanently cured.\\nFreshnessand vigor are imparted to all who use them. They are better\\nthan medicines, and physicians recommend them. The old, reliable\\nestablishment of Kipple McCann, at the sea end of Ocean\\nAvenue, is fitted up with every convenience, and has a sun-parlor\\nattached. Many prefer the hot baths to surf-bathing, even in sum-\\nmer time, and as they have accommodations for both classes, Kip-", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "u6\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\npie McCann s place is extensively patronized. Their sun-parlor\\nis a rendezvous, a place of meeting, for boardwalk promenaders.\\nAt the office there is a register where guests at any hotel or board-\\ning-house are invited to register their names, by which means prompt\\ndelivery of telegrams and express packages is insured and their\\nwhereabouts made known to friends. The place thus becomes a\\nbureau of information.\\nTHE MICHIGAN BUILDING.\\nThousands of people have noticed the attractive cottage of Barclay\\nLippincott on States Avenue, without knowing anything of its history.\\nThis building was purchased by Mr. Lippincott at the close of the\\nMICHIGAN BUILDING.\\nCentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and removed to Atlantic\\nCity in sections. It was one of the most artistically designed and\\nfinely finished State buildings on the Centennial grounds, the airy\\nand graceful proportions of the superstructure culminating in a\\nhigh villa tower. The building is made of native Michigan woods,\\nand the interior is adorned with rich engravings of oiled and\\npolished wood of every variety grown in the State. A room on the\\nsecond floor, used as a parlor at the Centennial, was a gem of com-\\nfort and taste.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\n117\\nHANDSOME RESIDENCES.\\nThe Disston Villa, on Indiana Avenue, opposite the Brighton, is\\nthe finest private residence in Atlantic City. The head of the\\nDisston family established a large business at Tacony, a northern\\nsuburb of Philadelphia. He made saws, and the impression got\\nabroad that his saws were the best in the market. They sold rap-\\nidly, and he grew very rich. He was an early believer in Atlantic\\nCity, and purchased the entire block between Park and Indiana\\nAvenues, from Pacific to the sea. He died before he had enjoyed\\nthe beautiful home he had reared, and his widow and sons now\\noccupy the niansion. It is an English country villa, with a pretty\\nporte cochere facing the street. Other attractive residences similar\\nto the Disston villa are to be seen on the principal avenues, nota-\\nbly that of George Allen, at Pacific and Maryland Avenues, the\\nTurner villa, at Pacific and Indiana Avenues, the Shirtcliffe\\ncottage, on North Carolina Avenue, and what is commonly called\\nthe Ladner villa, though not now owned by any of that family, on\\nStates Avenue. Some of the finest residences in Atlantic City are\\ndignified by no other name than cottage a word which has under-\\ngone great changes since its introduction into our language. It\\nwas originally used to convey the idea of something far less stylish\\nthan the buildings which are now known by that name. The old\\ndictionary meaning of it is, a small habitation for poor persons.\\nThe habitations which beautify the avenues of Atlantic City\\nare not by any means small ones, nor are they generally, as far as", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "n8 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nheard from, inhabited by poor people. Most of them are exceed-\\ningly tasteful, and many are large enough to be called mansions\\nrather than cottages. Quite a number are in Queen Anne\\nstyle, whatever that is. A few are positively hideous, but the\\nmajority are exhibits of elegant and sensible architecture.\\nACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART.\\nThis institution was first opened in a cottage on Connecticut\\nAvenue in May, 1883, but in November following it was removed\\nto its present location on Park Place, directly opposite the Disston\\nvilla. The school is conducted by the ladies of the Sacred Heart,\\nand is an institution of learning of which Atlantic City may well\\nACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART.\\nfeel proud. The grounds around the villa extend to the beach,\\nand every facility is afforded the pupils for sea-bathing and\\nhealthful exercise in the open air. The building is heated with\\nsteam, and is furnished with all the modern improvements. Both\\nboarding and day pupils are received, and the terms may be had\\non application to the Superior. These ladies devote themselves,\\nalso, to the education of a large number of children in their parochial\\nschool on Ohio Avenue.\\nJACKSON S HOT BATHS.\\nAs an evidence of the estimation in which the hot sea-water\\nbaths are held it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that\\nat the new establishment of George W. Jackson there are accom-", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J. 119\\nmodations for one hundred persons, besides treble that number of\\napartments for surf bathers. Jackson s Hot Bathsand Sun Parlor are on\\nthe boardwalk above Pennsylvania Avenue, adjoining the Seaside\\nOcean Parlor. These baths are fitted up in the most luxurious\\nmanner, and are convenient to the principal hotels and cottages.\\nThey are of inestimable value to invalids, especially those suffering\\nfrom nervous affections and rheumatism. In weakness of the spine,\\nkidney and bladder troubles they furnish prompt relief and effect\\na permanent cure. Invalids should avail themselves of their plea-\\nsurable effect and remedial advantage.\\nTHE OCEAN PIERS.\\nThe piers have been referred to at length in another chapter of\\nthis Hand-Book. Besides the always popular Applegate s, with its\\nround of attractions, there are two other piers Howard s Ocean\\nPier, six hundred feet long, and the new Iron Pier, over one thou-\\nsand feet long both equally popular in summer time. Select hops\\nand excellent dramatic or operatic entertainments make up the\\nattractions on these piers when Atlantic City puts on its gay sum-\\nmer attire. Applegate s Pier has two decks, the upper one acting\\nas a cover to the lower, besides which there is a fishing deck at\\nthe outer extremity, where there is generally good fishing the whole\\nsummer long. The entertainment hall is above the fishing deck.\\nThe Iron Pier has three pavilions, the largest having a seating\\ncapacity for nearly two thousand people. It was first opened to\\nthe public in the spring of 1886. Howard s was the first pier built\\nin Atlantic City. Attached to Applegate s is an extensive photo-\\ngraph gallery the largest on the island which is liberally patron-\\nized by the resident and visiting population. It is a branch of the\\nmammoth galleries at Eighth and Vine Streets, Philadelphia.\\nOTHER SCHOOLS.\\nBesides the four public schools of Atlantic City there is another\\nprivate academy on Pennsylvania Avenue, below Atlantic, of which\\nRev. Jas. G. Shinn, A. M., a Presbyterian clergyman, is principal.\\nIt has been truly said that no more cogent reason is required to\\nshow the salubrity of the climate and the desirability of Atlantic\\nCity as an abiding place for all who esteem health a blessing\\nthan the number of children born within the island s sandy rim.\\nWhen the school-bell calls them from home they swarm along the\\nstreets as numerous as fiddlers on the margin of a salt pond.", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "Memoranda.\\nPOST-OFFICE.\\nAtlantic Avenue, between North and South Carolina Avenues.\\nMails are generally ready for delivery at 1 1 a. m. 6 and 7 p. m.\\nMails close at 6.40 and 7.45 a. m. and 3.30 p. m. The Post-Office\\nis open on Sundays from 11 to 12 a. m. and from 3 to 4 p. m.\\nTELEGRAPH OFFICE.\\nMain office in Mansion House, open from 7.30 to 10 p. m. There\\nis also an office at the Hotel Brighton, which is open from 8 a. m.\\nto 8 P. M., and on Sundays from 9 to 10 a. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.\\nTELEPHONE OFFICE.\\nSecond story of Bank Building, corner of Atlantic and North\\nCarolina Avenues. Open day and night. Connections with all\\nparts of the city, the principal hotels, Longport, Brigantine,\\nPhiladelphia, and other cities.\\nbanks.\\nAtlantic City National Bank, corner Atlantic and North Caro-\\nlina Avenues. Capital, fifty thousand dollars. Began business\\nMay 23d, 1881. The present officers are: President, Charles\\nEvans Cashier, Francis P. Quigley.\\nSecond National Bank, corner Atlantic and New York Avenues.\\nCapital, one hundred thousand dollars. Began business January\\n15th, 1887. President, George F. Currie; Vice-President, Benj.\\nH. Brown Cashier, J. G. Hammer.\\nMerchants Bank, Atlantic Avenue, above Illinois. Capital, fifty\\nthousand dollars. President, William Curtiss Cashier, Joseph R.\\nFlanigen, Jr.\\nCHURCHES.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, corner Pacific and Pennsylvania\\nAvenues; Rev. William Aikman, D. D., Pastor. Morning service\\nat 10.30 o clock.\\n120", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Band-Book of Atlantic City, N.J. 121\\nChurch of the Ascension (Episcopal), corner of Kentucky and\\nPacific Avenues Rev. William Avery, Rector. Litany and sermon\\nat 11.\\nSt. James P. E. Church, corner Pacific and North Carolina\\nAvenues; no regular pastor. Morning service at 10.30.\\nSt. Nicholas (Roman Catholic), Pacific Avenue, below Tennessee\\nRev. J. J. Fedigan, O. S. A., Pastor. Every Sunday and Holy\\nDay, Mass; June, 6.30 and 9.30; July and August, 5.30, 6.30,\\n8.30, 9.30; rest of the year, 7.30 and 9.30.\\nSt. Monica (Roman Catholic), Atlantic Avenue, below Texas;\\nRev. J. J. Fedigan, Pastor.\\nFirst M. E. Church, Atlantic Avenue, below Massachusetts Rev.\\nJ. A. Dilks, Pastor. Morning service at 10.30.\\nSt. Paul s M. E. Church, corner of Ohio and Arctic Avenues;\\nRev. C. K. Fleming, Pastor. Morning service at 10.30.\\nFirst Baptist Church, Pacific Avenue, below Pennsylvania Rev.\\nWilliam E. Boyle, Pastor. Morning service at 10.30.\\nGerman Presbyterian Church, corner Pacific and Ocean Avenues\\nRev. Paul H. Schnatz, Pastor. Morning service at 10.30.\\nFriends Meeting-House, corner of Pacific and South Carolina\\nAvenues.\\nMethodist Protestant Church, corner Baltic and Michigan\\nAvenues. Morning service at 10.30.\\nColored Methodist Church, corner New York and Arctic\\nAvenues also Ohio Avenue above Atlantic.\\nColored Baptist Church, Arctic, between Delaware and Mary-\\nland Avenues.\\nThe hour of evening service at the different churches varies\\naccording to the time of the year.\\nBOARD OF TRADE.\\nThis Association, organized in March, 1886, has for its objects\\nthe promotion of trade, the encouragement of intercourse among\\nbusiness men, the diffusion of information concerning the trade,\\nmanufactures, and other interests of Atlantic City, and the pro-\\nmotion and development of the hotel, boarding-house, commer-\\ncial, industrial, and other interests of Atlantic City. George W.\\nSheppard is President, Alfred M. Heston, Secretary, and Wesley\\nRobinson, Treasurer. Their meetings are held on the second Tues-\\nday evening of each month in the Council Chamber.\\nCITY COUNCIL.\\nCouncil is composed often Councilmen and an Alderman, with\\nthe Mayor as presiding officer, who has a casting vote in case of a\\ntie. Regular meetings are held every other Monday evening, in the\\n9", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "122 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J.\\nCouncil Chamber, City Hall. S. D. Hoffman is Mayor and Presi-\\ndent of Council, with H. R. Albertson as City Clerk. The Clerk s\\noffice adjoins the Council Chamber.\\nBOARD OF HEALTH.\\nThis body maintains a careful watch over the sanitary condition\\nof Atlantic City. The President of the Board is George F. Currie,\\nand the Secretary Dr. M. D. Youngman. William Read is the\\nefficient Health Inspector. They meet every Thursday evening in\\nthe Council Chamber.\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nLeading physicians of Atlantic City are as follows Dr. Board-\\nman Reed, corner Pacific and North Carolina Avenues Dr. T. K.\\nReed, 24 North Pennsylvania Avenue Dr. E. A. Reiley, 5 South\\nPennsylvania Avenue Dr. M. D. Youngman (homceopathist),\\nPacific, above Illinois Avenue Dr. John E. Sheppard, corner\\nPacific and Kentucky Avenues.\\nCLERGYMEN.\\nRev. Dr. Wm. Aikman (Presbyterian), 120 States Avenue Rev. J.\\nJ. Fedigan (Catholic), corner Tennessee and Pacific Avenues; Rev.\\nWilliam H. Avery (Episcopal), 28 Kentucky Avenue Rev. William\\nE. Boyle (Baptist), 28 Surf Place; Rev. Joseph A. Dilks (Metho-\\ndist), 30 North Delaware Avenue.\\nLAWYERS.\\nSlape Stephany, 1 1 1 2 Atlantic Avenue Thompson Endicott,\\n1122 Atlantic Avenue; James B. Nixon, Bank Building, Atlantic\\nand North Carolina Avenues; Samuel E. Perry, 1803 Atlantic\\nAvenue; Samuel D. Hoffman, Virginia Avenue, below Atlantic,\\nalso Mayor s office; George T. Ingham, City Hall, Atlantic and\\nTennessee Avenues.\\nREAL ESTATE AGENTS.\\nI. G. Adams Co., 2031 Atlantic Avenue; V. C. Bruckmann,\\n102 1 Atlantic Avenue Sternberger Brothers, 131 2 Atlantic Avenue.\\nTHE INTELLIGENT SEA GULL.\\nAt times the ocean flows in like a river, leaving a fringe of foam\\nalong the beach as it recedes; and again, after a storm, it comes", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N.J. 123\\nbooming in with battling, foaming waves as far as the eye can see.\\nThen the sea gulls gather along the shore, now riding on the waves\\nand now dashing through the spray, now wading in the water and\\nnow suddenly rising into the air, and as suddenly dropping on\\nthe sand. What is the object of these movements When the\\nwaves are high clams are washed up on the beach and left there.\\nThey immediately put out their little claws and use them as spades\\nto bury themselves from sight and danger. If a gull should ap-\\nproach they close their shells for protection. The bird, thus set at\\ndefiance, pounces upon the clam, rises with it in the air to the\\nheight of thirty or forty feet, and then drops it on the hard sand,\\nwhen the shell is broken, making it an easy prey for its ravenous\\nenemy.\\nINLET.\\nSailing and fishing boats in charge of experienced captains can be\\nhired by the day or by the hour. The sail through the bays or out\\nto sea is delightful, and the fishing is generally very good. The rates\\nper hour for parties is twenty-five cents apiece. The yachtsmen\\nare prohibited by law from taking more than thirty passengers at\\none time. Yachts can be chartered by the day for from five to ten\\ndollars.\\nRAILROAD DEPOTS.\\nWest Jersey and Atlantic, South Carolina Avenue, above\\nAtlantic.\\nCamden and Atlantic, South Carolina Avenue, between Atlantic\\nand Arctic.\\nPhiladelphia and Atlantic City, Atlantic Avenue, between\\nArkansas and Missouri Avenues.\\nLongport and South Atlantic City, corner Arkansas and Atlantic\\nAvenues.\\nSECRET AND OTHER SOCIETIES.\\nTrinity Lodge, No. 79, F. and A. M.; meets on Tuesday evenings\\nin Masonic Hall, Atlantic, above North Carolina Avenue.\\nAmerican Star Encampment, No. 8, I. O. O. F.; meets in Bart-\\nlett s Hall the first and third Monday evening in each month.\\nAmerican Star Lodge, No. 148, I. O. O. F.; meets on Thursday\\nevenings in Masonic Hall.\\nAtlantic Lodge, No. 5, I. O. R. M.; meets on Thursday even-\\ning in Mason s Hall.\\nSeaside Division, No. 142, S. of T. meets on Monday evenings\\nin Bartlett s Hall.", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "124 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nAtlantic City Council, No, 45, Sons of Progress; meets first and\\nthird Tuesday evenings in each month in Mason s Hall.\\nWebster Lodge, No. 92, K. of P.; meets Wednesday evenings in\\nMason s Hall.\\nPequod Tribe, No. 470, I. O. R. M. meets on Friday evenings in\\nMasonic Hall.\\nOcean Castle, No. 11, Knights of the Golden Eagle; meets on\\nMonday evenings in Masonic Hall.\\nOcean Commandery, No. 3, K. G. E.; meets on Tuesday even-\\nings in Albrecht s Hall.\\nFiremen s Relief Association; meets monthly in the Mayor s\\noffice.\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Association meets monthly in\\nKeystone Hall, Indiana and Atlantic Avenues.\\nAtlantic Circle, No. 12, Ladies of the Grand Army of the\\nRepublic meets on the first and third Friday evenings of each\\nmonth in Bartlett s Hal!.\\nLyra Singing Society meets at Exchange Place, on South Caro-\\nlina Avenue, on Wednesday evenings.\\nAmerican Legion of Honor, George F. Currie Council, No. 1075\\nmeets over Wolsieffer s store on the second Wednesday evening of\\neach month.\\nOcean Spray Lodge, No. 20, M. L.; meets every Tuesday even-\\ning in Bartlett s Hall.\\nAtlantic Lodge, No. 10, A. O. U. W.; meets in Bartlett s Hall\\non the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month.\\nBranch No. 223, Order of Iron Hall meets over 1022 Atlantic\\nAvenue, on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each\\nmonth.\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nChief, Charles S. Lackey; Assistants, P. F. Hagan and Isaac C.\\nCovert.\\nUnited States Fire Company, No. 1 rear of City Hall. Organ-\\nized in 1874.\\nAtlantic Fire Company, No. 2 Missouri Avenue, above Atlantic.\\nOrganized June 15th, 1882.\\nNeptune Hose Company, No. 1 Atlantic Avenue, above Con-\\nnecticut. Organized October 2d, 1882.\\nGood Will Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 Arkansas\\nAvenue, between Atlantic and Arctic. Organized January 16th,\\n1886.\\nMILITARY COMPANIES.\\nJoe Hooker Post, No. 32, G. A. R.; meets the second and fourth\\nTuesday evening in each month, at Masonic Hall.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 125\\nColonel H. H. Janeway Camp, No. 11, S. of V.; meets the\\nsecond and fourth Tuesday evening in each month in Bartlett s\\nHall.\\nBattery A, Seacoast Artillery, National Guard of New Jersey\\nmeets every Tuesday evening in City Hall for drill.\\nLogan Cavalry Cadets; meets on Thursday evening in room\\nopposite the Reading Railroad Depot.\\nMorris Guards (organized March, 1887). Membership 100.\\nRATES FOR CARRIAGES AND HORSES.\\nCarriage with two horses, with driver, one dollar and fifty cents\\nper hour carriage with two horses, without driver, two dollars per\\nhour carriage with one horse, without driver, one dollar per hour\\ncart with one horse, without driver, one dollar and fifty cents per\\nhour saddle horse, one dollar per hour carriages to or from rail-\\nroad depot (one or two persons), distance one mile, fifty cents\\nadditional passenger, twenty-five cents more than a mile (one or\\ntwo persons), not exceeding two miles, one dollar additional\\npassenger, twenty-five cents street cars and omnibuses from Inlet\\nto Excursion House, along Atlantic Avenue, six cents.\\nBATHING RATES, ETC.\\nHot sea-water baths, fifty cents three tickets for one dollar\\nsurf baths, with bathing suits, twenty-five cents surf baths with\\nyour own bathing suit, fifty cents per week.\\nBOATS FOR HIRE.\\nAt boat houses on the Thoroughfare, according to size of boat\\nand number of persons, from twenty-five cents to one dollar per\\nhour.\\nPLACES OF AMUSEMENT.\\nApplegate s Pier, foot of Tennessee Avenue New Iron Pier,\\nfoot of Massachusetts Avenue Howard s Ocean Pier, foot of Ken-\\ntucky Avenue; Schaufler s Garden, North Carolina Avenue Al-\\nbrecht s Garden, Atlantic, below Illinois Avenue Virginia Opera\\nGarden, Virginia, below Atlantic Avenue Olympian Opera House,\\nfoot of South Carolina Avenue Fortescue Rink, foot of Arkansas\\nAvenue; City Hall, Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues.\\nDRIVES.\\nBeach drive, at low tide, ten miles to Longport or Great Egg\\nHarbor Inlet, eight miles the Elephant or South Atlantic City,", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "126 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nfive miles Absecon Inlet and Lighthouse, two miles Pacific\\nAvenue drive, three miles to Chelsea. It is intended soon to\\nextend this last drive to Longport, thus making its entire length ten\\nmiles.\\nCHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.\\nChildren s Seashore House, at the ocean end of Ohio Avenue.\\nSee description in Around and About.\\nGurney Cottage, a sanitarium for the treatment of nervous affec-\\ntions and mild cases of mental disease, under the care of the Mana-\\ngers of the Friends Asylum at Frankford, Philadelphia. It is\\nsituated on Virginia Avenue, below Pacific, and is well adapted to\\ncare for such cases as it designs to receive.\\nMercer Memorial Home, for Invalid Women, Pacific Avenue,\\ncorner of Ohio. (See description in Around and About.\\nCLUBS.\\nBay View Club, house at Longport; Independent Bay Club, at\\nSouth Atlantic City Kensington Bay Club, at South Atlantic City\\nKnickerbocker Club, 1803 Atlantic Avenue Owl Boat Club, at\\nSouth Atlantic City West Side Club, at Higbee s Bridge, on\\nThoroughfare Higbee Fishing Club, at Higbee s Bridge, on Thor-\\noughfare Ours Boat Club, house on Thoroughfare.\\nWATER-WORKS.\\nThe Atlantic City Water-Works are situated on the mainland,\\nnear Pleasantville, six miles from the city, the water supply being\\nobtained from a stream of spring water in the vicinity, augmented\\nby a system of wells, numbering forty. The Company has a secon-\\ndary pumping station near Absecon, which is used during the sum-\\nmer months only. Its engine power or pumping capacity is one\\nmillion five hundred thousand gallons every twenty-four hours,\\nwhile that of the main pumping station is three million gallons.\\nThe water is conveyed through pipes laid across the meadows to\\nthe standpipe at Baltic and Ohio Avenues, the capacity of which\\nis five hundred thousand gallons. The consumption of water last\\nyear in Atlantic City was over one hundred million (100,000,000)\\ngallons. The present year will show a large increase in the con-\\nsumption, and the Company is now considering a proposition to\\nextend its plant. The President of the Company is Walter Wood,\\nof Philadelphia. Mr. George T. Prince is Superintendent.\\nA syndicate composed of leading citizens is now sinking an\\nartesian well at Arctic and Michigan Avenues, with a view of sup-\\nplying the city with water. The pipes are now down to a depth of\\nabout a thousand feet, and a flow of pure water is looked for soon.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 127\\nGAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT.\\nAtlantic City is lighted with both gas and electricity. The Gas-\\nWorks, which were completed in June, 1878, are located on Michi-\\ngan Avenue, near Arctic. The Company has one forty-horse power\\nboiler, one large gasometer with a capacity of one hundred\\nthousand cubic feet, one with a capacity of fifty thousand, and\\nanother of twenty-five thousand. The present capacity of the works\\nis one hundred and fifty thousand cubic feet per day, but at this\\nwriting (March, 1887), arrangements are being made to increase\\nthis capacity to two hundred and fifty thousand cubic feet. The\\nconsumption of gas has more than doubled since 1883.\\nConnected with the Gas-Works, and operated by the same Com-\\npany, is an electric arc light plant, which was established in the\\nsummer of 1882. This plant furnishes light for the boardwalk and\\nAtlantic Avenue, besides a number of hotels and public buildings.\\nThere are two engines and three boilers, with one-hundred-and-\\nfifty-horse power, and ten ten-light dynamos.\\nThe city is also supplied with electric light from the Edison in-\\ncandescent burners by a company whose works are on Arctic\\nAvenue, near Kentucky. They have three engines, with two hun-\\ndred-and-fifty-horse power, three boilers with three-hundred-horse\\npower, and six dynamos capable of supplying two thousand five\\nhundred and sixty lamps. The Company will increase its plant\\nduring the present year.\\nVOLUNTEER LIFE GUARDS.\\nBradford Brothers, on beach, between New York and Indiana\\nAvenues Rutter Brothers, on beach, foot of States Avenue\\nCharles E. Clark, on the beach, above Missouri Avenue J. W.\\nLangley, on beach, below Missouri Avenue.\\nAUTHOR, POET, AND STATESMAN.\\nAtlantic City has never been the home of a prince, but she can\\nboast of her poet, her author, and her statesman. The pioneer\\npoetess was Mrs. Rachel Rhodes, whose husband was the first alder-\\nman of the place. She came to this city before the completion of\\nthe railroad, and died here about 1874. She was the author of a\\nnovel entitled Zuleika, and of a volume of poems which gained\\nsome celebrity. The poetess of the present day is Mrs. Sara Louisa\\nOberholtzer, whose summer home is at Longport. She has written\\na number of works of prose and poetry, published by Lippincott,\\namong which are Violet Lee, Come for Arbutus, Hope s Heart\\nBells, and Daisies of Verse. One of her poems is printed in another\\npart of this Hand-Book. Her winter home is at Norristown, Pa.", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "128 Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N.J.\\nRev. William Aikman, D. D., Pastor of the First Presbyterian\\nChurch of this city, is an author of some note, having written\\nseveral works of fiction, besides numerous pamphlets and religious\\nessays. Two of his best works are, A Bachelor s Idea of Married\\nLife, and Life at Home.\\nThe works of Dr. Aikman and of Mrs. Oberholtzer are sold at\\nthe bookstore of J. H. Wolsieffer, adjoining the Post-Office.\\nThe statesman of Atlantic City is Hon. John J. Gardner, whom\\nHistorian English calls the bare-foot boy. He is the architect\\nof his own fortune, and his life is a splendid illustration of the pos-\\nsibilities which lie in the pathway of every ambitious and indus-\\ntrious young man. He is now serving his fourth term as a member\\nof the New Jersey State Senate, of which he is the recognized leader,\\nand of which he was President in 1883.\\nHOW THE CITY WAS NAMED.\\nVarious names were suggested at the time of the founding of\\nAtlantic City, among which were Ocean City, Sea Beach, Surfing,\\nStrand, and Bath, but the directors could not agree upon any of\\nthese. In January, 1853, at another meeting of the Board, the\\nsurveyor, Mr. R. B. Osborne, submitted a map of the proposed\\nbathing village, on which was engraved in large letters the words\\nAtlantic City. This title was at once approved by the Board,\\nand on that day Atlantic City came into existence on paper. It\\nwas incorporated on March 3d, 1854. The cognomen, City by\\nthe Sea, was given by Abraham Browning, Esq., of Camden, in\\nan after-dinner speech at the United States Hotel, before eight\\nhundred guests of the company, on the opening day, July 1st,\\n1854.\\nTHE OLDEST HOUSE.\\nThe oldest house in Atlantic City is that known as the Atlantic\\nHouse, on Baltic Avenue, near Massachusetts, which was built\\nabout the year 181 2, but which has since been enlarged. It\\noriginally stood near the Thoroughfare, at Baltic and Florida\\nAvenues, but was moved to its present site.\\nTHE OLDEST INHABITANT.\\nPhilip Lyons, who lives at the corner of Illinois and Arctic\\nAvenues, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest inhabitant of\\nAtlantic City. His age is 101; and he gives promise of living\\nseveral years longer. When a young man of eighty or thereabouts,\\nin fact, while a youth of sixty, he was an active Odd Fellow, hav-\\ning joined the order in the early part of the present century. His", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 1 29\\npicture has for years hung upon the wall of the lodge-room of\\nAmerican Star Lodge, of this city. Mr. Lyons is the father of\\ntwenty-four children, many of whom are still living.\\nFIRST BATH-HOUSE.\\nLong before the building of the railroad the young people of\\nthe villages on the mainland used to come to this beach in parties\\nto bathe. They had no bath-house, but went among the sand-hills\\nto disrobe. Ryan Adams, who lived on the island, built for them\\nwhat he called a bath-house. It was nothing more than a frail\\ninclosure of brush. The first real bath-house of which there is any\\naccount was built by Manasa McClees, at the foot of Massachusetts\\nAvenue, in 1854.\\nACCRETIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS.\\nThe beach front of Atlantic City undergoes a change from year\\nto year, both by accretions and encroachments of the sea. The\\nlighthouse was for years threatened with destruction by the en-\\ncroaching sea, until the Government built a series of jetties in 1876,\\nthereby diverting the currents. But while abrasion is taking place\\nat one point accretion is going on at another, so that what one\\npart of the island loses another part gains. The present site of\\nthe Seaside House and Haddon Hall was washed by the tides as\\nrecently as 1870, and further down the beach the sea covers the\\nsite of blocks and lots for which deeds were recorded as late as\\n1865. Some over-wise people predict that the entire island will be\\nresigned to the waves ere the close of the twentieth century. Like\\nthe philosopher Hutton, of the last century, they might as well\\nterrify themselves with the thought that the whole earth must be\\neventually washed away by the force of the rain, the rivers, and the\\nmountain torrents, until it dissolves itself in the ocean The one\\nis about as likely to happen as the other and either idea sur-\\npasses in sublimity that of the chicken-hearted damsel of antiquity,\\nwho wept herself into a fountain, or of the good dame of Nar-\\nbonne, described by Washington Irving, who was required to peel\\nfive hundred thousand ropes of onions, and who actually run out\\nat her eyes before half the task was accomplished. The story is\\nridiculous, but not more so than the idea that this isle, whereon now\\nstands the famous city of Atlantic City, must one day be washed\\naway by the sea.\\nSHELLS AND GRASSES.\\nA stroll along the strand at any hour of the day will generally\\nrepay the collector of sea-shells and marine grasses. A variety of", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "1 30 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atla?itic City, IV. J.\\nshells are crumpled beneath the feet at almost every tread, and\\nmyriad specimens of marine grasses or sea algae are revealed to the\\npracticed eye. The latter, when cleaned and placed upon sheets\\nof white paper or cardboard, are found to be of exceedingly deli-\\ncate formation and color. They illustrate the beauty and perfec-\\ntion of Nature s handiwork.\\nwrecks.\\nThere is not a mile of this beach that has not been the scene of\\na shipwreck at one time or another. Some places have witnessed\\nmany terrible marine tragedies during their association with human\\nexistence, and the beach has been thickly strewn with the bodies of\\nthose who have made sad landing thereon. There are ill-fated\\ncrafts whose hulls even now lie half-buried in the sands, rotting\\nunder the sky. One of these, that of the schooner Anson Stinson,\\nwhich came ashore in 1880, may be seen on the beach, just below\\nthe Excursion House.\\nSTORM SCENES.\\nNowhere else on the coast of this country can an ocean storm be\\nseen to better advantage than in Atlantic City, and one who has\\nlooked upon Old Ocean during a nor easter, with the surf rolling\\nin grandly, under and beyond the boardwalk, has learned some-\\nthing of the forces of Nature, and witnessed her tragic perform-\\nances in a theatre whose resources are grand beyond the power of\\nman to describe.\\nCOST OF LIVING.\\nWhile the price of board at the hotels and boarding-houses is\\nsomewhat cheaper than at other resorts, the expense of housekeeping\\nin Atlantic City does not vary much from that of other cities.\\nRents are moderate, and articles of food are about the same as\\nelsewhere, excepting fish and oysters, which are much lower.\\nVegetables, melons, meats, groceries, etc., are no higher here than\\nin Philadelphia or New York. As in other cities, if one intends\\nspending a whole or a portion of the year here, it is better to rent a\\ncottage, but if the stay is to be brief, the comforts of a home can\\nalways be had at any of the numerous hotels or boarding-houses.\\nSo then, beach, bluff, and wave, farewell\\nI bear with me\\nNo token stone, nor glittering shell\\nBut long and oft shall memory tell\\nOf this brief, thoughtful hour of musing by the sea.\\nWhit tie", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "jlotels and Boarding-jJouses in Atlantic City.\\nFor the location of the principal houses see the advertising pages of this Hand-Book.\\nName of House.\\nAlbion,\\nAberdeen (Longport),\\nAldine,\\nAcme,\\nArgyle,\\nAvondale,\\nAshland,\\nArlington,\\nAtglen,\\nAllen\\nAltmaier,\\nArcade,\\nAlvin,\\nAriel,\\nAngora,\\nAlbrecht s,\\nAnson,\\nAmerican,\\nBrighton,\\nBerkeley,\\nBellevue,\\nBeaconsfield,\\nBedloe,\\nBrunswick,\\nBailey,\\nBeach,\\nBerges,\\nBaltimore,\\nBrady,\\nBriscoe,\\nBeaumont,\\nBowker s,\\nBradley,\\nBeyer s,\\nBryn Mawr,\\nCongress Hall,\\nChalfonte,\\nColonnade,\\nClarendon,\\nChester County.\\nCramer,\\nChampion,\\nChatham,\\nCentral,\\nClifton,\\nCheteroade,\\nContinental,\\nColumbia,\\nCapital,\\nCongress Cottage,\\nCataract,\\nCollotty s,\\nCrumbie,\\nConstitution,\\nCincinnati,\\nCrescent,\\nCharter Oak,\\nClyde,\\nCastle,\\nChopple,\\nDennis,\\nDudley Arms,\\nSleeping\\nRooms.\\n163\\ni5\\n27\\n36\\n13\\n18\\n40\\n18\\n10\\n15\\n220\\n87\\n65\\n40\\n80\\n20\\n16\\n18\\n48\\n3\\n10\\n10\\n40\\n43\\n10\\n36\\n16\\n125\\n40\\nRate per Day.\\n1 5o\\n1 50\\n1 25\\n1 5\u00c2\u00b0\\n2\\n1 50\\n1 50\\n3 00\\n3 00\\n2 00\\n1 50\\n1 50\\n2 00\\n1 5o\\n2 00\\n1 5o\\n1 25\\n50\\nto\\n00\\nto\\nto\\nto\\n50\\n00\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\n00\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nz 00\\n3 tO\\n3 tO\\n3 tO\\n3 tO\\n3 tO\\n50 to\\n50 to\\n50 to\\n50 to\\n00 to\\n2 50\\n2 CO\\n2 OO\\n5 00\\n4 00\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n3 00\\n3 00\\n3 00\\n2 00 to 2 75\\n3 50\\n3 00\\n2 50\\nRate per Week.\\n12 00\\n8 00\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n9 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n18 00\\n15 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\nto 00\\nto 00\\n[o 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n3 5o\\n10 00 to\\n15 00 to\\n15 00 to\\n12 OO tO\\n12 OO tO\\nIO OO to\\n12 OO\\nIO OO to\\n12 OO tO\\n8 00 to\\n10 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n8 00\\n10 00 to\\n15 00 to\\n12 00 to\\n10 00 to\\n18 00\\n12 OO\\n15 00\\n15 00\\n15 OO\\n15 00\\n15 00\\n12 OO\\nto 00\\n15 OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\nIO 00\\n12 OO\\n12 OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\n50 OO\\n20 OO\\n15 00\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\n12 OO\\n15 OO\\n12 OO\\nIO OO\\n10 OO\\n15 OO\\n15 00\\n10 00\\nIO OO\\n10 00\\n12 OO\\n20 OO\\n20 00\\n20 OO\\n16 OO\\n15 OO\\n12 OO\\n8 OO\\n8 00\\n12 OO\\n18 00\\n12 OO\\n15 00\\n12 OO\\n15 00\\n18 OO\\n18 00\\n15 00\\nIO OO\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n00 to IO OO\\n8 00\\n8 00\\nto IO OO\\nto IO OO\\nTime Open.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the\\nSummer\\nAll the\\nYear.\\nSeason.\\nYear.\\n15 00 to 25 00\\n12 00 to 15 00\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSpring and Summer.\\nSummer Season.\\nSpring and Summer.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\n131", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "132 Illustrated Hand- Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nName of House.\\nDelavan,\\nDenver,\\nElberon,\\nEmerson,\\nElk ton,\\nEdgewater,\\nEmmett,\\nElsinore,\\nEagle,\\nEdison,\\nErard,\\nEvers,\\nFlorida,\\nFothergill,\\nFortescue,\\nField Cottage,\\nFleming,\\nGilsey,\\nGirard,\\nGrand Union,\\nGlenellie,\\nGrand View,\\nGlendale,\\nGlenville,\\nGarfield,\\nGrove,\\nGalway,\\nGeorgia Ave\\nGlobe,\\nGlenburnie,\\nGeneva,\\nHaddon Hall,\\nHygeia,\\nHarmony,\\nHeckler s,\\nHerzer s,\\nHagan s,\\nHavelow,\\nHannis\\nHolmes,\\nHudson,\\nIngleside,\\nIdlewylde,\\nIsland,\\nJackson,\\nKingston,\\nKumpfs,\\nKuehnle s,\\nKentucky,\\nKensington,\\nKeystone,\\nLa Pierre,\\nLancaster,\\nLansdale,\\nLynn\\nLiddlesdale,\\nLeeds* Cottage\\nLochiel,\\nLafayette,\\nLeedom s,\\nLincoln,\\nLeola,\\nSleeping\\nRooms.\\nRate per Day. Rate per Week.\\n45\\n$2 50 to $3 00 $15 00 to $20 00\\n2 CO 8 OO tO 12 CO\\nTime Open.\\nSummer Season.\\n40\\n2\\nSo\\nto 3 00\\n15 OO\\nto\\n20 00\\n63\\n2\\n00\\ntO 2 50\\n12 OO\\nto\\n15 CO\\nAll the Year.\\n50\\nTerms\\nModerate.\\n24\\n2\\n00\\nto 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\n26\\n1\\nSo\\nto 2 00\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n20\\n1\\nSO\\nto 2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n24\\n1\\nSo\\nto 2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n3\u00c2\u00ab\\n1\\n50\\nto 2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n36\\n2\\n00\\n9 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\n5b\\n1\\n5o\\nto 2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nit\\n60\\n2\\n.So\\nto 3 00\\n12 OO\\nto\\n18 OO\\n30\\n2\\n50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 OO\\nM\\n50\\ne\\n50\\n10 OO\\nto\\n15 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n8\\n1\\nSO\\nto 2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n17\\n1\\n5o\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n30\\n2\\n50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\nSummer Season.\\n40\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n20\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\n13\\n1\\nSo\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\ni5\\n2\\n00\\ntO 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\nSummer Season.\\n10\\n1\\nSo\\nto 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n25\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 SO\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\nAll the Year.\\n8\\nI\\n50\\n8\\nOO\\n10\\n1\\nSO\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n18\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n36\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n30\\n1\\nSO\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n14\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n14\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\n[06\\n3\\nOO\\nto 4 00\\n18 00\\nto\\n30 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n24\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 OO\\n3\u00c2\u00ab\\n1\\n2S\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\n28\\n2\\nOO\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nib\\n1\\n75\\ntO 2 OO\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\n25\\n2\\nSO\\n1\\n2 OO\\n15\\n1\\nSo\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\n30\\n1\\nSO\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n24\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n15\\n1\\nSO\\ntO 2 OO\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n14\\n2\\n00\\ntO 2 50\\n10 OO\\nto\\n15 00\\n36\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n35\\n3\\nOO\\nto 3 50\\n15 00 to\\n18 CO\\nAll the Year.\\n30\\n1\\n50\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\n40\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n12 00\\nto\\n16 00\\n33\\n2\\n50\\n12 00\\nto\\n18 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n10\\nI\\n25\\ns 00\\n17\\n2\\nOO\\n12 00\\n25\\n2\\nSO\\n15 OO\\n1\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 OO\\nto\\n15 00\\n33\\n2\\nOO\\ntO 2 50\\n10 OO\\nto\\n12 OO\\n20\\n2\\nOO\\n12 OO\\nto\\n15 OO\\nSpring and Summer\\n12\\n2\\nOO\\n12 OO\\nto\\n15 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n3\u00c2\u00b0\\n1\\nSo\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\n4\\n12\\n2\\n50\\n1\\n5 00\\nSummer Season.\\n11\\n1\\n75\\nx\\n3 1 K 1\\nAll the Year.\\n24\\n1\\nSo\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\nIO OO\\nSummer Season.\\n23\\n1\\n5o\\ntO 2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\nIO OO", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "Illustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J. 1^3\\nName of House.\\nMansion,\\nMargate,\\nMinnequa,\\nManhattan,\\nMentone,\\nMetropolitan,\\nMalatesta s,\\nMonroe,\\nMontgomery,\\nMaryland,\\nMonumental,\\nMelos,\\nMears\\nMechanic,\\nMullarkey,\\nMelrose,\\nMarion,\\nMiller s,\\nMemorial,\\nNelson,\\nNew York,\\nNorman s Cottage,\\nNew Inlet,\\nNuttall,\\nOsborne,\\nOcean Villa,\\nOcean House,\\nOakland,\\nOrion,\\nOld Inlet,\\nPutnam,\\nPeon Mansion,\\nPembroke,\\nPenn Cottage,\\nPorter Cottage,\\nPacific,\\nPatton,\\nParnell,\\nPhiladelphia,\\nPittsburgh,\\nPeters Beach House\\nQuaker City,\\nRoyal,\\nRossmore,\\nRuscombe,\\nRadnor,\\nRadcliff,\\nRevere,\\nRenovo,\\nRyan s,\\nRead,\\nRidgway,\\nSeaside,\\nShelburne,\\nSea Bright,\\nStockton,\\nSenate,\\nSchaufler s,\\nSea View,\\nSt. Charles,\\nSt. Clair,\\nSherman,\\nSt. George,\\nStafford,\\nSleeping\\nRooms.\\n200\\n5i\\n100\\n24\\n25\\n65\\n60\\nSo\\n36\\n80\\n40\\n60\\n16\\n29\\n4\u00c2\u00b0\\n24\\n12\\n15\\n27\\n90\\n75\\n35\\n84\\n60\\n150\\n40\\n100\\n11\\nRate per Day.\\n$3 00 to $4 00\\n3 00\\nto\\n00\\nto\\n3 00\\n3 00\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 50\\n2 50\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n2 00\\n1 50 to 2 00\\n1 50 to 2 00\\nI 50 tO 2 OO\\nI 50 tO 2 50\\n2 OO\\n3 OO\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 50\\n2 50 tO 3 OO\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\nI 50\\nI 25 tO 2 OO\\n50 tO 2 OO\\n1 50 to 2 OO\\nRate per Week.\\n$16 00\\n15 00\\n9 00\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n12 00\\nS 00\\n8 00\\n12 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n7 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00\\nto $25 00\\nto 18 OO\\ntO 12 OO\\nro 00\\n15 00\\n12 00\\nto 18 00\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\n10\\nto\\nto\\nto\\n10 00\\n12 OO\\n15 00\\n10 00\\n12 OO\\n12 OO\\n15 OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\nIO OO\\n00 to 10 00\\n00 to 10 00\\n00 to 10 00\\n8 00 to 15 05\\n8 00 to 15 00\\n,15 00 to 18 00\\n8 00 to 12 00\\n12 00 to 15 00\\n8 00 to 12 00\\n10 00 to 15 00\\n15 00 to 18 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n10 00 to 15 00\\n8 00\\n8 00 to 12 00\\n00 to 10 00\\n8 00 to\\nTime Open.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nSpring and Summer.\\nSummer Season.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\n2 50\\nto\\n3 5o\\n15 00\\nto\\n20 00\\nSpring and Summer\\n2 OO\\nto\\n2 50\\n12 00\\nto\\n18 00\\na\\n50\\n12 00\\nto\\n18 00\\nAll the Year.\\n2 00\\nto\\n2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\n2\\n00\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\n2\\n50\\n12 00\\nto\\n18 00\\n2\\n00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n1 5o\\nto\\n2 OO\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n2 00\\nto\\n2 50\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nSummer Season.\\n1 5o\\nto\\n2 OO\\n10 00\\nto\\n12 OO\\nAll the Year.\\n3 00\\nto\\n4 OO\\n16 00\\nto\\n28 00\\n3 00\\nto\\n5 00\\n18 00\\nto\\n30 00\\n3\\n00\\n15 00\\nto\\n20 00\\nSpring and Summer.\\n3\\n00\\n1\\nS no\\nSummer Season.\\n3\\n00,\\n1\\n8 00\\nSpring and Summer.\\n2 50\\nto\\n3 00\\n16 00\\nto\\n18 00\\nAll the Year.\\n2\\n50\\n10 00\\nto\\n15 00\\nSummer Season.\\n2 50\\nto\\n3 00\\n10 00\\nto\\n18 00\\n2\\n00\\n10 00\\n1 5o\\nto\\n2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\nAll the Year.\\n1 50\\nto\\n2 00\\n8 00\\nto\\n10 00\\n2 50\\nto\\n3 00\\n10 00\\nto\\n18 00\\nSpring and Summei", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "134\\nIllustrated Hand-Book of Atlantic City, N. J.\\nName of House.\\nStrayline,\\nSt. Nicholas,\\nSt. John s^\\nSportsman s,\\nSwarthmore,\\nState Capital,\\nSelby Villa,\\nShannon,\\nSagoyewatha,\\nTraymore,\\nTremont,\\nTruitt,\\nTioga,\\nUnited States,\\nUpton,\\nVermont,\\nVictoria,\\nVerona,\\nVirginia,\\nVilla Cuvier,\\nWaverly,\\nWellington,\\nWestminster,\\nWilton,\\nWindsor,\\nWingfield,\\nWindermere,\\nWetherill,\\nWhite House,\\nWilmington,\\nWarren,\\nWallingford,\\nWentworth,\\nWinfred,\\nWillow Haven\\nWenonah,\\nWeimer,\\nSleeping\\nRooms.\\nRate per Day.\\nRates per Week.\\n250\\n14\\n35\\n60\\n16\\n15\\n$1 50 to $2 00\\nI 50 tO 2 OO\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\nI 50 tO 2 OO\\nI 25 tO 2 OO\\n17\\n3 00 to 5 00\\n48\\n2 50 to 3 00\\n10\\n1 50 to 2 00\\n12\\n1 50 to 2 00\\n3 00 to 3 50\\n2 00 to 2 50\\n2 00 to 2 50\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\n1 50 tO 2 OO\\n2 OO\\n2 OO\\n3 \u00c2\u00b0o\\n2 OO tO 2 50\\n2 50\\n2 50\\n3\\n2 50\\n2 50\\n3 00\\n$8 00 to $10 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n10 00 to 12 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n10 00 to 12 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n18 00 to 25 00\\n10 00 to 14 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n8 00 to 10 00\\n18 00 to 21 00\\n10 00 to 15 00\\n12 00 to 18 00\\n10 00 to 15 00\\n8 00 to 12 00\\n12 00\\n12 00\\n16 00 to\\n10 00 to\\n10 00 to\\nIO 00 to\\n18 00 to\\n10 00 to\\nIO 00 to\\n10 00 to\\n12 OO\\n8 00\\n8 00\\n8 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n12 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n8 00 to\\n25 00\\n15 00\\n12 00\\n15 OO\\n20 00\\n15 00\\n18 OO\\n18 00\\n12 OO\\nIO 00\\n15 00\\n10 00\\n10 00\\nIO OO\\nTime Open.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSpring and Summer.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nAll the Year.\\nSummer Season.\\nSpring and Summer.", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "T. M. GALBREATH,- ^Apothecary,\\nSuccessor to H. C. BLAIR S SONS.\\nPACIFIC AVENUE, CORNER NEW YORK.\\nBRANCH, PACIFIC AVENUE, CORNER NEW JERSEY.\\nW. F. WAHL,\\nDEALER IN\\nFINE SHOES.\\nFull assortmeDt of all the\\nleading styles.\\nFine Custom Work to Order. Repairing Neatly Done.\\n1613 ATLANTIC AVENUE,\\nOpposite Surf Place.\\nJ 35", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "Visit Atlantic City s\\nLEADING SHOEMAKER\\nFor your Boots and Shoes.\\nJ- O. WASEX.,\\nCorner of Atlantic and Virginia Avenues.\\nJ. C. WAHL,\\nLargest Assortment.\\nLowest Prices.\\nBest Goods.\\nAtlantic City, New Jersey.\\nVisit Atlantic City s Most Popular\\nShoe Store for your\\npay Sewed Shoes,\\nESPECIALLY IN\\nSLIPPERS AND\\nCANVAS SHOES, i\\nPARLEY S,\\n1623 Atlantic Ave., 4 doors above Illinois,\\nATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\n136", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "Reel s Drug anil Frescription Store.\\nOLDEST ESTABLISHED AND RELIABLE.\\nATLANTIC AVENUE,\\nOpposite United Statos Hotel.\\nEvery thipg fresh and of best quality.\\nOur Motto,\\nPurity and Carefulness.\\nTelephone to all Principal Hotels.\\nSPECIALTIES\\nLIME JUICE AND GLYCERINE CREAM\\nfor Sunburn and Chapped Hands.\\nQUININE AND GLYCERINE HAIR TONIC.\\nAROMATIC MYRRH AND TEABERRY\\nTOOTH WASH.\\nMAGIC CORN CURE.\\nEvery Variety of Toilet Goods,\\nCURRIE SCHROEDER,\\nS)(S\\nSTQYES, RANGES, AND FURNACES,\\nTIN AND HEATER WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.\\nPlumbing, Stsam-Fitting, and Sanitary Drainage.\\n1216 1218 Atlantic Ave.,\\n9 South Carolina Ave.,\\nio\\nATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\n137", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "--^PHILADELPHIA STORE.\\nJ. H. CRAWFORD,\\n1107 Atlantic Ave., opp. Mansion House,\\nDry Goods,\\nNOTIONS, TRIMMINGS, AND FANCY GOODS.\\nPRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.\\n1876. 1887.\\nTHOMPSON IRVIN S\\nLeading Dry Goods House 1\\nOF ATLANTIC CITY,\\n1619 \\\\G2\\\\ ATLANTIC AVENUE,\\nExtends a cordial invitation to all visiting Atlantic\\nCity to call and examine the large and well assorted\\nstock of\\nDry Goods, Notions, Trimmings, Etc.\\nat the lowest cash prices.\\nBRANCH OF N. W. COR. NINTH AND WASHINGTON AVF,-\\nPHILADELPHIA.\\n138", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "Choice Sellctions. Correct Styles.\\nOne Price.\\nDRY GOODS,\\nf Wefy, ifqdefwe kiS (fet^ 1\\nH. S. SCULL CO.,\\n1609 Atlantic Avenue.\\nLadies will please note that purchases made at our store are returnable if not\\nsatisfactory in quality or price. We furnish nearly everything likely to be\\nwanted by the tourist.\\nSeashore Jewelry.\\nEvery Variety of Jewelry for Seashore Wear, including Unique Shell\\nDesigns, Filigree, Etc., at\\n[L M. Bolte g, 912 Atlantic ijve., beloto United gtate^ [Intel.\\nAlso, Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, and Silverware.\\nCareful attention to Repairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc.\\nAUGUST F. STIEGLER,\\nMerchant Tailor Importer,\\nW\\nNo. 1 3 10 Atlantic Avenue.\\n139", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "CHARLES A. IDLER,\\nArt Paper Hangings\\n1529 ATLANTIC AVENUE,\\nGrand Depot Building, adjoining City Hall.\\n7\\\\ LARGE stock of the latest styles of Wall Paper at the lowest\\n1 Philadelphia prices. None but first-class workmen em-\\nployed. Samples of my work may be seen in hundreds of the\\nleading hotels, cottages, and boarding-houses of Atlantic City.\\nFine Window Shades, Plumbing and Gas Fitting, Painting\\nin all its branches. Sole Agent for James Flinn Co. s Patent\\nPaint. Also Contractor and Builder. Plans and Specifications\\nfurnished.\\nFRAMBES, SOMERS CO.,\\nDEALERS IN\\nLUMBER,\\nAND MANUFACTURERS OF\\nDoors, Blinds, and Moldings.\\nOFFICE:\\nCor. Arctic Ave. and Phila. and Atlantic City R. R.\\nMILL:\\nMissouri Avenue, above Baltic.\\n140", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "E. V. CORSON,\\nDEALER IN\\nSS\u00c2\u00a9\\nLumber, Mill Work,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2efa-\\n-BRICK. ETC.*-\\nContractor and Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished.\\n23 1 5-1 7-1 9 Atlantic Ave.\\nGeorge W. Sherman s\\nBuilding Depot\\nis the place to go when you are in need of anything\\nin the building line. 1 carry a large and assorted\\nstock and employ a large force of skilled mechanics,\\nand am prepared at all times, on the shortest possible\\nnotice, to erect the most costly mansion, or to do the\\nsmallest repairs. Store fixtures, stairs, window frames,\\nand everything in the building line.\\nPLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED. ESTIMATES CHEER-\\nFULLY GIVEN FOR ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF BUILDINGS.\\nGEORGE W. SHERMAN,\\nBear of Asttal House. Entrance from Atlantic Ave,\\nPOST OFFICE BOX 329.\\n141", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "C. A. DEVLAN. C L. MAXWELL-\\nC. A. DEVLAN CO.,\\nPLUMBING GAS FITTING,\\n1530 Atlantic Avenue,\\nBETWEEN NEW YORK AND KENTUCKY AVENUES.\\nSANITARY Pl_,UItIBIlVG, DRAINAGE, GAS AND\\nSTEAM FITTING.\\nL. E. FREEMAN,\\nPRACTICAL\\nPLUMBER, STEAM AND GAS FITTER,\\nSanitary Plumbing and Drainage a Specialty,\\nNo. 1022 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nO-IEO. W. HOLMES,\\nMANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN\\nSTOVES, HEATERS w RANGES, HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS,\\nRoofing, Spouting, etc. Plumbing, Sewerage and Gas Fitting. Pumps,\\nPipes, etc. Repairs for all Stoves. Satisfaction Guaranteed.\\nNo. 1834 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nB. L. STKVKNS,\\nStoves, Tinware, Housekeeping Articles, and Hardware,\\n1604 ^tzl^zlsttic ^-vzehsttxie.\\n^Metropolitan 5 and 10 Cent Store\\nE. PRAC, Proprietor.\\n1810 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BELOW INDIANA.\\nA full line of Housefurnishing Goods at reasonable prices. Tinware a specialty.\\nCutlery and Glassware, and agent for the world-renowned Putz Pulver, best polishing\\npowder for all metals.\\nWholesale and Retail Dealer in\\nFish, Oysters, Terrapin, and Game\\nOF ALL KINDS IN SEASON.\\nUSTO. 1922 ATLANTIC AVEKTJE.\\nOrders delivered free of charge.\\n142", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "HARRY J. STEEN,\\nTeas, Coffees, and Spices,\\n1121 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nSteam Coffee Roasting on the premises. Teas,\\nCoffees, and Fancy Groceries.\\nHARRY J. STEEN, 1121 Atlantic Avenue,\\nUNDER BARTLETT HALL.\\nOLIVER H. GUTTRIDGE,\\nPainter,\\nPaper Hanger and Decorator,\\n1003 and 1611 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\n^9a\\nWall Paper, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glues, Brushes,\\nin fact, everything in keeping with the decorator s art.\\nEstimates given, and large or small contracts made.\\nFRESCO PAINTING. STUCCO WORK.\\nSPECIAL DESIGNS FURNISHED.\\n143", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "L. E. WILLS,\\nButter, Eggs, and Poultry a Specialty,\\nGROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,\\n2STos. 31\u00c2\u00a9 sixid. \u00c2\u00a921 ^^tlantlc -A-T7-e:rru.e.\\nTelephone No. 43. Sole Agent for Filhol Autheman s Imported Olive Oils.\\nEstablished 11 years.\\nSMITH CONOVER,\\nDEALER IN\\nFINE GROCERIES, Etc.,\\nN. W. COR. ATLANTIC AND VIRGINIA AVES.\\nGROCERS,ss~\\nCorner Indiana and Atlantic Avenues.\\nSpecialties: Swiss Cheese, Limberger Cheese, Holland Herring, Etc.\\nC. E. ADAMS,\\nDealer is Staple and! Fancy Sroc@\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3@8 9\\nMinnesota and Other Brands of Choice Flour,\\nDISHES, GLASS AND STONE WARE.\\nCorner Atlantic and South Carolina Avenues.\\nRILEY ADAMS,\\nDEALERS IN\\nGroceries, Provisions, Vegetables, 6^\u00c2\u00b0-*\\nATLANTIC AND GEORGIA AVENUES,\\nATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nC. E. Ulmer, D.D.S.\\n(SURGEON DENTIST),\\nGas prepared fresh daily. Night calls attended to.\\nOFFICE, 1112 ATLANTIC AVE. (Next to MANSION HOUSE).\\n144", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "Telephone No. 56, Established 1878. P. 0. Box 81.\\nLEWIS CROFF CO.\\n(Successors to DELP GROFF),\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN\\nBIsup, Feed, Spain,\\nHAY AND STRAW,\\nNo. nig ATLANTIC AVENUE,\\nUnder Bartlett Hall.\\nSMITH S ATLANTIC BAKERY,\\nCorner Atlantic and Ohio Avenues.\\nBROWN AND VIENNA BREAD A SPECIALTY.\\nFresh Bread, Rolls, and Buns, and all kinds of Cakes and Pies.\\nSOLE AGENT FOR WARREN S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.\\nJ. B. ALCORN,\\nUNITED STATES BAKERY,\\n1825 .A.TIEj.A.IN-Tia ATE.\\n(Between Indiana and Ohio Avenues).\\nHENRY WRIGHT,\\nDealer in Pure Country Milk,\\nVirginia Avenue, first door above Arctic.\\nMilk Pure and Fresh every day. Delivered to any part of the City every morn-\\ning and evening. Special attention given to regular customers.\\n145", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "Jfrgerf Union Jtfarl^et,\\n1513 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nThe leading house for the sale of all kinds of\\nMeats and Country Produce.\\nChicago temderlom a ^p euhltY\\nThe only slaughtering establishment on the\\nisland.\\nFRESH and SALT MEATS, Etc.\\nTruck fresh from farms daily.\\nkessh,e:e3*s\\nATLANTIC MARKET,\\nNo. 1913 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nA GOOD SUPPLY OF ALL KINDS OF\\nMeats, Provisions, and Vegetables\\nConstantly on Hand. Goods Delivered Free of Charge.\\nOrders Delivered Free. Open all the Year.\\nSTRQUD S\\nSOUTHWESTERN\\nMeat and Produce Market,\\nA CHOICE STOCK OF\\nBUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, CANNED GOODS, FISH, and OYSTERS.\\n2215, 2217, and 2219 Atlantic Ave.,\\nBetween Mississippi and Missouri Avenues.\\nP. O. Box 804. Telephone 104.\\nI46", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "WILSON S ART STORE\\n1616 Atlantic Avenue.\\nIf Yoil are looking for something new and novel to take home with you\\nas a souvenir of the Seashore, this is the place. You will also find beautiful\\nshells, Sea Mosses, Finely Painted Shells, panels, etc. French\\nTissue Paper for Paper Flowers, Artists Materials, Pearl\\nGoods, and a general variety to please all. A branch store on the Beach,\\nnearly opposite Howard s Pier, has been opened.\\nWILSON S CIRCULATING LIBRARY,\\nLargest and Best in the City.\\nBooks by the Day, Week, Month, or Year.\\nJ, HENRY VVOLSIEFFER,\\nStationery, Fancy Goods, Novelties, Art Goods,\\nMusic and Musical Instruments,\\nci^CTTXj^.Tiiisra- library;,\\n1210 Atlantic Avenue, next to Post Office.\\nHENRY AFFLBRBACH,\\nDEALER IN\\nToys, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Us, etc.\\n1620 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nSTATIONERY, BOOKS, AND TOYS.\\nAll the latest styles of Ladies Fine Stationery, etc. Latest and\\nPopular Novels, Current Magazines, and Reading matter of\\nall kinds. Imported and Domestic Toys and Novelties of every description.\\nBJkSLETrS,\\nNo. 1118 Atlantic Avenue. Oldest Circulating Library in town.\\nR. C. GRISCOM CO.,\\nKEYSTONE MARKET,\\nCorner Indiana and Atlantic Avenues.\\nChoice Meats and Produce.\\nA specialty of supplying Hotels with Potatoes in large quantities.\\nELDRIDCE BURKHARD,\\nFirst-class MEATS and VEGETABLES of all kinds,\\nCOR. ATLANTIC AND MARVUND AVENUES.\\n147", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "GEO. B. BORTON, Att y,\\nDEALER IN\\nPure Lehigh Coal,\\nAll sizes. Prepared expressly for family and hotel purposes. 2240 pounds to\\nthe ton. Our coal is kept under cover and carefully screened.\\nAlso manufacturer of and dealer in Building Brick.\\nYard and Office\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INDIANA and BALTIC AVENUES.\\nResidence 114 South Michigan Ave. Telephone No. 9. Connections with all parts of the city.\\nBUY YOUR ICE AND COAL FROM THE\\nKNICKERBOCKER ICE COMPANY,\\nAnd secure the best quality at the Lowest Prices.\\nOffice, ATLANTIC AVENUE, opposite Post-Office.\\nTIETVJEITS\\nDTTTST? PfJlWT^TTFCf manufactured daily\\nrUliiJL UAillJlJjLJd ON THE PREMISES,\\nNo. 1014 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nMarshmallows and Old-fashioned Cream Candy specialties.\\nJOHIT :mi. tatlob,\\nDEALER IN\\nImported Domestic Cigars,\\nAll grades of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Stationery, etc., and anything that\\nis kept in a First-class Cigar Store.\\nNo. 1220 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nct.a_:m::es id a. Xj :kj it 7\\nManufacturer of the Celebrated\\nThunderbolt^ Two Cities and Panetella Five-Cent Cigars^\\nmade expressly for consumers. Also dealer in Fine Tobaccos, Snuff, and\\nPipes. Open all the year.\\nNO. 1708 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nSHANER KNAUEB.\\nSTEAM POWER BOOK anil JOE PRINTERS.\\n1131 A.rTTjJ^mTTC! A_ VElSrXJE_\\n148", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "ADAM KNAUF,\\nMANUFACTURER OF\\nIRON AWNING FRAMES,\\nFENCING, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING,\\nAND MACHINE WORK,\\nj^tii? jfoe., bet. Jpehigan ^an$a| j^ue;\\nBOX 1079.\\nE. R. QUINN,\\nIMPORTERS OF\\nHUMAN HAIR GOODS,\\n103 SOUTH THIRTEENTH ST., PHILADELPHIA.\\nBranch Store, 1006 Atlantic Ave., ATLANTIC CITY.\\nA full line of the latest styles in Bangs,\\nVentilated Front Pieces, Braids, and the\\nNew Parisian Coift ure for the back\\nhair.\\nOur celebrated EAU DE QUININE HAIR RE-\\nSTORER we guarantee to prevent Baldness.\\nE. R. QUINN,\\n1006 Atlantic Avenue, ATLANTIC CITY.\\n103 S. Thirteenth St., PHILADELPHIA.\\n^7^7^0^27667^ Telephone no.\\nA. W* BOWBM,\\nAGENT FOR\\n\u00c2\u00aeShoemakertown Steam Laundry.\u00c2\u00ae\\n821 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nAll Goods called for and delivered free.\\n149", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "I. G. Adams. C. J. Adams.\\nISRAEL G. ADAMS CO.,\\nReal Estate and Insurance Agents,\\n2031 Atlantic Avenue, below Michigan.\\nAgents for CHELSEA BEACH COMPANY.\\nTelephone No. 71. Lock Box 53.\\nSTERNBERGER BROTHERS,\\nREAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS,\\n1312 Atlantic Avenue, opp. City Hall.\\nHotels, Cottages, Boarding-Houses, Lots, and Stores for Sale, Rent, or Exchange.\\nNOTARY PUBLIC,\\nReal Estate and Insurance Broker,\\nAshland House Block, 1021 Atlantic Ave.\\nHotels, Cottages, Boarding-Houses, Lots, and Stores for Sale, Rent, or Exchange. Insurance\\neffected in Reliable Companies. Mortgages Negotiated at Moderate Rates.\\n^7^7\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ooI^-B-c^:R,:\u00c2\u00a3T1 Ln^E.\\nEX V^I3ST A. SMITH Sc SON,\\nArctic, between Nortn and South Carolina.\\nDealers in FIRST QUALITY WOOD-BURNT LIME. Plaster, Hair. Brick, Fire Clay,\\nFire Brick, IMPORTED PORTLAND CEMENT and FIRST QUALITY ROSENDALE\\nCEMENT (New York Cement Co. s brand), also,\\nREADY-MIXED MORTAR,\\nMade from PURE LUMP LIME. No fallen or fine lime used.\\nBRANCH OF FRONT AND WILLOW STS., Philadelphia, Pa.\\nEstablished 1:22. Telephone No. 82.\\nMRS. WM. DOERSCHNER,\\nII OLDEST II\\nSteam Dyeing and Scouring Establishment,\\nNo* 933 Atlantic Avenue.\\nAltering and Repairing, Specialties.\\nMrs. A. C. MINFORD, FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER,\\nhas removed to 1318 Atlantic Avenue, over Duffee s Hair Emporium, where she will con\\ntinue to make a specialty of Perfect Fitting, Stylish Draping, and neat, substantial work. Al l\\nthe latest designs of the Season. Cutting by measurement.\\n1318 Atlantic Avenue, bet. S. Carolina and Tennessee. P. O. Box 375.\\n150", "height": "3697", "width": "2413", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "TjJ^W offices of\\nJ4M1S s. mi^om,\\nBANK BUILDING, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nMaster in Chancery. Notary Public. Admiralty Proctor.\\nH. L. Slape. A. Stephany.\\nCOUNSELORS x AT x LAW,\\nATLANTIC AYENUE, OPP. BANK BUILDING.\\nMasters in Chancery, Supreme Court Commissioners, and Notaries Public.\\nJos. Thompson. A. B. Endicott.\\nCOUNSELORS AT LAW,\\nNo. 122 ATLANTIC AYENUE.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2abcvbIt febbt,\\nCOUNSELOR x AT x LAW,\\nOffice, 1803 ATLANTIC AVENUE.\\nMaster and Examiner in Chancery. Practices in the United States District and Circuit Courts.\\ng. D, BQFFBffAZV,\\nATTORNEY x AT x LAW,\\nOffice, CHAMPION HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nMaster and Solicitor in Chancery and Notary Public.\\nGEORGE T. IHESiM,\\nCOUNSELOR AT LAW, C0 SSZll 0R\\nCITY ECA-LI..-\\nmAmRTF HcGAHN,\\nHOUSE, SIGN, AND DECORATIVE PAINTER,\\nP.O.Box,746. ARKANSAS AVENUE, ABOVE ATLANTIC.\\nPainters Supplies. Agent for Franklin Ready-Mixed Paints and Angola Paint Work\u00c2\u00bb.\\n*5*", "height": "3718", "width": "2355", "jp2-path": "handbookofatlant01hest_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "SELECTIONS FROM THE POETS.\\nHome is the resort\\nOf love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where,\\nSupporting and supported, polished friends\\nAnd dear relations mingle unto bliss\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthrice happy, because the handsome furniture and carpets were purchased of Bell\\nSon, whose stock far surpasses in extent and variety anything of the kind ever before\\noffered in Atlantic City.\\nThen you said that I d be happy,\\nBut no happiness I see\\nWhen you took me from my parents\\nTo the cottage by the sea\\na cottage where love and comfort could not abide, because the furniture and carpets\\nwere not purchased at Bell s.\\nThere is no place like home-\\nespecially a home at the seashore, furnished by Bell.\\nFireside happiness to hours of ease,\\nBlest with that charm, the certainty to please-\\nif the carpets and furniture came from Bell s.\\nAt night we ll feast together,\\nMost welcome home\\nand thank Bell Son for making our surroundings so pleasant.\\nNight is the time for rest\\nHow sweet, when labors close,\\nTo gather round an aching breast\\nThe curtain of repose,\\nStretch the tired limbs and lay the head\\nDown on our own delightfulbed\\na bed which is not more delightful than hundreds of others sold by Bell.\\nI knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled\\nAbove the green elms, that a cottage was near,\\nAnd I said, If there s peace to be found in the world,\\nA heart that was humble might hope for it here\\nsurrounded by rich draperies, purchased at Bell s.\\nAt night returning, every labor sped,\\nHe sits him down, the monarch of a shed\\nSmiles by his cheerful lire, and round survevs\\nHis children s looks that brighten at the bla ze\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthen looks himself in admiration on the handsome silk and velvet plush parlor furni-\\nture which came from Bell s.\\nFor a man s house is his castle\\nand reposing in his bed, purchased of Bell Son, he enjoys a sleep full of sweet\\ndreams and health and quiet breathing.\\nNow stir the fire, and close the shutter fast\\nLet fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe curtain and sofa which we purchased of Bell Son the very day we moved into\\nour cottage.\\nAll s well that ends well-\\nHence we close by calling the reader s attention to the new plan, inaugurated by E. S.\\nBell Son, of furnishing entire outfits for cottages and boarding-houses by contract.\\nThose who have been benefited by this plan will cheerfully acknowledge its conven-\\nience. Bell Son have more than doubled their stock for the spring and summer season\\nof 1887, and they now have on hand more\\nCARPETS AND FURNITURE\\nthan any one store has ever shown. They are not undersold by any Philadelphia\\nhouse, arid their supply is equally as large. If you have not time to call, send a postal to\\nJSS. 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