{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3630", "width": "2216", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Cfess\\nBook\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3575", "width": "2121", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3590", "width": "2110", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2121", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3590", "width": "2110", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "^Wafei Gap\\nTVatei^oo\\n/Denralle\\nNORTH-ATLANTIC\\nCITY\\nJfD ITS\\napproac^heJ^", "height": "3575", "width": "2121", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "^1\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05.^i^ei\\n-\u00c2\u00a3^^;^l^^;^=^^QI=^ 3l0^^^!^^SX^^^t3^ S 5)2?^^SX\\n^:^r^ @1\u00c2\u00ae\\nI\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a21 n i I I I 1 1 i I I I I 1 1 t li I\\nG I 1 1 1 I I I I I I I HI I II I I 1 I il I I I U K\\nISiraii BK\\n1 1 M 1 1 n 1 1 II J n n 1 M M 1 1 1 M M n I M I M n i nnjjji 1 1 1 1 1 1 m i n 1 1 1 1 o y\\n^~J -V^ ~Z^ N\\nfiftlGANTINE BEACH.\\nAT LOW TIDE\\nNo. 38 South Third Street,\\n5;fePHIl^DELPHIA.\\n:North Atlantic City.z;^^\\nSg^ ^NEW Jerset.\\n11.\\njl:^\\n*Y5YS", "height": "3645", "width": "2065", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "3\\na\\nBr^IGANfFINE BeAGH,\\nNEW JERSEY\\nProposed Bridge over Absecon Inlet, North Atlantic City Railway Co.\\nBrigantine Improvement Co.\\nOFFINGS:\\nNo. 38 South Tljird Street, PMladelpMa North iitlautic gity, New Jersey.\\nI MAY 23 1881\\nA: V No..1.Cl.i.te.. Vv\\nNTING HOUSfr, n\\nPHILADELPHI\\nALLEN, LANE SCOTT S PRINT\\n229-231 South Fifth Street.\\n1881.", "height": "3585", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "X\\nEntered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1881, by the\\nBRIGANTINE IMPBOVEMENT COMPANY,\\nIn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. 0.", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "Oppigei^s.\\nPRESIDENT,\\nISAAC A. BRADDOCK.\\nVICE-PRESIDENT,\\nGEORGE W. STEEVER.\\nSECRETARY,\\nDAVID B. HEDLEY.\\nTREASURER,\\nWILLIAM SMEDLEY.\\nDlI^EGTOI^S\\nIsaac A. Braddock,\\nGeorge W. Steever,\\nWilliam Smedley,\\nEdward Z. Collings,\\nJohn H. Schreiner,\\nJ. Curtis Davis,\\nJohn M. Kennedy, Jr.,\\nDavid B. Hedley,\\nRichard Griffith,\\nHaddonfield, N. J.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\\nCamden, N. J.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\\nKirkwood, N. J.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "NORTH ATLANTIC CITY, BRIGANTINE BEACH, N. J.\\nOne of the most encouraging evidences of the growth of\\nthe American people in the refinements of civilization, is\\nthe increasing desire of the masses to give to rest and recrea-\\ntion a portion of the time formerly devoted to the unceas-\\ning pursuit of wealth. Every year the number of vis-\\nitors to our summer resorts grows larger, and every year the\\nconviction becomes more widespread that the time thus\\ndevoted to recuperation from the fatigues and cares of busi-\\nness and home is well and profitably spent.\\nWith all these seekers after rest, pleasure, and health, the\\nsea-side is the most jjopular resort. Wearied with labor and\\ntired of the hot, sweltering city, they long for the cool\\nbreezes of the ocean, and gladly exchange the heated streets\\nfor the vast blue expanse of the sea, the dashing waves, and\\nthe invigorating salt breeze. No one who has made the\\njourney to the sea-shore on a warm day, can have failed to\\nnotice the change in his fellow-passengers the moment the\\nocean appears in view. The weary, jaded air gives way to\\na liveliness that seems born of the cool, salt breeze, the eye\\nglows with a more vigorous light, and all seem imbued with\\nnew life and spirits. And once established in comfortable\\nquarters at the shore, how delightful it is to give one s self\\nup to the enjoyment of the j)lace to ride or stroll along the\\nbeach, or to lie idly on the sands and give way to the pleasure\\nof perfect rest and idleness. Such an enjoyment causes one\\nto echo the beautiful lines of the good Quaker poet\\nGood-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 dreary thoughts away.\\nHa like a kind hand on my brow\\nComes this fresh 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.", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "6\\nDuring the past three years the number of visitors to our\\nsea-side resorts has been larger than at any previous period\\nof their history. The hotels and cottages have been taxed\\nto their utmost capacity to 2 rovide for their guests, and\\nduring the summer of 1880 it was no uncommon sight, at\\nany of our sea-side resorts, to see hundreds of visitors wan-\\ndering about, from house to house, in search of accommoda-\\ntions which could not be provided.\\nThe visitors to the sea-shore embrace representatives from\\nall parts of our country, for our excellent railway system\\nhas so annihilated time and distance that the sea is now\\nwithin easy reach of the dwellers in the most inland States.\\nDuring the past four years the number of Western and\\nSouthern visitors to the sea-coast of New Jersey has been\\nsteadily increasing, and bids fair to grow from year to year.\\nThose who experience for themselves the pleasures of a\\nsojourn at the sea-side are sure to relate their experience to\\ntheir friends on their return home, and the next summer\\nsees a larger throng of travelers to the sea.\\nAlthough the coast line of the United States is of im-\\nmense length, there are but a very few points on it well\\nadapted to the needs of a summer resort. North of New-\\nport, the coast is subject to sudden changes of temperature,\\nvery trying to persons of weak constitution, and all the New\\nEngland resorts have an atmosphere which is more or less\\ndamp. South of the Delaware the summers, even on the\\nsea-shore, are hot and enervating. The New Jersey coast,\\nsituated midway between these extremes, combines more\\nadvantages than any portion of our Atlantic coast. It pos-\\nsesses a dry, balmy, and invigorating atmosphere, a beach\\nunequaled for bathing, and offers advantages for fishing\\nand shooting such as can not be found elsewhere. Being\\nwithin a slight distance of the great cities of New York,\\nPhiladelphia, and Baltimore, at which the great trunk lines\\nof railway from the West and South terminate, it can be\\nreached with ease and speed from all parts of the United\\nStates. Yet were this not the case, the population of the", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "m-\\n0lH1N0ir\\nPARLOR\\nFLOOi^\\nBET3R00M\\ni\\nfieoRoow\\n2- FLOOR,\\nO. Kenned]/, Arehitttt,\\nDes\\\\gn for Sea-side Cottage, No. 1,", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8\\nseaboard States would be amply sufficient to support the nu-\\nmerous resorts that are springing up along this coast. The\\nStates of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,\\nMaryland, and Virginia possess a population of over thir-\\nteen millions, and are all within from three to twenty-four\\nhours ride of the New Jersey coast. Within their limits\\nare situated the chief cities of the Union, containing over\\nfive millions of people. Thus one-fourth of the population\\nand one-half of the wealth of the entire country are within\\nless than a day s ride of the most favored and the most\\npopular section of the Atlantic coast. Every season hun-\\ndreds of thousands of visitors resort to this region, and thou-\\nsands are yearly establishing for themselves houses of their\\nown to which they can repair from summer to summer\\nwithout incurring the great expense of a stay at the hotels.\\nAlthough the New Jersey coast possesses all the advan-\\ntages desirable for a watering-place, it must not be supposed\\nthat all the establishments which have sprung up along it\\nare equally favored. Very few can boast all that one could\\ndesire. At some places, while the bathing is excellent the\\ndrives are limited, or, where both of these pleasures are to\\nbe had, the water is bad, or the facilities for sailing, fishing,\\nor gunning are indifferent. There has, therefore, been a\\ngenuine and widespread demand for a watering-place which\\nshall combine all these advantages, and give to the transient\\nvisitor, as well as to the summer resident, the greatest amount\\nof comfort and pleasure at the lowest cost.\\nAll these advantages, it is claimed, are combined in the\\nnew resort of North Atlantic City, on Brigantine Beach, to\\nwhich the attention of the public is now invited.\\nBRIGANTINE BEACH.\\nAtlantic City lies sixty miles south-east of Philadelphia,\\nin a direct line. Its northern boundary is Absecon Inlet,\\nmarked by one of the loftiest light-towers on the coast. Im-\\nmediately north of the inlet is a magnificent stretch of sea-", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "coast extending northward to Brigantine Inlet, a distance\\nof six miles, and presenting one of the finest sea-fronts on\\nthe Atlantic. The beach is a hard, firm line of sand, rising\\nhigh above the water, sloping gradually and gently into the\\nsea, and presenting every advantage for surf-bathing. Be-\\ntween the beach and the mainland of New Jersey, several\\nmiles distant, is a succession of inland channels, known as\\nthoroughfares, which at numerous points open into broad,\\nbeautiful, and sheltered bays, abounding in fish, oysters,\\ncrabs, and wild fowl, and furnishing room for delightful\\nand safe boating and sailing excursions. From the earliest\\ntimes Brigantine Beach has been noted for its delightful\\nclimate. When the adjoining portions of the coast are\\nswept by the dreaded land-breeze, Brigantine rejoices in\\nthe delicious coolness of the balmy winds that come in,\\nfresh and bracing, from the sea.\\nHere was a place every way fitted to become a first-class\\nsea-side resort, yet no effort was made to improve it. At-\\nlantic City, with greatly inferior advantages, sprang up and\\ngrew rapidly into a thriving and prosperous town, other\\nresorts were begun and carried to success along the coast,\\nbut Brigantine Beach remained almost as it was when first\\nthe white man s foot trod its sands. A single hotel the\\nwell-known Smith s offered the only accommodations to\\nvisitors the Beach afforded. This was difficult of access,\\nand could be reached only by means of a long sail from\\nAtlantic City in a light-draught yacht. The accommoda-\\ntions afforded by the hotel were of the plainest character.\\nYet, in spite of all tliis, the hotel was well known, and was\\nliberally patronized, not only by sportsmen, who expect to\\nrough it, but by a large class of wealthy and cultivated\\npeople, who passed by the attractions of Atlantic City, and\\nsought Brigantine Beach, with all its loneliness, its inaccessi-\\nbility, and deficient accommodations, in order to enjoy its\\nsuperior climate and bathing. Year after year this con-\\ntinued, as the registers of Smith s Hotel afford ample evi-\\ndence. In this prosperity of the hotel lay the secret of the fail-\\nure of Brigantine Beach to take its place among the leading", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10\\nwatering-places of the coast. Mr. Smith was not only\\nthe proprietor of the hotel, but the owner also of the greater\\nportion of the Beach, and he was unwilling to sell any of\\nhis land lest the purchaser should open a rival hovise, and\\nso deprive him of the monopoly he had held so long. It\\nwas not until very recently that he was induced to adopt a\\nmore liberal policy.\\nIn 1877 a number of gentlemen, w^ho had long been im-\\npressed with the advantages of Brigantine Beach as a water-\\ning-place, determined to obtain possession of the property\\nand throw it open to the public. Negotiations were begun\\nand continued with success during the next two years. In\\nJanuary, 1880, the Brigantine Improvement Company was\\nformed by the gentlemen interested in the scheme, and was\\nincorporated under the general law of the State of New\\nJersey. This Association purchased from the owners of the\\nBeach, at various times, a tract of one thousand two hun-\\ndred and seventy-nine acres, commencing at Absecon Inlet,\\nand extending northward for a distance of three miles, and\\ncomprising the most desirable portion of Brigantine Beach.\\nEngineers were at once set to work to lay off the property\\ninto streets and lots, it being the intention of the company\\nto establish on the site a town to be known as North Atlantic\\nCity.\\nThe scheme having attracted considerable public attention\\nfrom the first, a light-draught steamer was placed on the\\nroute from Atlantic City to Brigantine in the summer of\\n1879, and continued its trips during the season of 1880. By\\nmeans of this steamer large numbers of visitors were con-\\nveyed to Brigantine, and the property thus became more\\nwidely known.\\nThe surveys having been completed, the Company decided\\nto formally introduce North Atlantic City to the general\\npublic through the medium of a public sale of .lots. The\\nfirst sale was accordingly held on the 9th of August, 1880,\\nand was well attended. One hundred and six lots were sold\\nat auction to the highest bidder for cash at the end of sixty\\ndays from the date of the sale. Although the place was at", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "S. Q. Kennedy, Architect.\\nDesign for Sea-side Cottage, No, 2.", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12\\nthe time nothing but a bare sand beach, with only a few\\nstakes marking the line of the proposed streets of the future\\ntown, the lots commanded an average price of sixty -three\\ndollars, and the total receipts of the sale were $6678. A\\nsecond public sale was held on the same terms, on the 28th\\nof August, 1880, and ninety-five lots were disposed of for\\n$5327, making a total of $12,005 for the two sales. Consid-\\nering that at the time of these sales the property was abso-\\nlutely without improvement, no more striking proof of the\\nconfidence of the public in the success of North Atlantic\\nCity could have been given. That this feeling was not\\nmerely a passing caprice, is shown by the following article,\\nwhich appeared unsolicited in the editorial columns of the\\nPhiladelphia Evening Star, on the 7th of December, 1880\\nWith a new city by the sea at Brigantine Beach, and\\na railroad extending from Atlantic northward along the sea-\\ncoast to the Inlet, there is likely to be more rivalry along\\nthat part of the Jersey coast than has yet been seen there.\\nAtlantic City has grown so rapidly, and has already obtained\\nsuch large proportions, that her people need not be surprised\\nto find capital seeking investment elsewhere in the vicinity.\\nTherefore, there is every reason to anticipate a flourishing\\ntown on Brigantine Beach within the next ten years.\\nThe ground is high, and the bathing said to be first-\\nclass. With such advantages there is no reason why cot-\\ntages and hotels should not spring up there, as they have\\ndone at other places, and especially so when it is remem-\\nbered that at the height of the season the hotels and board-\\ning-houses of Atlantic City are so crowded as to render so-\\njourning there anything but a pleasure.\\nSince the close of the season of 1880 many lots have been\\ndisposed of to purchasers at private sale. The Company\\nenter upon the season of 1881 with the assurance that a\\nvery large number of lots will be sold during the coming\\nsummer and fall, and that at the same time the work of im-\\nproving the property will be substantially begun and carried\\nforward. Already the price of lots has advanced far beyond\\nthe highest figures of the sales of 1880, and there can be no", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "13\\ndoubt that, after the improvements now in contemplation\\nare completed, property on Brigantine Beach will command\\nmany times its present value.\\nNORTH ATLANTIC CITY.\\nNorth Atlantic City occupies the southern end of Brigan-\\ntine Beach, and is situated immediately opposite Atlantic\\nCity, being separated from it by Absecon Inlet. The length\\nof the new city will be from south to north, and its width\\nfrom east to west. In front is the broad beach washed by\\nthe heavy surf of the Atlantic, and behind are the thor-\\noughfares, or sheltered channels of still but navigable\\nwater, which extend without interruption, and afford con-\\ntinuous water passage, from a little above Cape May to Bar-\\nnegat bay.\\nThe land rises from the sea to a considerable height, thus\\naffording facilities for drainage unsurpassed by those of any\\nplace on the coast. This is an important consideration, and\\nwill effectually prevent dampness and its attendant evils,\\nfrom which many improperly drained sea-side resorts have\\nsuffered.\\nThree broad avenues, one hundred feet wide, named re-\\nspectively. Ocean, Brigantine, and Beach avenues, traverse\\nthe entire lei%th of the city. These are intersected at\\nregular intervals by cross streets, sixty feet in width. The\\nbuilding line is the westward boundary of Ocean avenue,\\nthe eastern or sea front of the city, and between this\\nand the beach no buildings save the necessary bath-houses\\nwill be erected, the Company reserving the control of\\nthis front with a view to carrying this regulation into effect.\\nThe city being but three blocks in width, all parts of it\\nare practically on the sea, and near enough to enjoy the\\nadvantages of the ocean front. All portions will alike enjoy\\nthe delicious sea-breeze by which the entire Beach is swept.\\nThe western portion of the city fronts upon the thorough-\\nfares and bays which separate Brigantine from the main", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14\\nland, and commands extensive views of some of the finest\\nwater scenery on the New Jersey coast.\\nMEANS OF ACCESS.\\nThree lines of railroad connect Atlantic City with Phila-\\ndelphia. These are the Camden and Atlantic, the West Jer-\\nsey, and the Philadelphia and Atlantic City (narrow-gauge)\\nRailways. The distance is sixty miles, and the fast express\\ntrains make the run from Camden to Atlantic City in ninety\\nminutes. Through cars are run from Jerse}^ City, by which\\npassengers from New York and intermediate points make\\nthe journey without change, the time from New York to\\nAtlantic City being about five hours.\\nAt present the connection between Brigatine and Atlantic\\nCity is made by steamer and sailing-boats. This, however,\\nis merely a temporary arrangement. The Brigantine Com-\\npany, realizing the importance of quick and regular com-\\nmunication with Atlantic City, have begun the construction\\nof a steam railway from the extreme northern end of North\\nAtlantic City to a convenient point in Atlantic City, where\\na close connection will be made with the various railway\\nlines entering that city, thus bringing Brigantine Beach\\nwithin easy reach from all parts of the. country. Absecon\\nInlet will be crossed by means of a substantial railway\\nbridge at the extreme southern end of the Company s prop-\\nerty. When the bridge and the railway are completed, it is\\nproposed to run through cars from Camden direct to North\\nAtlantic City. Trains will also be run between Brigantine\\nand Atlantic City, thus enabling the residents of and vis-\\nitors to North Atlantic City to enjoy all the advantages of\\nthe older city. The work on the railway will be prosecuted\\nvigorously, and it is hoped that the road will be in opera-\\ntion during the early part of the coming season. This will\\nremove the only obstacle to the success of North Atlantic\\nCity, which place will then be as easy of access as any point\\nin the Union. It can not fail to have the effect of immedi-\\nately and greatly advancing the value of property on Brig-\\nantine Beach.", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "K O. hennedy. Architect.\\nDesign for Sea-side Cottage, No. 3.", "height": "3560", "width": "1990", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16\\nHEALTHFULNESS.\\nIn point of healthfulness, Brigantine Beach is unsurpassed\\nby any location on the Atlantic coast. The site is elevated,\\nand the natural drainage excellent. The land is dry, and\\nthe restrictions imposed upon the builders of houses by the\\nCompany will preserve this quality. The atmosphere is cool\\nand bracing, and at the same time balmy, dry, and invig-\\norating. The broad, health-giving ocean lies in front, and\\nto the westward are wide stretches of pure salt water sepa-\\nrating the beach from the mainland not miles of meadows,\\nbut broad sheets of water, which cool the land breeze as it\\nsweeps over them, rob it of its malaria, and send it to Brig-\\nantine almost as strongly impregnated with saline proper-\\nties as the breeze that sweeps in from the blue Atlantic. The\\nadvantages of Atlantic City as a health resort are well\\nknown, and are endorsed by leading physicians of all schools\\nthroughout the Union. So well understood are these ad-\\nvantages that Atlantic City is now not only a summer resort,\\nbut the principal winter resort for invalids north of Florida.\\nAll these advantages may be claimed for Brigantine Beach\\nin an equal degree, and there can be no doubt that when\\nthe improvements now in progress are carried out. North\\nAtlantic City will share with its older neighbor the winter\\npatronage which has been steadily growing greater from\\nyear to year.\\nTHE BEACH.\\nIn one respect, Brigantine Beach is far superior to any\\nother portion of the New Jersey coast. It is a never-changing\\nbeach. At other points the fierce winter storms change the\\ncharacter of the beach from year to year, forming bars, holes,\\nand pools, and changing the bathing-grounds so that points\\nwhich afford safe bathing one season are full of danger the\\nnext. Brigantine Beach, owing to its peculiar situation and\\nits uniform slope towards the sea, is entirely free from these\\nchanges the wildest storms that sweep along the coast have\\nno effect upon it. It remains the same from year to year.\\nThe beach is smooth and gradual, reaching out to an aver-", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "17\\nage of seven hundred feet, with a depth of less than six feet,\\na magnificent surf, and no perceptible undertow, rendering\\nbathing absolutely safe. It is a noteworthy fact in the long\\nhistory of Brigantine as a summer resort, that, although\\nhundreds have visited the place every season and enjoyed\\nits magnificent bathing, not a single life has ever been lost or\\nendangered in bathing on this beach. Can as much be said for\\nany sea-side resort on the coast?\\nBOATING AND SAILING.\\nA sea-side resort without boating and sailing advantages\\nwould lack one of its chief charms. Brigantine is unrivaled\\nin these attractions. The western front of North Atlantic\\nCity borders the safe and sheltered inland bays which separate\\nBrigantine from the mainland. Here the water is so smooth\\nthat the most inexperienced boatman may with safety ven-\\nture upon an excursion more or less extensive, according to\\nhis desire. A delightful sail may be enjoyed upon the beau-\\ntiful waters of Grassy, Little, and Great Bays, without dan-\\nger. Nor is it necessary to make a long journey to reach\\nthe boats. Row-boats and sailing crafts can land at the\\nwestern front of North Atlantic City, and within a few min-\\nutes walk of any of the streets or dwellings. Those who wish\\nto enjoy a sail on the Atlantic will find scores of sailing ves-\\nsels, from the three-masted schooner to the light and graceful\\ncat-boat, in Absecon Inlet, at the southern end of North\\nAtlantic City. These are manned by competent and ex-\\nperienced seamen, and can be engaged at moderate prices.\\nFISHING AND CRABBING.\\nThe bay abounds in the finest fish, oysters, and crabs. A\\nsail or a row of a few minutes from North Atlantic City\\nbrings the visitor to the most famous fishing and crabbing\\ngrounds on the coast; Wcakfish, sheepshead, sea-bass, and\\nperch abound, while of crabs there is no end. Ladies and\\nchildren can enjoy delightful sport witliin easy reach of their\\ncottages. Those who wish to engage in the more exciting", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18\\nsport of blue-fishing, will find a wide field off the sea front,\\nwhich can be readily reached from Absecon Inlet at the\\nsouthern end of North Atlantic City.\\nGUNNING.\\nTo the sportsman, Brigantine is well known, and offers\\nmany attractions the waters of Grassy, Little, and Great\\nbays abound with game in their season, and the famous\\nducking grounds of Barnegat bay are within a day s pleasant\\nsail in smooth, safe water. A writer in Scribner s Magazine\\nfor December, 1876, says The shooting begins on the\\n20th of October, the earliest birds having reached here by\\nthis time on their way south. The blue and green-winged\\nteal are then killed in great quantities.\\nIn this vicinity the wild celery and duck grasses flourish,\\nattracting the better varieties of ducks, and in both autumn\\nand spring vast numbers of canvas-backs, red -heads, wid-\\ngeon, teal, dippers, springtail, and brant the latter the\\nmost delicious of fowl are killed. pj^g\\nsport of the bay gunner is not confined to duck shooting,\\nhowever, for when the ducks have disappeared the fiight of\\nEnglish snipe begins, and during the months of May, July,\\nAugust, and September, all of the bathing season, the bay\\nsnipes appear and yellow legs, curlew, willett, marlin, doe-\\nwitches, and other varieties are shot in large numbers.\\nYacht-owners, with sporting proclivities, have here a rare\\nopportunity of combining their favorite pastimes of fowling\\nand sailing, all at the same time. Yachts of light draft can\\nenter almost any of the sounds and waters where sport is to\\nbe had, and in some instances may j)enetrate them for con-\\nsiderable distances.\\nGOOD WATER.\\nAll sea-side resorts are compelled to rely chiefly upon the\\nkindly showers of heaven for their supply of drinking\\nwater. This is collected as it falls upon the roofs of the\\nbuildings, and conveyed by pipes into cisterns sunk in the", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "R. a. KenueJj,\\nDesign for Sea-side Cottage, No. 4.", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20\\nground, where it is stored for use. There is no reason why,\\nwith proper care, this supply should not always remain pure\\nand wholesome. Unfortunately, however, the curse of most\\nsea-side resorts is the bad quality of their drinking water.\\nThe reason is very simple the sinks and cesspools of these\\nj)laces are usually sunk into the ground without being pro-\\ntected by properly-constructed walls. Their contents are\\nspeedily absorbed by the sandy and porous soil, and find\\ntheir way at length into the wells and cisterns in which the\\ndrinking water is kept, thus poisoning them and rendering\\nthem sources of disease and death. Even if the cisterns\\nescape, which is rare, as they are separated by but short dis-\\ntances from the sinks, the soil is everywhere saturated with\\nthe refuse matter which rises to the surface in the form of\\nnoxious vapors which poison the atmosphere and scatter\\nthe seeds of sickness and death on every hand.\\nWarned b}^ the experience of other j^laces, the Company\\nintend that North Atlantic Cit}^ shall not suffer from this\\nevil. Each purchaser of a lot, or lots, is required to bind\\nhimself by a clause in his deed that all sinks and cesspools\\non his property shall be walled in brick and strongly\\ncemented, or lined with iron, and that the contents thereof\\nshall be removed at regular stated periods. A failure to\\ncomply with this wise regulation is punished by the abso-\\nlute forfeiture of the purchase. The Company retain in\\ntheir own hands the supervision of this matter, and will\\nrigidly enforce the regulation for the general good of the\\ncommunity.\\nBAR-ROOMS.\\nNo purchaser of lots will be allowed to erect any building\\nfor the sale of intoxicating liquors within the limits of North\\nAtlantic City. Nor will any establishment of a character\\nopposed to good morals be allowed to exist.\\nHOTELS.\\nAt present the only hotel upon the site of North Atlantic\\nCity is Smitli s Hotel, where accommodations may be had for\\na limited number of guests. Every summer, for many years", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "21\\npast, this house lias been taxed to its utmost capacity to ac-\\ncommodate the visitors that have thronged it. It is expected\\nthat with the growth of the town other hotels will be built\\nupon a more elaborate plan. The Company offer induce-\\nments for the erection of such establishments, and with the\\ncertainty of a liberal patronage there can be no doubt that\\nample hotel accommodation will be provided at an early\\nday.\\nCHURCHES.\\nWith the growth of the town there is no doubt that\\nchurches will spring up in accordance with the wants of the\\npeople. At present the churches of Atlantic City afford\\nample opportunities for those who desire to engage in relig-\\nious worship. The railroad will bring the two settlements\\nwithin fifteen minutes ride of each other, and it will be an\\neasy matter for the residents of and visitors to North Atlan-\\ntic City to attend the churches of the older town.\\nCOST OF LIVING.\\nMan} persons are kept away from the sea-shore by an idea\\nthat a visit would greatly increase their expenses. This is\\na mistake, however, for actual experience has proved that a\\nsojourn of a few months at the sea-shore is more economical\\nthan keeping house in town through the summer especially\\nis this true in the case of a person owning his cottage. Wild\\ngame can be purchased in abundance, and for less than the\\ncost of fresh meats and poultry in New York and Philadel-\\nphia. Fish, oysters, and crabs are sold at a very low price.\\nFruits and vegetables can be had in abundance in the\\nmarkets of Atlantic City, at reasonable prices and as soon\\nas the growth of North Atlantic City will justify it, equally\\nwell-provided markets will spring up here. The fishing and\\ncrabbing grounds are so close to the town that those who are\\nfond of such pleasures can easily, by an hour or two s sport\\neach day, provide their tables, without cost, with all the fish\\nand crabs needed.", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22\\nAll the necessities and most of the luxuries of life can be\\npurchased at reasonable prices in the stores of Atlantic\\nCity. The proximity of this town affords Brigantine an\\nadvantage possessed by no other new watering-place, the\\nrailway making the journey between the two places only a\\nmatter of a few minutes.\\nCOTTAGES.\\nIt is a mistake to think that a very large outlay is neces-\\nsary for the erection of a sea-shore cottage. A very comfort-\\nable dwelling may be built for a moderate sum, and the\\ntotal for taxes, interest, and insurance on the property be\\nbrought within a reasonable figure. A good cottage, pro-\\nvided with all the necessities for and conveniences of sea-\\nside life, may be built for from $800 upward, according to\\nthe means and tastes of the builder. It requires but a small\\nadditional sum to furnish it, as one does not need here the\\ncostly and elaborate furniture requisite for a city mansion.\\nWhile the Company would prefer to see all the improve-\\nments on a handsome scale, purchasers will, of course, be\\nfree to erect such buildings as may be suited to their means\\nand tastes. To those who desire it, the Company is prepared\\nto furnish plans and specifications for cottages or more elab-\\norate buildings, and to enter into contracts for the speedy\\nand careful erection of the same upon the most liberal\\nterms. All such work will be done under the immediate\\nsupervision of experienced architects engaged by the Com-\\npany, and the interests of builders will be consulted through-\\nout. Plans and specifications for buildings can be seen at\\nthe office of the Brigantine Improvement Company, No. 38\\nSouth Third street, Philadelphia, and estimates for the\\nsame will be furnished upon application.\\nTHE TIME TO BUY LOTS.\\nThe best time to buy lots at North Atlantic City is now,\\nbefore they begin to advance in price. With the opening of\\nthe railway to Atlantic City, Brigantine property must ap-", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "23\\npredate rapidly in value and with each successive im-\\nprovement, the price of desirable lots will rise. Persons in-\\ntending to purchase will consult their interests by doing so\\nat once, while prices are low, and before the choice lots are\\nall disposed of. The advance in the price of Atlantic City\\nreal estate in the past ten years has been simply phenom-\\nenal, and shows plainly the great popularity of this portion\\nof the New Jersey coast. There is every reason to believe\\nthat the advance in the price of Brigantine lots will be\\nequally marked and rapid.\\nA PARTING WORD.\\nTo all who contemplate purchasing a sea-side home, the\\nBrigantine Improvement Company extend a cordial invi-\\ntation to visit North Atlantic City, and make a personal ex-\\namination of its advantages before purchasing elsewhere.\\nWe claim for Brigantine all the natural advantages pos-\\nsessed by any spot on the coast, and many which are\\npeculiar to this location. Among these are the following\\nA delightful and healthy situation.\\nGood natural drainage of all jmrts of the city.\\nThe best and safest beach on the coast.\\nUnsurpassed surf-bathing.\\nEase of access from our great cities.\\nA beautiful and safe bay for sailing and fishing.\\nExcellent shooting in season.\\nGood, pure water.\\nAbsolute freedom from mcdaria.\\nExemption from the dreaded land-breeze.\\nEconomy of living.\\nPleasant homes to be had on easy terms.\\nA more careful sanitary supervision than is customary.\\nNot only are these advantages offered to those who may\\nbecome dwellers at Brigantine, but the proximity of that\\nplace to Atlantic City places it within the power of all to\\nshare in all the pleasures, attractions, and conveniences of", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "9\\n24\\nthe older watering-place, while enjoying the greater freedom\\nand j^rivacy of the new settlement of North Atlantic City.\\nAgain, we say that the time to purchase is now. Lots\\nhave aivanced in price since the summer of 1880, and are\\ncertain to go still higher during the present season. Pur-\\nchasers are coming forward from all parts of the countr}^,\\nand the majority of these express their intention to com-\\nmence the erection of cottages at an early day. There can\\nbe no doubt that the next five years will see a large and\\nhandsome town on Brigantine Beach. Those who buy early\\nwill secure not only the choicest lots, but reap the greatest\\nadvantage from the increase in the value of the property.\\nFurther information will be cheerfully furnished at the\\noffices of the Company, No. 38 South Third street, Phila-\\ndelphia, and at North Atlantic City, where a large map of the\\nBeach and an elaborate plan of the proposed city can be\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2examined.\\nBriciantine Improvement Company.\\nMay 10th, 1881.", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3575", "width": "2041", "jp2-path": "northatlanticcit00brig_0054.jp2"}}