. The Standard guide to Atlantic City, ... contains complete information of interest to travelers regarding Atlantic City, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, .. . r:^-:. m 18 THE QUEEN O F A L L R E vS O R T S. THE MUNICIPALITY—TOPOGRAPHY The city stands upon an island, separated from the mainlandby a broad stretch of inlets and salt meadows. This island is lowand level, the soil is pure sand, absorbingand draining away moisture quickly, an ad-mirable system of public sanitation beingmaintained. The water-supply is obtainedfrom artesian w-ells and is ample for house-hold uses and
. The Standard guide to Atlantic City, ... contains complete information of interest to travelers regarding Atlantic City, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, .. . r:^-:. m 18 THE QUEEN O F A L L R E vS O R T S. THE MUNICIPALITY—TOPOGRAPHY The city stands upon an island, separated from the mainlandby a broad stretch of inlets and salt meadows. This island is lowand level, the soil is pure sand, absorbingand draining away moisture quickly, an ad-mirable system of public sanitation beingmaintained. The water-supply is obtainedfrom artesian w-ells and is ample for house-hold uses and fire purposes. I^ffective policeand fire departments exist; the city is lightedby gas and electricity and has a system of elec-tric street cars connecting all important points. The arrangement of streets is in straightlines, forming squares. The main thorough-fares iunning east and w^est, parallel with the seashore, are all named alter oceans first, nearest the shore, PaeilicAvenue; then Atlantic (the Broadway of the town), and northward,in succession, Arctic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Caspian, streets running at right angles to these are named aftervarious States, beginning with Maine at the east e
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