. Forty beaches, highland and water resorts . settlement, linked toAtlantic City by the extension of AtlanticAvenue, is Margate City, which lies somemiles down the island. Many pretty homesof a modest type have been built on thissection, some fronting on the ocean andsome on the Thorofare which drains LakesBay. The Thorofare has become notedas a fine course for speedy motor boats. A number of boathouses are located both at Ventnor and Margate City. LONGPORT, N. J. At the extreme southern end of Absecon Island is Longport,a small settlement of cottages and hotels, which fronts on theocean. Egg
. Forty beaches, highland and water resorts . settlement, linked toAtlantic City by the extension of AtlanticAvenue, is Margate City, which lies somemiles down the island. Many pretty homesof a modest type have been built on thissection, some fronting on the ocean andsome on the Thorofare which drains LakesBay. The Thorofare has become notedas a fine course for speedy motor boats. A number of boathouses are located both at Ventnor and Margate City. LONGPORT, N. J. At the extreme southern end of Absecon Island is Longport,a small settlement of cottages and hotels, which fronts on theocean. Egg Harbor Inlet and the Thorofare. With a goodbathing beach and excellent sailing facilities on Great EggHarbor Bay, Longport makes a fine summer home for thosedesiring natural diversions. All of these resorts are linked with Atlantic City by the serviceof the electric line, which also connects with the steamerplying between Longport and Ocean City during the summerseason. #- (For list of hotels, see pages ^ For fares, see pages 34-37.) -W. OCEAN CITYS BOARDWALK OCEAN CITY, N. J. Directly south of Atlantic City, separated from it by EggHarbor Inlet, and from the mainland by Great Egg Harbor Bayand the State Inland Waterway, is Ocean City, occupying thegreater part of an island seven miles long. Laid out many years ago as a camp meeting site, Ocean Cityhas long since passed beyond the ideas of its founders, althoughretaining much that was good in the thoughts of those whohoped to make here a summering place that would be free fromthe influence of mere worldly pleasure. One of the notable features of its life has been the entireabsence of saloons and the liquor influence, and its rapid stridesin popularity have been due to the flocking thither of those whodesired a summer home combining seashore life on beach andwater; the finest surf bathing; large semi-enclosed sailing,motoring and fishing grounds, and every feature of Boardwalklife except the cafes. Ocean City is distinctly
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