. Book of the Royal blue . passed train service the little AhseconBeach town has grown in area and popula-tion until now it extends from the Inletsouthward to Chelsea, a distance of overseven miles; the two extremities being con-nected by a wide boardwalk of steel con-struction, which is one of the citys chiefattractions. It is free to all, rich and pooralike, and thousands of people may beseen promenading this esplanade in a never- several occasions in the past few \ears thatover 100,000 people have taken advantageof the bathing hours between eleven and oneoclock. The sight at this time defie
. Book of the Royal blue . passed train service the little AhseconBeach town has grown in area and popula-tion until now it extends from the Inletsouthward to Chelsea, a distance of overseven miles; the two extremities being con-nected by a wide boardwalk of steel con-struction, which is one of the citys chiefattractions. It is free to all, rich and pooralike, and thousands of people may beseen promenading this esplanade in a never- several occasions in the past few \ears thatover 100,000 people have taken advantageof the bathing hours between eleven and oneoclock. The sight at this time defies de-scription; men, women and children inbathing costumes of varied hues form a pic-ture to be seen only at Atlantic City. Aside from the ocean features, AtlanticCity has amusements of every kind. Greatsteel piers extend hundreds of feet into theocean. Each pier has its summer theatreand band stands, as well as numerous otherattractions. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in con-nection with the Philadelphia & Reading. ending procession from dawn until mid-night. It is pronounced to be the largest, rich-est and most popular watering place in theworld. Its season never comes to an end,which gives it a great advantage overmost other resorts of this kind. There areover twelve hundred hotels and cottages de-voted to the transient population. Some ofthem arc as magnificent in detail as can befound in the countr>. The rich can findluxury in its most profuse form, and thehumble can procure less pretentious quar-ters and be comfortably provided for. The surf bathing which had made City famous is one of the wondersof the world. It has been estimated on Railway, conducts a series of popular ex-cursions every summer to Atlantic Cityand several other of its sister resorts fromthe entire territory east of the Ohio Riverand from certain portions of the line westof the River. CAPE ]\IAY, N. J. For generations Cape May lias beenknown as one of the most attractive and re-cuperative r
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