. Book of the Royal blue . and seven cot-tages afford accommodations for 750 guests. THE SEASHORE. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. rTlTLANTIC CITY, N. J., is the Acrop-I /I I olis of the hundred or more seasidej^\l resorts along the Atlantic Coast. It lies fifty-six miles southeast of Phila-delphia, and reason of its accessibilityand its magnificent ocean front, has easilydistanced its sister resorts in popularity. It is on an island ten miles long, andthree-(iuarters of a mile wide at its widestpoint, separated from the mainland of NewJersey by an estuary of the ocean. procure less pretentious quart
. Book of the Royal blue . and seven cot-tages afford accommodations for 750 guests. THE SEASHORE. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. rTlTLANTIC CITY, N. J., is the Acrop-I /I I olis of the hundred or more seasidej^\l resorts along the Atlantic Coast. It lies fifty-six miles southeast of Phila-delphia, and reason of its accessibilityand its magnificent ocean front, has easilydistanced its sister resorts in popularity. It is on an island ten miles long, andthree-(iuarters of a mile wide at its widestpoint, separated from the mainland of NewJersey by an estuary of the ocean. procure less pretentious quarters and becomfortably provided for. The splendid esplanade, or board walk, isfree to all, rich and poor alike; and themagnificent bathing beach makes no dis-tinction among its bathers. The board walkis five miles in length, reaching from thesouthern extremity of Atlantic City atChelsea to the extreme northern end at theInlet, where the waters of the ocean rushin and form the estuary which cuts theisland from the TLANTIO CITY 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 over allresorts of its kind, for the proprietors of itsprominent hotels do not reckon upon mak-ing the profits of one season carry themover to the next. There are over twelvehundred hotels and cottages devoted to thetransient population. Some of them areas magnificent in detail as can be found inthe country. The rich can find luxury inits most profuse form, and the humble can Thousands of people may be seen prom-enading the esplanade in a never-endingprocession from daylight, when the health-seekers are eagerly whiffing the early morn-ing salt air breezes from the ocean, untilmidnight, when the pleasure-seekers areleisurely strolling toward their hotels. The surf bathing which has made Atlan-tic City famous is one of the wonders of theworld. It has been estimated on severaloccasions in the pas
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