The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1875, Page 4

4 A SUMMER CITY Deseription of the Breathing Spots Around New York. BREEZES FOR THE MILLION. thing, Boating, Fishing, Sailing, &., Within One Hour of the City. Burt HILLSIDE AND SEASIDE How to Reach the Cool Retreats of Westchester, Jersey, Long Island, Staten Island and Connecticut. \NFORMATION .FOR THE PEOPLE. At the present time, when many restdents of she metropolis are departing for Europe or seek- ing recreation at Saratog:, Lake George, New- port or the Adirondacks, they forget that New York ts the centre of a near system of grand sum- wer resorts. On the outskirts of Brooklyn, and hemming tt bn the southeast, are numerous elevated ridges where ali day long cool zephyrs are wafted in from the rippling blue ocean. Along the line of Prospect Park and Ninth avenue ls high ground, fotted with neat residences, nestling in shade frees and dowers, where the occupants have air as pure as the most fastidioas could desire. tm fleed, tue entire region on both sides of Prospect Park is healthy and beautiful, and if covered with ttle vilias hidden In shade trees real home life, witbeut the annoyance of Mosquitoes and ague, fonid be had within an hour’s ride by horse cars of Puiton ferry. The view from this ridge, upon whieb the Park ts located, is certainly picturesque. Standing at the lower end of the Park, by tre fepot of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad, @ beautiiul paneramic picture ts to be bad, A favorite way of reachiag Coney Island is by the steam raiir from Greenwood, via Bath ‘othe beach. By this line the passenger loses the picturesque scenery of Gravesend Vulley, but he tg recompensed for suck loss by the view given of he bay, Staieu Island and the Jersey shore. OONRY ISLAND will ever continue to be a favorite resort with New Yorkers, so long as the beach remains tac Anestand safest on the coast, It has every ad- vantage in the way of faciuty of communication with the city, surf bathing, clams, &c., but still imprevements could be made. There are many hotels there to accommodate the throngs, who go merely for a few hours’ eoquetting with the surf Bnd to devour the toothsome clam; .but they are | net all frst class. Thompson's, the Ocean House, the Neptune House and Horton & Murray’s Motel | Bre among the best; yet most of tnem are a Qcient in sleeping accommodation for persons who would like to spend @ nignt on the island, What is mach needed is accommodation of this Kind, and them hundreds, who now turn rest- tessly on their beds in hot city residences, would slumber peacefully under Bepbyrs that whistle and sing over the wild waves of the Atlantic, ROCKAWAY, LONG ISLAND. ‘This is one of tke favorite resorts of those who appreciate good fishing, sur! bathing an4 invigor- ating ocean breozes, It is distant {rem the city gineteen miles by the Long Island Railread and Swenty-two by the Southern Railroad, and con- Sains about thirty hotels, some of which are first elass, and a suficieat number of boarding houses | to accommodate 10,000 visitors. Here many of our peopte board during the summer months as Bhe hotels fer $15 to $25 per week and at the boarding houses for irom $10 to $15. Excursion tickets good for three days are Issued to go and return at seventy-five ceats. Trains run to and from the place every hour, while tae facilities ior Teaching it by water are ample. WOODSBUBG, L. L, is@ pretty little village, half hidden by groves and, located aa it 1s, near the sea, excellent still | orsurf bathing, fishing and hunting can be en- Joyed, 1t boasts of one of the finest hotels on the | | Ineke sue round trip for eighty cents by raitroad, | line of the Southern Long Island Railroad that passes through it, Itis about dfteen miles irom the city, and the round trip can be Mmaae for about fifty cents, Board can be bad at the hotel for avout $3 per day, or $18 per week, ana at private houses weli shaded aud ornamented wita gardens for $12 per week. It is an excellent place tor cuiidren, who | can romp in the groves or play upon tue beach as they wish. ROCKVILLE CENTRE, 1. 1. ‘This little village is situated in a pleasant por* tion ef Long Isiand, and besides a hotel, where many New Yorkers seek rest {or a nigh: or two, it has ® number of very good boarding houses, With cooling shade, fine water, aud being in tue centre of a ine farming country, vegetables, eggs apd ali the progucts of the farm and dairy can be hhad by Visitors iresh aad periect, AMITYVILLE, L. 1, is another littie village, om the Southern Rail” road, an bour and fiitecn minutes from Will- lamsburg. Here ts located a passably good hotel, capable of aceommodating about 150 guests, and number of Jamilies, wo every summer open their houses to city guests. Good board, with all the com/orts of vue lage life and quietade, with still and surf bathing, | boating and fishing, cam be had here for from $8 to $12 per week, The view irom this piace is very One, as it is situated close by the great Souta Bay. BRESLAU, L Le This town has many attractions for visitors, ts Well supplied witn boarding houses, a notel, and, being on the line of the South Side Batiroad, can be reached in about an Leut anda hall. Here many ef the wealthy Germans of tue city seek rest and quiet ior themselves and families. The price of board ranges ‘rom $3 to $12 per week, according to the nature of the accommodations desired. Being situated on South Oyster Bay boating, fishing, by those whe amusements. ppreciate all or either of these JAMAICA, L. I. Of the near-by resorts probably few places on Long Isiand offer better inducements to summer residents tian Jamaica, distant only ten miles from Brooklyn, E. D., and reached by the South- ern and the Long island ratiroads, whose rates | Jor the round trip are thirty-flve cents, for single fare twenty cents, and jor three months’ commu- tation $20. The town is situated in a fine rolling country, has many bp dsome-vilias, surrounded by gardens and shade trees, which can b nted cheaply. There are uumerous boarding houses and three or four hotels, where boara can be had @t from $8 to $14 per week, Many New Yorkers reside here all the year round, wnile many more locate here for the summer months. Its close proximity to the city will aiways command for Jamaica a large New York patronage in tue sum mer months. BABYLON, L. L., 4s distant from New York by the Southern Ratl- road, of which {t 1s the eastern terminus, one hour and forty minutes. It ts on the eastern ena of South Oyster Bay and directiy opposite Fire Island, Oak Isiand Beach and Jones’ Ueach. Here located several very comfurtabie hotels, where Sa scan find ample accommodation, Tue fish. ing ‘be found at reasonable rates yachts and boats to accommodate parties who desire to glide over the Dine waters of the bay or spend @ season on the Beach or Fire Isla Bathing. ng and buas- n e amosg pleasure: be had tei ‘odarge toa $12 to $16 per wi boarding houses good accommodation: for from $8 to $10 per ik. TOM this point Bateamer piles to FIRE ISLAND, In front of which and dividi it from the broad Asanue is «foe beac, W) has few superiors the wooing night | snooting and bathing can be had | the bay is very fine, ard there will always — NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1875.—TRIPLE yor SUM Darmreg. Fire Mang Yong been one of the mest popular resorts for New Yorkers, aud as tho hosel accommodations this year are bever than ever before visitors Will have no cause to Fogreta aay or two spent there. The cost of itv- dug there is about the same as at Bavylon. Here, too, will be found fine Gsuing and every factiity tor boating. | OTHER POINTS @N TUE SOUTH SIDE OF LONG ISLAND. ‘There are many piaces of lesser vote on or near the line of the Southern Rall where persens fleeing trem vne heat of July and Augast, ¢an find a cool resting piace and many comiorts in board. ‘< pouse' ‘and iatii houses. — them are uh Pond, Sealort, Richmond Hii, Berila, Glen- date and Freeport, In the Beignborhood of all | these places good boar: per week jor the season, JAMAICA BAY AND CANARSIE, Another popular ee 4 resort for whilin way & pleasant day is narsie, situated Jamaica Bay, 1t 18 bry ! reuched by horse ears from Broodlyn, and is a great point jor Ssking, clambakiug aud sailing, The botel accommoda- tion 18 Rot superior, out fora day’s sport with the rod lew betier places could be selected, Skirting damaiea Bay are many villas, occupied by New Yorkers, while there are many more who take boaraers for the summer months, The bay affords ample opportunities for suing, hunting and sail- tng, acd those who locate Om ts borders for the on will have no cause to regret their choice of po. to pasy the summer seistice. Canarsie la reached by boats as Well a8 by horse cars. ON THE LONG ISLAND BAILROAD AND BRANCHES, lt would be difficult to find within fifty miles of New York more varied acenery than along the it ofthe Long Island Ratilroad, between Huater’s Point and Greenport, and some of its branckes, particularly (hac Tuuning Off gt Mineola to Gien eve, Kosiyn aud Locust Valiey. ‘I’ enery is & Varying pauorama of valleys, bilis, piatus, lakes, rivers, groves, forests and iarms, Nearly every station is an inland summer resort or a seaside | bathing spot, Where cool ocean and Seund breezes | Woo she visitor to quiet siumber and invigorate | the invalid suderiag trom long confinement and | exposure fo the foul gases from Harlem fats, iat | bolling estabiisumenis and garbage Gumps. It | would fill a page of the HBRALD to describe ail the | Attractive Spots on this line, and therefore the reader must be satisiled with mention of a of ‘Three miles from Hunter's the leading ones, | Point WOODSIDE, & town of recent growth, where beautiful villas can be reated Jor the season or summer atreasen. | Bole rates, QUEENS, | ts thirteen miles from toe city, It has avery oiel for the accommudation of farailies and | tran {visitors and numerous boarding heuses, where persous can live from $6 to $10 per week. HYDS PARK, @ pretty town three miles beyond Quee! & good hotel is to be lound, wita boar $10 to $16 per week. Ti boarding bouses, where living is eheaper, and residences to let ¥y the season or year. ‘The com- Mutation rates are $25 per year, eXeursion woke Wity centa ana singie fares thirty cents, HICKSVILLE, twenty-fve miles from Hunter's Point, is a large town, chiefly settied by tne Hicksite Quakers, Where as goud, wholesome bo On the island ¢an be found. summer among the Frien Yo car: ’ oarding Bouses charge from $3 to $10; the commutation for taree montas is $30. A good hotel is one of toe ieaiures of the pl: | From this @ braveh road runs eff to the leit, seek- | tag she Sound at Nortuport, as the mead of Hunt ington Bay, and proceeding on to Port Jefferson, Along the line 0! this branch the scevery is very Varied, and upon it sre locatea 4 number of towns where real comfortean be enjoyed during the summer. where at trom ‘dimg as any wht Who spend tne here are very certain The bi WOODEURY ts @town thirty-one miles from Hunter's Point, Well protected by forest and groves, aud supplied With a number o! poarding neuses, Were persons cab be accomimeaated as irom $6 to $10 per week. HUNTINGTON, | at the head of Montington Bay, kas abundance of hotel and boarding house accommodation. It 18 | Suirty-iour miles trom Munter’s Point, and the | COMMutALiOn 1s, for three months, $34, and the fare fer the rouad trip $1 30. There is excellent | hunting, fishing, boating and bathing here and Combiguous vo it are OLner resorts Of interest, COLD SPRING HARBOX, @ popular resort for visitors who love to tnhale the fresh air of tae Sound, is located just of the ime of rauroad, this side of Huntington. Adja- | cent toiare Uyster Bay, Centre Isiand Point, Oak Neck Point, Lioyd’s Neck and other points of interest on the north 8: Board can be tad here for $6 to $3 per week. Tbe scenery along the line | of the Mineola brancu, running to Locust Valley, 1s really picturesque, abounding in niils, Vaileys, | lakes, rivers, forests ana Lamiets bidden in tuits of greenwoods. Alialong the route are peau‘iful Villages, lied with cosey cottages and mansions Wita well kept lawms and beautiful gardens, HEMPSTEAD | gone of these. It is bat twenty-one miles from | Hynter’s Point, can be reached by eleven daily trains for $25 per three mouths’ commutation or veuty-flve cents tor the roundtrip. ‘ine hotel accomtavdations are good aud tho boarding houses take visitors af $3 to $10 per week. There are houses to let and for saie, courches and senools. } ROSLYN. | The “Sflven Dell,” of Long Istand, ts t’ y: | three mues from idunter’s Point, and, siiuated as it fs at tne nead of the Hempstead Bay that enters as presty 410 is @ popular resort. The view, looking down this vailey irom the heighthe, along which the Taulroad trams tear along at tue rate of twenty | mules per hour, is really enchanting. Tne | town is below you, haif hidden in the green trees, through ‘which church spires peep out and at base you see the stil waters of we bay at rest and shiuing under tne muner sun ike asea of quicksilver, ‘ne hotel accommodation of this ‘*vailey city’ is superior. ‘The prices per week are trom $10 to $15, and the | boarding noose accommodation ls ample. Visitors can commute ior $39 per three months, or can | or on the steamer Seawhankaka, that leaves | James slip every aiternvon for Roslyn, Glen Cove, } City Island, Sea Cut, &c, A transient visitor should go ap by the boat, pass through the beau- \ifai waters uniting tke Sound with the East River, that are dotied wito | Right at the Pavilion, Gien © 0 House, Roslyn, and ret *s Point. taree aud be in tueir oftices next morning at valf- | past eight. No fimer spot within twenry-five miles of New York can be found for gentiemen’s residences tian upon the slopes Of uns valley. j SEA OLIF¥ fe, OF ut the Man- to by cars to Hunt- | 1s but minety minutes from New York by tne | Hunter’s Point Railroad, or by the Seawannaka, from the 100¢ of Grand street, East River. Taree | steamers ply twice dally between the point and New York, In order that this beautiiul spot may become the permanent summer resort of New Yorkers aad otners the association are running steamers at lower prices than usaal, that all may | have @u opportunity to spend a day at Sea uur and drink in the delightful breezes from the Sound Or select @ spol upon which to erect @ villa away from the poise and bustie of city lie, Here, too, order reigns supreme. It is tie Methodist camp- ing-grouud, With @ spacious hotel acceamodating over 800 guests, Jt is large and well iurnished, and its larder is the best. Itis already arawing crowds irom Saratoga, Long brancu and Newport, and promises to be one of the principal resorts of the United states, The boats land within a mile And « lai of the Cuff, and the passengers vy the Long Islaud Railroad cam take stage rom Roslyn or Glew Cove, WHITESTONE. One of the most inviting points near by the city to secate during the sumer mouths is Wurie- Stone, On the Souna, opposite Fort Sounyler. Here are good hotels, excelient boarding houses where Visilors can secure from $6 to $10 per Week. There 1s excelient poat- | ing, fiseing, still batning and sailing facuities, walle during the hotvest days of the year cvol, | invigotaumg breezes are waited down trom the Sound, itis reacaed by several boats and by the Fiusning Raliroad irom Hunter's Point (eleven miles distant), The commutation rates are $17 for three months, and excursion tickets, up and rewura, Gity-lve cents, From the hotels and boarding houscs a fine view of the Westchester shore and isiande and she vessels tbat ply in the Waters of the Sound 1s had. CRNTREPORT 1s thirty-seven miles from Hunter’s Point, and cam be reached uve times per day by the Port dJefferaon branca, tae commutation rates being $40, and the round trip tickets $1 75. Hunting, boating, ba hing and fishing are among the at- | tractions offered in return for tue $6 or $3 per Week paid at boarding houses, ST, JAMESVILLE, at the head of Smithtown Bay, that pute in from the Sound, 1s becoming @ popular summer resort for those woo desire to enjoy batning, fi-ning and | wild fowl shooting. It is Mity-two miles from Hunters Point, and the fare is $1 65. Goud board | Cam be had for $7 or $8 per ween, | PORT JEFFERSON, | Point, aud 18 reached by five daily trains, fishing, bathing and voating are first | Tmere are several good fvteis here and rom = $6 io $9 per week. he ined to become & kers Who would enjoy the quictude o1 a coun WINFL NFIELD, four miles from Hunver’s Point, 3, like Wood- wide, situated on a level plain, where the coo! ‘winds blowing in from the Ocean and Sound have gant re-idences de to accommodate city boarders, | Oistance from the villag full play. Th | nesting in s at irom $4 to $10 per week. GARDEN CITY re are many ple is eighteen miles irom the city, located on Hemp- and alshougt of reeent foundation it | Das many tasteiul residences to les and a number It is largely Yorkers who do business in the | steamboats, stead Pla of boarding houses well conducted. fettied by Now city aod reside | y secure pure air and quietness. jor reaching New | York in tin business makes It @ desirable summer home, Board $7 to $10 per week, | FLUSHING rsio | be Ing houses | peasen, aud ai rate for return tickets fifteeu cents, a comforté Of ruraliiie, Board oan be had for $5 or $10 are also @ nuinber of away With them pleasant recollections of alley as there is On the isiand, | ands, spend the | ‘They can thus leave their business at | the best of fare for | on the north side, is Afty-nine miles from Hunter's Tae class, 4 | number of boarding houses, the former charg- lng from $10 to ¢la per week, and the javier country about is level, the sir pure and bracing, and rt 13 di favorite rural home for New Boarders are accommodated at $5 to $12 is four miles from Hunter’s Point, on the North- de Katiroad, and haa long been # javorite - ive, from its contiguity to and commanding view for the summer residences of New Yorkers. The | ol Long Island Sound. Iv is noted for iss bathing | commutation fate for three mouths is $12; the | faciliues, goed fishing and exeelient drives, The Gre to be found excelient hotels, frat class residences to let by the year or | ranges from $7 to $14 per week, according to the character of the accommodations desired. OTHER LONG ISLAND BBSORTS. Among the other popular resorts on Long Island more distant from tne city are the Mansion Farm Mouse, at Locust Valley, where many New York fammies go every Summer. Islip, Bay Shore, Sayville, sayport, Biwe Point, Bellport, the Moriches, Pateaogue, Riverhead, soachpory,+ Flanders, Noyack and Frankliaville’ on the Gy, Peconte mwogne and Good Group* On snin- y asbempten “wampton aud Montauk Point, Sheitef isieia and Gurdner’s Isiand resting upon the br ht waters of ine At- lantio like an emerald diamonds ond peatis, @ galaxy of sparking WESTCHESTER COUNTY. To the citizen wha, with his family, may be destrous of seektug rest and relaxation irom b ness affairs elsewhere and at a reasonable cost during the most oppresstve portion of the sultry Season, Westehester county with its picturesque scenery, pure air, rural attractions and ready facilities for communicating with every portion uf the metropolis presents numerous advantages. Commeneing on the line of the Hudson River Railroad, which skirts the sylvan slopes forming the east bank ef the Hudson, and which are studded with elegant specimens of both ancient and modern architecture, forming the homes of | many of our citizens who have fought the bavtle of fe successfully, whether in the fleld of art, Uterature, or commerce, YONKERS first catehes the eye of the traveller. The city contains nearly 20,000 inhabitants, has macad- amized streets and avenues, many of which are finely shaded, and excels in its police and sanitary regulations, 1+ has three good hotels, besides several private summer boarding houses of large dimensions. Trains on the Hudson River Railroad ran to and from New York almost hourly | taroughout the year, the fare being tairty cents each way. By commuting, however, this may be | | considerably reduced, Toe river, except when | elosed by ice, alse forms a pleasant mode of eom- Municating with the city, the steamboats being a@iways liberally patronized. On the boats the | fare ls much lese than thac eharged ou the rail- road, TARRYTOWN, ‘ ‘en miles norta of Yonkers, 1s also a favorite | Summer resort with many city people, owing | Goubtless to its salubrious atmosphere, charming | landscapes and extensive view of the Hudson | River, north and south, Here the tourist oiten passes to famitarize himself with | the historical asso¢lations which cluster around the neighborhood, Before it spreads the | “fappun Zee,’ on whose pellucid beauties Wash- | mgton Irving delighted to dwell, A snort dis- tance to the northeast of the village, and appar- ently in hushed repose, lies SLEEPY HOLLOW, which the sams genial author has handed down | to posterity in story, and where also he located | “Ichabod Orane,” the “Old Schoolmaster,” the | “Meadiess Horseman’ and other weird charac- ters. the perusal of whose doings has always pos- sessed a marked interest, especially for the juven- le mind, The old Duteh chureh in Sleepy Hollow remains to this day, redolent of antiquity ana still devoted to the worship of God on each Sun- | @ay afternoon during the summer months. In anotner portion of the village may be seen the | spot on which the tntrepid though ill- fated Major Andre was captured by three young American patriots, apd who subsequently pated the penalty meted out | py the laws of war to the spy. Am obelisk, some | swelve feet bigh, surrounded by an iron railing | and suitably inscribed, marks the place on which | transpired an incident, the bearing of which on | the ultimate result of the struggle for indepen- | dence no human mind can estimate. Despite the | efforts made to guard the shaft from the greed of the relic hunter, it 1s being constantly chipped | and defaced by unscrupulous visitors. Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving, is also in the vicinity—a quict, cosey spot—which is often visited | by prominent hterary people of this country and | of Burope. Tarrytown has two comfertable hotels, | and the neighborhood abounds in first class | boarding heuses, all of which, tt 1s presumed, | ao @ thriving business during the season, The { means of communication with New York are | ample, about forty trains oa’ the Hudson River Railroad stopping there dally. A number of steamboats also ply between there and tho | ctty, while the thriving village of Nyack, on the | opposite side of the river, and the terminus of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, are connected | With it by aferry, The fare to ‘Tarrytown by ratl | 1s fifty cents each way for single tickets. Those | who prefer going by water ean travel more | cComiertably and ut stili less expense. | Altnongh somewhat retarded in its growth and | prosperity by tue proximity of the prison, | SING SING, | with its picturesque hills and commanding view | Of the Hudeon, 18 by no means the least attractive place on the east bank of that river. Next to ti | prison it is noted for its military echools and mountain drives, not including that Enown as the | river route to Croton Dam, a distance of seven miles, through a most captivating section of country. Im the absence of any large hotels there aré numerous genteel bourding | houses, where the fresn products of the dairy, orchard and g&rden may be enjoyed ata mod- | erate cost. Sing Sing is distant tairty miles from New York, and may oe reached at neariy all how of the day by the Huvsom River Railroad. Tne | | fare is sixty-two cents Irem the city, and the time | occupied in reaching there, {rom the Grand Cen- | | tral depot, is about an hour and @ quarter. | On toe line of the New York and Harlem Raul- | Toad, | WHITE PLAINS, the county seat of Westchester, and distant twen- ty-swo miles Jrom the city. presents many natural advantages to tne citizen seeking @ Summer re- treat. Situated om an elevated piate: is is «noted for saiubrity and pa water, The residents boast of as fine ¢rives as can be found in the country, not ices than jour boulevards diverging irom village aod leading to Long island Souad, the Hudson River and to New York. A favorite pastime with families of leisure aud owners of fast horses is thai of drivimg over an inviting road to Rye Lake, &@ veautilul deep pond Of elear, coid spring water about one mile in width, and situated some three | miles from the Village. The Jake abounds with black pass, pieKkerel and other sh, Although there fs Bo hotel or Otuer place of entertainment there, it 18 4 popular resort for select parties and basket dinners. Tne village aigo rick In his- torical remimiscences, being overlooked by Chat- terton’s Hill, on which @ battle was fougut with the Sritish, Generali Washington command- , ing the mericau forees in persom. io | the immediate vicinity is also Execution Hill, 60 named from being the scene Of the execution of | three Americans, Who Were believed to nave been spies, in 1775, Many of the redoubts and otner | earihwerks thrown up by the Contin ie weil | remain undisturbed ip the Village aud surround- mg neighborhood. Another sirine for tno ad- Milration of the patriot 1s an cld-iasbioned frame building, once the Acadquarters of General Wasn- ingten, siiuated about two smiles from the Court | | Mouse. It 1s sald that the inserior of this quaint , Structaré romains at the same condition ag when the groat leader of the patriotic forces left it tor the jast time, inciuding the bed in wnich ne slept and the table on whic he directed in witting many important army mevements. White Piains possesses three well ordered country doteis, be- | Sides inany lasuiovable private boarding houses. The jare to New York for @ single ticket 18 seventy cents, and many persons living there can devote ali tue time that is Mecessary to their basiaess ailairs in tne city. Overlooking Long Island Souné, in the eastern part of te eounty, waich is being rapidly popu- lated along the live of the New Haven Railroad, there are also some very pleasant summer re- treats, Aroand NEW nooHRLLE | the scenery possesses almoxt enchanting beanty, aud includes Kono Bay, with its woodea surroum ings, 1(s namerous miniature creoks and iniets and iw jand-locked harbor, all preseniing unsurpassed facilities for yacating, rowing and fsbing, HUGUBNOT PARK 18 noted for 1t# fing drives aud a sweeping view of - | the Sound, Premium Point, Dayanpor’s Neck and Beauiort Point, the latter place being «landmark | Of local uisiorical interest, os the spot | On which the Haguenots, who tied the village, first lauge Other objects of | {interest vo’ the trave Tom Paine’ wonument, and the hou thinker lived, 00tn of that sturdy ire re located @ short New Rochelle contains | three commodious and many private hoases where sumuier boarders are accommo dated, It can be reached in thirty-eight minutes by the New Haven road, from the Grand depot, and is within one hour of Wall sti v the Hariem River Kaliroad and Morrisani: 8 Of It 18 distaut from tue city seventeen miles, ‘the fare for a single trip is tirty cents | frqm the Grand Central depot. it can be reduced by taking au excursion ticket, aud still more by | commuting. whien by LARCHMONT MANOR, * ® few miles north of New Rochelle, is also attract- | Manor contuins about two hundred acres, divide Into Villa sites, and is being settied by presnerow business mew ana their samili It boasts of one | botel and is reached by ae borse raurond SHEET. also on the a, a New York. Joos, oliities for ho" san ewy: som sense ect tore ana ware 3. Seeker. © pla ‘ane 5 Short abd ple arty: ‘om ei aT “ue ew Haven Railroad Rye, the fore from New York to wh! wiaty or sixty-Ove cents, ation te about TOURISTS. abled to ascertain at & glance the distances, rates of commutation and fares, a table is given below showing these fig- ures, ANd also the facilities for reaching all the Principal resorts near the citr:— Pe Po ittine Place. fed AB 3°] Wow Reachea suomi, be [BIH Ble sinew? | 0) 8] SEER E 18 40) 75) Soil. i RB 40) 75) SOL wR 3 | 2] ot EER RB 7] 23) 7) iLL ew . BB -10 | 24! 75] so) je | 23) 781 60 LEER iu | 90) 8) @5lL. 1 RR 23 | 35) BO) THLE KR 8 80) ‘| By boat and o Woodsid 3 i aw 10! Ry yd 4&8. ON. Winfleld.....e0e.| 4 4 miners APN, Flushing jt] 2) wl aN SR at Corona Park 5] uj 9) WR aN S RR aL College Point....; 9 | 16, 45] 25) ns x. 8. RR and n Whitestone....../11 | 17] 65! S0i¥, 4 N. SRR and boat. 4 20} Rens RR ¥.4N.8 4 BR and boat 4) 4 N.S. BR and boa 45/F aN. 8 RB dT —| 25/5¢1 nd boats. Gravesend .......|12 | —| —| 2u|st'm jorse Cars from Prosp’t Park. Glen Head.......|26 | So] 80] 65\L,1. 8, R and boats. BTATEN ISLAND, Quarant’e Land’g| 6 —| W9}8. 8 ferry from Bat. ry. T —| w)s.'s'Térry trom Bat ry. Vanderbitt Lae.| 8 | —| aR Torry trom Bat- ery. s | —| —| 10 ‘ae terry from Bat- ory. 9 | —| —| 10}N.8. ferry from Bat- very. Elm Park........[10 | —; —{ 10) NS ferry trom Bat. ry. Castleton . 4u | —| —| 20) xR forey from Bat ary. Port Richmona../12 | —| —| 10 ‘/S.forry from Bat. ery. NEW JERSEY SUMMER RESORTS. The Central Railroad bas been the means of establishing withia ten years many towas which have become favorite summer resorts, such a6 Roselle, Craniord, Westfeld and Dunellen. Nearer tne'metropolis aro Greenville, Pamrapo and Ber- gen Point, Commutation tickets are sold as far as Somerville, a distance of thirty-six miles The commutation to Biizabeth for one month 1s $7, and there is no reduction from this rate till the fourth month ts reached. The commutation to Plainfield, a distance of twenty-iour miles, is, for one month, $10; three months, $2660; six months, $48, Plainfleld has been the most pros- perous town on the whole line of railroad for its years. Ittsdoligktfuliy located, and its streets areg handsomely laid out. It is also a very healthy district, on which ac. count 1% is greatly resorted to ‘im the summer months. The hotel accommodation ts very good and the rates moderate. The single railroad fare ts seventy cents and the return fare $1 20, Tratns leave the ferry atthe footof Lib erty street, Tne new railroad to Long Branch starts from the same ferry, but as the line is yet in its infancy the commutation rates have pot been fixed. It 1s destined, however, to be popa- lar during the summer months, as tt opens up tne Shrewsbury section, which was hitherto inaccessi- ble to the masses. Tne Northern Ratlroad teads to resorts which are greatly frequented, although the remarkably healthy country through which 1% runs is more the abode of families who take up their residences | there for the summer than of transient visitors. Since the road was extended to Nyack and Mon- sey great inducements have been held out to tour” ists. The commutation to Nyack, a distance of twenty-eight miles, for one month 1s $19, and for six months, $60, A more convenient, and at the same time quiet resort, with its great natural ad- vantages, does novexist within the same distance of the metropolls, The accommodations in the hotels have vastly improved within the past five years. Spring Valley, five miles further on, is a Balubrious locality and ts frequented eatirely by the families from’ the city who have prvate resi dences there, ‘The Jersey City and Albany Raffroad, with tts northern terminus at Tappantown, branches off from the Midiand at Tea Neck. The commutation to Tappantowa for one month 1s $1050. A return trip can be made for eighty-five cents. Four trains Tun each way daily. The Delaware and Lackawanna 18 @ greater highway jor tourists than any of the toregoing. ‘This applies ehiefy to the Morris and Essex division, where trains run each Way almost every hour, from 61x in the morning tll the approach of midnight. The first attractive spot on this di- vision isthe Orange valley, where hundreds of the fatigued and overheaied residents of the me- tropolis find a sweet repose. hotel accommodations, The commutation for one month is $11; for three months, $23. A package of ten tickets is sold for $2 60, The distance 1s fourteen miles. New Providence, Chatham, Madison, Danville, and other districts beyond absoro @ large num | ber of the city’s population during the heated | Connection is made at Drakeville with | term. Lake Hupatcong, the finest sheet ot water in the State. fuesa who enjoy dsning here find the nighly-prized pickerel in great abundant The tourist is couveyed irom the railroad ot to the hotel, at the nead o; the lake, in the cazy little steamboat Stella, The hotel 18 large, and the menu of the finest quality for a country hotel, The charges are very reasonable. A snort dis- Tanée above tne head of tue lake are’the vast tron beds, which are being worked by of laborers. This branch of ind derived an impetus not alte by the panic during tie past ten years from the Gigantic enterprise of the miniag company, of George Richards, Mayor of Dove ‘Tickets are sold to the hotel as wi to the depot. The single fare is $1 40; fare to and return, $2 50; commutation for one month, $22. At Hackettstown connection is made with y's Mouutaia, WICK diverts the attention + portion of tue élite of Jersey not suficiently ripened in ambition and wealtu to patron: “ranch.” Thedrive irom tae depot in up the mountain is tedious, but the tra: rewarded when he reaches the summit, There be will find @ Well appointed hotel, second in peint of extent and accommodations to none in the State save at Long Branch. From the upper story the Lehigh water Gap is visible thirty miles beyond, ihe fare to Mackettstown and return is $3, and the distance 18 sixty-two miles, The commutation rate for one month is $25. And here the interesting retreats terminate, unless the tourist push on to Easton and take in a scene the most majestic of all, tne Lehigh Valley, which 1s traversed by railroads on | either bank Of the river, Bethiehem, tne quaint city of the Moravians; Mauch Onunk, wita its wonderiul triumph of engineering; tae Switch Back Railroad, the Tuomas lron Works at Catasw qua, with the largest beam engines in the coun- wry, if not in the world, and, though last, not least, the far-famed Wyoming Valley, the ceatral etty of which is Wilkesbarre. The time oceupied in going from New York to Wiikesbarre is about ywht hours. Tue New Jersey Southern Railroad, wnich rans from Sandy Hook to Tom’s River, would hardly concern the world outside the bondhoiders and farmers and Mahermen of that dreary, sandy sec. | tion bus Jor the immortality with which the name | of Loag Branch has crowned it. There are a lew | other outlets for the stream of summer travel that do not merit any Special mention. Amung | them ia @ new line known as the New Jersey and New York Railroad, rgnning from tne Erie depot, in Jersey Oity, to Maverstraw and S.ony Point, & distance of forty-two miles. Tho fare is $1 per single trip, commutation Jor one month $21 76; lor three months, $48 60. Many ef the good old-fashioned people, whose ocked by extravagance, whether in wealth, seek the modest, quiet retreats of Jersey, and prefer the byways to the tearing, grmaing, ever-notsy limes of wavel. Such rewire to the undisturbed little villages in Bergen | county, or they journey by the Montclair Railroad | to Pompton Plains, or they content themselves | with vreatoing the salt.sea air at Amboy, or they | entrenon themselves with the Gomatin of farm life in Somerset or Gloucester counties. Atiantio Clty and Cape May are too luxurious to be within reach of commutation, and were designed by na- ture rather for Philadelphia than for New York. A wip of ninety miles from the latier city to te former brings the tourist just half tae distance to Cape May. No wonder that Bath, Coney Island and Rockaway still huld the affections of the toil. | log mass within tne circle of the great) metropolls, There 1s no lack of | Summit, | | family, Mrs. 0. K. —_—_—-——- BARATOGA SPRINGS. Grand Union Hotel—Governor T. A. Hendricks, Indiana; Onief Justice Sanford B, Onarch and family, Albany; ex-Governor H. 0. Warjnoth and sister, New Orleans; Hon. A. M. Biles, Brooklyn; General ‘Washington Lee; Wilkesbarre; Elisha Brooks and daughters, New York; Judge Joseph Dowling, New York; Hon, W. H. McKnight and wile, Loutsyiile; Judge D. P, Ingraham and family, New York; Frank H. Miller and family, Augusta, Gat Hon, Plats Potter and family, Senenectady ; Hon. Edw. FP, Uni, Ypsilantr, Micb.; Colonel Muckie and family, Philadelphia; Judge 1. V. Baker, Jr., Comstock; Hon, J. ©, Burgess and wile, Scranton; Judge R, Hays and family, Pittsburg; Judge Joshua M, Van Cott, Lake George; Thomas Butter and family, New York; Hon, M. H, Thomsen and wife, Utica; Hon. Ralph North, Natchez; Rev. E. R, Orger, Canterbury, England; Hon. EB. R. Car pentier, New York; J. Alexander, Glasgow; T. R. Lathrop, London; Frank Arnold and wile, New York; General Hendrick B. Wright, Pennsylvania; Hon, A. Van Vechten, Albany; Judge G W. Pink- ney, Baltimore; Hon. fT. L. Lloyd and family, Eng- land; General Henry Fitz Hugh, New York; Gen- eral George J. Magee, Watkins; Hon. Hiram Sil bee and family, Rochester; Hon. A. 8. Herendon and family, Cleveland; Mrs. Commissioner Abra- ham Disbecker and family, New York; Hon. Jam M. Wiley, Buffalo; Juage J. W, Stowe and bed New Jersey; Hon. J. LU, Hiidreth, Wiikesvarre; W. W. Kimball and wife, Chicago; John 0. Latbam apd wife, Mempnis, and others, _ LONG BRANCH. Leland’s Ocean Holel.—lion, W. BH. Stokley, Mayer of Philadelphia; Hon. J. W, Hunter, Mayor of Brookiyn; sherim Leeds, of Phuadei- Hon, E. Murphy, Jr., Mayor of Tro; ‘aclo Mariscal, Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Re- panties Judge W. Otis, Broekiyn; Hon. A. V. henck, New Jersey; 0. M. slarkuess, New York; A, I. De N York; Hon. J. W. Bosier, at WATERING PLACE ARRIVALS. | f \ organ, Sykes and Mrs. Wirt Sykes (Uilve Logan) ; Hon. J. R. Franklin, Maryland; Joaquin Miller Prairie Poet); Mra, John Bigelow, wile of Hon. John Bigelow; D. F. Watson; Oharies Lowther and Hon. Tom Creamer, New York; De Vordova qthe lecturer), H. V. Alien and their families. Howland's United States Hotel.—Dr. 0. Brad ford, San Francisco; Rev. D, C. Watson and wile, Madison, N. J.; M. de Emble ana amily, New York; Dr. Joseph F. Tuttle, Onio; Rev. Dr. Suydam and wile, Jersey City; Dr.'J. B. Hliiott aud amily, Brooklyn; 8G. Gould and wile, Newark; P. W. Widey und wife, New York; George P. Wilson and family, Albany; Robert Duncan, Liverpool; A. P, Morice, New York; James B. Pearson, New- ark; D. M. Howell, Baltimore; Josepu R. Thomas, Brooklyn; J, K. Giaadivg, Providence; D. Charles Shader and iami Philadelphia; J. ©. Have~ meyec and family, New York; Uector Craig, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Stroug, Newark; 7. E. Hay- ward, St. Louis; A. T. Sullivan, Brooklyn. NIAGARA FALLS. Clifton House,—Acmiral F. Sianiey and famtly (United States Navy), Washington; Lord Lioya and suite, kngiand; sir Jose Gener id jamuly, Havena; ©. B. Amery and wile, Thomas D. Miller and family, David 0. Labatt and wile, Mrs, James Jamison and family, New Orleans; Mrs. J. W. Shinkle and family, Obie! v, Bi. Ry Orger, Canterbury, England; 3. Ha: and family, New York; J. M. Reed and ath; ERUAGN Ris Mrs. W. Wali and fanily, Philadeipaia ; Dr. J. H. McLean and family, St. Louis; Oaptain J. C. Groot, Giasgow; Sam Parker and wife, Gnicago: Mr. and Mrs. Ap- jeton, Boston; K. Wilson, M. D., Havaua, Cuba; . Dalton and wife, Brooklyn; W. Devin, W. Butenins, and Miss Hutchins, New York. . NEWPORT. Ocean, House.—Dr. J. L. Eshleman and wile, Miss Minnie Kshleman, Philadelphia; Misa Lily Eshleman, Mra. M. T. Hunter, Lancas- ter; G. W, Hedge, Jr., Brooklyn; H. A Toad, BA. Hansord, G. W. Gul, wife and two daughters, Si. Louis; Charles Manning and wife, Miss Delia Man- ning, Master Oharies Manning, Jr., Portland, Me.; M,C, Forst, F. T. lselta, F. A. Lowe, J. 4. Bene- birmer and sister, 8. Kenemirmer and two daugh- ters, D. L. Selegiman, J. P. Coville and wife, GC. 8. Boynton and wife, New York; 0. G. Vahbuskirk, Detroit; J. P. Judd, Miss M, &. Boiutwell, T. Roe, W. H. Skeeton, Mrs, Samuel Wulis, W. &. Carson, = ote Burrill, wile and child, and others, New or! CATSKILLS. Park Hotel.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miss Jaffrey, Mrs. Tunes and onild, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Miss Emma Thompson, Charles E. Wempie and family, Aug. Heely, O. B. Curtias, W.J. Worthington and fam- tly, Mr. and Mrs. F, W. Von Stade, Miss Von Stade, F. i. Von Stade, O, Wyliss Betts, Mrs. Wiliam I, Westcott and family, Thomas A. Meinnell and family, Miss ®. Fox, Mr, G. Blague, Join A. Goin, Mr. and Mrs. A. H, Combs, Mra. J. W. Goin, Miss KE. P. Goin, Rebert Jaffray, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burtnett and family, Miss Ida L. Byrd, George J. Byrd, Jr., Miss Ferguson, William P. Marsh, Dnd- ley Hall, Mr. and Mrs. 8. P. Nasb, Miss Nash, Misa Bessie Nash, Arthur J. Peabody, Joseph fioldici Mrs. Holdich, Miss Holdich, Rev. W. W. Page an Samuel 0. Reed, all of New York; Mrs. Wilnam | Heiene, William Helene, Judge I. R. Finietver and wile, Daniel Donovan and wife, Miss Annie Donovas, W. F. Donaldson and family and Kd- ward Sover and famuy, of Pullaceiphia; Tunis G, Bergen, Jr., W. A. Hazard, 8. W, Vurtiss, HA. Thompson, Mrs. and Mr. Frederick 0. Pierce, Willtam Sheriff, Samuel T. White, George ‘T. Laine, Adam Craig and family and Horace M. Jordan, of Brooklyn; W. F. Taylor, of Jersey ity: J: A Brown and wile, Miss Nelite Brown aad Frank H. Brown, of Providence, R. LAKE GEORGE, Fort William Henry Hotel.—W iltiam W. Corcoran end family, A. H. Lowery and family, Wasbington, D. 0.3; N. . McCready'and family, Moses Taylor, Samuel Sloan, M. Massey, wife and son, A. Pardee, Charies Parrish, S. Aymar and wile, & Beadleson and daughter, Collins Gere and ae | Frank H. Little, B. W. Griswold and family, Wallach and family, EK. T. Bogert’ and family, E. Steiglivz and family, Charies M. Da Costa, C. Gui det and family and G. V. Fox, ex-Assistant Secro- aaa! the Navy, and wiie, all of New York; a Somerville and family, Philadeipbia; Gen- eral Fullerton, St. Louis; George Williams and Jamily, jowa; George Dickerson and party and Jonn G. Coster and family, New York; George B, | Hofman and family, Pudagelphtas Frankiin Niven and family, New York; Mrs. General Jenri and daughter, Washington; Frank V. Winston and party, Virginia; Rey. Yhomas Lynch, Buriing- | 4 ton, James L. Ogden and daughters, Brook- lyn; M. Parker and famtiy and J. A. Kinuard and family, Jersey City; H. W. Metcalf and party, Boston; K. Haves and party, Pittsourg; 1. S, Keese Iienry McCormick and . Davenport and party, | and party, Philadelphia; arty, Pennsylvania; J. dngiand; J. W. Davis and party and J. A, Rumsey New York; J. W. Brock aad parse, and temi) | Cleveland ; *. McCoy and party, Balsimore H. Burroughs and purty, Philadelpnia;, W. V. Olark and family, John T, Waring aud family, Bd. ward 8. Jaffray and jamily and D. Jd, Cosier and | wile, New York. RICHFIELD SPRINGS. Spring House.—Commodore J. C. Howell, Chief | of Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington, D, C.; Hon, Cnaries P. Kirkiana and wile, and Miss Kirkland, New York; KE. D. Palmer, sculptor, Al- bauy; Hon. L. N. Arnold, Chicago; Hon. J. Thos, Spriggs and wi W. T. Spriggs, Frederick 1», Spriggs and Miss Spriggs, Utica; Captain Wilitam Baxter aud family, and Vicar General Duane, Newark, N, J.; Major D. L, Smith, Nevada; Colonel W. R. Chamberlain, Syracuse; Mayor Cae Binghamton; Bieeckor Tibbitts, Albany; Rev. HB. M. Kendall and wile, Rev. J. S. Gumour and John Moller and family, New York. KB ISLAND, Surf Hotel.—William &. Dana and family, New York; H. J. King, wife and daughter, Troy; Mr, and Mrs. Throop Martin, ilowbrook; G. A. Brandreth and family, Sing Sings Hon. H. W. Paimer and wife, Ameata; BH, M, Rob- erts and family, Brooklyn; OG. A. Lighth jpe apd family, Urange, N, J.; Joseph Faulkner wife, New Hamburg; A. Bleecker Banks and family, Aibany; K. |. Green and wife; Jonn B, Gale and wife, Troy, N. Y.; ©, A. Kirtland and family, New York; G. W. Jobnson and family, Wappinger’s Falis; General De Peyster ana wie, Irvoll; Mr. Foier avd family, Tivoli; Sidney De Kay and family, New York; General Jesse C, Smith and wife, Brooklyn; John R. Putwam ana Ln Saratoga ; Charies Kerner and jamily, New ork. NAVESINK HIGHLANDS, N. J Jenkinson’s Hotel.—Buron A. de Greif and fam- lly, Judge Hogan, Mezekian King, K. Maygara, Charies J, Hudson, Henry vu, Pratt, Edmundo: noily, Rufus Wattles, J, G. Brown, of New Yor! E. D, Foster, of the New York Stock Exchange, and family, and others, DEAL BEACH, N. J. Hathaway House,—J, R. Lord, M. T, Newbold, ‘Messrs. Loomis, 8B. and W. Kerr, J. Trowbriage, R. Lepper, #. McMatlin, Eljan T. Brown and Parker, Miss C. Drake, New York;’ Henry &. Kibben, United States Navy; EB. Gittard and’ Wife, Mrs. J. Gaul, Jr.; Miss Kate Gaul, Hudson; K. T. Steele and fauiiy, J. be Gowen and family, F. N. Taylor and lady, Miss Carrie Kinsey, Miss A.C. Morris, Puoliadelphia, and others. WATERING PLACE NOTES. There were 1,309 arrivals for the past week at the Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George. Mayor Jobn W, Hunter, of Brookiyn, was seren- aded by Mollenbauer’s Band at the Ocean Hotel, Long Branch, on Friday evening. The Plymouth Kock is to make excursions On the Chesapeake, from Baltimoro to Anuapoils, &0., shortly. Church bishops are as plenty as blackberri: at Vineyard Grove. Bishops Wiley and Harris, of | the Methodist Episcopal Chureh; Schwelnitz, of the Moravian Onurch, and Andrews, of the Cath- Olle Apostolic Church (sometimes called Irving- ites), are there; alvo Mrs, James and Mrs. Simp- son, Wives Of Mevhodiat bianops, who Will prob- \ ably be followed by their husbands Bishop Clinton, iscopal Zion ChurcR, Weat to Nantucket ties, Army, and fam- ere at the Cataract. Nii Falls. Prince Starheinberg aud Baron de Wardener, o} 2, Susiria, head list of notables 4} 4n¢ Transcript asks:—“What would & er be om our New England coast without ti wet rpent, and who eontrae is aeeual a} pastsnon, bali-proof aud eei-usive, as an adver- isement?? That conundrum might be answered some of the Jar-seeing correspondents oi ine »v davertiser, Mrs, Jonn Jaceb Astor has taken Mr. Oom- stock's place, lat eu, at Lenex, for four Months, at $2,000, ne OGcupies It alone, with n SOFVants todo vieding. nh IMWHhS are Hrettiest stripsa with biue, brown or scariest, and are not tmproved by Seine ‘A little green avouta lawa, ‘al ming, is Wot amiss, d guide, yesterday dove under the Qt the Shadow of the Kock, and hed UI Niagara. Fai tagtster. St. Cathartne’s, Canada, muss be fast beor ming a urandiy-0ad-wererhg BIS, jJadging from the fact that no less than prisoners were incar- erated in the city jail there during the month of uly. The Niagara Falls Register of Wednesday thus Diack, much with care! Conroy, ¥ bathing bridge among divers articles ‘This 16 no “ring fran ra 8 pleasure retreats in that vicinity plenti‘ul stream, and everything um der foot was juicy and disagreeable, The spray was driven as far the Prospect House, We foand a fire in tne cheertul office ol the Prespect, and whac with the dampness of the atmospnere, the fine mist and the gloomy sky, it wasn’s at all unpleasant.” ‘he depth of water under the new Suapension Bridge at Niagara Falis is 180 fe ‘This ti tion wi uabie tO tacse Who propose to take.a ‘Lover's Leap.” Niagara Falls hotels are filled with a riate, Who are holding 4 convention there. A v' of toothache has net been heard of since their am rival. RAPID TRANSIT. THE OBJECTIONS OF PROPERTY OWNEES TO ANY ROUTE—PLANS FHOM DENTISTS AND DOO TORS—A SCHEME THAT WILL COST TWENTX- EIGHT MILLIONS. Yesterday was a holiday for the Rapta Transit Commissioners, The only Commissioner wro made his appearance at tne office of the Oommis- sion was Mr. Mott, who said that he was going to flee to Saratoga in the aiternoon, and thus hoped to escape the crowds of curious people who stopped him at every street corner to ask aim all sorts Of idle quession’ about rapid transit, Mr. Seligman and Mr. Brown were also enjoying @ brie! rest from their labors at Long Branch, while Mr. Delamater spent the day at his country resi- cence at Huntington, & L ‘The only persons at work in the oMice yesterday were Mr. Isaae Newton, the principal consulting engincer of the Commtssion, and Mr. Morton, the clerk, Mr, Newton 1s to attend all the sess:ons ot the Commission and give them his opinion on all technical matters, such as the strength of girders and other parts of the construction of a rapid transit road, OBJECTIONS OF PROPERTY OWNERS. ‘The Commisstoners all seem to be of the opinion that whatever route they may adopt the property owners will undoubtedly exercise the inalienable right of an American citizen of protesting against it. The law provides that in sucha case three commissioners, appointed by the Supreme Court, shall decide whether the route 1s a preper one, aud if they say isis the objecting property owners have no farther remedy. It has been mooted that there will be consid- erable diMeulty im the legal proceedings which will have to be taken for this purpose, bus the likelihood is that they will be very brief, as the constitutionality of tne Rapid Transit law has mever yet been even questioned by any compe- tent authority, The Commissioners, at all events, gaticipate no trouble on this score. A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, One cnrious thing about the numerous plans that bave been presented is that so many come from people whose avocation, one would have thought, would nave utterly removed them from the engineering field, The inventive faculty, which ts so remarkably conspicuous in the whole American people, probably accounts for this strange circumstance, but of the 100 projectors— to usé @ round namber—who pave come beiore the Commission, not much r a aozea are engineers, The rest are merchants, dentists, doctors, giuemakers, phetographers, and belong to all classes of society. The dentists more especially, whose inventive faculty always seems to bi work, have come quite strong in Dumber bet the Commission. All this shows how strong a hold the rapid transit problem nag taken upon the people of New York—not upon any particular projession, bus upon all, VAST OUTLAY OF WORK. Another reflection which gaturally suggests it- self as we look at the expensive modeis and buge piles of papers und drawings in the office of the Commission, 18 tue yast lavor, the immense ainount of brainwork that has been expended on this task, Some of these projectors, though their hope of seeing the cinanation of their inventive geuius accepied, was of the fimeiest, bave spent months and months of unremitting, exhaus- tive labor upon the elaboration of thelr Schomes—a few of them even years. Some of the descrtpuens of pians fori quite formida- ble volumes, numbering a8 many as 100 or 150 closely written pages. Even tne outiay of money has been considerable. Tue models are extremely elaborate, and those that are made to a Beale cost from $1,000 to $3,000, Morgan’s handsome mo Of bis Gotnic arch elevated road and Cornell's of bis two-track elevated road (with supports on tne curb and no part o/ the structure bigner than the level of the raul) are probably among the most expensive. Tue first cost $3,000 aad the latter $1,500, Tne “walking sidewalk” plan in Warren street gigo cost considerably over $1,000, If the rapid transit problem 1s solved saccessiuily it Will be with no slignt outlay of braim work, time, trouble and mouey. A STUPENDOUS SCHEME. A sample of these laborious plans is that of Messrs. Buel, The description alone forms a Vol- ume Of 170 Daves, and 18 accompanied by a tabie of details, with no less than eighty-six columns, and evidently modeved ciosely aiter Herbert Spen- cer’s gigantic classification of sociology, Whicn tabalates every event bearing upon the civilize won and progress of the universe, from (ke cre- Ation to bps day. Messrs, Buel propose an ele- vated road, going up Third and Lexington ave~ nues to 164th sircet, and down Bightn aod Ninta avenues. Tne east side line bifurcates at the Clty Hall, one branch going up through Hast Broaaway to Clinton street and tuen by Tompkins square, and the otner through Centre, Baxter and Marion, aaa both tracks meeting Thirty-sixta street and Lhird avenue. Lhe west side iine bifarcates at Fourteenth street and Eighth avenue, one branch goify down througn Green- Wich street, Clinton place, Greene and Church streets, and the otner trough Hudson, Thomas and Onureh streets, bosh tracks meetihg at Churoh and Chainbers streets. In addition to this plan Messrs. Buel propose to cross the city with horse cars at every ecignta block to connect with sta- tions of the elevated road, ‘This stupendous goneme {8 elaborated dowa to the miputest and parently most uaimportant detail. The entire cost I timated at nearly twenty-eight millions. The elevated road alone would cost $11,700,000 (twenty-six miles, at $450,000 each). table the inventors try to show that the Capital invested in the horse rauroads ts nearly twenty- seven millions, and that, whtie the proilt on each passenger made by the horse car companies is only 13-10 cents, their heme would give @ profit of 21-5 cents ver passenger. ANOTHER APPLICATION. Among the communications received yesterday by the Cierk 13 4 Jormal application of the Green- wich street road for permission to connect with the Astoria ferry at Nines. ot, with the Harlem road depot at the Hat the Hudson River road depot at Spuyten Duyvil Greek, This isin addition to the other appiica- tions aiready mentioned, and 1s with a view to the proposed extension of the road, on both sides of the city, to the Hartem River, The next meeting oi the Commission will take piace on Tuesday. J. B. FORD & CO S$ EMBARRASSMENT, THE CREDITORS’ COMMITTER neportT—TamT¥- FIVE GENTS ON THE DOLLAR AND TWO HUM DRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS LIABILe TITLES. The committee who have haa charge of examin- ing into the business affairs of Messrs, J. B, Ford & Co., puolisvers, pending the present financtal aiMeulties of that firm, have coneluaed their la bors, and yesterday reported to all the creditors, Tails report i® sald to be somewhat voluminous, and recommends the acceptance of thirty-five cents upon the dollar, monthly payments to be made and to commence om the Lopo of Deceiver next. Mr. Henry W. Sage, chairman of the com mittee, informed the H&NALD reporter yester/ay that the habiitties of the firm amounted | about $210,000, ‘The assets, as developed upon the examination, Would cover payments of thirty. five per cont and probably leave a mar. gin ol* some $4,000 or $5,000, Mr. Sage re. lused to give a copy of the enure report, as he did not think it @ matter at for publica tion. The creditors Will Now nave an opporvunity Of either accepung oF rejecting tue propositiam laid down by thelr commitiea.