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Sea Isle City,

-The City of Homes

/ith its Unsurpassed Natural Advantages and Railroad Facilities, Fine Inland Waterway and Delightful Location, and Magnificent

Opportunities in Real Estate.

SE>. ISLE CITY HAS A roost health! *ul «iwt delightful climate, f Taro steam roads. * | A trolley system from Corson's Inlet to Towns Inlet ! Electric light plant , Good sewerage system. ^ Two weekly newspapers. Elegant paved streets. ‘ Fine cement sidewalks. ! A gas plant ; An abundance of puie artesian water, the best in r Jersey. Excellent postal facilities. | A friendly, peaceful Vid orderly community. ] Unsurpassed beach for bathing—safe and firm. Fine fishing, both sea and still water. Finely appointed Yacht Chib. • v Deer Inland Waterway. Baseball grounds, located in heart of city. About tinny hotels and boarding bouses. Fine school system. I One of the most dfident fire companies, and fine faratus, ip the County. ^ I One ice plant Two churches—one Catholic and one Methodist J Three miles of splendid Boardwalk, well lighted 1 summer nights. ! Diversified amusements, including big Ocean* l*ier. Fresh fish caught daily, by pound net and baud k fishermen, ?i very low prices. Good camping facilities. • Hundreds of cottages for ren". for the summer at lerate prices. a ^..1 Some old bachelors. Not many old maids.

SEA ISLE CITY—FAST AND PRESENT Over a quarter of a century ago. when the most New Jersey's lower coast was a waste of white sand nes and great atrc.:hes of beautiful mcadowland, t eye of a lover of nature, and a practical founder towns, was attracted to a virgin isle that bordered t vaat expanse of blue sea. On a haul sandy beach great white capped break- » rolled incessantly and *he shrill cry of the sea guli it wierdness to the gardcu <xx that was to be. Amid all that grandeur of ocean scenery' was conived the design of giving to seekers of health and tasure an ideal sea side resort. Well has this inspired tk been performed and the uninhabited Ludlam’s Isvl of twenty-five years ago is the charming progresrc Sea Isle City of to-day. Encouraged by the success he attained in foundI the model City of Vineland. N. J.. Charles K. rodis, in 1881, jmirefused Ludlam's Island and ioundSea Isle City. From iu inception this resort owe* upbuilding and prosperity principally to l*hi!adHlians, the first people to recognize that Nature had all with lavish lend in adorning this island resort th all the varied beauties in her gift. The island upon which Sea Isle City is located is arly seven miles king. At its southern end is Towund's Inlet, while Concti s Inlet forms iu northern undary Both of these inlets lead to the open sea. There is no finer marine scenery to be found anylert on the New Jersey coast than here, where Uld ran. so majestic and never wcarving ui charm is a in all his grandeur. No less picturesque arc die bays and labyrinths of

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streams, coursing through the green mcadowland that stretches from these island shores to the wooded mainland. Sea Isle City is a thoroughly modem resort, affording to visitors every opportunity to enjoy the conveniences found only in the best regulated communities. Its broad avenues are brilliantly lighted by electricity ; it has a perfect sewerage system, and its water, the purest and most sparkling, is drawn from artesian weHs, nearly nine hundred feet deep. A trolley road traverses the length of the island, affording the rider through its entire length a view of

surpassed on the Atlantic Coast. On this sea-girt isle pleasure- seekers will find escape from the stifling heat of the cities and inland towns. In the summer days there is wafted from the open sea, bracing, exhilarating air, imparting health and bringing comfort to the tired visitors. . Sea Isle Ci*y is on the highest land between Long Branch and Cape May, portions of it being thirty-five feet above sea level, and as the island is only a quarter of a mile wide at its extreme width, it is swept continuously by cool salt water breezes no matter which way the wind blows. The temperature always registers

the boardwalk far into the sea extends a large pier the ocean. This trolley connects with Atlantic City. Ocean City, ''"ildwood, Cape May and tlie entire line of coast resorts, by inland boat lines, affording pleasant trips. Along the Sea Isle City beach from, for more than two miles, extends a wide and substantial boardwalk, making a perfect promenade for those who delight to stroll •within sight and sound of the surf. Jutting from affording pleasurable opportunities for fishing, pnnne■lading and dancing. As a pleasant health rcvqi Sea Isle City is un-

sevcral degrees Cooler than Atlantic City awl other watering places. • Its refreshing climate has doubtless ilotie much to help Sea Isle City attain its proud distinction of being, in point of years, one of the oldest resorts on the Atlantic Coast and in point of spirit, one of the youngest in the world. The sea! the sea 1 the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound. It girds the earth's wide regions round: It plays with clouds; it mocks the skies. Or like a cradled creature lies. —Byran W. Proctor.

SEA ISLE CITY'S TOAST Picturesquely located on the wave-washed shores ' of the Atlantic, probably no resort on the entire rout f has a more devoted following of friends than Sea Isle M City. The bathing, fishing and gunning to be enjoyed -j here have endeared our little island to thousands and have established a lasting bond of mutual interest be- ^ tween our visitors and our citizens. „ Promoted doubtless by the real comfort and courtesy to be enjoyed in our hotels and cottages, these cor- , diai relations have continued for nearly twenty-five years. Sea Isle City proposes this toast to iU friends, old and new: “May this be the best Summer you ever have spent and mzy you spend it here!" RAILROAD FACILITIES. * M During the summer speedy and well apointed trams rm between Philadelphia and Sea Isle City. The city is reached by two lines of railroads- -the Rea from Chestnut Street Wharf and the Pcnnsylr. from Market Street Wharf. The distance by the Pennsylvania road is 65 r and by the Residing several miles shorter. Busint men can readily travel to and from Philadelphia daily v I thus enabling them to spend the nights with their fami-^| lies by tbc sea. » During even the mid-summer months scarcely jtT nigh! passes during which visitors to Sea Isle City are-t able to dispense with bed covers. How happy they, who, from the toil and tumult of \ their lives. Steal to look down where nought but ocean strives.*' ^5 —Byron’s Island..

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BATHING, FISHING AN!) GI NNING ! Sea Isle City has a beach that i* as near {•effect aM Nature could make it. For a distance of i> miles, tnan Townsend's Inlet to Corson s, it extends in a level, tin J broken surface, lu.rd and linn, with not an indeiiution ,Ji to mar its beauty. Wide and gently sloping, 1 * an ideal bathing ground, where children and ad enjoy the finest of bathing in perfect safety, 1 catcd in a cove of the ocean «vhich prevents undefto / and makes bathing absolutely without peril. Hot tot cold sea water baths ere also to be enjoyed. To the Nimrod, the meadows and waterway! adjacent to Sea Isle City offer the finest of sport F.n- # circling the island are miles of salt water hays and streams that teem with fish, while on the marches great ' flock* of plover and snipe lull in their spring and fa! ? migrations. The marsh hen in countless numbers rears ( her young in the tangled sedge-grass, and watts in »»PPy innocence of its fate for the gunners to ciaira them iu the early fall, and that tliey do not wait ii i-- proved by many a well filled game bag. From June until October, all varieties of fish,-* tteak, king, black bass and flounder, abound in pro- ! J fu- ion in all of thr larger streams dose to the city In the gullies along the beach, at both Corson's and Townsend’s Inlet, drum fish, great big fellows, weighing from fifteen to seventy pounds, arc caught by handline. The shccpdiead, the garaest of sea dwellers, i> taken in goodly numbers, all through thi summer at*^ the railroad bridges at both inlets. In the many small *; creek., but a few minutes walk from the city's sciy 01 ,] 1 enter, crabs in plentiful supply fall easy prey to the, h«Rpy fisher's net, whi' 'ti tlie nearby shallow ..atersb of Ludlam's Bay. oysters and clams grow most abun- j dantly. There is also a beautiful, wooded, fresh wale lake—Magnolia Lake, ten minutes' ride from the city, ® I where row Uats can be obtained and fresh water fish- f uig enjoyed.