Show AT BY JR new york steamboats more excursion boats operate out of new york city than any other port in the whole there must be at least fifty lines running dally to bealby re borts arts not to mention the palatial steamers which ply between here and new england points the favorite trip Is the one up the hudson river either to albany miles or miles to west point the letter latter trip which ends in the lamed famed highlands whole rip elp van winkle hed beld forth years ago and which enables one to see the cadets cabets on parade Is a never railing failing pleasure Inex nep enslie a rica pleasures nowhere ono as aa much for ones money as one can on the steamboats for CI 61 and sa 2 one can sail in comfort all day past the most beautiful scenery enriched by historical in perfect comfort and safety one of the few objections Is that the passageways eways on all boats are crowded and it takes a long time to get off at ithe the pier this has been arranged purposely narrow entrances have been round to break up incipient panics better than a anything athing else in a theater the reverse Is the case but on a boat the plan Is to break the crowd up into small units which can be handled by the crew 0 A terrible nemory memory those whose memories run back thirty years will recall the most disastrous happening that ever took place on an excursion boat the time when the gen slocum went ent down in the east river with a loss of more than a thousand lives neaily all women and children the terrible accident eclipses in pathos anything ot of its kind in history because it was easily proven tible even when the eastland turned turtle in chicago a few years ago the loss was much smaller and was not confined entirely to tn wo men and children the oen gen caught fire and before her captain could beach her the frenzied passengers died in the panic for years the excursion business was at a low ebb but since then has picked up actually one Is as sate safe on such a steamboat as anywhere in the world long island sound sailing up long island sound the other day one passed through simply hundreds of small boats of all kinds from millionaires craft including lamous famous racing yachts with masts ninety feet high to little rowboats with a kicker otherwise a small gasoline motor everybody on the water appeared to be enjoying themselves hugely the waves were ere too small to endanger the little craft and whenever one headed for shore a beautiful sight greeted one one could see theodore Roosevel ts country mansion at oyster bay at one time while on the opposite mainland were the small villages where millionaires artists and others who commute into the big city have famed nappy happy colonies other cheap trips aside from the daylong day long excursions there alere are numerous other trips to be bad tor for little money the sall sail to staten island by terry ferry boat costs five cents only and takes twenty minutes many visitors spend whole mornings riding back and forth on this line then there Is the trip to the statue of liberty which costs only 25 cents the trip to eidis island where all emigrants from europe land and which costs nothing while other ferries will carry you on rides of ten or fifteen minutes tor for sums ranging from three to five cents only new yorks marine playground is one ne ot of its best points and should not be missed by any visitor while the big excursion cuts ton lines stop running on labor day many of the trips continue all winter and it if one Is clad warmly the trip is even more enjoyable then than in summer even r as the crowds are not there to bother |