Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-15
ATRIP TO BEAUFORT.


, Beaufort, and sojourn at that o
lace. And the fact that our people s
re compelled to travel nearly two a
1lndred miles, for even now a number f
f families from this city are spending c
he summer at Beaufort, TO get to a {
easide watering place, is a reflection I
lpon the enterprise of this city. AS t
Door as we are, and as limited as is the I
capital with which the vast business
Of our port is conducted, we co"ht
haze, and are ought to hare home re-
sort, where our families could live
during the heated term, and our hard
worked citizens could visited them
frequently and without much expense
Any way, until that time does come 1t
is very pleasant to visit Beaufort.
THE WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD.
In the first place, the ride to Colds
boro, leaving here Just after breakfast,
is most delightful. The conductors are
clever gentlemen, the road Is ID FIRST
rate order, the cars are new, ana
scrupulously neat, obliging maid ser
wants are constant in their attention,
and the coolers are Ot1CdUS fuil OF ice
water, { a matter too much heSlec'eu
on most roads.) In fact everything Is
done to make the passengers comiofta-
bic. There may, indeed, be better |
managed roads in the United States, |
but we are free to confesss that we
have not Travelled over them, and we
get about some.
THE HUMPHREY HOUSE.
Nor is this "ride on the rail- the
only pleasure to be enjoyed during Il
trip to Beaufort The dinner at HE
HUMPHREY HOUSE, the elegant new
hotel at Goldsboro, is one of the solid
comforts On route. DR.. Wright knows
how to cater for hungry traveller, ana
the schedule is SO arranged as to give
one full time to do justice to the DIM
ner. The Humphrey House IS well
kept, and you can get "square meal
there. nicely served. 1t gives one
pleasant impression of the enterprlsln&
little city of Goldsboro.
But there are drawbacks to all ENJOY
ments, as there is to trip to Beaufort.
We enjoy ride through the fine cot
ton and cornfields of Wayne, Lemon
and Craven; we like to look out upon
the historic battlefield beyond the
Trent; the elms of Newbern are mag
nificent, but these pleasures are hftte
too long drawn out. A ride OF ninety
five miles over the
ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
ought not to occupy upwards Of SIX
hours, especially as passengers are
landed upon the long wharf ut More
head after dark, with a sail of two or
three miles before them. Invallds, a@
there, and decent consideration for
them would justify President StaEiy III
curtailing the half to three quarters o.
an hour stop in Newbern, and the IN .
necessary delays at every depot; an"
now that election is over, the woodpl'"
discussions, in which ''all hands and
the cook" seem to indulge, might he eds
pensed with, without injury to til"
State or ''the party.
But we would be doing injustice to q
most efficient officer did We not put
upon record our favorable estimate OF
Captain Loftin. A more attentive, IN
dustrious and polite Conductor W" have
never known.
BEAUFORT.
We have sofrequently written aho"t
Beaufort that we have nothing new t"
add. Nature has done everything t"
make it a desirable summer resort, but
man has done little to add to its natII-
raj advantages, hey ond the erection OF
two hotels. We will say, however, that
the yachts and pleasure boats, which
dot the magnificent harbor, and which
are always ready to take visitors t" any
point, are very fine and fast, and ale
under charge of skillful and careful
sailors.
Beaufort fronts southwest, i'll the
very face of the prevailing summer
wind, directly opposite the inlet, al
fording a magnificent ocean view, ant!
receiving the full benefit of the sea
breeze.
While not over-rIn with visitors,
there are enough there to render ii
very pleasant to all, and sufficient t"
Indicate that it could and ehould be
made favorite resort, with some I'M
provements and additional ..lnllsF-
ments. The lighthouses are dlsgrar"
to the hotels, and another suinme 1
should not be permitted to come with
out decided change for the better IN
this respect Letthose at Nue lie l. Eau
and Old Point Comfort he taken a.
models, and proprietors will tind IT,"
few dollars spent i'll this improvement
returned an hundred fold, and
their cost would be really insignificant
Then there should be booths built on
the beach for the use of bathcrs, under
the control of the hotels. Ten-pin a
ieys, croquet grounds an, otllersnurce'
Of amusement should ne provided.
We do not wish to be understood as
writing i'll a complaining mood. We
like BeaufoSt We like the entertain
ment which "mine host" OF the Ocean
House gives us. It is our desire To see
a great and popular seaside resort cs
fablished in North Carolina. and rs
long us Beaufort SO nearly fills tile
BILL" we want to have the omissions
supplied and the Shortcomings
remedied.
In one particular Beaufort excels al
other sca-coast resorts we have visited
and tIt- are not few; and that is the
Iiber +, 18th which the diCtccic
-'rich Of the deep" are supplied Il
guests. All varieties of fish, crabs
oysters, turtles and escollops are serveI
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