The Morning herald., 1876-10-18
WILMINGTON DEL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1876.
fHE EASTERN SHORE


THE EASTERN SHORE
Its Trade -How Pht,adslphta Dsstaxcss
Baltimore.
There are no people in any portisn of the
South who cling to their old system Of TIL
lage, (Which did very well when there was
plenty of cheap labor, but will not do at all
now y more fondly than do the people In the
counties east of the Chesapeake. The
large land owners seem more and more
every year 10th to part with any portion Of
their estates;and 1t Is hard to convince them
that 1t would be the best policy to sell q
little In order that they may have capital
enough to work the rest. Indeed, It q al
most impossible to convince them, until the
sheriff has pounced down upon them and
taken all.
A very large per centaee of the Arms on
the Eastern Shore are either heavily mort
gagged or have recently passed through the
sheriff's hands, and yet, Notwithstanding
this fact, the sales of Eastern Shore
produce are slowly but gradually increase
ing:
on the trade of this region, of which the
following points will interest Philadelbhians:
Baltimore has, as It we're, lost her ''grip"
upon the farther portion of the Peninsula
BY permitting Philadelphia to construct a
line which, with its numerous brances ex-
tending into all the counties, makes of the
Eastern Shore an important feeder of Phil.
adelphis. Any one who will take the trou-
BILE to ride down the Delaware railroad as
far as Cristield will find that all the way
from Crisfeld to Wilmington there are
large accessions at many of the stations Of
passengers and freight which rightfully be-
longs to Baltimore.
About forty years ago the constructor was
begun of line of rail which should extend
north and south through the Eastern Shore
counties, and should connect with the pres
ent line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore road at point which would
have brought Baltimore considerably near
er these counties than Philadelphia Is or
could be. The scheme fell through, however,
owing to the lack Of an additional appropri
alton from the State Legislature: aud from
hat time to this Philadelphia has been d.
verting the trade which should nave come
! to Baltimore from what are known rs the
Y "Bsck Sections" ofthe Eastern Shore, thai
is, those districts lying six or eight miles
distant from navigable water courses.
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upon those portions of the peninsula which
lie along navigable waters. such for instance
as the SassAfras, Chester, Wye, Miles. Chop
| trade with these sections is,as we have seen,
Baltimore now obtains nearly all her peach
es, large quantity OF other fruits, an Inn
tnense quantity of grain every year and
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large shipments of fertilizers, agricultural
implements, manufac tured goods ofvarious
descriptions, sugar, coffee, tea, etc. As the
country grows richer and richer-and It
must do this in time--this trade cannot fail
of becoming more and more valuable.
The oysters of the rivers-particularly the
Wye-are very fine, although not so tat as
those at Cherrystone and at other localities
further down. Still, owing to the great
abundance of oysters. and the short distance
of the beds from Baltimore, oyster packers
| in this city find them to be admirably adap.-
ed to their purposes.
It is not generally known that the pleas
| ATTEST route to New York and the seaside
li.s through the central portion Of the PEN
insula, and it is probably almost as little
known that road is now building, which,
it is hoped, may some day supply the much
needed railroad communications with New
York and Philadelphia from Baltimore. We
speak of the route known as the Maryland,
Chesapeake and Delaware Railroad. This
road, when finished. will present the follow
ing line OF communication: By steamer from
Baltimore IT, Kent Island, thence by rail to
Lewes, Delaware, and thence by steamer to
New York. A considerable portion of the
road has been laid, but the work is now at
stand still for want of capital to complete
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