Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20

deducted for freight charges. Swee
potatoes form the great staple OF AcoC
mack and No Hampton and over 10, 90
barrels Of them have been shipped fror
Mstompkin this season.
In the development Of lower Delswar
since the building Of the Delaware rail
road. in 1867, may be seen the possI
bilities OF these Virginia counties. Value
less for cereals, they seem as II designe,
by nature for peach orchards, berr,
patches and truck gardens; and it ma,
reasonably be expected that lands whiol
are now offered at S10 per acre may tripl,
or quAdruple in value within the mex
10 years. The opinion OF the exour
siouists, many Of whom were Admirab!,
qualified to judge Of land, was thus CON
cisely expressed In q resolution adopted
at meeting held In Salisbury,
Resolued, That we are most fayorably i'm
pressed with our visit through the countr,
which is thus being developed by the enter
prise OF the New York, Philadelphia d Nor
folk Railroad Company that in our judg
ment 1t is country especially gifted for tn,
cultivation Of the best fruits and garder
vegetables we believe in the near future Il
will equal il not exceed, in productiveness tn,
upper Peninsula and, finally, that the grand
object Of establishing through line to the
fertile but undevealoped fields Of the south
by way of the Peninsula and Norfolk harbol
appears to us to be entirely feasible, and will
In our opinion be realized before long.
PocoMoKE CITY,
the starting point OF tbs new road, is the
largest peninsulRr town south OF Sails.
bury, containing about 1900 people. A
big trade in lumber ia done here There
are saw mills, ship yards and grist mills,
and the air, on Last Monday night, was
saturated with the smell OF Runpowder
burned in honor OF the election oI
Cleveland and Hendricks. The most
striking improvement is large three,
story trick building, 70 by 81 feet,
which W. ]. s. Clarke Ia putting NJ on
Main street; the lower story OF which Ia
10 bs devoted 10 stores, the second story
to fices, and the third to town hall uses.
Good bricks are made here and the best
Of cypress shingles come from the
swamps on the Pooomoke.
The hotel at Pocomoke City, probably
the largest south Of Dover with the ex.
ception Of the summer oarsvanseries Of
Rehototh and Ocean City, Is owned and
conducted by Benjamin G. Pearce, formerly
Of this city. Ben strolled down to Wor-
oester last May and bought, Of Mr..
Clarke, the whole square upon which the
hotel stands, and which contains besides
two stores, g dwelling, livery stable,
hotel stable and private stable. The
rent Of the other buildings pays the in
terest on the investment and leaves Mr..
Pearoe in very comfortable position to
run the hotel, which Is we'll patronized
by the numerous commercial drummers
who infect the town nearly the whole
year round. M.
There is talk Of running branch rail.
road from either Pooomoke City or Eew
Church, miles below, eastward to Chin
ooteaRus bay, and surveys are now being
made on both routed. 1t is even said
that this branch, which will connect the
Delaware trunk system with the juno
tion & Breakwater (now Delaware, Mary
land Il ViTeinia) roads, may be built
during ths coming winter.
CAPE CHARLES CITY,
the southern terminus OF the new road, /,
iR at present tract of timber and sand,
with several new frame dwellings and
railroad shanties, located on the Chesa-
peake bsy, "the Pacific of the eastern
coast" q miles below Cherrystone
wharf and IL miles above Smiths Island
light, which marks the northern side OF
the mouth Of the bay. There was con-
siderable diversity OF opinion as to the
distance from this terminus to Norfolk
the estimates varying from 80 to 45 miles.
Measured on the map the distance In q
straight line across to the Virginia shore
north Of Norfolk is % miles, and from
there TO the city, distance Of from 8 TO
10 miles, another railroad link Is pro-
jaoted. For the present, however, the
route by steamer up the Elisabeth river
must be used, which will certainly in
crease the total water route to 35 and
possibly to 40 miles.
Grand old frst growth pinss, some OF
them 10 10 IL iest in circumference, oaks
and gnms OF equal dimensions, and holly
trees as much Es feet In diameter now
oover the greater part of the projected
streets and building lots of Cape Charles
City. Indeed the whole country through
which the road runs Is b aulifully
timbered pines, oaks and gums bsing
the prevailing treers. The site OF the
future city is part Of the sold Planta
tion" tract Of 1900 aores, which
William L. Scott bought two
years ago for $40 per acre.
There are 644 building lots, each 40 by
40, laid down on paper, intersected by
''streets" running parallel to the bay
shore and avenues" running in the
other direction. Near the centre OF the
prospective town 9 psrk is laid out,
which possesses the decided advantage
over most urban parks in starting with
the trees fpll grown. The prices Of the
lots vary from $3.50 down to $75. accord
ing 10 location, and the agent in charge
informed the writer that 48 had found
purch asers and that he had 'sold six
more to day already"
On the souths rn side OF the tracks two
steam dredgers are at work sxoavAting a
large dock l, 200 feet long by 150 feet
wide, to form an artificial harbor Tor the
transfer steamers. This dock is to have
a depth OF water of Is feet. A gigantic
wharf, at least 500 by 300 teet, has been
staked out and ia to be filled in at once.
The dredging is under the management
Of Chief Engineer Z. W. Gosrke Of Col.
umbis, Pa. II is expected that Cape
Charles City will fairly boom In q short
time, and there seem to be sound reasons
why it should. A good hotel is, however,
one Of the first wants to be filed.
THR FARM BUILDINGS.
The following Gu, the original Of which
is at Belle Haven station, is q faiI