Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08
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WEDNESDAY EKE,0. APRA 3. 1895.



a. a. B. s. 4. r. R.-While Tow
son and It's territory are Offering every
obstruction to union with the city
of Baltimore, Annapolis with It's sur
rOundings, who heartily desire to be
united closely to the metropolis, seem
unable to obtain any recognition Of
their claims $50 near and ret 70
far" her position is tantalizing. But
twenty miles By al air line from Ball
timore BY steam, the Capital of the
State should be as near to the City
hall ss Druid Hill Park BY the street
cars.
It will be asked what is Baltimore
to gain by such q connection ? Pass.
ing by the fact of the spaciousness of
Annapolis roads and the Severn as a
harbour, and that as this winter no
serious obstruction to its navigation
was caused by ice, (proved BY the
uninterrupted trips Of the ferry on
the Severn we turn gladly to the
the coming spring and ask If the pleas
ure ground which Annapolis and its
vicinity would add to Baltimore is
not desirable gift TO that city
Round bay, or by its old name" Eagle
nest" bay, although but fourteen miles
from Baltimore is unknown TO its
people. The Severn, bordered by
eminences rising to over one hundred
and fifty feet and which command the
view Of land and water for miles, is q
gem Of beauty | This scenery has ex-
cited the admiration Of Europeans and
sthe wonder of intelligent Americans
that its heights are not crowned with
villas. At Annapolis we have the gov
eminent Park" we should say, so
soon will it be worthy Of the title,
thanks to the taste and energy of
Capt. Ramsey-added to the Naval
Academy it will combine in one do
main the charms Of art and nature
st. Johns, with its historic interest
and its green embellished and kept
as il should be as memorial OF the
revolution and a school OF forestry,
would attract every visitor not only
- a seat of learning but source of
pleasure, Then with the pretty pea
patch" around our State House, with
It's views Of the bay and town from
the dome, we see 10 the future, near
we hope, fascinating drive along the
shores Of Annapolis roads to Bay
Ridge with It's surf and salt water and
water view extensive as the scope Of
vision. Certainly. to add these at-
fractions to the Baltimore system Of
parks, il worth something when it's
TO cost that city nothingl The world
renowned pleasure grounds Of the
Capitals Of Europe are further from
Paris, London and Berlin than our
Annapolis parks from Baltimore.
Baltimore boasts Of her University,
but the y. 3. Naval Academy here
holds O. high rank in it's way. why
should not these two institutions be
brought into closer sympathy and re-
Get on one anotherS A short line
road would make this intercourse pos.
eible and e least infuse into Balti.
more society something Of that cos.
mopOlitan feeling which belongs to |
all sailors and true students. ne are |
never without visitors who come from
every State Of our Union, and We
have always : thousand Or 50 Of peo-
ple bore who hare been an over lie |
world. Their more frequent visits |
IS the Metropolis Of Maryland might |
Prove ia antidoss to that tendency to |
oflnoialism. and what is politely /
called the conservatism, ''of the Mon. |
hnanntn1 city while her cifiaAna ara