Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-07
HE DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST, THURSDAY NOVEMBER T. 1885,
ALL THE WAY BY WATER.
A Family Trip from Buffalo 10 F1orId
and Back on q Steam Yacht

and Back on Steam Yacht.
There are at least four people in the
city who can laugh at stern winters
fiercest onslaughts. Most likely some of
you will say to yourselves, "There's moth
ing strange about that. These four per-
sons have probably got good, warm over
coats or sacques, as the case may be; or
may be they've got in an extra supply of
coal" But the reason is they are not
going to be in Buffalo or anywhere
where winter can get at them.
The four persons referred TO in the
foregoing are Mr.. and Mrs. Albert @.
Bradley and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jones,
all of this city. For some months past
arrangements and preparations have been
making by this party for proposed six
months pleasure trip aboard steam
yacht. The arrangements and prepara-
tions have now reached a stage of COM
parative completion. The yacht, pretty
little craft 90 by feet, lies in the Colt
slip near the foot of Erie street, ready
to start on her long voyage to Florida
and back.
Mr.. Jones was seen last week by an
Express reporter, who questioned him in
regard to the proposed trip.
do you expect to go all the way by
water?" he was asked.
"Yes. that's what we expect" answer
ed he.
"How will you do it-what route will
you take?"
"Well, here, I've just received this
sort of guide as to how to get there by
water. We did intend to go to Philadel-
phia after arriving at New York by way
of Erie canal and Hudson river, and
have the yacht shipped from New York
to us; but we've changed our plans, as
you'll see by reading this over. We've
decided to take this as our route. These
directions were sent to us by friend OF
Mr.. Bradley's, Mr.. John Carey, Of
Rochester, who is going in company
with us, but with another party-aboHt
four, I think. He and his party will
have yacht Of their own, but the two
yachts will cruise together"
Here is the route: From Buffalo tc
Albany through the Erie canal, dow1
the Hudson to New York, through the
Kill Won Kull to the Raritan river, w
the Raritan to the Delaware canal, dowr
the canal to Philadelphia. After stop
ping at Philadelphia for day or two the
voyage will be resumed down the Della
ware river to Chesapeake bay, dow1
Chesapeake bay to- Hampton roads ant
James river, across James river and VI
the Elizabeth river to Norfolk, Va. An
other short stop will be made here be
fore continuing up the Elizabeth rive
and through the Dismal Swamp canal tt
the Pasquotank river at Elizabeth City
| N. G. From Elizabeth City they will
pass down the Pasquotank to the Albe
marie sound, across the sound to Croatal
sound, through Croatan sound to Roam
oke marshes, from Roanoke marshe
down Pamlico sound to Juniper bay
across Juniper bay to the Pamlico sount
again, down the sound, passing Bran
island, to the mouth of Club Foot creek
up Club Foot creek to Club Foot canal
to Harlem creek, to Newport, to Beau
fort, N. c., down Bogue sound t.
Bogue sound inlet, to Bear inlet a
Swansborough, N. G. From here the,
go outside on the Atlantic and follow tn
coast of North Carolina, South Carolin
and Florida down, going inland AM
coming out again at intervals unit
they come to st. Augustine, Fla. Her
they will stop week or SO, taking in al
the points of interest there. From ST
Augustine they go down through Ma
tanzas river eighteen miles to Matanza
inlet, then out on the Atlantic again an
down forty-five miles to Mosquito inlet
through Mosquito lagoon to Indian river
down the Indian river $50 miles to Jupi
ter inlet, through the inlet to the Allan
tic again, down the Atlantic to LAX
Worth inlet, then south twenty miles O.
Lake Worth.
This is as far south as the voyage1
will GO. They a,lculate that they wi
reach there in about thirty days. Thi
may seem something like pretty fas
time, but Mr.. Bradley claims that tn
yacht which he has engaged (the Sas
sacus) has speed of about fourtee
miles an hour.
The party expect to spend about thre
or four months in Florida fishing, hum
ing and having a general good time
Among the places of interest they wi
visit is the Silver Springs. Mr.. Bradley
who has made number of such trip
as this, says that the water of the spring
is so clear that you can see pin throug
eighty-fve feet of it. Said he: II wa
down there one time and I had nickt
with hole in it with me. Of course
couldn't squander it in any way, SO, ju.
for fun, I dropped it out Of the boa
You could see it sink rather slowly t
the bottom, and there it was on the bo
tom as plain as day to be seen-hole an