The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-27
Ml1Il}f Eagle
ALL THE WAY BY WATER.
A Family Trip from Buffalo to Florida
and Back on a Steam Yacht.

A Family TIP from Buffalo to Florida
and Back on a 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 G.
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 a stea N
yacht. The arrangements and prepare
tons have now reached a stage of COM
parative completion. The yacht, pretty
little craft So by 8 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.
Eyes, that's what we expect, answer
ed he.
Glow 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
hr. Bradley's, Mr.. John Carey, of
Rochester, who is going in company
with us, but with another party-about
four, l think. He and his party will
have a yacht of their own, but the two
yachts will cruise together"
Here is the route: From Buffalo to
Albany through the Erie canal, down
the Hudson to New York, through the
XIII Won Kull to the Raritan river, up
the Raritan to the Delaware canal, down
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, down
Chesapeake bay to Hampton roads and
James river, across James river and up
the Elizabeth river to Norfolk, Va. An
other short stop will be made here be-
fore continuing up the Elizabeth river
and through the Dismal Swamp canal to
the Pasquotank river at Elizabeth City,
n. G. From Elizabeth City they will
pass down the Pasquotank to the Abe
marie sound, across the sound to Croatan
sound, through Croatan sound to Roam
oke marshes, from Roanoke marshes
down Pamlico sound TO Juniper bay,
across Juniper bay to the Pamlico sound
again, down the sound, passing Brant
island. to the mouth of Club Foot creek,
up Club Foot creek to Club Foot canal,
fort, n. c., down Bogue sound to
Bogue sound inlet, to Bear inlet at
Swansborough, n. c. From here they
90 outside on the Atlantic and follow the
coast of North Carolina, South Carolina
and Florida down, going inland and
coming out again at intervals until
thew come to ST. Augustine, Fla. Here
they will stop week or so, taking in all
the points of interest there. From st.
Augustine they go down through Ma
tanzas river eighteen miles to Matanzas
inlet, then out on the Atlantic again and
down forty-five miles TO Mosquito inlet,
through Mosquito lagoon to Indian river,
down the Indian river 100 miles to Jupi-
ter inlet, through the inlet to the Allan
tic again, down the Atlantic to Lake
Worth inlet, then G0ukh twenty miles on
Lake Worth.
This is as far south as the voyagers
will GO They calculate that they will
reach there in about thirty days This
NAV seem something like pretty fast
time, but Mr.. Bradley claims that the
Yacht which he has engaged (the Sas-
sacus) has a speed of about fourteen
miles an hour.
The party expect to spend about three
or four months in Florida fishing, hunt
ing and having a general good time.
Among the places of interest they will
visit is the Silver Springs. Mr.. Bradley,
who has made a number of such trips
as this, says that the water of the springs
is so clear that you can see a pin through
eighty-five feet Of it. Said he: Il was
down there one time and l had a nickel
with a hole in it with me. OF course
couldn't squander it in any way, so, just
for fun, dropped it out of the boat.
You could SEQ it sink rather slowly to
the bottom, and there it was on the bot
tom as plain as day to be seen-hole and
all."-Buffalo Express.