The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-09-03
ELKTON-TH OLD AND TIE

ehSoS "iN 'i> 'iS A' ~ "i>ii YIN
world reads the fact that Elkton is
advancing.
They are welcome evidences of a
new order of things, welcome, IN
the greater comfort, in the greater
security OF domestic life. and in the
personal pleasure Of living.
They put the town upon a better
footing with lis competitors in the
race for business and wealth, and set
Elkton up peg or two higher in
her measure of importance as a
modern town.
Properly availed OF, and judiciousIy
managed by our town authorities,
they should prove good Investment
for the individual tax payer, and
silence the croaker and the old fogie,
whose paralyzing embrace has so
long been fastened upon old Elkton.
Welcome, thrice welcome, the sure
supply of sweet and pure water,
which soon will sparkle in the clean
white glow of her electric lamps.
Taking a pessimlstic view of Elk
toms growth since its incorporation
in 1877, it could be truthfully said,
that the town has taken ample time
to reach its present state of develop
ment. That it has been quite delib-
crate enough In 'getting up" That
public spirit has not been the hand
maid of individual enterprise among
its business men.
This may all be very true. But
the fact is, that Elkton like every
other county seat convenient to rail
roads and contiguous to larger CEN
tres of population, has felt the over
shadowing hand of more powerful
neighbors. 1t has been convenient
to be near Wilmington, and Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, but those cities
have reaped the greater commercial
advantage OF their proximity. We
have contributed of our means to
their growth. They have received
the surplus of our young and active
population.
The tendency has always been, as
it always will be, from suburban to
urban life and occupations. The
fascination of the city in its promise
of greater realizations in business
pursuits, in its quickened intellectual
activity, in its glamor of wealth, its
fever of speculative life, in its fervor
of pleasure, always has and always
must attract the young.
But as against this constantly ex-
ercised urban influence, Elkton has
reasonably held her own. While
she has contributed to the city OF
her uprising generations, she has in
turn reaped some advantages by
contact with urban life. Her mer-
chants have felt the spur OF competi-
ton, and better stocks OF varied
merchar s.a.e their counters.
The competitive impulse has reached
every line of business, and Main
street, Elkton completes six days in
the week, with Chestnut and Market
streets, Philadelphia.
This quickened spirit of enterprise
and development in Elkton,-is mark
ed by its accompanying evidences
of growth. The demand for the ap-
pliances of modern civilization, have
been met in the increase of the
means of comfort and security in
domestic life. Coal oil has given place
to gas, and the latter must soon in
turn yield to the latest appliances of
electricity. The town pump, and the
old hydraulic, though manned in
the past with muscle, must needs give
place to the iron arm OF steam, and
the modern water works.
This much we have written Of the
spirit of progress that animates the
town, that accentuates the difference
between the old and the new Elkton.
We admit that her growth has been
gradual, that she has not been the
subject Of spasmodic Boom" of
doubtful utility, but that her pros
perlty is substantial and not specu-
lative. She invites the visitor and
the permanent resident by the in
ducements of convenience Of loca-
ton, and improved facilities for liv.
ing. She boasts no business advan
tases superior to those of towns of
her average OF population, but
reaches out her hand and extends a
welcome to the bread winner in
every honest avocation and pursuit.
She seeks to increase by every
legitimate method the number of
her producing classes. She courts
the mechanic and the day .laborer,
and with him the monied man who
needs their labor. She invites the
capitalist, not by the doubtful prom
Use of free lands and exemption from
reasonable taxation, but by the In
ducements of excellence OF location,
quick communication with the cities
by rail, and cheap transportation by
water, and local conveniences OF water
and lighting, that equal those OF her
superiors in population. Elkton is
now a good place to come to and to
live in, and we want the world and
the rest of mankind" TO find this
out.
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