Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-01-20
From the BALTIC. American.l
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
ITS LAND is VALUABLE AND ITS PoPULA-
TIoS Is GROWING.

in the state. and had the greatest increase
of population of any county in Maryland
between 1880 and 1890
Anne Arundel is divided into seven
election districts-numbering First. Sec.
ond, Third. Fourth. Fifth and Eighth.
Why the Seventh district was omitted is
| unknown, but it has been thought that
| No. was Howard county, which was
| taken bodily from Anne Arundel
The First district lies south of South
river, and 10 the west of West river. Ii
is one of the most beautiful sections ever
created. The land is level, rich and easily
| cultivated Ii is watered by South, West
and Rhode rivers, in which fish, crabs.
wild fowl and oysters abound 1t has
Methodist and Episcopal churches, and
excellent public schools There Is much
cultivation among the white people, and
there is an elegant society in the district
| The colored people outnumber the whites
| The best land in this district is worth
| from $50 TO $50 an acre. There does not
seem 20 be much of it for sale.
The Second district lies north of the
| First district, and is on the north side of
| South river, and the south side of Severn.
| The usual products of salt water streams
/ are found in these rivers. Both are beauti-
| full, some scenery on the Severn being
magnificent. The land varies in quality
| in this district--the lower part is high,
aud the upper heavier All sections yield
well TO wise cultivation. There are Metho.
| dist and Episcopal churches. and, as the
| district adjoins Annapolis, all the churches
and schools of that city are available.
more or less. TO citizens of the Second
| district. The district has the common
school system. There are many intelli-
gent and educated people in the district.
| The A., w. a. b. II. II. goes through the
| district, from east 10 west. There is
large amount of land for sale in the dis
| trict, from SO to $50 an acre.
The Third district lies between the
Severn and Patapsco rivers. Ii is watered
by these rivers and the broad MagOthy.
| Its churches are Methodist, Baptist and
| Episcopal its schools, those of the com
mon school system. No section of the
| United States can raise watermelons super
Tor TO this district. Its peach orchards
are extensive and productive. Strawberries
grow abundantly and ripen early, and the
whole district is peculiarly adapted to the
| growing of fruits, vegetables and berries.
| The Short Line railroad runs through the
| center of the district, which, with its vast
| waterways, gives ample communication
/ TO the metropolis of the state The first
| white settlement in Anne Arundel county
was made in this district, in 1919, and the
rich blood of our early English colonsts
still shows itself in the physiognomies of
| its people. There are several settlements
on the route of the Short Line--Round
| Bay, Pasadena and Elverton-where lots
can be obtained for sixty dollars an acre
and upwards. Large tracts of land can
be bought in the district at from twenty
to one numbered dollars per acre.
The Fourth district begins near Millers-
| vile and runs up to Annapolis Junction,
on the B.& o. The latter's road skirts
the northern boundary of the district, and
the Baltimore and Potomac runs through
the southern section of it. The A. W.
& b. line cleaves the district nearly
| through the center, from east to west.
| The land in the center of the district is
| light and sandy; the other parts kind and
fertile. This district is a flourishing
section, including in it's boundaries
Jessup's which is rapidly improving
| Besides the common schools, il has an
| academy at Millersville and one at Jessups
| The churches are Catholic, Episcopal
and Methodist. The springs of this dis
trict are noted for their purity and vol
ume. The Maryland House of Correc-
! ton is at Jessup's, in this district. Land
at Jessup's is worth from fifty to two
| hundred dollars per acre. Other tracts
can be bought in the district from ten to
seventy five dollars per acre.
IN IT'S GARDEN SPOT.
The Fifth district is the garden spot
and future heart of Anne Arundel. Land
| in this district is worth from 800 to $500
/ an acre, and there is none of it for sale.
| The Short Line Railroad also is in il, and
numerous watercourses make commune
| cation with Baltimore easy. In this dis
| trict are numerous villages and settle
ments, the most of which, some day not
| far hence, will be one vast city. Brooklyn
Fairfield and South Baltimore, or Curtis
| Bay, lie in the northern section of the
| district, and represent its urban improve
ment, while the southern portion, in sum-
mer, is one vast and beautiful garden Of
| fruits, berries and vegetables, ornamented
with fine and handsome residences. Good
roads is a hobby of the people. The
| schools are of the public school system;
the churches, Presbyterian, Methodist,
Episcopal and Catholic The proximity
| of the district to Baltimore gives it the
advantage of its schools and churches,
and good market for all the tomatoes it
can send.
Annapolis, begun in 1649, is not finished
| in 1891. 1t took two it hundred years to
| get 900 inhabitants, but in the last forty
| five years ii has more than doubled its
population, and counting in the Naval
Academy, and Eastport, and Germantown,
two contiguous villages, there are 5000
people settled on the banks of the Severn,
/ where Puritan and Catholic met for the
first time, in 1856, in battle array, in
| America The corporate limits of Annap-
oils have nearly been rounded out into
building lots, on which there are not only
comfortable, but many stately residences.
Yet, along the banks of the Severn and
Chesapeake, contiguous to Annapolis, are
many beautiful sites which can be bought
at most reasonable prices-from 800 an
acre and upwards Building lots in the
city. in eligible locations, bring from $50
TO $40 front foot in fee. Annapolis has
adelightful society. The Naval Academy
st. Johns College and the Redemptorist
Theological School are located here The
city has four Methodist churches, two for
whites and two for colored: three Episco-
pal churches, one for colored people; one
Catholic, one Lutheran, one Presbyterian
and one Baptist, for colored people. Ii
has the ordinary schools of the public
school system It's sources of revenue are
the oyster, fish and crab trade; the EN-,
ployment of its people in the Naval Acad.
emv: trade with the residents of the Naval
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