Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-09
BAY RIDGE.
Some of the Attractions this Sea
son - Many improvements Made.
LIE FoR.fAL opENING.

SuHifDeT resort unuer lis present man
agement will begin on Saturday. Many
Improvements have been made since last
season, among them we might mention
the following
The hotel has been repaired and put In
good order aud many rooms are already
engaged for the season The cafe has
also been newly painted In the culina-
| ry department additions have been made
TO the cooking apparatus in order 10 meet
all demands. The dining hall viii seat
1000 persons, 800 of which can be served
simultaneously. A special corps of wait
ers will be added TO the sixty already en-
gagged. Under the cafe is large lunch
room, where basket-parties can find ia
bles and order wherever they desire from
the cafe above. A cold storage system
| OF the latest pattern, having a capacity
for storing food for 200e people ten days,
has been secured; also large ice making
machine turning out five tons OF ice per
day.
The music hall, which faces the cafe on
| the bay front. has been repaired and new
ly painted and additional electric lights
put in. The platform has been enlarged
To accommodate various attractions ex-
pected during the season. The music,
which is under the leadership of Prof.
| w. Paris Chambers, will be of the best.
and concerts will be given daily on the
| arrival of the boat. Professor Chambers
will make specially of sacred concerts
on Sundays.
The old opera house, on the Severn
side, will be controlled by Prof. w. T.
Auer. the will known dancing master.
who will remain during the day. The
flooring of this building has been renew
ed and is as smooth as polished glass
| The hall will be decorated with life-like
| figures in wax and marble representing
| Terpsicore and other fun-loving deities
! The lighthouses have increased and 1000
new bathing suits have been ordered.
Mr.. Fullerton, manager of the merry
Go-Round," has gone to considerable
expense in getting new organ at cost
of over $4,000, and many new and at
tractive horses. A large canvas tent
stretches over the whole affair
New steps lead down to the bay, and
that portion set apart for ladies is cover
ed with canvas from the top to the shore,
protecting them from the heat of the
sun and the gaze of the curious. The
shore before the bath houses, for the dis
tance of half mile in both directions,
and the bottom extending far out into
the bay, has been dragged and scraped in
order 10 rid the beach of sharp stones,
sticks and oyster shells, which might in
jure the feet of the bathers. The gravi
ty railroad has been rebuilt and length
enod eighty feet, making II nearly half
mile long New cars have been placed
on the tracks, and new boiler and en-
CINE have been put in; making II as COM
plete a thing of its kind as possible. The
electric railway has been slightly length
ened. new dynamos take the place of
those used last year, and two cars added,
making 1t complete in every respect. Two
stations have been built on the Severn
river shore.
The boat-house at Lake Ogleton has
been rebuilt. and fifteen new shells have
been placed in it. The several islands in
the lake have been raked and benches
and tables placed in position for those
who desire picturesque locations for
lunching. The lake has a number of
new landings in different parts where 1t
is most shady and inviting.
The long pier has additional piles to
strengthen 1t, and along its sides fishing
projections have been built for those fol.
lowers of the Izaak Walton who care to
enjoy the delights of the line. The race
course has been plowed and rolled until
perfectly level, and cyclists will no
| doubt, enjoy run over its smooth ex-
1
grounds have also received attention,
and are in good condition for games of
either sort The turf about the grounds
| is as green as emerald and as smooth as
carpet. The designs of the flower beds
| have been changed, the most notable
new one being the steamboat Columbia
of variegated flowers A noticeable
change in the external view at Bay Ridge
| is the great growth of the trees which
beautify the surroundings and afford
shade and cool breeZes to the walks.
| Special and interesting features of var
| ious kinds will be given during the sea-
| son.
A large number of organizations have
| been booked In Washington, from which
city special trains will be run morning
and night over the Baltimore and Ohio
and Annapolis, Washington and Bali
more Railroads. The Baltimore connec.
lions will be over the Annapolis and
Baltimore Short Line, leaving Baltimore
at 2. 80 p. NJ, daily. The passenger de-
partment of tile Bay Ridge Company
will be under b. +. Bond, the popular
division passenger agent of the Balti.
more and Ohio. as general agent, and
DR.. d. f. Pennington, as excursion
agent. Capt John Thomas continues at
the helm as commander of the Columbia,
with an unbroken record of twenty years
without an accident.
The officers of the Bay Ridge Resort
| Company are: B. F. Bond president;
| William Anckler, vice president; w. l..
| Woolford, secretary and treasurer; I. ID.
Seely, superintendent of grounds, hotel
and cafe; G.. ii. Houck, manager of at.
fractions. Mr.. Seely will give special
| attention to the cafe department of both
the steamer and hotel, and will be assis'
ted by efficient walters. Mr.. Seely was
for long time superintendent of the
keystone Hotel of the Pennsylvania
Railroad but during the last year has
been operating for the Baltimore and
Ohio. where he has an unsurpassed re
cord as a caterer.
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