The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-06
sUSBR1MS.

Robert K Martin. who dropped dead Of hear, dis.
ease In Baltimore the other day planned and executed
the scheme az supplying the city with water by means
OF tunnel thAt taps the ounpowder River powerful
stream flowing through spArssIy settled farming rs-
Eion. Mr. Martin long chief engineer Of the Bati
more water WORKS. He was descended from Major
kiTfweod. long neglected Revolutionary hero of Del.
aware
terrapn unknown epcurss thirty years ago bu,
whatever be the truth to Baltimore the terra
pin was looked upon as . deicAcy by Eastern Shore
men thirty years ago and long before. A. long ago
1880 terrapIn Was so great luxury that EAssra
Shore folk OF considerable means had It upon their
tables only now aud then. IL WAS sometimes served
then with sauce like a thick soup.
The Insurance club is to have . and com
modiOus home. chiefly. doubtless because has mit..
gated the horrors Of downtown luncheon for many
OF ts members The restaurant of the club 10 usually
crowded at the luncheon hour and the ORGANIZATION
successfully undertook to serve food upon tables that
should not look ssn they had been slept upon
night and not since 50 made up an aspect that too
many downtown lunch tables present.
Tho broad granite plaza IN the north OF Union
square Is occasionally put % use for which Il
certainly never INTENDED. namely as an exercise
ground for the horses Of persons having stables In TIE
adjoining region to the east. ON bright brisk morn
ings one may see groom mounted blAnkstsd
horse aud holding the bride OF smother rapidly tTnt.
ting round and round the plaza with occasional sE.
eursons up and down Fourth for a block or So
active life OF the place,
The few civ li1sd Inhabitants of our wsstsrnmoss
Island posse'Sons the AsutiAns aud PribylovL have
nov been sfg for some weeks in their lonely winter
condition The rook cries OF the PrbylOns have once
twice been raidsd by seal poAchs December buI
the thing Is OF too greatly feared
and even stout Nike HsGlT. commander Of the Bear
has left those waters The little company OunaiAsEA
and the smaller Settlement Of wbteS IN the PrihyloV
group Will see face until Way June, ~
less indeed some stranger OF very tender age
among them noE by way Of the faclrc
If soft coal shall really 70 be used IN the fac
tories OF New YORK the most strE ng from
the Brooklyn bridge Will DO Vastly tuusformed. any
ore who has paused On bright Gay 70 look from the
Lridgs vast eNpauss 81 tEe citys east side
must have struck BY the TemArkabls esArnsss OF
tue atmosphere ovsrAaugiug that populous Tina
together ia she pFciomlusnce o. red brick buudngL
ytsS sahara lisa atmospheric effect 20 b
seen probably IA no other eat city OF tue whols World
such view crty soft coal In large quantities
and not consuming the smoke would present a Qua
lsl with here aud there sprs thrust up II through
a blanket
Fine any ~ the year Is the uppsr fifteen
miles Of ChesaPsAke Bay Ihis includes the famous
caHyaSback region bso~ Hayrs de Grace the mouths
Of the susgUshaEna, the Bush the Ggnpowder ths
Eik aud Tho sAs,Giras rivera There . good shooting
here al winter ~ and excellent white rsrcn nsh'nE
an midsummer The eastern coAsI OF TIE bay rsss
into PIeturesgae buGs usually with sraug border OF
sandy beach a. thslr feet Campers these bIuas
command uIArNsous view north ard 90 ths head OF
The hay where the susguehARnA aut several smaller
streams meet the tdzl waters With mtghty nooaa Of
frssh watrEs from the interior TA- bach bsow ths
eHhs strsNn 18th Thousands Of coTds Of drf wood
from ING lar tennsylyA toTssts Shis the country
fsEoa 40 iSsHSsSsrSs supply Or fus 1aas eos
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