Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-02-07
THE WEEKS LINE.
SOME INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES

oOu6 IN EnEoAlNU h6AAN6oS6NS6S.
II is the dr-ign at Mr. Hrrry WiItams
he president uf h. Vecm. 'omp tny, t.
greatly improve the service nn the Potomac
liver. His prpsent INTENT n l. Ia have III
hc spring two trip al the way IT IN
imrrr To- W.>hI g'"r '.'"h welt I'D o..
.nru In M .ifl"n ivy" .uni Fri = wrrl,
all he made between Bn1riu"rc aud ,h'.
LIVER P.'oma: Thee irirs will I've mad.
X the different sream"rs at the line as
ri,N may b.. m.'-r rvaiIah'e aud not cut
ind To The brtrs just purchased
The run ue'ween the twr cities i about
4 .,ars. BY giving all necessary facilities
t,r mrrke' it j. believed by the manage
nent of the line that the country will be
developed and the production Of fruit. veg
tables, dairy and pult.y Trducts will be
prompted Just as has been done on the
RanpahAnnock.
The purcha Of the Potomac route car
rlcs out design which had been formed
by the late Captain Mason L Weems, but
which he was unable D. execute
Under the management of Mr. Henry
Williams, the Weems Line has pursuer' Z,
progressive policy. One Of his first acts
W - Ia buy the steamer WiDanah and the
half interest ia the Rsppahannock route
viii Ia the line did not already own. Since
then he has had the following Tine steam
rrs built: The Mason l. Wcems, West
mnrel,nd. Essex, 81 Msry's, Lancaster
,nd Richmond.
OF numerous vessels huil' by this I'D
company in seventy years all hav" been
hu,l, in B4ltim n and it was Williams
hn gave 10 the Sparrow's Point shop
heir first urier for steamboat Tn
cp'npluy built The ri HIM nd aud made u
great sue 'rss IF il
Tue line Now carries the trade of The
three principal river on the western siie
# ne bay the Paiuxent. the p tomtc nr,i
R,ppahtnnnck and that on the by shore
4. IN Fair Haven Ia Drum Point With
IN" !iitinn nf the Ntram"rS Just pur'has
"a. il hrs hr,t ~ signt vessels
The Wrems Line is the oldest nf The
Baltimore transportation companies AID
one of The few owned exclus vely az horne.
IL l. esta 'lisl,ed by Capt George Weem~
4 native of Herring Bay Anne Arundel
conn V, about eighty years ago. The ir-t
h,fI's were the Surprise and the Eagle
Both were bniit al Philadelphia wear ,r
two after Fulton llunche,i his first steamer
The Eag'e. which wa 26l t.ns bur
den. came around by sea from i'hilsd,.l-
phi4 in 1913 and was the second steamer
that ever 4 ,t'ed az the nce4n These
town. Chrsrertpwn. tnnanr:is and the
by landings ii Anne Arundel md CaI-
vert AMI tn. Paux-nr river Cip'ain
Wrems had comm III / II bo III them at
times
In 1925 he bought the Ergle At pub IL.
au rirn. About year later. uynn the 80
c,-i'n IN EXCURSION o. Annapolis, the
b ~ hl"w NJ NJ passenger W. hurr,
but Captain Weems Vas btdN ujuci.
and as all his resources wer. invested in
the b,rt he was ruined. H was. however,
u man Of great energy, AMI f,rm'.i com
p4nS which hujlt the >'c-mer P,tux. n, in
lS27 lie final, bought the bat ard ran
it To Herring By, rae Pataxent and The
Rapp4haLnuck rivers
The late William Skinner. of Baltimore
remembered seeing the crowds Of pa,ple
VIII congregatei on the wharf ~ see the
Patuxent come in. La thnSe DAYS il was
not known that steam engine could IN.
reversed, AMI the paddle heels had IN
stop ut proIer distance o. allow the head.
way n carry the hat tn the wharf Mr..
Skinner rememb-rei, upon "ccssinns when
the h"aiwav Was to great s-eing Ca pusin
Weem- standing AZ the h,w nf The boat
shouting Ia people "a stand .ck f,r tl.t r.
f. hvus. LAssr In IL was dis0yvsrvd thas tbs