Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-08
THE QUEEN ANNE RAILROAD.

delaware 10 be Opened To-day.
The Queen Anne Railroad Co. will
formally opon tho romrieted portion Of
the line between Greenwood, on the
Delaware railroad. and Queenstown,
Md. today. In fact, the entire.
eastern portion Of the route. between
Baltimore and Greenwood, will be Pat
in operation for business on that day.
The railroatl, for the distance men.
toned, has bean complication several
days and has been thoroughly tested
and found to he in excellent condition.
Tho directors recently mnde an in.
sneition trip and found everything to
be IN working order go that The only
thing remaining was for them to give
tho word. The word has been given,
and everything is in readiness for the
opening. eA
The members Of the Legislature
having accepted an Invitation extended
through the company's attorney, Will
iner Emory, who has been largely in
evidence 10 the securing of right of
way and building the road, will also
mako a tour Of inspection tomorrow.
they will leave Dover on the 0. a. m.
train, and will 90 over the now road
on a special train, which will
be in waiting of Greenwood. The
object OF the company In inviting the
Legislature Ia to show 10 the members
Just what has been done and demon
strate that the company has kept faith
with the Legislature which granted
the charter.
Tho company has erected commodious
terminal facilities at Queenstown, be-
tween which place and Baltimore the
steamer s, u. Ford will make two
round trips daily, thus affording ex-
cellent service for a new road. In
addition to the Queenstown terminal
stations have besn provided at Bloom,
ingdHle, Wye, Willoughby. Queen
Anne, HillsborO. Downes. Tuckahoe.
Denton and Hobbs, Md, and lick
man, Adamsville, blanchard and
Greenwood, in this State. At most OF
these places pretty and convenient
stations have besn erected, and pro
vision has been made for aifordipg
first-class facilities for the trans
portation of passengers and freight bo-
Baltimore. The rails are also of the
Rest, and in fact the entire line has
been built in the most durable and
satisfactory manner.
The country through which the road
runs is attractive and fertile, and it
will undoubtedly he but short time
when the company will command a
good business. The road will open up
market for the produce Of lower
Eelaware in Baltimore and Washing
ton, as we'll as other southern points
which have heretofore been inacces-
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the Peninsula. The people living in
the vicinity OF the line have hailed the
enterprise with delight, ard they will
observe the opening day as asort of
holiday.
Work is heing pushed on that part
of the road east Of Greenwood. y A
great deal of the distance has been
cleared up and graded, SO that there
is but little left but to lay the rails
and build the stations. 1t is expected
that this will be completed during the
summer and by next spring the entire
road may ba in operation.
The company hopes to be able
by the summer of 1893 to carry
Baltimore and Washington people to
Delaware's great ocean resort. Reho-
both. 1t is estimated that there nre a
million people in Baltimore and Wash
ington and neighboring towns, and OF
this great population many thousands
would undoubtedly yisit Rehoboth each
summer IL they had the facilities for
quick and cheap transportation. ThiH
is what the Queen Anne road proposes
to furnish as soon as the road is com,
pleted. st t..t.
There is no finer beach on the at.
lantic ocean than at Rehoboth, there
being no better evidence of this fact
than that hundrads of people from
Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
and Washington visit IL every summer.
Consequently. with a short line to
baltimore and Washington, great
future is predicted for it. There is no
reason why Rehoboth should mot be-
come as popular as some Of the famous
resorts on the New Jersey coast. The
New Jersey resorts have been de-
veloped, and that is all that Rehoboth
needs 'l ~ y q
New Jersey has 100 miles Of coast
from Sandy Hool, to Cape May. On
1t are situated 81 seaside cities. To
these summer resorts 1900, 900 people
go annually and stay, none of them
less than two weeks. In addition to
these, excursionlstH, who stay from
Saturday 10 Monday or who spend only
a single day, go to the number Of
5000, 600 more. These IL, 600. 600 wish
tors spend each season over $3.50, 900 GOO.
Thus, this barron strip of shore,
bounded on one side by the ocean and
on the other by the marshes, brings
more to the State Of New Jersey than
its entire grain crop brings to the
great and fertile State of Illinois.
What boon it would be TO Rehoboth
TO even get tiny share of this great
summer trade. IG addition TO its at
trHctpns as q summer resort, close at
band is q productive country, and the
farmers in the vicinity would, during
the warm months, find a ready market
for their produce. In fact, there would
he business for everybody, il the Balti-
more and Washington people. should
make Reboboth their summer resort,
which they undoubtedly will do with,
the new road In operation,
Tho schedule for, running boats and
trains over the road has been COM.
pleted. The boat will leave Pier No.
71s Light strset wharf, Baltimore. at
3. 30 a. M, and p, m, and returning,
will arrive at 10. 20 a. M, and 0. l5 p. m.