The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-10
QUEEN ANNE ROAD OPENED.
Delaware Legislators and Marylanders
Enjoyed a Trip Over the Road on
Thursday.


opened on Thursday, and tho event was
celebrated by an excursion given to the
members OF the State Legislature, Con.
stitutional Convention aud other distin
gulshed residents Of this State and Mary
land.
The excursion left Baltimore at
O'Clock.
The steamer B. S Ford, which will run
between Baltimore aud Queenstown in
the interests OF the railroad company, left
her pier at Light street at a. IN. Capt
John A. Clark was in charge of the
steamer. and as soon as Mr. William Ii.
Bosley, General Manager I. W. Troyel
and other officials were aboard set out on
the trip aCrcss to the other shore, dis.
tance Of about thirty miles.
Arriving at Queenstown, it was found
that the first regular passenger train had
already arrived from Greenwood, Del, to
which point the road SO far extends. 1t
had made the run in satisfactory time and
bore large number OF citizens Of Denton
who were bound for days visit to Balti.
more. The appearance of the b. S. For1
was hailed with delight by the good.sizod
number Of persons Oh the pier, and there
was great tluttering Of handkerchiefs
and exchange OF salutes.
On the trip by rail to Greenwood, Presi
dent Bosley was accompanied by Gen.
w. Busted, c. A. Busteed, Z. B. Hopper
and John M. Parvis, of Centreville, who
acted as an informal committee TO assist
the president in welcoming his guests
from the sister State.
Through this village the Pennsylvania
Railroad passes and train Of that line
arriving about / a, IN. brought party of
more than one hundred persons, incud
ing members OF the Legislature of the
tnt al fin,, all
known men. They were soon aboard the
Queen Annes train, and all speed was
made in running the thlrty-four miles
that intervene between Queenstown and
that point
1t took one hour and five minutes to
complete the trip and soon after the train
for the second time pulled into the station
at Queenstown a corps of walters were
busy preparing tempting luncheon. The
next half hour was devoted to gastronomy
which was followed by a resolution offered
in the shape of u toast by MIR, Woodburn
Martin, a member of the constitutional
convention, to return vote of thanks to
President BoSley and to con gratulate him
on the progress made with the railroad.
Its adoption was unanimous and then the
president was called upon TO respond.
Col. w, Scott Roberts, editor OF the
Centrevillo Record. was called upon to
respond on behalf of the Maryanders, and
did so, with many tributes to the glorles
OF Delaware. He said that though small
in size that insigniticancs was only EN-
phasized by her numerous great men. Mr.
Frederick Eden Bach, responded for Della
ware, and endeavored to outdo the pre-
ceding speaker in his ilattering references
to Maryland, It's people and the new rail
road
AS tho train sped along it was hailed by
many small groups assembled at the
stations or in the fertile fields and
orchards along the route. There was
cons ant blending everywhere of pretty
girls, irresponsible youngsters demOnstrat.
ing their glee over the new railroad in a
series OF startling gymnastics, and solid
old citizens wcll-known all ever the
peninsula. At Denton. business was al
most suspended because Of intense Inter
est in the new road.
After that there were great many com.
plimentary things said on both sides, and
all united in praising the remarkable
smoothness Of the road for one of such re-
cent construction .and congratulating the
management on the general arrangements
for facilitating traffic.
At l3O p, IN the party took leave for
home and returned TO Greenwood, whence
members distributed to different points A
nuMber OF the Legislators went back to
Queenstown on the third trip made by tho
train and waited until the b. S. Ford
came down from Baltimore on her second
"Trip.
Among the guests of the railroad com.
pany were Speaker of tho Senate Hezckiah
Harrington Senators Samuel Alrichs,
Robert J. Handy, John Pyle, John W.
Fenimore, Samuel r. Meredith, John NJ
Z. Moore and George /. Pierce, Roland
q 0ui1lnn anpunnn nj nf tho Snuntn.
Speaker of the House Emory b, RiggIn,
Clerk George W. Spicer, Jr., Chaplain
Rev H q. G. Vincent Sergeant-at arms
VIM B. Hazel, members Of the lInn:,S;
W. W. Choairs. Chnr,.s " Dempsey
Tm .. Mccoy, James i. Taylor, W'iii WIN
X Davis, LcandGr S Hopkins, Chas NJ.
Adams, James A. Martin, Joseph II Hop
kins, Matt Ford Short, Asbury Smith,
Thomas johnson, elisha G. Dukes, Isaac
n: Whitney and John G.. Thompson.
The boat entered tho Chester river, on
which the village of Queenstown is built
about 6 80 p. m. and brought back large
party Of wheeImgn of Baltimore who
went on the trip to look at the grounds
owned by the railroad company, and
whore 1t is proposed TO build clubhouse
suitable to tho purpose of those who ride
AcmDcrs Of the constitutional convcn.
t'0h there were: Edward ID, Hoarnc, An.
drew j Hnrsoy, Capt Robert ", Dasoy,
ic%'!na lGiiegOCd, William A. Cannon, Dr. !
pRr4 I. Carlisle, Louder l.. Snpp, John
". iicrDe, Dr.. Il. w. Cooper, William II. |
Sn,Ii,"rs George II. Murray, ] wilkins. |
Coa"h. =. $ CLARK Elias N. Moore, Charles |
B EvaBs and Nathan Pratt
Tx N;t,rrunrS Watson and Ponder, Mr.. |
jobs II. Salisbury, State Chancellor John
r.. N}ciiI son. cx Congressman J w.
Chuscy ex-senator Record state Auditor
Dc Lewis. Peter C. tirucwCll, l.. W |
Mustard, William Pret;yman, W. Il Tom
ll,un. Roy W Valiant, ". H. Chandler, |
cx State Treasurer Charles H. Atkins, |
Charles Wapics Captain John Fisher, |
WiIiam Il. Parker, Frank Is Carey, vii. |
liam Fearing, George w. Atkins John B, |
Barker, Isaac NnilOr, John Ponder, Jchn |
II Davidson and Henry Burton were
among the guests
The new road, when finished. will OK.
tcnd n distance nf sixty mills across the |
peninsula, lis eastern terminal being at
Lrwr1 From there transportation by |
means Of steamboats, will hc afforded to
CDpc May, masking The entire lgngth Of
the limo f,0m Baltimore to that point
about lU2 miles