Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-22
EASTERN SHORE TRAVEL
NEW QUEEN ANNE ROAD ONE OF
THE MOST USEFUL LINES ON
THE PENINSULA.

THE MOST USEFUL LINES ON
THE PENINSULA.
Queenstown, Nd, Sept. 22.-The
cross-country railroad from Queens
town to Lewes proves to be one of the
most useful lines on the Peninsula, ana
the one Of all the Peninsula routes the
most advantageous to Baiumore The
distance across is sixty miles. and the
country it goes through is natural
trucking land. Some of it seems to be
particularly adapted to tomato culture.
Last year the shipments 70 Baltimore
were very large; this year they are
enormous and tax the freight equip
ment Of the Queen Anne railroad to its
utmost extent. This is a great thing
for the Baltimore packers. A vast new
field is opened up from which TO draw
the raw material, and the output of
this section is practically illimitable|
under the present conditions Of de-
mand. But the tomato crop is not all.
The road taps the peach orchards, the
berry lands, the melon farms and the
great potato patches.
There are twenty-four stations on the
road. the principal Of which are
Queenstown. Queen Anne and Denton
in Maryland, and Greenwood, Milton,
Glendale and Lewes, in Delaware. A
big fish business will be established
next year, of which Baltimore will get
the chief benefit. There are hundreds
of people on the line of this road who
never saw Baltimore until the road was
built, and then business men from
Lewes to Greenwood and over into
Maryland whose dealings had been be-
fore with Wilmington and Philadel-
phia gradually commenced visiting
Baltimore to try the markets.
The first Baltimore commodity to be
sent over into Delaware was lumber
and other building material, for which
there has been a great demand. Over
fifty new houses have been erected in
Denton. Lewes has a building boom,
and at every one of the twenty-four
stations building has been done this
year. Close observers say that there
will be much more building all along
the road next year.
The next to get in were the Balti-
more hardware houses, and the whole
sale grocers and druggists followed
The dry goods jobbers have not done
much yet with this new trade Oppor-
tunity. The Baltimore commercial
traveller can be found every day in the
year at Lewes. 1t takes the grain also
to Baltimore that formerly went to
Philadelphia. 1t gets it all, in fact,
through the grain elevator at Queens
town except what is waterborne in sail
boats or carried from distant points in
steamboats,. The Baltimore fertilizer
men have been prospecting this terri
tory and are now canvassing it.
This road has diverted much passen-
ger travel in Talbot and Caroline coun-
| ties, some of which used to go to Phila-
! delphia, because it took so long to
reach Baltimore by then existing
routes. 1t is a particularly favorite way
with the people Of Easton and vicinity
who take the Delaware and Chesa-
peake road to Queen Anne station anl
transfer there to the Queen Anne road
why do you come this way?" the
writer asked an Eastonian. Because
I can leave home at 70S, after break
fast. get to Baltimore at 1915, have as
much time there as 1 want at the time
of day 1 want it and get home to sup
per. 1t is the best route we ever had
from Easton. One does not get bored
by such a trip, however often he has to
take it.
Eastern Shoremen, who have been
thoughtful about such matters, have
long contended that Baltimore was in
imical to her own interests in not put
ting capital at work in constructing
transportation lines on the Peninsula
They argued and contended with Balti.
more business men. but the city peo-
pie could never be brought to see it, oil
were Indifferent about it. Eastern
Shore got impatient and then diegusted
Philadelphia knew the value Of the
Peninsula trade. sought it and got 4
nearly ALL leaving Baltimore the small
waterborne traffic to and fro from The
!, creeks and river fronts. William H
Bosley. the Baltimore banker, who's,
enterprise, faith in the enterprise. and
capital built the Queen Anne railroad
has demonstrated that the Eastern
Shoremen's contention was right.