Evening journal., 1899-07-27
POPULAR OCEAN CITY.
Has Improved Much Within
the Past Few Years.
NEIrHER FLIES NOR MOSQUITOES

BOTHER THE sOJoURNERS OF
THAT CITY BY THE sEA-LoTs
OF WATER WITH sINEPUXENT
BAY TO THE REAR AND THE
ATLANTIC IN FRONT
Ocean City. Md, July 27.-No more
delightful spot could be selected in
Maryland for conventions than Ocean
City. with the broad Atlantic rolling
its billows in spon the soft sands Of
Sinepuxent Beach and perpetual
breezes blowing from the sea. Already
this season the State Teachers and the
Pharmacists have held conventions
at Ocean City, with pleasant expert
enees for al. Last week the Bank
ers' Association held their annual
meeting and this week the Bar Asso-
citation of Maryland will meet with
the Atlantic Hotel as headquarters.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Ocean City has improved very much
within the past few years, since so
much of the property passed into the
hands of Colonel John Floyd Wagga-
man, of Washington. who owns the
Atlantic Hotel. and is an enterprising
business man, experienced in handling
large enterprises. Among the cot
tagers, as well as the transient guests,
are now to he found n large proper
ton of people from the District of Co
lumbia This is in part due to the
fact that Washington sapital is large
ly interested in developne the nat
ural advantages OF the situation, but
in greater part to the fact that the
population of The District of Column
Dia finds here a shorter ride to the
sea than to any other point on the
coast. Day excursionists from Baiti-
more are also enabled to enjoy four or
FIVE hours on the beach with several
hours on the Chesapeake bay, and get
home at night in good tkme. Not a
day passes but one or two excursions
arrive from the towns of the penin-
sula counties Of Maryland. Special
provision is made for these transient
visleors, including bath-house privi-
leges and food and drink. Some days
there are great crowds Of excursion
lists, and the scene in the water and on
the sand is as animated as at any sea-
side resort on the Atlantic.
no FLIES OR MOSQUITOES.
a man who spent the whole of last
week at Ocean City said what he mos,
appreciated was the total absence OF
mosquitoes and house Sizes. 1t was a
fact; there weA none Of these pests
There are sometimes flies, but not Of
ten any mosquitoes. Tho prevailing
breezA is from the sea during nearly
All the Summer, and the mosquitoes dc
not care to buck" against it any NOR
than tho flies. The peculiarities Of tn,
situation, with Sinepuxent bay in tn
rear and the Atlantic in front, seem Il
guarantee immunity from insect pests
RESIDENT POPULATION.
From being a one-hotel place Ocsal
City has grown to be a resort with
dozen or more excellent hotels, incud
ing the Atlantic the Plimhimmon, tn
Colonial the Colonnade, the Gable
and others. There arc besides plent
OF cottage boarding houses and res
dent population, which is increasing
Some OF the hotels, like the Colonia
keep open all the year, and it IS
good sign Of tirm root being taken tn,
the resident population OF Ocean Cit
"beachers' as they are sometimes cal
ed, is steadily growing. In proportc
as this permanent populate
increases, win be the pc
manent grown Of the tow
The inducements for people to cor
here and live are employment al
cheap living. These advantages a
getting better every year. Colon
Waggaman has started several ent,
prises. Mr. Warrington. Of the Colonl
Hotel is also active in the developme
OF the local resources, and has m
with marked success. There are oths
whe show equal enterprise.
OYSTER PLANTING.
Among the more important thin
calculated to benefit Ocean City is [
inlet from the Atlantic to the Si
puxent, designed to make the water
the bay salt enough for profitable o
ter planting. This plan, TO be carr
out north OF the town, has been IL
entertained. Worcester county has
advantage Of a good five-acre plant
law, under which the planter is p
tected and the business results "
satisfactory. Some oysters have b.
brought from North Carolina !
planted in Worcester wmers. VIII
they thrive A man VINO is the h
Of a planting enterprise marketed
600 bushels OF the finest oyst
that could be produced, and q
hrottrhf % "a a harral OF tho lorrdi