Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
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NEW LINE TO LEWES.
Philadelphia to Make Attempt to Secure
Important Traffic.

PHILADELPHIA to Make Attempt to Secure
Important Traffic.
Philadelphia Record. May 2iih
While vigorous efforts are being made
10 secure steamship line to the Tar
South, the prospects are bright that
philadelphia facilities for trading
with the territory more directly trlbu-
tary to it to the southwark will also be
materially improved in short time.
This will be accomplished through the
PHILADELPHIA & Lewes Transpoi tation
CO., which was formed last winter to
operate a steamship line between this
city and I.ewes, Dol. The company is
now working actively TO put its line
into service this summer, not later than
July LIST, it is hoped, and already has
made much progress at the Lewes
terminus.
AT that point pier 1900 feet long is
being constructed out 10 deeD water
and will give excellent accommodations,
Throughout the greater Fart OF ITS
length tho pier will be q feet wide, but
near the ocean end il will broaden out
to As feet. The Philadelphia terminal
has not been chosen yet, but IT Will
probably be near the foot of Spruce
street, convenient to the large produce
| interests in that vicinity. Negotiations
are now under way for boat, which
will he thoroughly equipped for both
freight and passenger service. II is
expected that the trip will he made 10
seven hours or less.
| One object OF the new line Is to bring
to Philadelphia a large amount OF
| trade which has hitherto belonged to
this city, but which recently, since the
construction of the Queen Anna's rail
road, has been slipping away to Balti-
more. The distance from Lewes to that
city is only 90 miles, for which 60
miles is by rail and 30 miles of water,
and strong Inducements in the way of
free tickets have been offered by Balti-
more merchants to the business men of
lower Delaware to take them to the
Monumental City.
The traffic originating In lower Della
ware is large, and the projectors Of the
new line believe that it, with the return
freight from this city, is ample to in
sure the success Of their project. Lewes
itself is q growing town Of about =, SOC
people, with about 40 stores, and back
Of it is fertile and productive country
largely devoted to the culture of fruit
and vegetat les, which. now must 90 by
rail, at high freight rates, to find i
market. At present Lewes and its
vicinity send out large quantities o.
peaches, berries, vegetables, canned
goods, fish, crabs, poultry, eggs ant
grain, most of which comes to this city
and the volume of which would bl
greatly increased by cheap water rates
In speaking of Lewes and the pros
!; poets of the new line, one of its officer
said yesterday:
ave need water transportation NOR
than anything else to develop that sec
! tion. 1t has the elements Of a gardel
, spot and only awaits the stimulus o
cheap and ready transportation 4
; steamboat there would greatly stimu
] late production and would bring trad
there by wagon from the surroundin
, country for II to 10 miles and by tn
! Pennsylvania and the Queen Anne'
} railroads.
"There is cdilton, 10 miles inland O
! the Queen Anne's railroad, and Re
hoboth, only six miles away. We hav
, all the material for the development q
: a large traffic, and to say that boa
} would double the present amount
trade is to put it mildly. In goo
] season the handling Of the peach Gro
alone would tax the capacity of on
I beat. Rehoboth is growing very rapidly
{ and the passenger traffic between philt
dolphin and that resort in summt
$ would be a large item. No doubt cor
I siderable trade could also be gotte
4 from intermediate points,"
The company is composed of Pink
+. delphia and Lewes capitalists, and
s Differed as follows: President, Georg
9 ii. West; vice president and generi
0 manager, II. e. Vanden; treasure
d. W. Burbage, seer etary, Charles
o Maull directors, Mes7rs, West, Vande
and Burbaee, DIR. Hiram X Burtol
William II. Virden and George /
vickeis, with three vacancies to
filled.