The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
ARRIVAL OF MIR. CREWS.
He Returns and His Position
as the Messengers Travelling Rep
resentative.
Wilmington, n. c., July 20, 1906

Wilmington, N. c., July 20, 1900.
Editor Messenger:
When L reached Wilmington tins
evening and was comfortably roomed
at the Orion l was indeed a glad man
for many reasons. One of which was
that for many years l had made the
Orion my home while in the city, n
had met with such Ill treatment
from it's management that L was proud
to get back TO it. Another was, that II
was from the Orion office l stepped on
to the ground for h train that start
ed me on my trip around the world,
and the thought of being so fortunate
as to be able to return TO the Identical
point from which / had started SIX
months and five days ago almost to
an hour. was cause for much
ness. And still another was that L
returned to the employment OF a nrm
which had shown me all manner OIL
fayors for a long number OF years ana
to whom / am under many ana lasuhS
obligations, and to again represent on
the, road a paper the name OF which
had been uppermost in my mlnd ano
almost constantly on my lips for more
than 10 wears and the prospect OF again
having the pleasure of looking INTO the
familiar faces of many of the frlendS
/ hope 1 have throughout the GOOD OLD
North State.
NV sightseeing did not end with
leaving the old country; for the sight
of the goddess of liberty, the Brooklyn
bridge. a part of New York, many
places in Cinnecticut, a thirteen mile
ride by night on East river on my way
Meriden to Philadelphia and in that
city for a week, a short stop In VIII
~ D-1Arn NachlnOtOn
Richmond, Petersburg and otner
places on my way to Wilmington, sat
isfied me hat by a long ways the
countries on the other side OF the Az
Iantic did not contain all the great and
interesting things TO be seem except
the Eiffel W l saw nothing In
Europe that would compare with the
washington monument for height and
grandeur. No bridge across the
Thames or Seine which / saw YOU
begin to compare with the Brooklyn
for greatness and beauty. Old, DIG,
smoky London. and gay n wicked
Paris are away behind in many ways.
If any one of the great railroad nnes
i'm America were to put in use the little
old commandment cars without water
or ayeratories for either ladies' or
gentlemen. such as are generally used
in England, it would stand a Soou
chance of being indicted for cruelty 10
human beings. 1 If ten rivers,
the size of either the Seine or the
Thames though they ave great
names. were put together they would
make a river as large as the Mlssls-
sippi..
I had a very pleasant week in Phil
adelphia with ]. A Crews, Jr., VINO is
trombonist with Rosetis New YORK
marine band at Chestnut Hill park
there. -.
yubo, T urolEad ont of the station at
Philadelphia Thursday morning to
board the train for wilson. about the
first thing that attracted my at
tention were the words "Alantlc
Coast Line in large letters on
the three through sleepers for the
south, and in a snort tlme anter
pulIing out of the station the porter
passed through the cars calling out
.sWilmington, Wilmington-all out Tor
w~ilmington.' OF course ii was Will
mington, Delaware, but those words
sounded very much like nome, ana
were gentle reminders that L was
again nearing familiar ground. Ialk
about railroads and fast trains, when
I tell you that I boarded the fast tram
at Philadelphia at 1913 a. m. and was
in Wilson al about 1880 p. m, less
than eleven hours, you can 1udge LOT
yourself whether or not the Atlantic
Coast Line uns fast trains.
I hope soon to give you some facts
in regard to the cost of my trip, num-
Der of miles travelled, etc. l must
tell you that I was so behind in regard
to news from the states that when L
reached New York I did not even
know who had been nominated for
governor of North Carolina by either OF
the parties, or who had been nomi-
mated for president at Kansas City.
J. A. CREWS.