Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-09
FROM BALTIMORE
TO CH|NCOI[AC(|E
Meaning of the Queen Annes
Railroad Extension. New
Country to be Opened
to Commerce.
Bnltimorc American.

The extension of the Queen Annes
Railroad d wn the Eastern Shore
Peninsula 20 Chincoteague Island, will
bring large area within reach of Balti
more whose trade has been diverted tC
Philadelphia. More especially will il
give direct means of transportation tc
market If oysters from one of the finest
oyster producing bays of the country,
the lower Sinepuxcnt. 1t will also
make possible the building of a summer
resort on Chincoteague Island. or on
the shore near that famous island
The projected road will be Il partial
realiZ ition of plans of over 30 wears ago,
which contemplated the building of !,
railroad from Elkton down the PENN
>ula. and To lie wholly in Maryland. to
Franklin City. va For many years the
Eastern Shore counties bore without
complaint the burdens of taxation
necessary to build the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, aud To aid the then strug-
CLING Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
without participating i'll the benefits
derived by Baltimore city and Western
Maryland from these improvements.
As a compensation. the state offered To
aid i'll the construction of what was
known as the Baltimore and Eastern
Shore Railroad The line was surveyed
and partially graded. but funds were
not forthcoming for Its completion, and
IL WAS abandoned.
ON OLD RoADBED
The Queen Annes extension will strike
the bed of the old road. after crossing
the Nanticpke River, nj Sharptown, and
may follow II u ii point near Green Hill
Wicomico county. where il will branch
off toward Salisbury. six miles distant.
After leaving Salisbury the new road
will traverse IA country which is with
out railroad facilities until II reaches
Snow Hill. From that town TO the
Sinepuxent Bay shore the country is al
So devoid of a railroad.
Chincoteague Island is nine miles
long. but only about five miles of this is
settled. The salt marsh extends about
two miles on each end. The width of
the island varies from three-quarters of
a mile To IA mile aud a quarter. On the
north and west lies Chlncoteague Bay,
on the east lies Assateague Inlet, just
beyond which Is Assateague Island. and
on the south lies Chincoteague Inlet.
which Is the outlet from Cnincoteague
Bay TO the ocean. The typical islanders
are those whose Journeyings are confined
to the ncighborlng oyster beds There
are others whose business and pleasure
often call them to the more crowded
hauntS OF men, but among al true
islanders Chiucoteague is always known
as The island
II l. a tfadI ION that in the seventeenth
century "A Spanish ship carrying IA cargo
Of hos Scs was wrecke off Chinc0teague
and that, although the entire crew of
the vessel was drowned. the horses
swan ashore aud from them sprang the
famous Chincoteague ponies. In sup-
port of This tradition il is said that
these ponies hav" points that are like no
other horses except those OF Spanish
breed.
WHERE GAME ABoUNDS.
Wild fowl is plentiful on Chm CO.
league. a many Sportsmen from Nor tn
ern and Southern cities can testify
Chincutcaguc, during the sporting
months, Is alive with Northern and
Southern sport >men.
Most of the land of Assateague, which
is reached from Chincoteague by means
of small boats, Is owned by "A resident of
Chlncoteague The government light,
which was built in 1915. at II cost of
$4,000. Is located al Assateague. and
with the handsome residence which the
government furnishes thc keeper is sit
uaied ON a knoll overlooking the sea.
The residence from the exterior has
much the appearance of IA suburban Climb
house. The grounds about il are well
Sold ii aud are restful contrast To the
surrounding sand dunes. The register
in the light bears the signatures of many
distinguished visitors. as well as of hun.
dredS unknown to fame. The present
keeper nf the high, is one of the most
efficient III the service. and the govern
ment recognizes this fact by making
him oac Of its representatives. i'll charge
of the lighthouse exhibit AT the Buffalo
Exposition The view from the plat
form about the dome of the light is
enough 10 satisfy most people, but it re-
manned for daring Pocomoke girl some
years ago to ascend the frail looking
ladder outside the dome and reach the
extreme height of the towering mass of
masonry IA feat which even the keep
ers seldom essay for pleasure.
uoW'S This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re