Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-01
ENJOYABLE TRIP ON THE WATER.
Voyage To Old Point Comfort Via
The Chesapeake Steamship
Line.

There is no trip by water out OF
Baltimore more delightful than the
trip to Old Point, Norfolk and Viz
ginia Beach via the Chesaeake Steam
ship Company's line. Leaving Annap-
oils at 3. % d. m. over the Short Line
or g 40 over the "old line Baltimore
is reached in about an hour and the
tourist has at least an hour to spare
for shopping, getc., before the steamer
leaves its pier at Light street wharf at
g. 30 p. N.
TIE Capitals representative recent
IN took the trip on the handsome and
commodious steamer Augusta. The
service aud equipment of this steamer
cannot be excelled. The staterooms
are roomy and comfortable, well fur
nished and are the pink of neatness.
The stewardess aud her assistant are
polite, willing and obliging and ever
ready to see to the travellers comfort.
The porter aud walters are equally etfi-
cient, and indeed the entire ships
crew seems to have the travellers CON-
fort and welfare uppermost IN their
thoughts.
The meals served on the boat are
delicious. A table q hote supper is
served for 70 cents shortly after the
ship clears the harbor. Everything on
the menu is deliciously cooked and
temptingly served by polite walters
in the quickest possible time. The
menu includes all the delicacies of the
season put up In such style as only
the ships chef knows how. After sup
per Tor dinner) as some are pleased to
call il, the tourists enjoy promenade
on the deck, or music in the saloon.
The sea trip is especially invigorating
at this season and one enjoys the
salt air and cool breezes together with
social converse Of friends and ac-
quaintances, far into the night.
Indeed the time passes so quickly
and so pleasantly on deck that it is
near midnight before most of the tray-
elers turn in. After a refreshing
nights sleep, for it is always cool ON
these Bay Line trips. one awakens
early. Many are up at sunrise as the
steamer makes her wharf at Old Point
at 6 a. IN. Some disembark here,
others 90 an hours ride farther on to
Norfolk The'sight from the steamer
at old Point is beautiful one. The
Fort looms up in the distance. The
handsome Hotel Chamberlin stands
out in its magnificent surroundings
near the beach, and the warships
nestle in the harbor or ride at anchor
in Roads near by. Small launches
and craft from the ships ply back and
forth and the scene is all animation.
At Norfolk, which the steamer
reaches at a. m, more passengers
leave, many of them to take the trolley
to Virginia Beach, popular and
fashionable summer resort for New
Workers, Neutrality-suspicious. and navy
people generally. The Princess Anne
is the leading hotel. and at this season
accommodations are at premium.
Too much cannot be said of the SER
vice and accommoj cations on the Ches-
apeake Steamghip Compauy's steamers
and their trips. which are delightful
source of recreation and summer diver
sion. The busy man and woman who
makes the week.e end trip loses but one
day--Monday, as the steamer returns in
time for its Annapolis passengers to
reach their places of business by 9
O'Clock Tuesday morning. An effort
is being made to have special ex-
cursion from Annapolis to Old Point
on August 10,