Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-16


Z land hav. always been garden
sections, theig vegetables and
fruits going to meet The demands of the
New York, Philadelphia and Boston
markets
Thirty years and nore ago the prob
lem Of how ID get the products of these
fegions to market quickly became ex-
ceedingly acute. At that time the method
followed was to transport the food stuhs
to Baltimore, or some other port on the
Chesapeake, an thence despatch them
north by rail- -h,S YVES 4 slow and
roundabout method, to sty the least, ard
as q result noxe of the fruits and vege-
tables got to market in the frst blush
o. tlpeness, and more than one cargo
spoiled daily Norfolk wss the natural
,orua.1ing point for quick service, but
il vas zcaoss the Chesapeake from the
market ciG;ss, s-d to skiEt TIE Bay meant
1857 Of ysls4sle tices.
As &os sSs ses3Gssla. rsil-osd ooxn-
x.unscation essseS s8 Bee Soqdss st Del
saar, Oh the Raryiaa4- Delaware line.
From Delnsg 90 Cape Cshsles, at ss@
tip Of the res5nsfsi, sss d;ss8ages d siRsty
miles, The kLrds Ggoestc&l problem 5t-
fore TIRE saode~s spGtcritias In trasspor-
tztion raa+terB-tAe rBileosd Gn.n.--wss
how to tap roth region: in ons and the
same way for quick handling Of their
PtodDts
One day, lesI thsa twenty-five years
ago. snts who ssd retired from active
railroad arrangement Sut few weeks
be2efe. seessatsl t,-rsslt 30 frienS, the
Ea$s W4l'TGa 4. Scott, and ssids
~LeFs Suiid Z railroad 8ror Delrnar
20 Case Charles and connect with Nor-
&olk e1s Forts11out, by boat"
EVERY 9ood," repliez Mg. Scott; 'That
sow VII zoe srazs&ss yous freight across
Caesaas.ka Bay sz8G2Giosslyf"
''fgs WILL a4la powtcful and fast
GragS&sa sgss thzs VII transfer loaded
trains Aegosi the hay" was the answer.
"Egt the distance is thirty-six miles,
and the bay at times is rougher than the
English Channel" objected Mr.. Scott
we Can Suild the boats strong
enough and equip them with engines of
sufficient power to make the run in three
hours" was The oo3sdcnt rejoinder.
The upshol of the matter was that
Mr.. Scott became speedily convinced of
the feasibility of the scheme, and with
money from his private hank account and
that o. the plans promoter, the New
York, Fhiladcl9hib sxi Norfolk Esilroad
wss bniit.
TIE cthsr znaa-Ee wlo skousht cst
the way TO put frsit, sdcfed the afternoon
before in VugiriB, es the breakfast tables
OF New Yorkers-TRs a. J. CassBtt,
President Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Like other railroad Snen, Mr. Cassatt
recognized that the ideal route for quick
service lay over the waters of the Chssa-
peske Bay from Norfolk, and thence up
the peninsula by sAl TO th. cities 90 the
north But nnlise his brethren, he did
not balk At the thought that such long
ferry service had never been undertaken.
Instead, when ne found himself at com
parative leisure, he SET about designing
boats that would perform this difficult
transfer service, and when he felt that
he had secured the right sort of design,
he had his interview with Mr.. Scott.
Suffice it 70 say that these boats nave
beer carrying the Berry Express" across
Chesapeake Bay ever since, with remark
able promptness, and that the same sys~
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