Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-08
BAY RIDGE DEAL CLOSED.
DETAILS OF TRANSFER TO THE
ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Cars To Run From Baltimore. Washington
Aud Annapolis To Popular Re-
sort IN 1908.

As stated in yesterdays Capital.
Shellman B. Brown, president of
the Maryland Electric Railways Com
pany, and manager of the line between
Baltimore and Annapolis, formerly
known as the Baltimore and Annapo
lis Short Line Railroad, today confirm
ed absolutely the report that his COM
pany had obtained control of Bay
Ridge summer resort. four miles from
Annapolis, and the railroad connecting
it with Annapolis.
Mr.. Brown stated that il was the
purpose of the purchasers TO electrify
this line along with the rest of the
system and 10 lease the resort To
parties who would conduct il along
lines which would insure its success
as nigh class resort. The term upon
which the transfer has been made are
that the Company secures long g-term
lease with the option of renewing it
at the end OF the term or purchasing
at sum which is named in the
agreement.
1t is not likely that Bay Ridge
will be opened this summer, but it is
practically certain that il will be
from the beginning of the summer of
1908. Mr.. Brown said today that the
trip between the resort and Baltimore
would be made in an hour, thus max
ing il the nearest resort to Baltimore
i'm point of time. He stated that Bay
Shore Park, the new resort of the
United Railways Company was an
hour and half from Baltimore, his
line being enabled to make the better
time TO Bay Ridge on account of the
higher power cars which will be in
stalled on his system.
The question of whether or not the
resort will be connected with Balti-
more by boat as well as by railroad
will be one which will be taken up be-
fore Bay Ridge is turned.over to the
parties who will run il. There are
two parties with whom the Company
is already conducting negotiations in
the matter and this is one of the
questions which is being conidered.
While the communication by water
might divert certain amount ot fine
traffic by rail, still the increased
popularity of the resort on account
of the water trip might advertise it 10
the extent that there would not be
any diminution of the volume of bus
mess.
The traffic i'm passengers TO and from
the resort is not expected To be the
only line of business opened up by
the new enterprise. The country be-
tween Bay Ridge and Annapolis is an
excellent producing section, but un-
developed on account of lack of COM
munication. There is little doubt
that it will become more thickly set
tied in n short time and that it will
be cultivated to greater advantage.
Much of the land along the line has
already been bought by those who
anticipated the present move and a
consequent advance in values.
The contract for the poles and wires
for the new trolley system on the
whole of the line from Bay Ridge
and Annapolis to Baltimore call for
the delivery in April and the cars
and machinery are to be delivered
during May. 1t is anticipated that the
cars Will be running by electricity
by July. The ears are TO be equipped
with 500-hors power motors and fitted
to the present guage of the railroad.
The system is TO be the most modern
in every particular.
Bay Ridge has not been opened for
several years. When last used as an
excursion resort the name was changed
TO Chautauqua Beach, and the Balti-
more and Ohio ran regular trains TO
the place. Since the resort has been
closed, however, the road from Annap-
oils to the park, about four and a-half
miles long, has not been used, and it
is said that considerable repair work
will have to be done before it can
again be operated. The resort is also
understood TO be in need of repairs,
and large expenditures will probably
be necessary to modernize the park.
When the resort was in its prime
there were excursions by boat as we'll
as by train TO the place. The park
was owned by the Bay Ridge I'm
provement Company, which was con-
trolled by Baltimore and Ohio Rail
rnad interests