Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-09
is OTHERS SEE US
SOME THINGS ABOUT OLD
ANNAPOLIS
A Little More About Her Famous State
House and Other Buifdings Of In
feresf-A Faithful Executive



Another copy 81 the Lltchheld
Conn. Enquirer has been received
At this Office. containing the follow
INK interesting article on Annapolis
by the proprietor. George &. Wood
run. who recently visited here.
The early settlers ~ Annapolis very
wisely built the state House on an
emineBce aud then had the streets
| radiafe from II 10 all directions. -
the spokes from the hub ~ a sbeei.
| Directly opposite the restored SeBste
Chamber, deseribsd in last week .
| Epguirsr. Il tbe former House Cham
Der. now used BY the Maryland Geo
| logical Survey - show the mineral
resources ~ the state. A. the senate
Chamber Il fail ~ "reminiscences ~
the past, 80 the meeting place ~ the
House tells The story ~ one u the
sources 81 Maryland present aud
| failure wealth. Here are very large
number 81 specimens ~ different
Kinds ~ ores and minerals. marbles.
tiles, pottery. terra Gotta, slate. etc,
| etc. "a gives the visitor from another
state an insight 70 the resources ~
Maryland which he could obtain IN no
other manDer.
i. 4 visit 10 the State House ~ An
| DaDoIis - not comIpete unless you go
tO-fbe Executive Chamber, where the
pictures ~ the governors hang. and
meet Mr.. >. W. Brooks. lie has .
record that probably cannot be dupli-
ated 3 ais t9f4er faru ~ fhe { atfef
states. F0r baIf eeDtnfy, ff0Ds %,
| 10 1907. he las been the messenger to
| tbs Chief Executive Of Maryland, and
| In this capacity has served fifteen
II a.. l. teses 10.
| pedia ~ Maryland gubematOrial lore
and, in this respect fair rival 20
| Colonel TiIgbman, lie Is a most in
teresting gentleman ~ meet and should
| be- good for another quarter ~ a cen
fury in his present capacity.
ON the Capitol grounds and a little
distance from the State House itself,
l stands the old treasury building. n
as erected in 1896 and was the Colo
niaI House Of Burgesses. ~ Is con
structed In the most solid manner
| conceivable aud looks as II IL were
| easily good for another two hundred
| years. ON the other side 81 the stat
1 IIOUge from the Treasury IN the old.
bisfufi 80. Anne's Church, while -.
49, college has several old build
| ,ng ~ great Interest.
l Mary Of the streets Of Annapolis are
| wide and most are extremely we'll
shaded. There Is an air Of sOlidity
and aristOeTaey 10 the old mansions
with their spacious grounds that Is 60
| peciaIIy attractive 10 the visitor. OF
course the original CaryeI House ~ n
point ~ ucb Interest. - are the
| Peggy Stew 1rt and Erf, BOnses, The
latter aImo cOmpIs .ris s~.ered with
ivy.
As would be expect,d from the
| history Of Annapolis. fige people are
most hOspilabIe and are only too glad
10 do everything in their power 10
make a stranger feel At home and 10
give him any and all facts that be
may wish 10 know. Tho air Of quiet
| refinement that peryades the city -
most delightful after the rush and
hustle Of many more modern places.
Prom old Annapolis, with its sa~
cred, historic memories, 10 the new
| Naval Academy seems Ike q transit
| tiOn Of "a century or two but every
| patriotic American should know
about the splendid improvements in
the building line ~ the Academy and
the very high grade In scholarship
and seamaBship which now makes that
| institution one Of which we can be
| Justly proud. In a future edition Of
the Enquirer there will be more or
less said, along the above lines, OF the
Naval Academy.