Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-01
PLANS TO BUILD TOWN
Syndicate Buys Big Tract of
Land in Maryland.
AFTER LARCHMONT MODEL
Yachting and Automobile Colony
on Chesapeake Bay.
EARLY RESULT OF GOOD ROADS
Beauty of Nearby Section Described.
Picturesque Route From Wash
ington to the Shore.
AFTER LARCHMONT MODEL
EARLY RESULT OF GOOD ROADS

ington to the Shore
Many WaShingtonians are said to be
interested in a proposed plan of develop
ment and improvement in nearby south
ern Maryland in which local capitalists
are investing.
Maryland has already begun to get re-
turns from the 5000 900 appropriation re-
Gently made for good roads The pur-
chase by a New York syndicate OF a
large tract of land along the Chesapeake
near the mouth of the Potomac river in
st. Marys county, and the laying out of
a town as an automobilfst and yachting
colony on the plan of LarchmOnt. the
fashionable club town on Long Island
sound, near New York city, is one Of the
early results.
Il have been along the Atlantic coast
most of the inland to the Mississippi. and
I thought l had seen the best and the
prettiest of the country in that radius.
but it remained for a short automobile
trip out of Washington to uncover to me
q narrow stretch Of land in southern
Maryland that surpassed anything l had
.
yer and sportsman of New York, who is
a member of the syndicate and a guest
at the Hamilton, said.
about a year and a half ago. he went
on to say. while on duck-shooting trip
on Chesapeake bay our boat put in st.
Jerome's bay, an estuary of Chesapeake
bay about ninety miles below Baltimore
and about five miles north of Point Look
out at the mouth of the Potomac river.
Here we had magnificent shooting for
over a week and 1 made some OF the
finest bags of my duck hunting career.
1t was such a beautiful spot the recoliec-
ton of 1t would not fade. and when the
opportunity arose for seeing 1t again l
naturally took advantage Of it. This
about the good road legislation of Mary
land with DR.. Craig of Chevy Chase. Nd:
/ happened to mention the pretty place
had seen and he suggested that we run
down in an automobile, which we did, and
was charmed with the trip. 1 had
heard a lot about the terrible roads of
the south and had seen something of the
country Immediately around Washington,
which / must admit hadn't particularly
impressed me, and I therefore had not
or scenery, and the veritable picture
which was unfolded before US as we got
down the southern Maryland peninsula
was indeed a pleasant surprise to both
of us.
Route to the Shore.
''Our route was across the Pennsy-
vania Avenue bridge up Good Hope hill.
by Anacostia, through Silver Hill. Clinton
and a place called T. B., to Brandywine
at the junction of the Southern Mary
land railroad and the Pope's Creek
branch of the Pennsylvania line. From
there the road follows the railroad to Me
chanicsville. At the latter place we mad
an old-fa shioned country dinner with the
time -honored fried chicken and wild
honey. and we will say for our host the
food was we'll cooked and nicely served
The character of the country begins
to change after leaving Charlotte Hall,
at which place there is a college of con-
siderable Importance. At this point the
land rises to a high ridge. drained by
the Potomac and Patuxent rivers, which
ridge extends to within few miles Of
Point Lookout. The topography of the
country is varied and altogether very
pleasing. The Three Notch road. which
runs from Mechanicsville to Point Look
out is as straight as heel line and there
is quite an interesting legend about how
it came by its name. Before the days OIL
railroads 1t was one of the gateways to
the north. Many a weird tale one can
hear O fthe escapip gslaves and the pur-
suits that followed up that road. Tree
after tree is pointed out from whose
DOuSnS swung tHc SlDDelS Vi slave tuicNoS
1t was there the first settlers of Mary
land made their homes, and at St. Mary s
City you can see the monument erected
by the state of Maryland to the memory
of Lord Baltimore and the graves Of
many of his followers. You will find peo-
pie who can take you to the churchyard
and point out to you their ancestors
back to the time of the first settlement.
'In going through this beautiful healthy
country, so rich in historical and romantic
places, one is at loss to understand why
it should remain so primitive, while all
around it, only q few miles away, the
wheels of industry are speeding In up
ward progress. The natives seem to be
obliviOus to the beauty and possibilities of
their section, and don't realize the latent
wealth thereabout. They are farther be-
hind the times and the country is less
developed than many Of the old places of
Mexico.
Our company was quick to see the
future of this section with good macadam-
tract of land for the purpose of giving to
Washington and Baltimore yacht and
automobile rendezvous similar to what
Larchmont is to New York city.
The town of Lynnhaven. situa ted on
ST. Jeromes and Chesapeake bays
seventy-two miles by road from Washing
ton, about the distance of Atlantic City
from Philadelphia. will soon be the most
popular automobile trip out of Washing
ton or Baltimore. for there Is soon to be
built there magnificent clubhouse for
the Lynnhaven Country Club, which will
have lighthouses, tennis courts. golf
links and other outdoor amusements to-
gether with all indoor equipments for the