Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-06-20
ANNE ARUNDEL DOOMED
Baltimore Sun Staff COrre-
SpOndent Talks Us Up In
Big Metropolitan Daily
HOW PRICES HAVE MOVED
Fast Time Made By Electric Cars To
Open New Capital


pondent of the Baltimore morning Sur
has been giving space to the various
cuonties of Maryland
One of the latest 10 come before
the public in these channels is Anne
Arundel, our own famous county. The
writer is Mr.. Samuel C. Appleby who
hides behind the modest signature
IS. C. A. >"
In recent issue he writes as fol-
lows:
"Anne Arundel by the census of
/ 1900, was shown to have 10000 popu-
lation, which was nearly G,000 more
/ than that of the previous ten years
I The population increased as much be-
/ tween 1880 and 1890. 1t seems that
/ the present census must bring the
figures up in even Greater ratio, and
48, 600 is hardly too much to expect,
so rapidly are people making homes
IN the county and so largely is the Pa
tapso border developing with large
business enterprises
The area of the county is 43O square
miles, making a population of 93 per-
sons to the mile and giving nearly
seven acres to each person. But the
area is not as thicky populated as
these figures would indicate, for the
city of Annapolis, with its home popu-
lation and that of the United States
| Naval Academy and Marine Barracks
and st. Johns College, together with
the industrial settlements at Curtis
Bay and on part of the Patapsco side,
put large figures against the rural
ratio.
Hence the country sections of Anne
Arundel still give great opportunities
for the large or small farmer, the ru-
raj resident and the builder of ambi-
tious estates. 1t is true that prices
have gone up notably, but they had
plenty of margin, for that. for they
started at ridiculousIy low figures.
Here is an instance.
An owner on Magothy river bought
a large tract four years ago at SIS an
acre Two years later he sold at par
of his tract at $65 an acre. This left
him with four -ffths of his land still,
and it had cost him practically moth
ing by reason of his deal. Now build
ng lots, so by $50 feet on part of this
tract, are bringing $500 each, or at
the rate of $4,000 an acre. This is
truth, not poesy; solid fact, not imag
mary.
The people of Maryland as a mass
love the water. Nowhere else are
there so many watersi ie cunning and
fishing clubs as in this state. Such
clubs make temporary country homes
for their members and the number of
clubs is estimated to run up TO some
thing like 5000 to 5000 within fairly
easy reach of Baltimore
All club-shore people hope for indi-
vidual shore homes some day, and it
is no wonder that the drift has been
down to the Magothy, Severn and
South rivers, in Anne Arundel county
as the ability to obtain them arrive
Referring to bridges the article
says if the bridge across Stony creek
near Hancock's postoffice, is built.
and its sister bridge over Rock creek
the next stream to the east-is
constructed, private capital will do
the rest, and the whole northern edge
of Anne Arundel county will become
a chain of fine homes and there will
be a struggle of price between home
| builders and Industrial plants that
will result in swelling the treasury at
Annapolis. If only pver-economy on
the part of the southern portion of
the county prevents the dvelopment
of the northern, The southern part will
suffer the more in the end, for it
would be like the rural portion OF
/ State combining against its metropol-
/ itan city which bears the heaviest
of the monetary burdens of the whole
4 Commonwealth.
AS this is a matter of transporta-
tion, so was it through matter OF
4 transportation that beautiful Severn
/ and South and other rivers were open
1 ed to new capital. Anne Arundel Is
happy in having much better travelling
facilities than many another county.
1t has the Annapolis Short Line.
which brings it within "A miles of
Baltimore: it has the Washin ston,
Baltimore and Annapolis electric line,
which, besides some % miles running
through the comfy has spur of four
miles to Bay Ridg on the Chesapeake
as a part of the Maryland Electric
Railways; has more than l3 miles OF
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash.
ington steam railroad within the
county lines. and the Colchester Steam.
boat Company rups its boats to South,
Rhode and West rivers and the city OF
Annapolis. Besides, there is a steam
er once q week from Benedict, Charles
county, to Bristol, Anne Arundel
county, serving the southwestern cor
ner of the county by the Patuxcnt.
As it takes the Short Line only IS
minutes to run from Camden Station,
Baltimore, to Annapolis. quick trips
can. of course, be made TO interven-
ing points. For instance, to tap The
Magothy river country, It's only p
minutes to Pasadena, 30 minutes K
Baltimore, or 80 minutes TO Boone
Round Bay, reached in 81 minutes,
and Jones tS2 minutes) tap both tn,
Magothy and Severn, and Severnsid,
where the railway crosses the Severn
river is but four minutes from An
nauolis and Al minutes from Balti
more.