Milford chronicle., 1913-09-05
AS A
WINTER RESORT

resident population OF the municipalit,
is said 70 be about 400. From The int
schoolhouse ! would infer a larger nun
= Der Of permanent residents: but It's poss
IDLE that pupils are drawn from OUTLYING
sections of the school district. There
must be 1900, possibly 5000, people
here in the summer whose homes art
, elsewhere. have been told that the
cottagers, as the temporary residents are
called, pay nine tenths of the municipal
: tax.
The municipal government is simple
and inexpensive. The legislative, as
well as the principal executive, authority
{ is vested in hve unpaid commissioners.
The present mayor is a conductor on
the Delaware Division of the Penusyl-
vania railroad, and loses no time on ac-
count of his executive duties. There is
limited women suffrage; women who own
real estate, whether permanent or tenn
porory residents, vote at town elections.
1 There is village improvement associa-
ton, composed of ladies, which keeps
the streets clear of unsightly objects
suggests Improvements, and often raises
money TO pay for them This associa-
ton is contemplating the erection of a
clubhouse, and a kindred association al
! ANGNG AAo9 NA40A4fzE 0A q AAA4ElS OA a DQU-
4 lie library. The activities Of these vol
untary associations are sufficient evidence
of civic pride that viii keep the CITY
beautiful. Nature has furnished a mag
nifceut location; and, all things consid-
cred, the cottagers and villagers have
builded wisely and well.
I think il was a mistake, however, to
allow the Maryland, Delaware & ,ir-
ginia Railway Co. to take possession Of
Rehoboth avenue. II cannot be said
that the railroad tracks are an obstruc-
ton, for the avenue is 200 feet wide,
and there is ample room for the ordinary
traffic on either side; but a succession
I of grass plats and double row of shade
trees occupying the middle of the avenue
! from the ocean to the pine woods would
| be more N accord with the esthetics of a
seaside resort than railway tracks and
shifting trains. Nevertheless, it must
be admitted that the present arrangement
! if not esthetic, is at least convenient, as
! passengers disembark within a square of
the beach.
have mentioned some of the features
of this shore which seem to invite larger
population and a wider fame. Why
should II not become popular winter re-
sort? With,the exception of the sea bath
ing. the conditions which make the
place delightful in summer are present all
the year. 1t has the advantage Of At
lantic City in that it is more than half
degree of latitude farther south
Robert Hinckley, noted Washington
painter, whose portraits of eminentAmer-
leans are hanging in State capitols, court
house and public and private art galleries,
came here a couple of years ago and found
the climate so conducive to his physical
comfort that he determined to stay. He
built cottage and, by way of challenge
to brother artists, painted it pink. When
the Belhaven Hotel, on the corner of
Rehoboth and Surf avenues, was sold at
auction, be thought il was going so far
below its value that he put IN a bid and
got the property. He has added an an
mex, which rather dwaTfs the original
building.
Mr.. Hinckley is a man of vision, and
looking into the future, be sees a double |
track trolley railway across the Peninsula |
which will bring both Baltimore and |
Washington reasonably close to the ocean
He puts Annapolis on the route from |
Washington, and proposes a fve-mile |
tunnel under the Chesapeak from Sandy |
Point to the opposite shore. 1t seems |
to me that to double track the existing
railway from Kent Island to Rehoboth
and equip il with engines, such as ply
between Baltimore and Washington
would solve the transportation problem
for the next 20 OF 80 years.
The principal local industry is deep
sea fishing. The lone fisherman with
his littlewhite winged boat who used to
be picturesq figure all along tide coast.
5seorDao~aI
lone Chesapeake oysterman, who wants
the whole expanse of the bay in which
to exercise his tongs, he yielded to the
inevitable without a struggle-in fac. he
-ook the initiative himself When he
saw that the great fish consuming pub
ic wanted more brain food than could be
supplied with the hook and line, he fell A
4 with the modern method of doing F
arge things, and as a stockholder or an ,
.mploye of a fishing company he is sup a,
porting himself and family, and doing !
lis part in supplying the markets with
he products of the sea.
The Rehoboih Fishing Co has a ware q
louse convenient to the landing place =
With a railway track connecting with
he main line on Rehoboth Avenue Four !
niles out in deep water is a line of long
,osts driven down into the sand on which
lets are hung, thus forming a sort of
ubmarine wall or fence, which termin-
ties in a capacious pocket or pouch at
he last post. This network fence is
pity called leader" " The fish COM
1g in with the tide strike this leader"
nd follow it until they drop into the n
ouch. The boats go out at stated per :,
DDS and bring in the catch. On the f,
omeward trip the fish are assorted, each n
pecies being thrown into a separate pile, fi
nd those that are too small for market II
re tossed back into the sea. n
Like the net mentioned in the New Il
estament, this pouch gathers in of h,
very kind" I am not sure that the M
ames given by the fishermen to some f
( the varieties can be found in the sci m
ntific classi6cations. The excellent fish ti
enerally known as sea trout, they call le
eak trout; other species in common par nj
nee, are the tints, sea croakers, hard IA
eads, New England trout, butter fish m
i'd red drum. The last mentioned fish he
ten weighs fifty pounds. The flesh is ol
ther coarse, but the cross section steaks wl
a considered very good food In the