The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-10
OFFICIALS IMPRESSED
Splendid Possibilities OF Lower
Dorchester Appeal Strong
ly to Them.

The representatives of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, including Super
intendent Johns, of the Delaware Di
vision, and engineers, who left Cam
bridge yesterday morning, with about
forty business men from this city,
were greatly impressed with the I'M
developed resources to be found in
the lower part of this county. Leav-
ing Cambridge shortly after nine
O'Clock, they were taken down the
she'll road to Church Creek, Madi-
son and Taylor's Island. All along
the route were to be seen the very
best evidences of the fertility of the
soil, orchards which are as produc-
tive as can be found anywhere, fields
waving with grain, soon to be har-
vested; large fields planted in corn
and others waiting to be planted IN
tomatoes; while along the rivers
and creeks were to be found we'll
kept boats. in which the delicious
bivalves,' with which the waters
abound, are taken, to be carried to
the nearest market.
Near Taylor's Island the majority
of the members of the party turned
into the Smithville road and went
by Golden Hill on down into Lakes
and Straits districts. The first
stop was made at Wingate's Point,
where the Fox Creek location was
carefully investigated, not only as
to it's availability for the needs of
the people of the immediate section.
but for those of persons living at
some distance. as well. From there
the trip was continued down to
what is known as Bishops Head
Point, which is said to be the furth-
crest extremity down the county.
After having lunch there, number
of the members of the party went
on to the store of former County
Commissioner Eugene Crocheron, land
little later returned to Bishops
Head, where a largely attended
meeting of the oystermen of the
two districts was held at st.
Thomas Church. This meeting was
for the purpose of making some ex-
plantations to the oystermen of the
chances or possibility of protecting
their rights against the provisions
of the Hannah Oyster Bill,which was
passed in 1906.
From this meeting, which was at
tended by about 500 of the citizens
of the two districts, a number OF
the party, including Gov. Colds
borough, Comptroller Harrington, the
Railroad officials, Col. Albanus Phil
| lips, w. G. Winterbottom, DR.. Brice
w. Goldsborough, and others, went
to 'Aisquith Island to look over its
location, water facilities, etc., and
later joined the other members of
the party at Fishing Creek, where
another meeting of the oystermen
was being held.
The railroad officials went on
the Upper Island and looked into its
development.
While, of course, no expression of
their views upon the subject could
be obtained from the officials, those
who were thrown into close con-
tact with them during the day could
not but feel that they were greatly
Impressed with the tremendous pos
sibilities, o. the sections visited and
thought that they agreed with the
expressions that the building of the
railroad would result in the origin
Of a vast amount of very profitable
business for the railroad company.
After the return to Cambridge,
al about half-past five O'Clock, the
officials and a number of others
were entertained at dinner by Dr..
Brice w. Goldsborough, at his home
on High street.