The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-08
BANQUET TO CAPT. KRUMM
On the Occasion of His lnausuraiing
Steamship Service Between
this and Other Ports

Capt. Theodore Krumm OF the good
ship City of Philadelphia was the recipi-
ent of splendid tribute at the hands of
the citizens of Punta Gorda Friday even
ing. when over seventy-fv of the bust
ness and professional men of the CITY,
| many of whom were accompanied by
their wives or lady friends. assembled in
he spacious dining hall of the Punta Cor
da hotel and delivered toast after toast
to the health of the genial master and
the success of the Florida Merchants
transportation line.
TIL: city Of Philadelphia arrived al
! the city dock at $3.50 Friday morning,
having left Tampa Thursday afternoon,
and brought to this port between ninety
and one hundred tons OF miscellaneous
cargo. consisting principally Of groceries.
provisions. feed, cement. hardware, and
so forth, consigned to the local merch-
ants. Capt. Krumm spent the greater
portion of TIE day experimenting the un-
loading and delivering of the cargo, and
did not know until late that he was to be
the guest of honor at banquet which,
although hastily conceived and arranged,
proved to be one of the most enjoyable
social events ever witnessed in Punta
Gorda.
The big Punta Gorda hotel was not to
open until Saturday, but the committee
having the matter in charge prevailed
upon Manager Payne to prepare the ban
quet, and at6;30p.m m. Krumm, with several
of his crew. and three quarters of a hum
bred of Punta Gorda's prominent people
marched into the dining room and RECALLED
themselves at dinner of seven courses
of delicious viands. The hotel orchestra
furnished music.
Acting Mayor Stone was POSTMASTER,
and he made good one. He presented
Capt. Krumm, who said he was greatly
pleased at the warm reception, and as
sured the ladies and gentlemen that he
was going to put on a passenger boat
between Tampa and Havana within the
next month or two,which would stop reg
ularly at Punta Gorda, and that on the
first trip here he would take everybody
on an excursion to the Gulf.
Many other speakers were called upon
and responded, the keynote of all the re-
marks being the lasting benefit to Punta
line of boats stopping at our docks regu-
larly. One lady. Mrs. E. w. Lawson,
wife of the city electrician, responded
and delivered a very lively address.
The saving to merchants on transpor-
tation rates, is estimated, will be nearly
If not quite one-half, and it is needless
to say that from now on all merchandise
will reach Punta Gorda by water But
the greatest cause for felicitation over
the Inauguration of the boat line is the
fact that this port will be able to make
a heavy showing of commerce at the
next hearing for deep water before the
government engineers.
Early Saturday morning prolonged |
blast from the city of Philadelpha's
siren betokened the departure of Capt |
Krumm and his good ship for Havana. |
Punta Gordans when they heard it felt
an impulse to join in hearty "aufwi-
to the gallant captain.
Those present at the banquet were:
DR.. George Stone and wife, ]. r. Elliott |
and wife, Mrs. George w. Reynolds, S. |
F. ]. Trabue, Ex-Governor Albert w.
Gilchrist, j. Mizell and wife, Rev. ]. A.
Albert and wife, e. w. Rountree and
wife, Mrs A. p. Jordan, r. c. Blount and
wife. Rev. T. r. Woodson and wife. DR..
J. w. Newman, c.. A. Skipper, E. w.
Lawson and wife, Clay Chadwick. La
Fayette Chadwick, James X. McClelland
an wife, c. G. Davis and wife,T. c. Cros-
land, M. w. Sturdy, H. G. Ainsworth,
Miss Dot Sewell. Grove Cochran. Chas
Cochran and wife, T. w. Clark and wife.
A. t. Dewey, Miss Gertrude Bass, e. w.
Low and wife, Jackson Kennedy. Rev.
t. H. Sistrunk and wife, r. G. Blount and
wife, Geo. O. Dewey. Miss Grace Lau-
bach, B. H. Mobley and wife, w. q. Mob
ley, Capt. Theodore Krumm. Frank q.
Barns, A. Rose, H. p. Porter and wife.
f. M. Cooper and wife, ]. s. Golf and
wife, c. w. Hewitt and mother, H. A.
Robbins, ]. p. Foley, c. M. Carrier. Mrs.
l.. Read, p o. Gautier and wife, Mrs. T.
C. Crosland, Wallace Chadman. A. F.
Dewey and wife, J. F. Corbet and wife.
Chas A. Waltmire and wife.