Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-01
EASTERN SHORE BOAT
SERVICE DISCONTINUED
No More Steamboat Connection Be-
tween Annapolis and Talbot
County Points.
SAID TO BE LOSING MONEY
Discontinuance OF Eastern Shore Steam
ship and Development Company
Announced.

The Eastern Shore Steamship and
Development Company, which has been
operating a steamer service from An
napolis 10 points in Talbot county. on
the Eastern Shore, is going out Of
business. This statement was msdo
Saturday by Harry E. Karr, of Benson
G. Karr. who has been the attorney Of
the company.
He says the last trip was made yes
teriay. after which the service was
suspended and the affairs of the com
paHy viii be wound up. The boat viii
be offered for sale as will perhaps the
Other property Of the company The
news ives received in Baltimore Sat
urdav with some surprise. as il was
assumed the backing of this company
was sufficiently strong to enable il to
continue in this trade, although it has
been thought Tor some time that the
that the company was not making very
rapid financial Roadway
This company was established four
years ago and placed a steamer to run
out of Annapolis to some of the East
ern Shore points. 1t has never run its
boat 10 Baltimore, but it has had close
connection with Baltimore over the
line of the Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Line, with which it
had close traffic affiliations.
BY means Of this joint service the
company has handled the daily papers
and traffic out of Baltimore destined
for many points in Talbot county. The
company has had frequent controver-
sizes with the Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia line of the Pennsylvania over
the handling of its business from Clai-
borne by the railroad, which is the
connection for the Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia steamers at that point
The matter has been before the Pub
lie Service Commission and the ruling
of that body has been in favor of the
Eastern Shore Development and Steam
ship Company on many of the claims il
has advanced. The latest was the fail.
ure of the trains to await the arriva
Of the boat from Annapolis after the
| Baltimore boat connection had beer
made This. it was claimed. was some
| thing of a hardship for the Annapolis
boat with passengers and il eight.
1t had been thought the company
| would succeed in building up a larg,
| and paying trade in connection witt
its operation jointly with the electric
| line from Baltimore and Annapolis n
| this it has been disappointed and Mr.
| Karr says the hackers no not see th'
| use of continuing a losing game Some
have the impression that it may have
| been the intention of the Pensylvani,
| to continue with its boat service OF
| the bay. with the consent of the Inter
| state Commerce Commission, that hal
| forced the discontinuance of the sorv
| ice out of Annapolis.
These hold that there is hardly bust
| mes senough fer both to. the sections
| served and as the Pennsylvania ha'
| the larger and the more complete serv
Lice, it may have been an influencing
| factor in the withdrawal of the Devel
| opment Company's boat and connec
| tions. This boat line has been of grea
| convenience to the residents of tn,
| Eastern Shore in getting the Baltimor,
| daily papers 1t has been largely useC
| to make this distribution, becaues
| placed the papers in the hands of man!
of the readers in parts of the Easter
| Shore earlier than was possible by the
| other mail routes.