Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-05-20
BOAT FAST AGROUND
Ferry STOCK BOONS
$50 OF Misfortune Of Only
Bay Navigation Com
1ay Mounts Swiftly
ING BOAT OFF BAR

I,l dredgays are al work
lllnei from tie bar 81 he
f River, on which he
harrington has been fast
tt,F III three weeks. Governor
81, ..Is 8ha furnihsed the name
H. rtauate vessel which con
e5.. fle whole 0f the Annapolis
HI, prry II awaiting some de
i lfEil ii. To he completion of the
lp dredging was 10 begin last
Sgad,.ssAas ind 4 was estimated that
,si!.,i aiilire eight To ten days 10
tn estimate merely, and af
iis b.tsis for exactly liking the
t H tie ferry will be iii opera
tag uff tile boat Is actually tloated
.li ltt 81 its diificulties, the COVER
,5l so mi arrange for the opening
lle ferry and the attending cere
ff9lf4 lii fact. All that Is likely 10
s,, M actual arrival of the vessel
s. tiit ms It'll will be remembered
tii.a tie harrington tioated clear Of
1ilt lar once bnt settled back. SO that
m certainty nf its availability can be
ftit until Il IS actually at the wharf
me of tte terminii ~ the ferry.
NptWltl,slanding the fact that the
ba4 ferry il the only present activity
ii fle annapolis Claiborne Ferry Com
piily aud that II is out of operation
iai,lInitely the stock. according 10 4
report from New York, II making fab
Gloiia jumps in the New York Curl
market. that interesting institution
wilere odds and ends of stock are
A0ugllt and sold under conditions
0hifh exist nowhere else IN the
Neftd
enc who visited he Market re
Gently aud whose attention wns at
trattel lty the familiar sound when he
eaugA, ,Ne name. writes as follows IN
sise Salisbury News about the incl
dent
stfR Interested In all local com
nefeal transactions, We took occasion
i, inquire into what this stock con
ssfsttp ind We found that thousands
II stgtr,ss III this stock was dealt IN
llIfs 81 tie Sew York Curb and that
Il had risen tremendously In price,
gaing III from $5.6O per share TO
about Sls per share iii very few
socks non close inquiry We dis
faserpi that this was the stock of
the company which had been organ
2est ta epefate the ferry between Clai.
borne aud Annapolis TO connect up
tile MatNIlnd State highways and that
Tie eanpany consisted Of one steamer,
ite Governor Harrington, and the ter
Mfls19 1t 'laih0rne and Annapolis, but
tsat chs concern had In mind many
ef operations which are to be push
81 bt lse company One Of these, II
understood, viii be the establish
iasfi az 4 line III ships 10 run from
lsiflliiore . points In South America
1sii 1e company has other large plans
fiet he agreement with the State
II NiffSlallil. the aompany Is 10 b
iif2ed to the extent Of $4,000 81
yff ha paid by the State as long
S. he ferry between Annapolis and
;tilssfAe II kept running and n
flise tistys II Wild speculation any sub
silflcient To eause the stock of
'4e iupaRy receiving II 70 run In q
course on The New York curb
Isl matter what the real tlnan
fen of lie company may be
asttteF of fact. while this stock
alte as high as SIS per share, the
Agle steamer which constitutes
td The company i assets ~
itlne, il stuck on q mud
tle company Is practically
ms Notwithstanding this
d q gamble on the New
has become 50 wild and ex'
tl}e stock of this concern
selling at 4 foolishiy high
lfacticaily no operations
and With thousands upon