Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-23
FERRY ALREADY HAS
VERY GOOD PATRONAGE
Hundreds OF Passengers Carried
On First Sunday Runs Of Gov
Emerson c. Harrington
TEMPORARY SCHEDULE.

Yesterday trips Of the new ferTS
steamer demonstrated The popularity
which the line has met At The very
llrst and II they may 81 regarded as
indicative of what Is III come, assure
y the success of tlle undertaking On
ithe Two trips made during the drst
sunday of the lines operation over
i've hundred passengers we're carried
across the bay
opportunity has been furnished, taa.
Ito test the capacity If 1 he deck Tor au-
tnrn0biles Tweniy 40 ears were
4 brought from Claiborne at one time
yesterday This IS far above / ne cseis
mate made by Mr Zonck III the State
Rnsds Commission aIier he had yieW-
led the bost some days ago d tlas
time Mr.. Zoaek expressed the oplniOn
THAT not more han fen cars roull Pc
ioaded, hui tiie actual proof of lye Ter
ldap shows that there is room for more
nan twice That number Forts foar
automobiles were brought during the
runs made Saturday
L. seems that the tiow of cars
80 tie Eastern Shore has nes yei be-
gun. as Ut present the heavier festille
rs oii The west bound trip Later II Isl
expected that there VIII De i balane
iilp of the business going and coming
hinges will vet BE made " whereby
1 it viii be possible FL obtain gretitar
deck space for al,tpinnblles. as i alils
teepain that fhe amount ef business
done SO far is much less than 81 will
Sc after the nsefuiness 81 tile line is
thoroughly realized all oyer the taie
a temporary schedule has been IN
noaneed. and the steamer viii run on
hillis until further notice AZ present
only TWO trips il day are made, snt9ti
tfreestrip schedule viii be begun soon.
ana notice of the changes III time os
arrival and departure Will be given as
E,soan as they can be known. The.
schedule OH which the ferry II now
operated follows Week days Leave
Annapolis 500 Al. M: leave Claiborne
1000 Il. MI Leave Annapolis 4s0p E.
sM leave Claiborne 100 r Nj y sun
days Leave Annapolie Z. rs Ne.
leave Claiborne 100 A. II leave An
snapolis $40 II, M leave Claiborne
III n.
Eastern Shore producers of goods
for Baltimore markets have already
started to use this short cut for tax
Ing their products To the consumer
Eacn day since the line opened a trussls
has made the short journey To BaIti-
more with load Of live stock The
tr,.ely comes on the morning boat and
returns from Baltimore IN time to
catch the steamer when she makes the
pasi hound afternoon trip. The pro-
dncar IS finding the new means q
porlation very cheap one. and
has provided d eage- bodied truck
which enables him to make the best
nov sible use of Ii, This morning the
truck was loaded with eight lambs q
cali. aud two crates III fowl The cost
ST bringing this load across the bay,
including the fare of the driver Of the
cas. was two dollars, which IS much
less than the fres gnt around the head
ST tile hay would have been
IS Impossible to foresee The pro-
portions ID which the business osl tbs.
shore hore lire will grow but i Is
net unreasonable To expect that Il will
beepme 50 great as TO necessitate con-
siderable notifications of the facill-.
tfes for Transporting both passsng gers
and automobiles. which 1t present
seem ample