Evening star., 1920-05-30
THE POTOMAC RIVER STEAMER sun
Photo loaned by Joseph P. Stephenson.

cations should be made to E. Night
| engale. agent. There is news item
,, in the issue of June IA that the Lady
of the Lake. commanded by Capt.
Partridge. had been in collision with
| the United States steamer Gettysburg
and that an nvestigation would be
| conducted by Inspectors Savtlle and
Lowry of this steamboat district. S.
mac ferry. and Samuel Gedney. gen.
eral superintendent, advertise thus:
steamers of the Potomac ferry make
hourly trips between am. and Z
pm. The pure air and delightful
breezes of the river make the trip
healthy and invigorating" In the
Alexandria Gazette of April %. 1868.
appeared the following news notice
which residents of Alexandria and
Washington now think of as the "old"
boats:
The new ferryboat City Of Alexandra is
nearly completed. and; should the weather
,'s %ssas:da;;, l.. She vii be PIT Or the route
manded by Capt. Charles /. Entwisle. an
in Of the tns wn
be here in few weeks. She will be com
! manded by Capt. william Poor. now Of the
! In looking through The Star files
Of the summer Of 1874 the Rambler
caught glimpses of the olden resorts
where many Washington and Alexan-
dria people spent their summer va
cation. There was the st. Georges
Hotel at Piney Point. kept by E. J.
Marshall. where you got a big and
| airy room. table board. with plenty
of fish. crabs. oysters. chicken. fruit.
vegetables and milk. and had croquet
lawns and boats at your disposal. for
$35 month. At John O'Leary's ho-
| tel. at Piney Point. you could get the
same things for the same price. You
| could also get fish. oysters. crabs.
milk. fruit. vegetable. croquet. mint
fishing by going to Moore's hotel at
| Leonardtown. conducted by Herbert
and Jack Moore with the assistance
of their two brothers. whom the Ram
bier recalls as Bux and Joe. Sea
! bathing and board could be had at
Lookout. and among the other resorts
advertised We're Peter DilTs pavilion.
on the Potomac. seventy miles below
| Washington; Mrs. NJ. J. Kennedy's
hotel. near the Bladensburg Spa: N.
Montso%s1y eoanty eSsa, at Nd sarnesv'e f. g.
Wright's hotel. the "Yatton House"
near Purcellville. Loudoun county,
Va: the Bath Alum Spring Hotel,
| kept by Joseph Baxter and w. C..
Carrington: the Jordan Alum Springs
Hotel. kept by c. B. Luck, and the
Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
kept by e. c. Jordan.
| X \
! Among the summer resort an
nouncements in 1884 the Rambler has
jotted down those Of the Chapel
Point House on the Potomac, River
Springs. Colton's. Potomac Hotel at
ST. Georges Island and others. How
ard brothers. advertising the Chapel
Point Hotel, wrote: This elegant new
hotel will be opened for the first time
on July 4. 1884. for the reception of
guests. Splendid drives, beautiful
scenery. regular line of stages to
depot. Five dollars to $12 per week.
Steamer Thompson, thoroughly refit-
| ted will leave 9Th street wharf at Z
am. every Wednesday and Friday
Dr. r. P. Blackstone advertised his
River Springs summer resort as fol-
lows: salt water bathing. fine view
Of the Potomac, fish. crabs and oys-
i, ters every meal; terms. $1.25 a day:
no charge for fishing. fruit. medical
attention or medicine" The Potomac
Hotel, st. Georges Island advertised