Milford chronicle., 1922-02-17
PROTECTION FOR
OCEAN CITY
Storms Have Eaten Away Ocean
Front at Maryland's Ocean
Resort. Want State Aid to
Protect.

Ocean City is Maryland's only seashore
resort. and lying between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Synepuxent Bay, furnishes
an ideal location for deep sea fishing on
the Ocean SIDE and fishing, the dredging
of CLAIMS and oysters and cunning for
wild fowl on the bay side.
The Synepuxent Bay extends along the
eastern coast to the Chincoteague Bay
and is the eastern boundary to many
acres of fine lands which are capable of
producing an abundance of fruits, vege-
tables, poultry and dairy products.
Ocean City has a bathing beach sec
ond to none on the Atlantic Coast, as has
been fully described in the past by such
able men as the late Judge Dennis, of
Baltimore, who spent many summers at
this point. Many physicians recommend
Ocean City as being the ideal place for
one to go and rest and regain health.
Practically all of the hotels and, board
ing houses are owned and managed by To-
cal people, and, Notwithstanding the
increased facilities, accommodations are
not adequate for taking care of the
thousands of motorists and other folks
who go to Ocean City to spend the sum-
mer months or the week-ends. The ferry
across the bay from Annapolis to Clai-
borne and the good roads through Mary
land. Delaware and Pennsylvania have
made it possible for the patrons of Ocean
City to reach that resort quickly and
comfortably, and because of the increas-
ed patronage due to these improved
roads it is only natural that Ocean City
is in need of additional hotel accommo-
dations
The storm of 1920 swept many large
sections of the front board walk, COM
pletely demolished some of the cottages
and boarding houses, and seriously dam
aged a great many others, but the citi-
zens of Ocean City with their usual en-
ergy and pride in their home town went
TO work at once and built new cottages,
repaired the damaged ones, repaired the
board walks at their own expense, and
Ocean City is now in better condition
from the standpoint of hotel and cottage
accommodation than it was before the
storm.
Again on January 9th and 2Sth. 1922.
another very severe storm prevailed /
Grave fears were again entertained for
the safety of Ocean City, the beach front |
and the property adjacent thereto. Had /
it not been for the sudden change in the I
wind which was sweeping the tide over /
the town there would have no doubt |
been damage done equal to or greater /
than the storm of 1920. Citizens
familiar with the ocean front for thirty
five years state that the storms have I
swept away much of the original beach
and that the high tides now reach 200
f1nar
in years past, and that the danger of
by storm increases each season.
The Legislators of 1920 made provision
in the Bridge Bond Acts of 1920 for the
State Roads Commission to do certain
work toward protection of the beach
front at Ocean City, but this money will
not be available until August 1, 1928.
Such work when commenced will be en-
tirely in the hands of the State Roads
The citizens of Ocean City would well
come outside capital to assist in building
cottages and' modern hotels
% accommodate the public demand. They
eel that something should first be done
~ the State toward protection of the
leach front to insure the permanency of ]
he property and the buildings already
constructed. {
The government is. coming to recognize (
he Importance of an inland water way
extending from the Isle of Wight Bay on t
he Delaware coast to the Chincoteague I
Say on the Virginia coast putting Ocean
'ity in a direct line on this route. '
The inlet that was cut by the great
torn of 1920 about two miles south of '
)cean City is considered by the citizens /
S permanent connection between the
cean and the bay The increased salt il
ness of the bay water due to this inlet,
as made conditions almost ideal for inn il
Mediate enlargement of the oyster and v
lam industry.
Ocean City with its natural inlet to the h
lay, its prospect of being along the line b
f the great inland water way of the
astern coast, it's improved feeder roads, n
s new bridge rom the mainland across
ne Synepuxent Bay. and it's close prox- a
nifty to millions of people in the East, p
entitled to the immediate assistance O
the State in protecting its ocean
ont from further destruction.
ORLANDO HARRISON n
Berlin, Maryland. .