Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-23

cfOWdS or visitors on the streets OF
the city but you viii probably be sur
prised to know that in single day
recently we brought a thousand visit
tors TO Annapolis for sightseeing.
These came from Boston. New York.
Philadelphia. Detroit. Chicago. Pitts
burgh and many other points
throughout the country. and there
has been hardly day in the past
three months that we have not
brought large parties to Annapolis.
These people are helping the bust.
ness community generally by their
expenditures and / am sure you are
interested in this work.
Wants More Battleships Here
There are some things the bust
ness men can do. that the railroad
company cannot do. 1t occurs to me
at this minute that something can be
done by you gentlemen that would
bring the battleships to Annapolis
more than at present These ships
carry crews of 1000 men each. and
the business of Annapolis is certain
~ quickencd, by the presence of the
ships. 1t seems to ME that you could
work out occasions for bringing these
ships 10 the great naval school. AS
IL Is now. they rarely come except TO
take the students away on their sum.
mer cruise. l believe you can find
more occasions and create propaganda
TO bring them here more often.
Another thing that occurs to me
is an expression | frequently heard
on the steamer of the Rochester Com.
pany. These boats. you know, lay at
Annapolis sometimes for quite a
while to unload freight and | have
heard passengers suggest to one an
other that they go ashore and see
the town, and very frequently 1 have
hard the RESPONSE that Annapolis was
only hot, dusty place and there was
nothing to be seen You know, first
impressions are most times lasting
Cnes. and something should be done
to combat this thought in the minds
of the $4,000 excursionists who tie
up to the steamers wharf in Annap-
oils each summer. N'ss ~ f<'ss'
Wants Steamboat Co.'S. Aid
81 believe II the business men pre-.
scented this matter to the Colchester
Company, that company could be in
fluenced to put a readable sign over
their pier that would give a different
impression to the large number of
people that use their steamers, I be-
lieve these are practical things and
that when you gentlemen meet to-
gether and exchange ideas, many
more practical things will suggest
themselves to you and that you will
realize enthusing results.
The w., b. & A. has no thought of
disseminating its publicity campaign
throughout the country. We are con.
startly on the trace of the parties
that visit Washington and we lay the
attractions of Annapolis before them.
We shall continue doing this and
shall continue our large distribution
of literature. Only a month ago. we
distributed more than 100000 pieces
of literature at the Real Estate Show
held at the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore.
F0rsees Tourist Center Here
I'VE are planning similar distribu-
ton at the Marine Show which will
DO held there in July and at the Fash
ion Show that will be held at the Ar
mory in August, and if the business
men of Annapolis display interest in
this very important matter, it will
prove a great inspiration to us in
deed, as well as give us very plea
SAINT sense of association with you
gentlemen in boosting old colonial
Annapolis as a tourist center, and /
think in few years we will all have
the satisfaction of seeing thousands
OF visitors in the old town where they
come only in hundreds at the present
time"