Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-27
TO DIVERT VIRGINIA
FREIGHT OVER THE
DELAWARE RAILROAD
B., c. & A. Railroad to Operate
Boat Line Out of
Crisfield.
WILL MAKE SHORTER HAUL

According TO an-nrticle printed in
the Baltimore Sun today. the Ealti4
more, Chesapeake n Atlantic Rail-
way Co. viii about mex May inaugu-
rate steamboat service between
Crisiield. Md. aud points on tho vie-
glnia shore. The purpose. Il Is un-
derstood, is TO divert Virginia and
other southern freight intended for
Wilmington, Philadelphia and other
nWthern points over the Delaware
railroad, instead OF through Baltimore.
as at present. This will shorten the
time of handling the freight,
r Il. II. Soulsby. general freight and
passenger agent of the company. said
yesterday. according TO the sun. that
while the rates to Northern markets
FROM Western Shore points would be
the same whether. goods were shipped
through Baltimore or through Cris-
field, the service through Crisncld
would be specdcr and therefore prob
ably attract freight.
While n considerable amount of pro-
ducc has he,n shipped lately from
Western Shore points through Cris-
Held and over the tracks 81 the Penn.
Sylvann Railroad 10 Wilmington and
Philadelphia, II has boon necessary
TO transport it across tho bay bv
nctoiboat- The new line which Is TO
be established viii obviatc tho necps-
sity of motorboat transportation and
provide an efficient servicd which viii
connect the Western Shore points die
rectly with northern markets.
In addition 20 this direct service
one boat now plying between Cris-
field and Baltimore viii be replaced
by n larger and speedior boat. The
one replaced will be used in develop-
Ing traffic between Eastern Shore
points and Crisncld, acting as a feeder
to tho railway line.
. Turnbull Murdoch, president of the
Baltimore, ChcsapcalSc and Atlantic
railway, last night said that he did
not know what boat would be aiiocat
cd to the new service nor wha, boat
would replace that taken from the
Baltimore Crisfield service. None OF tho
details of the plan has been deter
mined. he said. lie did say the prih,
cipai reason for putting n larger boa;
on the service TO Baltimore was TO pro-
vide more statorooms, and that prob
ably the new boat would be somewhat
speedier.
AT present u takes about two and "a
half days for freight to 20 by rail from
the Western Shore OF Virginia TO the
Eastern Shore OF Maryland. The boat
Time would be about -four and n half
dours. Ii has been suggested that the
boats be put in operation Tor n period
OF six months, and ifahey prove finan-.
cially successful, that the line be made
permanent.
{. NJ. Freeman. secretary Of the
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce. and a
delegation OF farmers, with repre-
sentative Of "A produce exchange, will
tour the four Western Shore counties
TO be affected by the new line. explain
ing the proposition 10 the farmers there
and showing the advantages TO be
gained by the proposed connection.
Another committee from the sea food
interests of Crisheld Will visit the
tidewater points. 1t is expected that
the new schedule viii become enec-
tive May /.
At the Wilmington offices of, the
Pennsylvania railroad no information
was obtainable as to the project. II
was stated that at present there was
nothing in the reported plans OF the
II. c. & a. that would require atten-
ton here.