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OCEAN CITY PLANS
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
MaIyland's Seaside Resort Contem-
pIates Many Changes T2 Take Care
OF Increasing Business.

NIaryland's Seaside Resort Contem-
plates Many Changes t. Take Care
OF Increasing Business.
Ocean City is Maryland's only Sea
shore Resort, and lying between the
Atlantic Ocean and the SynepuXent
Bay, furnishes and ideal location Tor
dep sea fishing on the Ocean side,
and fishing, the dredging OF clans
and oysters and cunning for Wild
fowl on the Bay side.
The Synepuxent Bay extends along
the Eastern coast to Chincoteague
Say and is the eastern boundary ~
many acres of fine lands which are
apable of producing an abundance
Of fruits, vegetables. poultry anu
| dairy products.
Ocean City has a bathing beach
second 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, VINO
sDent many summers at this point
MANY physicians recommend ocean
City as being the ideal place lot one
to go and rest and regain health.
Practically all of the hotels anu
boarding houses are owned ana
managed by local people, ana, noI-
Withstanding the increased faclIl-tleS'
accommodations are not adequate 1or
aking care of the thousands OF mot
orists and other folks who 80 TO
Ocean City to spend the summer
months or the week-endE. The ferry
across the Bay from Annapolis to
Claiborne and the good reads
through Maryland, Delaware. and
PENNSYLVANIA have made it possible
ior the patrons of Ocean City 10
reach that resort quickly and com
fortably, and because OF the IN
creased patronage due to these I'm
proved roads it is only natural that
Ocean City is in need Of addllohai
motel accommodations.
The storm Of 1920 swept away
large secuons of the front board
walk. completely demolished some OF
the cottages and boarding houses
and seriously damaged great many
others, but the citizens or ocean
City with their usual energy anu
pride in their home town, went 10
work at once ard built new cottages,
repaired the damaged ones, repaired
the board walk at their own expense.
and Ocean City is now in better con-
dition from the standpoint of hotel
and cottage accommodation than 1t
was before the storm.
Again on January 9th and 28th,
1922 another very severe storm pre-
vailed. Grave fears were again en-
tertained for the safety of ocean Cltg
the beach front and the property ad-
jacent thereto. Had it not been TOT
the sudden change In the Wlhu
which was sweeping the tide over
the town there would have no doubt
been damage done equal to or great
er than the storm of 1920. Citizens
who have been familiar with the
Ocean front for thirty five years
state that the storms have swept
away much of the original beach and
that the high tide now reaches wv
feet nearer the Ocean front property
than in years past, and that the Dan
ger by storm increases each season.
The Legislators of 1920 made pro
vision in the Bridge Bond Acts OF
1920, for the State Roads CommlS-
lion to do certain work toward pro-
lection of the Deacn front at Ocean
City, but this money will not be
available until Aug. /, 1928. SUCH
work when commenced will be en-
tirely in the hands of the State Road
Commission. =
The citizens of Ocean City would
welcome outside capital to assist in
building permanent cottages and
modern hotels to accommodate the
public demand. They feel that soAae-