Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-07-08
GARDEN SPOT ON BAY;
PARADISE OF FISHERMEN

Old Bay Ridge. long regarded as
he garden spot of Chesapeake Bay,
IS again coming into its own. Not.
however, as an amusement place and
resort combined. for which it once
was held as the peer in Maryland,
nearest the Atlantic seaboard. but it
IS undergoing complete transforma-
tion and development for colonial
ton and home building
for the summer and all the year
round.
Dormant for practically q score OF
years-and its renown In the cast
covered quite as great period prior
20 that-the old pavilion. hotel and
other buildings, all gone, either as the
result of the ravages OF fire, dilapida-
ton and ultimate decay; the big pier,
wrecked years ago in heavy storm,
and the later one washed away also;
the entire property is I'm course OF re-
habilitation at the hands OF the BAY
Ridge Realty Corporation. This cor
poration acquired it about a year ago
from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, the original owners, and
whose railroad lines extended there
and carried thousands OF persons
from all points in nearby States, dur
ing the years of it's success
Hundreds OF Lots Laid Oa
The large area of ground has been
surveyed and plated from the north
ern side OF Lake Ogleton to the south
ernmost extremity at Black Walnut
Creek, midway to Arundel l-on-the-
Bay. The plat includes a complete
system OF driveways and avenues.
with building sites OF varying sizes
laid off on either side thereof, the
prices for which range from $40 to
$35 per front foot, the latter price
prevailing for the choice sites on the
Bay Drive, or Immediately fronting
the bay. All of the lots have a depth
ranging from $50 to 250 feet. Lots on
Bayside Drive have a frontage of 100
feet.
Building Operations On
Forces OF workmen have been en-
gagged for the last several months in
grubbing up old trees, clearing away
underbrush, and laying out the road
ways, and actual building operations
on several or more cottages now are
IN progress. Practically all OF the
roadway construction mas been done
by men under the employ of former
state Senator Frank M Duvall. gene
raj contractor of Anne Arundel coun-
~, including the main driveway,
which has been named Farragut ave-
nue after the naval hero OF Mobile
Bay. This thoroughfare, which Is
private, follows the course of the old
railroad tracks OF the Baltimore and
Ohio from the intersection of Bay
Ridge avenue, Eastport, to the bay
The avenue turns into the Bayside
Drive, then into River Drive, which
makes a circuit of that part f the
property along the Severn, known in
years gone by as the German Viii
Ilaee,' where liquid refreshments were
ldispensed. and thence into Lake Drive,
which circles Lake Ogleton, a body of
salt water. Most OF the driveways
and streets have been named after
men who attained fame in the Navy,
such as Bancroft Road, for George
Bancroft, who was Secretary of the
Navy at the time the Naval Academy
was established here: John Paul
Jones Road, Dewey, Lawrence ana
Decatur avenues, and a number OF
Others. Peggy Stewart Path" winds
along Black Walnut Lake, through old
oak and walnut trees.
Much OF Beach Washed Away
Since Bay Ridge was finally aban-
doned, which was back in the early
nineties, a considerable portion of the
bay and river front has been washed
away. To protect the beach and
bluffs from further damage from the
rolling waters of the bay, a contract
soon will be entered into for the con
struction OF substantial bulkhead,
and temporary pier for the landing
of boats also will be erected to the
south of Tolley's Point.
/ 1t would be a long story to set out
IN detail the tremendous advantages
which the Bay Ridge property pos
seses as a place for home develop
ment, particularly fer summer cot
tagers. Its natural advantages and
general environments are. we'll
known. The bathing beach Is unex,
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