Smyrna times., 1928-06-27
DEL-MAR-YA TO TOURIST
Menu on All Dining Cars of Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Tell the Story


vania Railroad Tell the Story
Patrons of the Pennsylvania Rail
road dining service are having placed |
before them this wek most interest
ing account of the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula, occupying the last page of the
menu. An authentic and most at
tractive story of Del-Mar-Va is told
on this folder. AS it is estimated that
between seventy and eighty thousand
perons patronize the Pennsylvania
service each week the extent and
value of this publicity may be easily
recognized. In December, 1926, the
Publicity Department of the Del-Mar-
Va Eastern Shore Association made
request of the Department of Public
Relations of the Pennsylvania Rail
road that the Peninsula be given men
ton in some issue of their regular
menu card and the present informa-
tion being broadcast thru this medium
is the result. Under the caption "The
DeI-Mar-Va Peninsula" the following
article is presented: zone of the gar
den spots of the United States is the
Delaware Maryland Virginia Peninsu-
la, that long arm of friendly land
stretching south from the vicinity OF
Wilmington, Del, to Cape Charles, Va.
This territory although divided among
three states, is actually compace
geographical unit, being snugly tuck
ed away between Chesapeake Bay on
the West and Delaware Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean on the East. In rec
eilt years this land of plenty has be
come popularity known as Del-Mar-Va.
Excepting the city of Wilmington, and
its immediate environs, the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula embraces Delaware, the
second smallest state in the Union,
and the Eastern shores Of Maryland
and Virginia. The total population is
in the neighborhood of 35O,000 Nine
Maryland counties and two Virginia
counties are on the Eastern Shore.
This territory is pre-eminently an ag-
ricultural district, with many large
and highly improved farms. The mild,
temperate climate and the ftrtile soil
mainly loans and sandsf form a rare
combination, and the natural produc
tiveness Of the land has been greatly
increased through skillful cultivation
and heavy fertilization. The leading
agricultural activity is the growing Of
vegetables and fruits for shipment to
the large eastern and northern mark
ets and for the numerous local can
ming plants. Peaches, apples, grapes,
pears and Strawberries raised in Law
| ish abundance. The Peninsula il one
Of the most famous regions in the
country for the growing of white pc
tatoes, and toher valuable crops are
tomatoes, wheat, buckWheat, corn,
oats, hay, rye and sweet potatoes.
Livestock raising also Is an important
source Of income for the farmers. The
towns On the peninsula are not large
but they are numerous. Most Of them
have light manufacturing industries,
such a. canning and meat packing
plants, flour and lumber mills, fertiliz-
er plants and clothing factories. The
towns along the shore carry on an
important trade in oysters, fish, clans
and crabs. The Pennsylvania railroad
system operates more than 400 miles
Of rail lines on the Peninsula The
main line between Wilmington and
Cape Charles Is 192 miles long and
virtually bisects the Peninsula That
part between Delmar, Del, and Cape
Charles was completed and placed in
operation in 1884. A car ferry ser
vice is operated across the bay be-
tween Cape Charles and Norfolk, q
distance Of IS miles