Smyrna times., 1930-09-17
SEE DEL-MAR-VA TRAIL AS
ROAD LINK TO POINTS south
SHORE ASSOCIATION CITES
SHORT CUT TO FLORIDA
Pennsylvania Railroad Reported
Ready To Cut Ferry Rates To
Norfolk To Aid Situation

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featured and popularized as the
logical link between the far north
and south, by two agencies of ma
tional Importance, according to a
statement issued at headquarters
of the Del-Mar-VaV Eastern Shore
Associa alton Thursday. This an
nouncement is said by association
officials to convey one Of the most
important results to have been ac-
complisned after four years of di-
) rect endeavor by the association.
It was one of the major projects
when the association was organ
lied and which it has since con-
stantly endeavored to promote by
attracting attention of the public
at large, government and state Of
ficials and those organizations di-
recting tourist traffic throughout
the nation. The two agencies
which have launched individual
movements to popularize this new
trail are Registered Service Inter
national, Of Winchester, w Va,
which has done much in giving
publicity to Del-Mar-Va in their
annual vacation and tourist book
lets and is now ready to publish
monthly a map and booklet fea-
turing the Del-Mar-Va Trail as the
shortest and most convenient route
between New York City and Jack
sonville, Fla. This publication
with a national distribution, will
emphasize such features as the
saving OF approximately 226 miles
between points mentioned; avoid
ance of congestion and heavy traf-
fic in metropolitan centers and a
saving in time of approximately
five hours. The other agency is
the Atlantic Coastal Highways AS
sociation, which is issuing attrac-
tive maps showing a direct route
from Maine to Cuba While this
does not offer the Del-Mar-Va
Trail exclusively it does designate
it and provide strip maps of the
Peninsula route in detail between
Wilmington and Salisbury and
from Salisbury to Norfolk
Tourist Traffic to Be Cultivated
At Association headquarters it
was stated that this nationwide
publicity and directing tourists
from the far north to the south
through the Peninsula will un-
questionably develop an entirely
new tourist traffic industry of in
estimable value to Del-Mar-Va. It
will mean, according to Associa-
tion officials, that the tourist traf-
fic will not be confined to summer
months as a great portion of the
far north to south traffic carries
on through the fall and early win
ter and opens up again during late
winter and early spring. The fol-
lowing statement was issued at the
Association headquarters Thurs
day: while the Association has
been striving for four years to
have the Del-Mar-Va Trail featur-
ed as the logical route between the
far north and south there has been
a serious handicap because of the
high rates charged for ferrying
automobiles between Cape Charles
and Norfolk. This matter. how
ever, is in the hands of the State
Corporation Commission of Virgin
ia, following an understanding that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany would agree to certain re-
ductions which were accepted by a
special committee several weeks
ago at a conference held at Old
Point Comfort Action by the
Commission is expected any day
and if the reduction is approved
this Objectionable feature to the
Trail will be removed to a decided
degree. ''The Del-Mar-Va Asso-
citation does not claim entire cred
it for promoting the highway sys
TENS of the Peninsula to the point
where it will receive the recogni-
4 tion now assured, for without the
splendid type of highways provid-
ed by the States of Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia, this never
would have been accomplished, and
without the fine cooperation ex-
tended by the State Highway De-
partments in supplying data and
correct information so that pub
licity might be accurate as dis
tributed by the Association, pro-
gress would have been extremely
difficult
Travel on Peninsula Shows Growth
The association also points out
that a close check-up on tourist
traffic in the mountain and inland
sections, such as the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia, Western Mary
land, West Virginia. and Western
North Carolina, this year during
vacation months has not exceeded
so per cent of last year. A check
in Del-Mar-Va on the ferries and
highways radiating from the Pen
insula indicate tourist traffic to
coastal points will run around 105