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On the ferry. you have the run of
three large decks, so the bay trip need
be nothing but interesting. This cor
respondent crossed once in the eve
ming and the ferry passed close to
naval cruiser anchored out in the
roads and he caught glimpses of
motion picture show being presented
on deck under the starry sky.
At Matapeake, the traveller drives
off the ferry promptly and finds him
self on Kent Island Were this a
history study tour, he'd recall that it
was Kent Island that saw the first
Englishmans settlement in Maryland.
William Claiborne, a Virginia, estab-
lished on this island his trading post
three years before Lord Baltimore's
colonists sailed into Potomac waters
to establish st. Marys City. Claiborne
put up a stiff fight to retain this is
land for Virginia, but he lost.
Now for the varied courses which
the driver may elect. From Kent Is
land the route is practically fixed for
the l8-mile run to Wye Mills and the
road numbers on this stretch are 80
and 4G4. At Wye Mills, however, one
may elect to go by way of Easton and
on down through Salisbury, or one
may stick to the time-saving route.
This latter continues over route No.
404 through Hillsboro, Denton and
across the Delaware line into Bridge
| Vile At Bri6geviIle, bear left and
take route No. 18 to Georgetown and
then route No. 1l3 about 26 miles to
- II
Then it's only 612 miles into Ocean
City. This route means total of l27
miles of driving for the Washing
tonian: 80 miles to Annapolis, and
then 95 miles from Matapeake to
Ocean City. And the good part of it
is that it lies almost entirely over
beautiful, smooth concrete roads.
In travelling to Ocean City by way
of the Chesapeake Bay ferry, though,
call the Annapolis claiborne Ferry
Co. at Twelfth street and New York
avenue for their schedule before start
ing. Missing that boat is serious.
Their telephone number in Washing
ton, is National 9125.
Less Than Four Hours Drive.
BY this short route, the driving
time between the Capital and the re-
sort is somewhere in the vicinity of
8 hours and 80 to As minutes. To
| this must be added the 40 minutes on
the ferry. If you choose the course by
way of Salisbury, you add between 20
and 80 minutes to the run on the
Eastern Shore.
There are many WashingtonianS
who prefer to drive the whole dis
tance, skirting up around the head
| of Chesapeake Bay, and it is said it
takes exactly five hours to drive from
Northwest section residence to
hotel here Frankly, it took this
writer considerably longer than that,
| but then he failed to take the best
route. To drive all the way to Ocean
City in the shortest time the Wash
! ingtonian travels through Baltimore
| and out of that city on road No. 40,
through Aberdeen and Havre de
| Grace, where he crosses the Susque
hanna River to Perryville, and on
| through Northeast to Elkton. At Elk
| ton the best route lies due east to
| Glasgow, Del, where the course turns
south and runs 18 miles to Blackbird,
Del, where the famous Dupont High
! way, designated as road No. 13, Is
| joined for the dash over perfect road
| way through Dover At the Delaware
capital the traveller changes over to
| road No. 113 straight down the State
| of Delaware to recroSs the Maryland
line at Selbyville. Then one drives
through Bishop and Showell. About
miles below Shovel take the left
road Of the fork for the cutoff to
into Ocean City.
Approached from the mainland
across the bridge that spans Sine
puxent Bay, Ocean City appears as
closely massed community of wood.
Frame buildings are everywhere
commercial establishments, cottages
and hotels. After crossing the bridge
one understands the reason for the
compactness of everything. Ocean
City is built on narrow strip Of sand
that demands economy of space, and
no sooner has the visitor crossed the
bay bridge than he sees the seas surf
rolling toward him scant two blocks
away.
Sea Fishing.
At its entrance Ocean City seems a
commercial town with sea fishing pre-
! dominating. To the right as the city
itself is entered is seen a fleet" of
house boats, ranged along the sandy
| beach of the bay. These are the
homes of some of the commercial
fishermen who draw their livelihood
from the ocean in nets and by hand
lines And to the left are cottages
in which other flsherfolk dwell At
| this end of town, too, are found ga
RACES, shops and commecial ventures
of various sorts
A block up from the bay bridge lies
the main thoroughfare of Ocean City
1t is Baltimore avenue, and it ex-
tends parallel to the beach the full
length Of the community. Turning
to the right from the entrance road
| one quickly reaches the end of town
the lend" of town which is, in fact,
its rebirth. For it is this southern
extremity that upholds the now ia
nous inlet and the Bodybuilding
operations that are at once the hope
and the feature of this whole mari
time community.
J From the Jetty to its end, to
the last of the larger hotels, Bal
timore avenue is a mile and a half
long, extending the full length of the
town from its commerce to its more
fashionable hotels and cottages. A
block seaward of Baltimore avenue
runs Ocean City's boardwalk, a di-
agonally planked promenade skirting
the surf on one hand and amuse-
ments and residences on the other.
Like the fishing, this city's recre-
ational opportunities center about the
southern end of town.
Along Baltimore avenue and the
ocean front are scattered Is hotels
and almost innumerable cottages. !"
All of the hotels will be opened by
June is, while most of them were
ready for visitors this week end. The
prices here vary and can accommo-
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