Evening star., 1934-07-22

paint, the moved lawns about the
farm residences. the Whitewashed tree
trunks that stand sentinel along the
ToadSideS.
Your road sweeps in a great curve
around the head of the Great Chop
tank River through Bethlehem, Pres
ton, Ellwood and New Market, where
you bear right on Maryland State
Highway No Is for the remainder of
the trip 10 Cambridge.
Before you even enter this city
itself you will see, on the left side of
the road, one OF the plants of the
greatest packing establishment in the
world II your trip is in the right
Season-along about now-you will
see a portion of 5000 employees work.
ing in that plant packing tomatoes.
Dorchester County, in which Cam
bridge is located leads the Nation in
the packing of that vegetable. which
grows in such colorful abundance in
this sector Of the Shore Quaint"
Well, it takes considerably more than
ox-cart transportation to carry that
great crop in to the packing house
here, and II was not picturesque
ness" that increased the packing con-
Germs business from SIS 100000 year
to SIS 900 900 annually.
One of the most attractiv drives
through residential territory this cor
respondent has followed Is around
Cambridges boulevard" 1t is a road
that skirts the river front, and it is
fairly lined with bright, new homes
and gay gardens If this seems like
the product of an unfounded enthu-
siaSm, reflect that wealth has been
drawn here by Cambridges beauty,
and this little city was chosen for
grand homes by Walter Chrysler, Al
fred du Pont, Frank du Pont and a
half dozen other men prominent in
the business world.
Old Ivy and Oaks.
Now, if you would insist on some
of the Eastern Shore pictureSqueneSs
drive down some of the older streets
nearer the downtown section, You
will see lovely old residences that are
quite covered by the ivy that has
chung to their brick walls hundred
years and more. You will see gnarled
old brick walls in their growth-brick
walls that have been accommodatingly
rebuilt in looping courses to please
these ancient trees.
Cambridge'S commercial water front
is not too active now, and doing at
creaking wharves you'll see many OF
the aged bug-eyes, schooners, sloops
and skip jacks-all famous Chesa-
peake Bay types of sailing craft
that in season still ply a back
breaking trade out on the oyster
rocks.
incidentally, it is through Cam
bridge that much Washington motor
traffic would pass if the proposed new
ferry line is established across the bay
from Chesapeake Beach. Folks here
have tried to negotiate Federal loan
for the building of the new line which
would have its terminus at HUDSON. a
little settlement 10 miles west of here
So far, however, these efforts have
been blocked by the Matapeake and
Claiborne ferry owners, who claim
there isn't enough traffic to support
both lines.
Cambridge has a comfortable inn
in It's Oakley Beach Hotel that is
situated within $50 feet of the water
Its single room charges are from 81
to $3.50 or from $3.50 TO $3.50 for
double rooms. The dining room OF
the hotel serves good meals, and you
NAV choose a table out on the
screened porch overlooking the river
Along Highway No. Is.
Continuing on to Crisfield the
| course follows United States Highway
No. l3, the transportation backbone
of the Del-Mar-Va peninsula, eX-
tending as it does from Wilmington
Del. straight down the cenTeT OF the
land to Cape Charles. AS you leave
Salisbury you'll pass some beautiful
old homes. The road. main artery
that it is. winds through willow-treeo
and eavly-gardened home sites there
so don't travel too fast. While IN
that same locality look for tre Mary
land State Teachers College on the
left side of the road at the town
outskirts. 1t is handsome structure,
its white columns. cupola and stone
trim being strongly suggestive Of the
modern District Of Columbia public
school buildings.
Fifteen miles below Salisbury you'll
enter lovely Princess Anne, one OF the
prettiest places on the entire route.
There old trees embrace old homes
in a scene OF contentment that is
reminiscent OF an earlier age. Prfn-
cess Anne isn't large. so take time
enough to enjoy it before running
s miles further down to WestoVer
Junction.
The junction is the meeting place
of roads, and you cut hard right
10 follow the white arrow on the
"Crisheld" sign,
Crisheld is ls miles down Route
No 4l3. and if you are aware In
advance that that town is only S
feet above sea level. you won't be
quite so shocked when you suddenly
come upon a cemetery on the right
hand side Of the road in which virtu-
ally all the graves" are exposed con-
crete. eofin-like sarcophagi.
I Where Crabs Are Shipped.
The chief activity at CriStield these
| days is crab steaming and crab ship
ping The visitor will be almost fasci-
aated by the dispatch with which this
/ industry is carried out. Large motor
! boats Tie alongside the wharyeS of
| crab houses. Their cargoes are sold
and barrels Of the biting, fln-waving
| cruStaceans are swung on to the
wharves. AS quickly as they are set
down. men tilt them over great circu-
lar iron basket like receptacles TO Gull
: from the mass OF crabs those which
are dead The healthy live ones are
dumped into the iron receptacleS,
which in turn are lowered into great
! steam chambers. The latter holds
three of the big bssket-hke cookers
zpd after they are loaded and &AelI