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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH C HOLINAl FRIDA Y JUNE 25, 1915
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OH PASOUOTANK
Excellent Water Transpor
tation Facilities Have
Made For Betsey's Progress.
Hardly a city on tin; Caroli
na seaboard lias Ietter trans
; portat'on facilities than an'
' Enjoyed by Elizabeth City. Con
nected with Norfolk by t tit
(Lake Drununond Canal. in
touch with the proposed in
land waterway., with a splcii
did harbor and pood ware
house accommiVlations, the
town is indeed 'fortunate as com
Spared with those whieh are de
pendent entirely upon tlie rail
roads for transportation.
The principal transportation
companies plyiup the Pasquotank
river and tributary waters are
four in number. They are
the Pasquotank and North Riv
er Line, the ' Wanchese Lin A
the Peoples Line, and the Mast
ern Carolina Transportation
Company.
The Eastern Carolina
Transportation Co.
The Eastern Carolina Trans
portation Compuu.v is the car
rier which, makes the first bid
lor the ;patronage of the pleas
ure seekers who yearly visit
iNags" Head, Elizabeth City's fa
IM Summer , re
ssort. This Company's ' boat,
the Trenton, ply regularly be
tween Elipabeth City and
Hanteo, the capital of Roanoke
Island, stopping at Nags Head
throughout the, year. Ex
cept in the Summer months
the Seat leaves Manteoat five
tfclock in the morningAreach
ing Elizabeth City at ten,
and returning leaves Elisabeth
City at one thirty p. J. arriv
ing at Manteo at six thirty. In
the Summer, however, the sche
dule is changed and the boat
makes (connection with the
train arriving "here at two
thirty p. m. and still reached
Nags Head before dark,. Vis
itors in, Elizabeth City have
called this trip from here to
Nags' Head one of the most
delightful that they have ever
experienced . The Norfolk
Southern is now selling ex
cursion rate and week end
tickets to Nags Heatl from
mointfl all along its line and
travellers on this road may
nave their baggage .checked
through to Nags Head at any
station between Charlotte and
Norfolk . f
The nresent service offered
muby the Eastern Transportation
jCompany is a great lmprove-
pient on ,that previonsiy given
patrons of this line. It was
only last year that this line
was bought out by a stock
company headed by D. R. Scott,
t which time the steamer
Trenton replaced the old gas
t)oat, the Hattie Creef.
The Peoples Line
The People's Navigation Com
lany operates the 'Annie', a
vessel of 68 tons capacity, and
the 'A. Ij. Page, of fU tons, well
equipped craft "both, between
Norfolk and Elizabeth Cilv. T.
& Fentress is the general man
aper, and Miss Ollie Owens is
the local agent in Elizabeth
City.
The Page and the Annie both
carry forty pasiengers com
i fortabiyv with all tha , conven
lences that comd.be wished ; for
en board the boats.?- The Page
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THE II INTO N BUILDING
A Sample of jhe Sort of Structural Simplicity and ArchiteCturaT Beauty That In Kept Pace With
Elizabeth City's Rapid March Toward That Commercial Supremacy For. Which All Are Striving,
makes the passage of the Al
bemarle and Chesapeake canal I
3 lL . a 1 - iL 1 0 . lit '
una cue auiuu iuu 01 iue i'is 1
mal Hwamp Canal.
tThe Annia leaves Elizabeth
City on '.Mondays, Wednesdays '
and Fridays, and the Page on
Tuesdays, Thusdays and Sat
urdays. It takes only nine,
h urs for the former to make
the trip to Norfolk, and the
Page does it in a few hours,
more, 1( to be exact. The1
vessels both carry a great deal
of freight between the Tidi
water Virginia metropolis and !
the metryjHdis of Tidewater
Carolina. Many travelers
prefer thp water route between
the two to the rail, and the
passenger traflic is heavier than ,
one wonld think. I
fThe People's Line is very j
popular here, and Miss Owens
is a splendid business woman.
Klie manages the company's bu
siness here excellently. Mr.
Fentress, the general manager,
is a fine man. He is well
known here as well as in Nor
folk, and is in a larg; measure
responsible for the upbuilding
of this very valuable service.
The North River Line
The tNocrth River Line is a
popular Northeast Corolina
boat service out of Elizabeth
City. It operates the com
bination vessel, Annie L. Van
sciver. The route is via
all Pasquotank and . North Riv
er Landings to Harnett's creek,
the terminus. The Vansciver
is the largest and best equipped
steamer in these waters. fc$he
makes a daily round trip and
mantains an excellent schedule.
Another boat in the service
of the North River Line is the
Kitty Hawk, combination; to
all the principal landings on
Currituck Sound .with a tri
weekly1 service except jn the
pptata, , season, when, the , ser
vice is dally for" the benefit.'' of
. planters along , the sound
shores.
Currituck and Elizabeth City
people are the owners of this
line. D. R. Hcott is the
agent here. On .Sundays
excursions are run to Nags
Head when the season is on,
that is, in dune, July, August
anjd September. Many local
people will patronize this (line
this Summer for this special
service.
The lienefit that the North
Kiver Li in- has been to Eliza
beth City and the people of
the points through it con
nected with the Picture City
lias already been immensH. It
is probable that in a few
months the 'present "fleet" will
have to be augmented by other
u'ssels, or larger ones put on
in their stead. The two boats
are hard worked in the truck
ing season to get the produce of
t! 'unit uck and Camden
farmer. here for shipment to
the North. Most of Ihe to
tal truck production of these
counties is carrieid on and be
low their deck to the docks
here.
The Wanchese Line
Hatteras, quaint old banks
village to the landward of
the famous Diamond Shoals;
Englebard, a prosjxerous Hyde
county town, and other points
are connected with Betsy by
the Wanchese Line, which op
erates flvo boats out of this
port. Connections are had
hre.
This line offers an exemplary
service to th banks South of
Elizabeth City. Travel over
it affords a passenger a trip
through a sound country filled
with interest, and an agri
cultural region unsurpassed in
the world. natteras W.the
nearest place ta the; "Graye
vnrd of the Atlantic" Hie hiost
tr;nieherrou$ spot on $e 'entire
Atlantic.; Coast andrprooa
bfy in the - world,' but the pa-
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1 sao on the 'inside' is smooth,
pleasant and always safe. En
glehard aitd ihe otheT Hyde
i county landings are centers for
truck idiippcrs, fishermen and
; so on.
I Roanoke Island is also
touched at. and considerable
business is carried on by means
of tiie Wanchese bouts between
it and the Northeastern metro
pil s. Coin pet it ion makes
details like accommodations,
anjl reasonableness of fare,
careful I heeded. The
in charge of the vessels,
are chosen for experience
1 lioiiroiighness.
Th- Wanchese Line is
men
too,
and
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con-
ducted byi expert transporta
tion men, who know every de
tail of the business and t lie
wauls of the patronage in the
Eastern Carolina sounds. The
connection with the Norfolk
Southern makes the service all
Ihe more efhViciit. since it puts
the sound country people on a
(ontinuous route iu any direc
tion they choose to travel. They
freight sent from the points on
the line to the North over the
N. S, is of a tremendous ton
nage. CHAUTAUQUA THE BEST YET
Chautauqua week ended Wed
nesday evening; in the big tent
here with the presentation of
"The Man from Home" by the
Avon Players. The apprecia
tion of the people of this sec
t'on of the 'Seven Joyous Days'
afforded them by this educati
onal institution was evidenced
in the large number attending
every performance and in the
hearty reception of each number
resented, but most of all by
the pTeat increase in the nutn
ler of gurantors asking Chan
taupia to return to Elizalieth
City ext year. "
ln 'abundance 0f,5pood things
Tor all nilqd the week's pro
pam. , The prediction that
thisWautouqua-'"would prove
even' better than last , year's was
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soon verified. To the child
ren there was always some
thing of especial interest and
the lecture and pictures 06
"P.right Eyes and Wild Hearts
of the Northern Woods" by
Chauncey J. Llawkins will per
haps stand cwt in their mem
mories as the greatest event of
the week, closely rivalled by
Springer, the Master of Magic.
To music loverg, Elmer Craw
foqil, the Wizard of the Violin
Colangelo, the y laug Italian
diwtor, and Marguerite Nee
kamp, soprano of the Boston
Oratorio company will no doubt
be given first place, although
to the audience in general the
beautiful old fashioned songs
that from time to time appear
(d on the program, notably
in the Southern melodies by
the Chautauqua entertainers
and "The Songs our (irand
mothers used to Sing' by the
Boston Oratorio artists, gave a
pleasure that grand opera
could not bestow.
To the most. thoughtful
minds seeking for inspiration
and light bearing upon the
ouestions of the day Dr. Si.
Parks Cadman's 'Modern Bab
ylon' anvl Montaville Flowers'
'Rebuilding the Temple were
decidedly stimulating and re
freshing. But to the Confederate Vet
erans and their sons and daugh
ters, the sweet face and the
courtly grace of Mrs. LaSalle
Corfoett Pickett will be remem
berod apart from all other
numbers of the Chautauqua
program, and her reminiscen
ces of the 'Friends of Yester
day' will be retold to child
ren's children.
Superintendent Downey pre
sented in his series of lectures
on ehid 'development the' best
and most vital in modern edu
cational thinking and iu addi
tion did more than any other
one person to diffuse the Chan
tauqwy spirit t h rough , the
week'; nayt
GETSTO WKt
Betsey Ready to Take
First Rank Among Pro
gressive Towns of the
State.
The administration of muni
cipal uttairs under tne citv man
ager plan of goverinent is work
ing like a piece of well oiled
machinery.
It is admited no less by those
who opiosed him than by those' .
who favored him that Jf .
('ommander, the town's firsv '
city manager, is on the job, aaWr
the effect of having a man avt'
the head of the municipal gov
ernment who is giving to its con
duct his entire time and atten
tion is making itself felt in' erery
department of the city's
fairs.
Saving the town money has ,
always, been Mr. Commander's
hobby and this is one of the
tirst things which he has given,
his atention since his election to
the new office. To go into de- 4
tail would require totf much -space,
but here is one instance '
of the sort of work Manager
Commander is doing:
When he took charge of the
affairs of the town a barge load
ed with paving bricks had just
1 1 ockej I here a ml . jthe matter oif
gelling these bricks where ,they
are ueeded demanded immedi
ate attention. Under the , old
system it was nobody's business ,
t hire men to work for the town
As a result, heretofore when &
barge of brick had to b? unload,
ed 0. Switze.r, the local con ,
tractor who is now doing most
f the city paving, proceeded to
h re a forve to undertake the. job
add for his trouble in securing
and supervis'ng these men he
was allowed by the town ten
per )nt of the wages paid tbj ; ,
nun. I'nder the old system, 1
(and no doubt Mr. Switter
managed the matter as well as
any contractor could hare
done under the circumstances)
it cost the town $557 to un
load one barge of brick. "That's
too much", said manager Com
maitder. "I will let the chain
gang do it." As a result the
present barge of brick will be
unloaded at a cash outlay of
about $150 and even with the
cost of the chain gang dded
to this ami tm t there is still a
saving of over .'53 l per cent
011 the barge.
Another of Mr. Commander's
hobbies when he was on the
bo;ird of Aldermen was the
matter of keeping the town
clean. It was he who was .
always discovering that some
private sewer was emptying in
to an ojien waterway and
making it self a nuisance in
some section of the city. The ,
very first morning after he be
came City Manager the grass s
growing between the buildings
and the sidewalk along Water
Street was chopped down, and
if that has been dome bejfore
except in a clean up week this
writer has never observed it.
Since that time the work of
making the whole town clean
has been going forward apjajca
If one who is well acquainted
with the usual conditions of
the space back of the Hinton
Building. Kramer Building and
and the Bee Hive will take a, 1
look at these back lots today "T
he will see that a marked, V
change has been wrought' .
there. The rake, the hoe, and;," -the
shovel have been busy and,;
places that have been breeding ,A,
places for flies have been reno
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