BALTIMORE OLD POINT COMFORT NORFOLK BALTIMORE WESTPOINT RICHMONDELEGANT NEW SERVICE Between Richmond and Baltimore THE EVER-FAMOUS YORK RIVER LINE Southern Railway between Richmond and Westpoint 39 Miles S. H. HARDWICK, P. T. M. H. F. CAREY, G. P. A. Chesapeake Steamship Co. between Westpoint and Baltimore Chesapeake Bay—York River W. H. TAYLOE, T. M. S' NEW STEAMERS CITY OF RICHMOND CITY OF ANNAPOLIS Built Expressly for This Service Baltimore and Westpoint Special Steamer Train with Parlor Cars between Westpoint and RichmondRICHMOND, the capital of Virginia, situated on the north bank of the James River. The site was settled in 1609, and the place was first called Byrd’s Warehouse. Richmond was incorporated in 1742; was made the capi- tal of Virginia in 1779; suffered from fire in 1811; was noted before the war as an important commercial centre for tobacco, tea and flour; became the capital of the Con- federate States in May, 1861; was threatened by Mc- Clellan in 1862; was besieged by Grant, 1864-65; was evacuated by the Confederates April 2d, and occupied by Federals April 3, 1865. Richmond, today, has a population of 132,628 and is generally known as the “Big- gest little city” in the United States. The accompanying views give an idea of the pres- ent-day Richmond. Within the last ten years the city has grown more rapidly than at any period in its history. Ap- preciating the importance of for the largest ocean-going vessels. From Westpoint to the mouth of the York River (Gloucester Point) where the river becomes a part of the Chesapeake Bay, is only 26 miles. The service between Westpoint and Baltimore is performed by two large, modern steamers, the “City of Richmond” and “City of Annapolis,” built expressly for this service. It is well, worth the time of anyone to visit Richmond. Hotel accommoda- tions are excellent and points of interest are numerous. The people of Richmond are hospitable and there is a common saying there that “a family who lives in Richmond a year never wants to live elsewhere again.” Richmond, not only as a commercial centre, but also as a city of interest, attracting visitors and tourists from the country over, the Chesapeake Steamship Company has joined with the South- ern Railway in a rehabilitation of the famous York River Line. The York River Line is a combined rail and water route between Richmond, Va. and Baltimore, Md. The Southern Rail- way between Richmond and Westpoint, 39 miles, has been con- ditioned, enabling the special steamer train to make the run in an hour and ten minutes. At Westpoint, Va. the train connects with the steamers. Westpoint is located at the head of the York River and is the nearest deep-water port to Richmond, being navigableThe Southern terminus of the Chesa- peake Line. The accompanying map shows Hampton Roads (the rendezvous of the American Navy) a large body of water open- ing into the Chesapeake Bay at Old Point Comfort. Adjacent to Hampton Roads are the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth and New- port News—in the neighborhood of 200,000 people. Of these ....... cities Norfolk is the gest shipping points on the Atlantic Coast. Frequently there may be seen fifty or more foreign steamships in Hampton Roads. A great many steamships from South America, Gulf of Mexico and southern ports stop in at Norfolk to supply their bunkers with coal. While shipping is the principal industry at Norfolk, it is also a city of manufacturing, and there are a great many large modern buildings. The residence section of the city, known as Ghent is especially attractive. One of the principal kinds of early vegetables. The climate of Norfolk is very temperate, making it pos- sible to raise vegetables in early Spring. Seven railroad lines now center at Norfolk, and there are sixteen steamship lines sailing from its piers. landmarks at Norfolk is old St. Paul’s Church, built in old colonial days (about I739)> a sombre link be- tween the old colonial days and the wonderful present. Portsmouth is on the oppo- site side of the harbor from Norfolk, and shares in in- dustries and prosperity of its sister city. The surrounding country within recent years, has developed into one of the greatest truck raising sections in the world, the land being especially fertile and well adapted to the raising of allBaltimore, the northern terminus of the Chesapeake Steamship Company Lines. Present population 558,485, the principal port South of New York, situated on the Patapsco River near its entrance into the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is the principal city of Maryland, surnamed ‘‘The Monumental City.” The city was laid out about 1730, and was incorporated as a city in 1776. It was unsuccessfully attacked by the British in 1814. Trans-Atlantic steamship lines ply regu- larly between Baltimore, Bremen, Liverpool, Hamburg, Belfast, Dublin, Antwerp, London and to central America ports. It is an import- ant railroad centre and the terminus of many steamboat lines plying on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. There are many points of interest at Baltimore, among them being the Walters Art Gallery, the Peabody Institute, the new Custom House with its beautiful mural paintings, Washington Monument, Battle Monument, Druid Hill Park and Fort McHenry, where the Star-Spangled Banner was written. It has a large export trade in bread- stuffs, tobacco, cotton, provisions, oysters, coal, etc.; large manufacturers of flour, woolen and cotton goods, cigars and tobacco, iron and steel, clothing, and is the largest canned goods centre of the United States. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbish- opric, and contains the Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Hospital. It is a marked coincidence that many of the most important inventions of the United States had their origin in Baltimore. Among these were the first telegraph message, the The trade of Baltimore is usually throughout the South. People of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee like to do business in Baltimore, and many of the most promi- nent residents of Baltimore came originally from these States. first Balloon ascension, the first electric cars; the first steam railroad; the first Cathedral; the first gas plant; the first college of dental surgery; the first revolving printing press; the first metallic writing pens, and in addition to all these items of historical interest, Balti- more now ranks among the first manufactur- ing cities of the United States, being the sixth largest city in the United States.GALLERY DECK SALOON DECK MAIN DECK Staterooms are the very best. All metal bed- steads. Good hair mattresses. Fine linens. Running water in all staterooms. Bed- rooms and staterooms connecting with private baths. All the comforts of a modern hotel.GALLERY DECK SALOON DECK MAIN DECK Staterooms are the very best. All metal bed- steads. Good hair mattresses. Fine linens. Running water in all staterooms. Bed- rooms and staterooms connecting with private baths. All the comforts of a modem hotel.OLD POINT COMFORT is located on Hampton Roads, and is one of the most famous resorts on the Atlantic Coast. Fortress Monroe at Old Point, was one of the early forts of the United States Government and has been modernized with disappearing long range guns and other up-to-date devices. The guns of Fort Monroe protect the cities of Norfolk, Richmond, Portsmouth, Newport News and Hampton from invading war vessels and are also a protection to Baltimore and Washington. The homes of the U. S. army officers and the Chamberlain Hotel, makes an attractive view as one lands on the government piers at Old Point. The principal hotels at Old Point place. For a city of its size, Hampton has many wealthy residents, who have beautiful homes located along the water front of Hampton Roads. The most historical point is old St. John’s Church. Hampton Insti- tute and the United States Soldiers Home is located here. HAMPTON ROADS. This placid sheet of water would scarce recall the fierce battle of the “ Merrimac” and “ Monitor” which was waged on its unruffled bosom, and lies beautiful and peaceful, dotted with great battle- ships, fast cruisers, graceful yachts and pretty sailing craft. Now and then a mighty ocean steamer, loaded to her marks, glides quietly by to sea, and once in a while the big ferry steamers slip up alongside the great pier at Old Point Comfort to SHIPPING LYNNHAVEN OYSTERS L. M. NEWCOMB WHARVES OLD POINT COMFORT Comfort are the Hotel Chamber- lain and Sherwood Inn. Adjoining and to the west of Old Point, is the thriving little business city of Hampton. The accompanying view shows a street scene in this let off and take on passengers. Puffing tugs pass by, dragging great unwieldy tows to sea, and a mar- itime panorama of exquisite beauty is being constantly unfolded. UNITED STATES MONUMENT, YORKTOWN President Woodrow YORKTOWN is possessed of more colonial history than any other one place in America. Here were kin- dled the fires of three revolutions, two sieges, that of 1781 and 1862. Here heroes fought and died for our common country, here every spot is sacred, and across the river is Gloucester, where a king was born, and where a president lived, where all that is mortal rests of Nathaniel Bacon, and near here is also James- town, where the cradle of American history was first rocked; last, but not least, here at Yorktown our independence was achieved and our national existence begun. Cornwal- lis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, with an army of 7000 men with all the munitions of war. The accompanying is a view of a street scene in the town. Wilson recently visited Yorktown being only recognized by a small school girl, a citizen of the place. Yorktown [ is a point of much interest to the tourist, and with the fertile surrounding country, is destined to become a thriving town. Gloucester Point, on the north bank of York River, opposite Yorktown, is a point of commercial importance, being the gateway to the rich and prosperous Gloucester County. WESTPOINT, VA., 1 at the head of York River, 39 miles from Richmond, has by the conditioning of the Southern Railway be- tween Westpoint and Richmond, and the new Steamer Service of the Chesapeake Steamship Company (the York River Line) main street, yorktown come into prominence as a port. There is now in construction at Westpoint a large pulp and paper factory, and other manufacturing industries. The York River from Westpoint to Gloucester Point and Yorktown, where it unites with the Chesapeake Bay, averages from one to three miles in width, and is navigable for the largest sea-going ships. Westpoint is the nearest deep water port to Richmond, and affords splendid opportunity as a shipping point. Along the York River are the counties of Gloucester, York, James City, New Kent, King and Queen and King William. These counties are served by the Chesapeake Steamship Co. with wharves at Allmond, Clay Bank, Clements, Glou- cester Point and Yorktown, at which the steamers stop. MAIN STREET GLOUCESTER COURT HOUSE FIRST CUSTOM HOUSE IN AMERICA YORKTOWN OLD DEBTOR S PRISON GLOUCESTER COURT HOUSE Baltimore—119-127 East Baltimore Street, Light and German Streets, Pier 19 Light Street Richmond—907 and 809 E. Main Street Norfolk—109-210-223 Granby Street Old Point—Chamberlain Hotel Washington—705 15th St., N. W., 1406 New York Avenue Philadelphia—828-1019 Chestnut Street New York—264 Fifth Avenue, 1218 Broadway, 31 W. 30th Street Boston—298-248-232 Washington Street Buffalo—532 Ellicott Square Pittsburgh—839 Henry W. Oliver Building Chicago—54 West Adams Street, 601 Marquette Building Cleveland—1290 West nth Street, Hippodrome Building Key Compton, President W. H. Tayloe, Traffic Manager Baltimore, Md.DISTANCES FROM BALTIMORE TO Miles Seven Foot Knoll 13K Mouth of Magothy River . 22K Sandy Point L. H. 24K Annapolis .... . 32H Thomas Point L. H. . 33 H Kent Point .... . 38 Fair Haven, Herring Ck. . 48 Sharp’s Island L. H. . . 52^ Plum Point Landing 54K Choptank River L. H. . . 56^ Cove Point L. H. 69K Drum Point, Patuxent River . 76 Point Lookout L. H. . 95 Clay Island L. H. . . 98 Solomon’s Lump L. H. . 101 Smith’s Point L. H. 105X Watt’s Island L. H. . 126K Windmill Point L. H. . 129 Wolftrap L. H 141 New Point Comfort L. H. 151 York Spit L. H. ... 166 Too’s Marshes L. H. . 163K Gloucester Point 172 Yorktown .... 172 Clements 176 Clay Bank .... 184 Allmonds 188 Westpoint .... 198 Old Point Comfort . 176 Craney Island L. H. 182K Norfolk 187 ROUTE MAP OF THE CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP CO. SHOWING CHESAPEAKE BAY. YORK RIVER AND ADJACENT TERRITORY IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIACHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP CO. BALTIMORE-NORFOLK SERVICE CHESAPEAKE LINE SOUTHWARD Lv. Baltimore.. . . 6.30 pm. . . .Daily Lv. Old Point . . .6.00 am. . . .Daily Ar. Norlolk.......7.00 am. . . .Daily NORTHWARD Lv. Norfolk . . . . 6.15 pm. . . .Daily Lv. Old Point . . .7.15 pm. . ..Daily Ar. Baltimore.. . .7.00 am. . ..Daily Time shown at Old Point is approximate. S.S. “CITY OF BALTIMORE” Captain, EDWARD JAMES Chief Engineer, W. H. MacLEA Purser, J. T. RIGGANS S.S. “CITY OF NORFOLK” Captain, JOHN THOMAS Chief Engineer, W. S. THOMPSON Purser, J. E. KNOWLES Sister Ships—Gross Tonnage 2379 tons each. Completed and placed in service in April, 1911. These ships are 310 feet over all, 60 feet over guards and 42 feet at water line, with a carrying capacity for 650 tons of freight and accommodations for 400 passengers. They have 137 rooms each, all equipped with running water. Six rooms contain double brass bed and connect with bath-rooms; ten rooms contain double brass bed and shower bath, and ten rooms contain two berths and connect with bath-rooms. All bath-rooms and shower baths are equipped with hot and cold fresh and salt water. Equipped with Marconi wireless, interior telephones for communication between state-rooms, and when alongside the dock connection is made with the city telephone system. The dining-rooms located on the gallery deck forward, have a seating capac- ity for sixty people. A large and handsomely furnished smoking room is located on the main deck aft and there is a music room with a piano, for the ladies on the gallery deck aft. BALTIMORE-RICHMOND SERVICE YORK RIVER LINE SOUTHWARD NORTHWARD Lv. Baltimore. . . 6.00 pm Ex. Sunday Lv. Richmond . . 5.30 pm Ex. Sunday “ Yorktown . . 3.00 am Ex. Monday Ar. Westpoint... 6.40 pm “ Gloucester Pt. 3.20 am Lv. Westpoint. . . 6.50 pm “ Clements. . . 3.50 am Allmonds.. . 7.50 pm “ Clay Bank. . 5.00 am “ Clay Bank.. 8.15 pm “ Allmonds. . . 5.40 am Clements. . . 8.45 pm Ar. Westpoint... 7.00 am Gloucester Pt. 9.00 pm “ Lv. Westpoint... 7.20 am Yorktown . . 9.15 pm Ar. Richmond . . 8.30 am Ar. Baltimore. . . 7.00 am Ex. Monday The time shown at Yorktown, Gloucester Point, Clements, Clay Bank and Allmonds wharves on York River is approximate. 5.5. “CITY OF RICHMOND” Captain, R. J. SHORT Chief Engineer, A. F. ANDREWS Purser, H. C. BAKER 5.5. “CITY OF ANNAPOLIS” Captain, R. L. MOON Chief Engineer, R. J. KIEL Purser, R. G. FLAHERTY Sister Ships—Gross Tonnage 1933 tons each. Completed and placed in service in October, 1913. These ships are 277 feet over all, 53 feet over guards and 43 feet beam at the water line, with a carrying capacity for 550 tons of freight and accommodations for 400 passengers. They have 117 rooms each, with running water in all rooms. Eight rooms contain double brass bed and connect with bath- rooms; five rooms with double brass bed and shower bath; seven rooms with two berths and connecting with bathrooms, and four rooms with two berths and shower bath. All bathrooms and shower baths are equipped with hot and cold fresh and salt water. Equipped with Marconi wireless, telephones for communication between staterooms, and when alongside the dock connection will be made with the city telephone system. The dining rooms located on the gallery deck forward and have a seating capacity for sixty people, A special feature of these steamers is the segregation of the colored from the white passengers, a number of rooms and a smoking room on the main deck aft having been set aside for the exclusive use of the colored passengers. Handsomely furnished smoking rooms for white passengers located on the gallery deck aft. S.S. “COLUMBIA” (In Reserve) Captain, J. S. BENNETT Gross Tonnage 2582 tons. She is 287 feet over all and 46 feet over guards, with a carrying capacity for 700 tons freight and accommodations for 300 passengers. She has 86 rooms, nine of which contain double brass beds, and all are equipped with running water. She is equipped with Marconi wireless.