A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=42350 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Chester Daily Times Article Date: July 17 1879 Article Description: THe "John Sylvester" Withdraws Service to Lewes, Delaware Article Text: Chester, Pa., Thursday, July 17, 1879: The ship 'John Sylvester' did not arrive here this morning. She left Philadelphia last night for New York where it is said she will run to Coney Island. MR JOHN GOFF, the agent here, said there were a very large number of citizens here anticipating a trip on her during the summer and felt very much 'put out' when they learned she had withdrawn. On the trip Tuesday last she had carried 500 passengers which shows that business was increasing and today Rehoboth Camp Meeting begins which would have added much to her trade. MR GOFF said one of the causes for her withdrawal is that the Junction & Breakwater RR Company and the Old Dominion Steamship Company, both owners of the wharf where the Sylvester landed, wanted to bind CAPTAIN POST to carry a certain number of passenger for Rehoboth everyday. The Lewes people expect to have a new wharf built in a short time , in the event of which the "Eliza Hancock" will take the "Sylvesters" place in the fall or next spring. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com