The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Good lioWing grouniL cease. With a seawall at East Chop andspur jetties along theEastville shore to stopthe further wash intothe harbor (and thismust be done sooneror later anyway), andwith some little initialdredging, the workcould be accomplishedwithout a too greatexpense, and once done, should take care of itself. This wouldbe a great boon, particularly to small boats and yachts, andwould unquestionably induce many
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Good lioWing grouniL cease. With a seawall at East Chop andspur jetties along theEastville shore to stopthe further wash intothe harbor (and thismust be done sooneror later anyway), andwith some little initialdredging, the workcould be accomplishedwithout a too greatexpense, and once done, should take care of itself. This wouldbe a great boon, particularly to small boats and yachts, andwould unquestionably induce many more of the latter to usethe harbor, of v/hich yachtsmen are inclined to fight shy, owingto the exposed anchorage under certain weather conditionswhich are difficult toforetell. Already ashort breakwater hasbeen built as a shelterfor small boats, butthis is wholly inade-quate to the needs ofthe place, those first onthe ground have,rightly enough, appro-priated all the ; thus theSummer visitor and the. Tliu resiilf of a Ktoiiii. OAK BLUFFS TO VINEYARD HAVEN. 81 cruiser can find no anchorage that will put his mind at Vineyard Haven harbor has a bad name amongyachtsmen, as the owner of course gives heed to what hisskipper says, and the skipper, being responsible, naturally pre-fers not to take chances. If, on the other hand, there was aplace where the yachtsman knew he would be safe and snughe would, as a matter of course, drop in for a look around, andthis class leaves money wherever it goes. Stewards have a freehand for purchases, while hotels, livery stables and souvenirshops would come in for their share, and all manner of repairsare called for. This would, of course, destroy the drive along the beach,but a drive could be constructed from Vineyard Haven toChunks Hill on the Lagoon, and so up and around its easternbank, that would be quite as beautiful and still more a matter of fact, the region about the upper waters of theL
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