Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-21
Up THE DELAWARE WESTERN.
improvements Along the Road
Grand Places for Excursion ms ana
P1cnles.

improvements Along the Road
Grand Places for Exeursao ms ana
P1cnies. ,.."~.
The Delaware Western Railroad ia
short, 1t is true-not more than twenty
miles long-and yet it is doubtful If
there is road in the country that runs
through more romantic, picturesque
land beautiful country than it does.
There is no place better adapted for
picnic parties than the valley Of the.
Rel Clay Creek. Since the road has
been built improvements have sprung
up all along the road, increasing
the beauty Of Red Clay Creek VAL
ley and enhancing the value Of real
estate. In q trip up the road a.
far as Hockessin few days.ago by re-
preventative Of the REPUBLIoAN many re-
cent changes and improvements were
noticed.
At Kismensi Station very fine spa-
cious station Mouse has been erected
and the local trade Of the road at that
place has increatFed fifty per cent. Down
grade under a natural bower of shade
trees Red Clay Cr,,sk Is reached Green
bank the station slSews no perceptibls
change except in the little village of
houses that has beel, growing gradual
ly up around 1T. A uongst the latest
improvements is the new ladder
mandatory Of A. J. Williams which
he keeps in active opera tion almost all
the time. The flower plat a. the end
OF the station-house is n,t kept in as
good order as in times pa Vt. Leaving
dreenbank, the creek /, ,rossed and
Faulkland Grove is reach, ,d a half
mile further on. AIT the und, r growth
and brush have been reno ,ysd. the
ground sown in grass and beau
tiful sod is now forming under
the trees. The stone wzll skele ton of
the old Falkland spice mills stil1 cast
ts sombrs shade upon the surr ound-
ngs and make us with q sigh revert
20 the times when all was hustle and
lctivity. This is one of TIE best W. ster
powers in Delaware and 1t is o 1,jty
hat it is idle.
Up the stream and up tas road we
,ame to the Lancaster Pike. fhe largo
arm with meadow land through whicA
he train has just passed belongs tos
Iohn Peoples cashier of tae Union
National Bank.
He is erecting stone addition
% his farm house and Washington
Iox is doing the e-mason work. Josiah
!. Hulett, one Of the best faSnaers in
tsw Castle county, has chargs Of the
ann. We hope no one will take Of
enoe when we say that he has 3he lar
est field of the best corn on tks road.
through deep rocky cut and we
weep through Wooddale, wfh ere
VoOd's rolling mills are in full blast.
through shady deils, across races and
reeks, past golden wheat fisldss and
'aving corn, around curves and
hrcugh outs we fly mp the valley. A
arge excavation in the hill side on the
ther side Of the creek we were told
'as to be brewery, but by whom
arried on, our informant could not hell.
Mt. Cuba showed visible signs Of
New houses were spring
ng up all along the eastern side of the
reek. The picnic grounds have not
een so largely patronizsd as formerly
hough in one of the most beautiful
laoes and romantic spots that can be
ound. Through the, deep cut with
ointed jagged rocks on each side, the
rain moves on through grain fields
rass fields and meadow lands, now and,
nsn plunging across bridge until
shland is reached. This is a beauti-
Il country. Bane the agent and Post
laster looks as natural Ss ever-mos-
lche little heavier and a deeper
rown. Several new iron bridges have
1coseded the old wooden struetures,on
le road, and the stone abutments hare
II been rebuilt.
There is but little change at the
nuff mills. They are being run to
heir fullest capacity, and some Of the
anne coantenances which looked out
the windows eight years ago were
here still and bowed their recognition
8 we passed across the meadows up che
reek. From Yorklyn station, the ruins
{ the old Auburn Woolen mills could
9 dinly outlined. No attempt has
cen made yet to raise up Phoenix like
new building from the ashes Of the
ID. Another couple of'miles through
slis Of grain and grass brought us to
ockessin, in the Indian tongue "The
i'll Of Oaks" where our journey like
le present article is ended.
Rornorn hnr tho rair,t tinna nnnst ha anln