Milford chronicle., 1883-06-29

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the
lyzed
husi-
nat the
ut to de-
rna prom
layton and
4e to retain
lOint of ship
anger was that
lose this by the
ilh the incessdnt
too little shipping
unable to remove.
Clayton had all the
.Ous youth and Smyrna
suit 70 do business at
missed an expense above
the additional freight be-
two points. ii anyone saw
smyrna in such an outlook
as none to adopt practical
es for the realization Of such
antil J. e. Tygert q Co. in the
ecutiOn Oftheir phosphate business
ted at ROthwell's Landing and es-
olished steamboat connection with
philadelphia. Here was the halt
called in the rout of Smyrna's ambi-
ton. i few years more demonstrated
that for purposes of trade and manu-
! iacture. smyrna was one of the most
/ favOrably located points on the Della
ware bay. To-day she enjoys superior
advantages of frequent and regular
communication with the outside world
/ at freight and passenger rates that put
her business opportunities at prem
I ium among her sister towns. Onel
link is yet lacking in the chain of her
I sperity; that link will some day
connect by ferry or otherwise the rail |
road Of the Delaware peninsula with |
the railroad of the Jersey peninc.iiiti
and mske-& short line OF freight to |
New York City.
In the organization of the Philadel-I
phia and Smyrna transportation Com |
pany, the Messrs. j. Z. Tygert & Co |
have shown the same foresight and
business tact that have ever marked /
their career, and that has made the
name of J. e. Tygert & Co a synonym
for success on this peninsula This
company is organized with a capital
stock Of $50, 600, and through its com
bination of interests promises to un-
fold with dispatch and certainty the
greater prosperity aud success of
smyrna.
Like begeis like" One energetic,
successful business firm in town Will
find others to emulate its example un-
til the whole mass is leavened with a
spirit of enterprise. Smyrna has de-
veloped much of this enterprise so that
it has extended far out into its rural
and prompts every farm
er to supply himselfwith the most i'm
proved implements and to follow the
most successful modes of farming,
Fruit Growing, Evavorating and Can
ming form an importnnt part of the va
Tied industries Of the locality; these,
with grain and grass and stock grow 1
ing, are laying a broad foundation for
a most successful agriculture \
In the eHterpfising firm of G. w & j
). Taylor, founders and machinists,
The farmers and manufacturers of t.
smyrna have an important auxiliary /,
10 their success. This firm employs a /
arge force of men that is annually in
:reasing, in construction and repairs {,
work las an enViable reputation all tc
,ver the peninsula for honesty of con II
tructiOn and q complete, workmanlike A
to the purposes for which D
t is intended. Their trade is enor- O.
nous aud is growing with the years eli
Strange as il may seem that special u
businesses will grow sometimes in To- III
alities that are not by natural sur j..
made specially advantage -
us, so basket manufacturing has
rOwn In Smyrna. Located a long
istance from the forests that supply
asket timber, there has grown up
ere two large factories for the build
lg of peach baskets, and third one OIL
t Clayton near by.
The Pickel factory Of Evans & Phil n
o is an industry that deserves immi.
ltiOn at other towns of the peninsula. On
adds one more market for the pro-
Icts of the farm and enables growers 60
diversity their crops by all those Mal
Editions Ofvegetables which will bear P.
in salt or vinegar.
The Smyrna Porous Tile Works Of
r. VIM. NJ. Bell has carried the rep Il
alton Of Smyrna thrift to distant sec 3
)ns. These tile might find large 81
ID advantageous use in the level lands 81
the peninsula.
The Smyrna Library is one of the
editable organizations of the town. 81
le citizens bear the reputation of be- 81
z reading people and are very :
Oud of their Public Library. Mrs. "A
rter the efficient librarian is accred-
q for much IL the zeal manifested ! /
this institution.
rhe Banks Of Smyrna are valuable traiI
Ia to lie busines enterprises. Their a. m
DOsits average about $500 600 which 81
DIS ready use in discounts in the TTE 1IT
ghborhOod. The Smyrna National at 4
nix is having its Offico remodeled, Lew
it IS the boast of the President ''o'
/ they will have, when completed,
finest banking room in the Stale ~.
time and space safficed it would "a ~
to note the great benefit ,,yeeli sl
{ has accrued to Smyrna through per '
publication of its local paper, the days
raa Times Under the management Gays
1r. Robert II. HOhecker tliis paper
lade valuable aid to good morals,
is powerful cOnsergator Of the All
e. call al
be smyrna Record viii be issued this eloses