Milford chronicle., 1883-04-27
STATE BREVlTlES.
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Smyrna now has the privilege of is
suing bonds to the extent of $50, 00O to
rovide a wafer supply. Milford will
follow salt in Il few years, or may SOON
er, il Il great fire sweeps away the hu'-
iness portion Of the town. Milford
could have as gOOd supply Of water
as will be required i'm the next thirty
/ years, for about $40 600. We refer to
/ the plan of utilizing the Haven Mill
/ Pond for a reservoir, and having the
water decend by gravity. y small
stand pil e would save the eXpance OF
steam power as small turbine wheel
would do all the pumping.
A correspondent writing from Wash
ingtOn says:
il may be ofinterest to know that Delaware post
al service is source of revenue to the government
The postal service secures profit from the Della /
ware peninsula of $40 1896. This may be CON
sered an honor. for il is the only State south Of
Pennsylvania which makes such showing. As
the postal establishment is the most essential to
the people Of all the Government Departments, I
have collected the following statistics:
The gross revenue OF the postal service from the
people Of your state during the last year SS6,-
75S.47, and the total expenditures, S17,59s 81 The
revenue is derived from three sources OF course
the greater portion is from The sales Of postage
stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards
These sales amounted last year 10 S949II OF, and
the receipts from box rents Sl.s2313. A
small return Of So. % was secured from the sales
OF waste paper
When the expenditures are examined, it is found
that the largest item il for the transportation of
the mails. This cost last year S97.93l.9 %. The
amonnt allowed as compensation for postmasters
is only little below this. being Sg6Sil o.. There
was paid for clerks in post Offices and for fuel and
rent. So 537.5S The free delivery system cost
sS,5d2,53, and the railway post Office clerks S.
25s Al.
John S. Houston, promising mem
Der of the New Castle county bar, died i,
,n Sunday of pneumonia in his 2lth =
year. He graduated from Delaware !,
Jollege in 1879 and admitted to prac-
ice at the bar of Kent county in Oc-
Ober, 1882, after a course of three years -
tudy with his uncle Hon. john w.
Houston. His body will be embalmed
md placed temporarily in the receiving
'ault of the Wilmington and Brandy
vine Cemetery. DR.. David II. HOus- h
on, father of the deceased, who went OF
rom his home in Sussex county to
are for his son in his last illness, is
ow lying seriously i'll with pneumO-
ia in Wilmington His wife, too, is 10
lsO very indispOsed.
The Philadelphia Produce Exchange
rs called a meeting of Peniusular
each growers for May 18th, to con~id-
r the advisability of hereafter selling 90
be baskets with the fruit. a,
It is said that cooIing-hOuses for
-Oring small fruits are to be built
{ stations along the Delaware rail P.
Dad. The object of the company in p
aving these houses built is to allow
rowers to pick their fruit all day, in
cad Of only up to near train time.
The management of the Delaware
l'lrOad is considering the advisability
putting on an additional fast pas
niger rain between Delmar and Phil-
ielphia. The train would connect
ith all the Peninsular branches, reach
.iddle,Own about S.4j O'Clock in the
Orning and make no stops between
idd .etOwn and Wilmington. Re
rning, it would leave Philadelphia
,out o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
ould stop only at important points,
Id make fast time. The train would
, doubt Tay in the summer season
I'd would give Peninsular people in
eased facilities of travel that they
Duld appreciate. uperintendent
ills says t is probable that the train
III be put on in May.