The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-01
'..,-,s,..s.-.s.--..Clayton and Vicinity.
Gen ROUTE.

oOuUn-DOunu over Une DelaWaFe III
vision from Wilmington. This!train
always leaves The latter station in
light running order and promptly to
the minute. Generally. the passen
gers are made up of persons who
having spent the day shopping, eth
er in Wilmington, Baltimore or Phil
adelphia, have an opportunity by this
train of connecting with their lateral
roads and thus be able TO reach home
that evening. This together with
the morning North-bound express, is
of the greatest convenience to those
not wishing to stop in the cities over
night
DOUBLE STEEL TRACKS.
Almost imperceptibly another
thread of steel is being stretched
along this road TO accommodate the
enormous increase in the volume of
business done. Before the compile
ton of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk r.. r. from Delmar to
Cape Charles, none of the staple pro-
ducts especially truck, found their
way North from the South other than
by the Virginia Midland r. r. via
Washington, or by the Norfolk
steamboats, and the Chesapeake to
Baltimore. Now by the short cut
across, which the road affords togeth-
er with the admirable train service
given since its completion, the extern
sive early truck farms of the South
can pour their products into the great
cities of the sea board with the quick
despatch never before thought of.
Without enumerating them the
stations along this division compare
in artistic floral decoration favor
ably with any elsewhere on the great
Pennsylvania r. R. system, which is
saying a great deal.
'sDIvIsIoN HEADQUARTERS"
We made the run down pleasantly
from Wilmington to Clayton in about
an hour, which was fast enough for
US, this mile minute business may
do for Pres dents who have more
than one life to lose, next November;
but ours is all we have. So we got
off and registered at the hotelStoeckle
fnst at tho station In aiir oese, the
"WlSh was the father to the though
or very soon Mr. Armstrong had Gus
in light phaeton taking spin over
the near by country, fortified however
with a good supper. We passed the
farms Of Thos. and David Rees on
the west and admired the perfect til
liage each is brought to, and as an
aid to this, the neatly trimmed hedge
row one drives through in this sec
ton greatly aids favorable opinion
being formed. We next bore South
and East, and saw the fine fruit
farms of Robert Hill, Edward lap
ham, A. L. Hudson, Jr., and the
Anthony Bros, and drove into the
hotel yard just as night threw her
mantle over the earth, and pinned
it with several million stars. Next
morning, after breakfast we took a
troll through the town and noticed
number of fine residences surroun-
ded with beautiful grounds, promi-
| nent among which were those of Su-
| perintendent I. N. Mills, Aubrey
| Vandever, Harry Smith, j. i. Book,
A. Sevil, 7. Holiday, and a number
of others whose names we could not
learn. The new NJ. L. Church is
looked upon as little gem, here,
being tasteful and entirely free from
debt. Mr.. Aubrey Vandever re-
ceives considerable credit for bring
ing about this happy state affairs,
by tireless energy, with his charming
liability of manner. 1t is easy to see
since Division Headquarters has be.
come established here, that the future
Of this once obscure railroad town is
Of the highest. As an augury of this
the town has obtained acts of lncor.
poration, has commissioners elected
taxes levied and assessed, and i'm
provements Of permanent nature
constantly going on.
ga rEEr INTO DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
Was accomplished through the po
liteness Of Mr.. Joseph Whaley, tn,
efficient usher of the building. Befor
entering, we noticed that the larg
and slightly irregular building befor
) us was designed with especial refer
ence to ample ventilation, and abun
dant light. A wide hallway in tht
centre divided the different offices
. the first of which is the
"pEsPArcnER's OFFICE"
On the first floor in charge of MI
= Daniel Mackey, with ten assistant,
Here at the different telegraphin
instruments are seated the workin
staff Of operators, receiving message
aud giving train orders from Wi
mington down the line to Delma
During heavy fruit season whe
: the road is crowded with flying train
if the least mistake should start ava
l q a.