The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-12-26
a PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
The Delaware Construction Company's
Grand Enterprise

Wilmington will soon have the Della
ware river Tor a commercial front. A
syndicate OF prominent citizens, who
are land owners are building a twelve
thousand dollar bridge across the
Brandywine river at Fourth street.
The work Is being done by the Della
ware Construction Company OF ia
French street, Alvin X. Morrison presi.
dent and Charles w. Talley secretary
and treasurer, who own twelve acres
Of land on the Christiana river from the
edge Moor Cut on" to the Brandy.
wine and thence up the latter stream.
The syndicate contains tho Delaware
Construction, The National Dredging
Company, I. J. and J. b. 1alley, j. s.
and u. A. Talley, O. w. Talloy, Isaac s,
Elliott, Jacob H. Weldin, Joseph Ham
by, ct. al, on the East side OF the
Brandywine, f. b. Cotton and the
Bush estate. including DR.. Lewis +,
Bush on tho West.
Abont one thousand acres OF land
will be opened to industrial, CONNER
cial and shipping uses. Various i'm
provements and buildings are being
talked of by some OF the parties, in
GLIDING the Delaware Construction
Company's proposed bridge works
just now special Inducements in the
low price of lots are offered to per-
sons who will erect substantial manu-
featuring improvements which, by
State law, shall be exempt from taxa
tton for ten yours. Aside from his
company, Charles W. Tailey owns 70
acres with frontage Of 1,100 feet on
the Chrlstlana river, opposite the Lob
dell Car Wheel Works, which liz In the
market. Two projectors OF industries
sufficiently promising, he, as well as
other land owners. will give away lots
They make good holiday presents. A
lot OF acres would be presented to
the protector of q manufacturing
plant with sufficient capital to war
rant it. Add to i, this the Statutes
ten years exemption from taxation,
and manufacturers have grand induce
ments to locate In Wilmington. First
come, first served
Two national grand-trunk railroads,
the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore
and Ohio, as we'll as the Wilmington
a. Northern II. R., all have access to
this land and will assist its develop
ment. Then three navigablerivers, the
Brandywne, Christiana and the great
Delaware, afford ample facilities for a
limitless amount OF shipping by ocean
steamship lines and every class of
steam and sailing ships. Unmeasured
deposite OF coal, iron ore and petro-
leum are commercially contiguous.
Nature here offers u winter port to
foreign shipping 2S miles nearer the
Atlantic ocean than that OF Philadel-
phia
THE PEOPLES PRESENT.
The bridge projects East Fourth
street westerly across the Brandywine
at right angles with that stream.
Thence the street runs 1900 feet north
westerly until 1t reaches Seventh street
which proceeds westerly between the
jackson Il Sharp Company's car works
and shipyard.
The bridge was designed and speci-
fled by Alvin Il. Morrison, the we'll
known bridge architect and builder.
1t will have draw tifty-eight feet
long and different from any in the
State.
1t turns on pivot on a level with
the rest OF the bridge. and Is known as
a ''bob-tail" draw. The short end, In
stead OF having balance weight, is
kept in place by means of q ''gallows
fame OF wood with its connecting
iron rods. 1t Is 80 feet high and held
by two back guys or iron stay! rods.
From the top Of the ''gallows frame
an iron suspension rod fastens to the
eAITetuH emu OF TIE Oo-IooL long ulAW.
Because OF this bridge the Delaware
river can be reached by tho shortest
possible route. 1t il only one-and NJ
one--tSnth OF mile to the city's fu-
ture great commercial front from the
point where Seventh street. near the
Old Swede's church, crosses the p. w.
u b. r. r. The city will now reap the
benefit OF having filed and graded
Fourth street 100 feet wide to the Della
ware river.
The Cherry Island Marsh Company
will deed tho bridge free Of all cost to
New Castle County-a $1,000 present
to the people.
Newspapers friendly to our people
will please give Wilmington boom
by mentioning the ten years exemp.
ton from taxation and tho five acre
premiums of which rs many will be
given as can lie warranted satisinc-
terily successful.
The Delaware Construction Com
pany, by pushing this enterprise, has
done the people OF New Castle County
and especially OF Wilmington great
service, whlch-we hope will prove
profitable To all interested. john G..
HAkRSEsS ReDprter