Milford chronicle., 1892-09-30

: Those intending to buy land in Del
T aware.llo have rare opportunity to buy
: one, two.o all three ofthe valuable farms
= belQRging to the estate of the late viii
liAs~ virden, Esq, deceased, located at
: Cole Shoal" in Milford Neck, on the
Murderkill river, just below the town Of
Frederica. She sale will take place at
Calls Hotel in Milford, Del, on the Ist
Of October, 1892. These lands are in
fair state If cultivation, and susceptible
of improvement to the highest fertility.
Mr. Virden deciiued an offer Of $4,000
for the whole tract. There is ample wood
land for the wants of the three farms, and
marsh land for hay and stock raising.
The county road from Milford aud Fred
erica to the "Pier" on the Delaware bay
runs past the property, aud the bridge au-
thorized by the Legislature, will cross
Murderkill river at or near these lands,
which; When completed, will materially
enhance their value It is seldom so
much eligibly situated farm land is Of
fered at public sale. See description. ETC.,
in another column.
IF no oysters grew ia the waters Of Mis-
pillion river. and Milford could get
enough to supply our wants by pro paga
ton, how quickly the enterprise would be
started, fostered and protected. Well, ,
oysters already grow in the river, but en-
rroocf,s,,or cod f-,,,. a., -. l. ...... I
and destroyed the bed from the green
banks" up through south reach past
the Lighthouse-and up Broad reach as !;
far as Pond gut;a distance Of near a mile. q
and still the sand flows on up the river :
the oysters as it goes: for it is E
we'll known that the oyster can not live /,
on moving sand or on soft mud bottom J,
Now the question is, what are we going Il
o do about it"2 It is plain that our citi- u
ems should consider and adopt a plan h
o extend the beds up the river, utilizing 81
he shells which have accumulated on -
he oyster rocks, and smotheriHg the -
oung oysters; to spread on the bottom h;
f the river from Crooked GUT bend up y,
round the horse shoe to sister reach: =,
be water is deep aud no danger to nav "a
CATION wonld result The bottom is
oft mud and it needs covering of shells
'r the protection ofthe growing oysters.
'hich will not live and thrive except in =,
lear water. 1t would add about a mile in
the present beds, s,and being contiguous lit
lie proposed beds would need no seed en-
lg; in fact the shells are already covered ~.
18th the young. The oyster men would liz
: glad to get rid Of the cuttings which tn,
icy have fished up and thrown hack into arr
e river again aud again for generations Sr
lst; and if small scows were furnished an
EN- and iuducement offered they could for
We the shells aud carry them away to WI
read on the new beds. SoI So'
The legislature of Delaware authorized TIL
commission TO buy 5000 bushels Of 81,
ellis to form oyster beds in the bay. ms nla
d there is no reason why beds should wo
t be made in the river, even if we pee
rchase what shells our waters may OPT
* to carry out the project Being Oi
yigable stream it may be necessary to en-
tain legislation but no valid objection ing
aid be made, and the thing is entirely illr
l"ticable; of course a comptent person Cn' cnu
uld be required to superinteud the the
king the beds, and the cost of the of t
terpr1se could be reimbursed by inn and
sing trifing tax per bushel of oysters ana y
.en from the artificial beds. the