Milford chronicle., 1896-07-03
MILTON.

As your correspondent is the first person
from Milton to visit and view the grading
and leveling of the Queenstown railroad at
Denton, Hlllsborough, Queen Anne's,
Hobbs Corner, Marsh Hope, and Green
wood, the readers of your valuable paper
can have the following free gratis: The
progress of the new Queenstown road is
very marked. Large gangs of men, horses.
mules, wagons, scoops, plows, and every
other tool that goes to make up the para
phernalia to build a railroad, can be seen
along the route. A large division at Den
ton, one at Hillsboro, one betweed there
and Queenstown, and one near Hobbs
Ties by the tens Of thousands are piled from
Greenwood up The managers were max
ing great efforts to have their line across
Maryland in operation by the first of Au-
gust next, so that it might carry a part of
the peach crop; but this seems almost i'm
possible. And every one would think so
to see the amount of work that has been
done and is yet to do AT Denton there is
one cut 800 feet long, II feet deep and 20
feet wide, and at Hillsboro one 1000 feet
long and IS feet deep. This earth has been
put in the valleys to level it up The ping
has been driven for the bridge across the
TuckahOe river and the earth made out to
the abutments on either side 90 feet by 20
deep A high trestle single track bridge
with draw was begun this week across
the Choptank at Denton, by Jones & Pol
lard, of Baltimore. The builder and the
material arrived on the ground last week.
The track was laid within two and a-half
miles of HillsbOro last Wednesday, expect.
ing to reach the town by the Fourth, as an
excursion will be run from Queenstown
there Great preparations are being made
for it. The Queenstown road runs under
the Queen Anne's road above Hillsboro
One mile and a quarter of the track is laid
at Greenwood, and is within eighteen strides
Of the M. P Church There is a fright
of way" here remaining to be cleaned up
which will soon be amicably arranged.
s474 90 has been decided the full value, but
$4,000 is asked. For four miles near
Hobbs Corner heavy grading has been
done,one bridge built 100 feet long and an
other 90 feet In ten days from the 18TH |
the track is to be completed to Greenwood. !
and the whole line to LeWes beach by jan |
uary 1897 But the time looks to a green
horn no less than two years before the line
is ready for the rolling stock, and if the
grading on the whole route was as bad as
it was at the beginning, you'd mark it ten
years. Fifty-seven thousand yards of dirt |
have been moved up to Denton, and there
is fifty one thousand yards from there to
Lewes to be moved in grading Those
deep cuts reminds one of the ship canal at
Rehoboth. Two large passenger boats will
convey passengers and express across to
in one hour and three quarters
from Queenstown, and two large barges
will be used for all heavy freight.
John w Wilson dwelling has received
a new roof and is beautifully painted
We believe no person could give better
satisfaction as the treasurer for the Milton
branch of the National Building and Loan
Association of Delaware than our valued
friend, Hon William 7. Starkey, one of
our druggists.
At the annual school election held in our
school building last Saturday, Hon. John
H. B. Mustard, John H. Davidson, Esq,
and David Hazard, Esq, were re elected
IS school commissioners for the ensuing
year, as they give genuine satisfaction.
Mr. Henry MesSick has had rear porch ,
quilt and enclosed by wire netting by Levi
]. Coverdale.
Although last Sabbath was an exceed