The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-01-23
ToIIs ates ought to be Abolished.

| quated. The county and hundred!
ought to keep up the roads, with ;
good intelligent, mechanicalm man AZ
supervisor. He ought to be paid {
fair salary tosee that the roads
are kept in good shape and give
bonds sufficient for the faithful per
formance OF his duty. Macadamized
roads are bestfor all purposes, with
six foot sidewalk on one side and
all approaches to farms made good
10 conform to the grade and inlets
to take surface water off the road
| beds. There is no excuse Tor hav.
ing mud roads while the Brandy.
VINE granite is in such abundance.
For example, our Jersey neighbors
have made so miles of road the past
year from Thatcher's quarrles on
the Brandvwine. The Governmen ut
has used thousands of tons in max
ing harbor OF safety for mariners
at the Brcakwater at cost OF mil
lions. Why can't we have good
roads when we have the material
SO handy and cheap to make them.
CHRISTIANA RIVER IMPRACTICABLE L.
Through the persuasion of our
representatives in Congress-, there
has been expended on this
crooked river the past year half 4
million Of dollars, which might as
well have been thrown into the
creek as useless expenditure OF
money, according to the report OF
the President OF the Board OF Trade.
In his report in the Every Evening
recently he stated that the mud
walls OF the channel had slid back
within ten feet OF meeting and fill
irg up the channel TO its original
state. think any lunatic at Farm
hurst would have known that mud
walls could not stand up under
water with the ebb and flow OF the
tide and commoton OF steamships
plying in it without pilirg and
cribbing to keep it in place, and
this man is now down at the Lceis-
lature irving to hobby through
scheme whereby the city will be
mulctcd into paying 10 per cent on
$500 O00-whicb will be 500. 900
which in the aggregate will be ST.
100. 900, which will be thrown away
unless they stra ghten the creek
by taking the bends out Of it to keep
it from shoaling. Unless its fuHv
agreed 10 s.raighten this river our
city ought not TO spend one dollar
on ii as it vii! be lost the same asthe
half million already expended. Let
the present Congress pass an act
10 cut tie horse shoe, as it is called,
making one channel as straight
and wide as possible, wharf it up
and put good 100 feet wide road
TO ii and let the city own it and get
the revenue from it. Then and not
until then will the city be justified
in taxing the people to death with
out any good results. ! consider it
:mpractlcable tomake commercial
business on this creek unless 1t is
straig ghtened, wharfcd and roadcd.
All the manufactures on the creek
are built down to the wharf. All
the streets ad accent TO them have
gate put on their entrance with
mo admIttance. apply at Office.
The corporations rent ii the streets
running alongside their works for
4 nominal sum, say from $50 to S17
per year; whereas they ought to be
from $500 to $1,000 per year. There
is no road on the railroad to walk
and no road along the river. there
fore all money spcnt By the city is
ior the benefit OF these corporations
and il any person is manned or
killed IN going to and from thelr
works and their representatives
take The case TO court their case
is not pressed and they arc told it
was negligence and that settles
The case. That's whats termed
Christianity IN this city Of churches.
The Chas. Warner Company has
the only piece of wharf that coiu-
c:des with my views. The Nessrs.
Lobdell seem to be lcvcl-headed in
making up their grounds for
wharves. The only piece of the
Christlana that is practicable for
a commercial business TO be done
is from tine p, W. a. b. bridge
Gown to its mouth. 1t is straight
and wide aud could be used TO ad.
vantage in doing commercial
business. Piers Oh each side could
be run out TO the channel on the
Delaware river in order to give
prominence to our CITY. These piers
ought to be $50 feet wide, with
store house 20 feet wide and 50 feet
each side. for roadway, for steam
and trolley cars to 90 down to it for
freight ard passengers. Electric
lights could be put on each OF the
piers which would give our city
prominence on this beautiful Della
ware river. ] would make the docks
alongside Of these two piers $50 feet
wide, also tie whole length from
the channel. 1900 feet up to the
Cherry leland marsh. These docks
would concentrate the business |
do not think shlpyards should be
allowed TO lay in front on the chan
mel. These two piers and docks
from The p, ", & B. bridge out to
the channel would start us in full
competition with Philadelp phia, with
saving OF time aud expense OF go.
ing and coming, being 90 miles
nearer the ocean. A. h Morrison
old me that tie Government had
aureed to fill ir with mud 900 feet
from Cherry Island marsh out to-
war,, the channel. Throwing the
II nd ont OF these docks into the
piers would be much less expense
aud if they could be persuaded to
dir tlc ~ hole dock out would be 4