The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-17
TROLLEYS FOR
DOWN STATE.

l AAho Va thAAey 'AAS' Ii"l ~
water power furnished by the
| Naticoke river. In some sections
of the country districts the old
telephone poles have been removed
and big poles for the trolley wires
have been erected.
The following dispatch from
Brilgeville explains tine situation.
During the coming week a
meeting of the promoters for the
building OF a. trolley road from
Seaford to Rehcboth will be held.
The line has been mapped out
and next summer the people in
this section will be able to 60 to
Rehoboth and come back when
they please, Farmers in this SEE
ton have informed the parties in
trrested that they can have free
right of way, Included among
these is United States Marshall
John Cannon Short whose land
run, for a mile where the rropos-
| ed line will be built. The Queen
| Ann 5 Railroad Company and
two capitalists are backing the
movement and the power for run
| ming the road will be derived from
the Nantlrokr river. The power
h,,uso will be built at Mildleford
| where the waters of the Nauticoke
aud its tributaries are very power
fuI. This means that the cost
of running the cars over the pro-
posed thirty miles Of road will be
greatly reduced As no coal will be
needed.
The road will start from Sell
ford and passing through a thick
~ populated country will run
through Georgetown to Kchoboth
In summer months the people Of
Sealord and this section have to
be up with the lark to catch the
train for harrington where they
are compelled to wait nearly two
hours before they get Il tram. 1t
is understood that after the meet
lug is held charter will be applied
for and then the company will
try to secure the right of way
through the, different towns through
which it is proposed to run the
new road. The business, people
in the towns feel that they will be
benefited by the additional num-
Der of country people who will
visit the towns and make pui-
clnocs.
Farmer, along the route of the
proposed railway are willing to
subscribe for stock, They con-
slider the proposed road an cSse&-
tial improvement. So for as
| pleasure is concerned an uppDr-
tnnily will be offered to the people
to spend Il full day at the beach
| and the fare will be less than one
fourth that charged by tn" rail
road
In this section the trolley lines
in Use will be extended, It is I'M
| dorstood that the Newport and
! Stanton line will be extended to
Newark Christiala, Red Lion.
The Bear and st. Georges, and in
probability Midlhtown.
Those interested in the develop
ment Of trolley lines in thi, state
are by no mo;u, sure that j.
Edward Addick- and the people
with him are going to have the mo-
noroly of the trolley line which it
i, proposed TO run parallel with
the lines Of the Delaware railroad.
The company organized some time
ago for that purpose is getting
ready to build, and unless the new
company makes IA move the com
binntion which now own, the vii
mInston and New Castle and New
Castle and Delaware City lines
will have them extended and the
road in operation before the new
company i, ready.
There has been considerable my
terry concerning the intentions of
the -yndicatoS that controls the
line between this city and New
! Castle, but those in il position to
know about trolley matters, say
that the roads have passed into
the hands OF Willard Salisbury,
Harry Richardson and Z. Coleman
DUPONT.
Mr. DUPONT is one Of the Iarg-
est railway operators in this
country. and he is supposed to be
in business Tom L. Johnson to Il
considerable extent, which creates
that johnson is also interested in
Inc local deal. Even if is not,
| those who are named have ample
capital to build network OF cleo
! tric roads in this state. Every
road they built or secured con-
troll of has been successful. While