Evening journal., 1902-06-07
TROLLEY FROM KENNETH
TO WILMINGTON ASSURED
Route TraVerSeS Beautiful aud Historic
Section and Work on II
Progresses

A drive over the route Of the troll
ley road from Kennett Square to VIII
mington by way of Brandywine Springs
is a pleasant novelty, and is calculated
to enlighten the skeptlcal and convert
the unbelieving TO the reality Of al
bounding means of transportation in
the not very dim future between Ken
nett Square and Delaware's chief city.
It Will be a beautiful ride through one
of the richest and most interesting sec
tions on the eastern seabOard, ALSO A
newspaper correspondent took a peep
at the prospects day or so ago, and
found SuperintendentS and force
of twenty or more men removing The
knoll in the public road opposite the
property of Timothy Leonard, draining
the swamp at John Fahey's, building
abutments, bridges and culverts, and
otherwise pushing the work as rapidly
as is possible with the wOrlmen pro-
durable. About forty men have been
lengaged in the work, but the number
nuctuates. owing to the unhtness OF
many laborers.
From Kennett the trolley will run
down South Union street, swing around
the American Road Machine plant and
out Birch street straight in the middle
of the road. Opposite the brickyards
its course is south through the grove
belonging to William Phillips and over
the mill to Phillips Mills, where it
crosses the race, runs west Of the mill
land passes William Philips residence
through his lane. crossing the road
east of the bridge, and passing through
Michael Fahey's fallow meadow, skirt
ling tine east branch of Red Clay creek
to Clifton Mills.
It's course past "the house
of hOrnblende stone near the bottom
of a rounded knoll, overhanging the
deep winding valley" will call up
Taylor's STORY of Kennett' and Gil
bert Potter" to every lover Of romance
who travels that way Every furlong
Of the road recalls the poets sketches
in The Events of an Evening" that
Thrilling chapter in the simple tale.
Work on the trolley bed has only
progressed as far as John Fahey's, but
Tits course staked out as far as we saw
it, nearly to YOrl2lyn. is a dream all the
way and Mr.. TaylOrs pretty descrip-
lti0n of the ride of his lovers exactly
describes the trolley way after leaving
The mill at Clifton, where it creeps
close by the tail race.
So much for the witchery OF scene
Through which the trolley will speed
on its way to the city by the Christi
lana. YOrklyn. TIockessin and Brandy
wine Springs will multiply the beauty
land increase the romance still more
From Marshall's Mills d huge horn
lblende boulder juts out into the pres
lent driveway which the trolley COM
lpany will blast away for the purpose
/ lof widening the carriage road, the
, trolley running close by the mill race
Further along 1t will pass over the hill
to the north of the drive through lands
I belonging to Marshall Brothers, taking
- a orcuitous course past Israel Mar
shall's fine residence, over a bridge
twenty feet in height and through ths
p meadow to YOrklyn. Contractor b. i
= Wickersham. Jr.. of Kennett Square
! has fun charge Of the engineering a
this end of the line. owing to the press
of work devolving upon Civil Engineer
IWashebacl5 of the Vandogrift Com
pany. superintendent Slater smiled
as he said, "Yes the road will be fin
A., ished by the Fourth of July-but
won't say which Fourth"
10 is altogether safe to prediot, how
3 ever, that Independence Day. 1908. vii
: find throngs Of pleasure seekers abOarS
, the new trolley and enjoying the holi
y day at Brandywine Springs.