Evening journal., 1903-11-13

wilmington has population OF 20o,-
600. That is what the people living in
the city 25 years hence will proudly
claim.
1t will have one OF the best water
fronts of any city In the country; II
will have an improved christiana; II
will have great shipping, manufactur-
ing, commercial and railroad and troll
ley interests and will be generally a
city beautiful.
In a quarter OF a century Whining
ton will extend from what Is now
known as New Castle to Claymont and
from the Delaware 10 Elsmere. The
river front then will be a practical
reality. Many streets will lead direct
TO the Delaware ana its banks between
the two suburbs OF the present VIII
mington will fairly bristle with big
manufacturing plants OF all sorts and
shipyards whose fame shall equal that
Of the Cramps. Roach's or Harlan's.
What now is practically a. barren
waste Of marsh land will be filed in
and rows Of cozy dwellings for work
men will be erected thereon. Even
though the desert may not blossom like
the rose. the erstwhile marsh viii re-
spond to tho touch OF progress and
viii be fairly alive with busy, happy
humanity.
This Will be in keeping with the
boom in real estate which already has
begun and which viii increase with
the growth in population. The supply
OF houses IN Wilmington. both little
and big, is unequal TO the present de-
mand This accounts FOR the ready
sale Of lots at Penn-Rose, around
Thirtieth and Market streets; the
boulevard extension. Montrose and out
In the Ninth ward. including as II does
the section over Eleventh street bridge,
out Vandever avenue and along the
Brandywine creek
These sections are being nicely laid
out In streets and avenues. Rows OF
modern. cozy houses are being erected,
attractive as 10 exterior and conven-
lent within. They are two and three
stories in height and are approached
by cement walks and there are spaces
for attractive grass plots.
SO In twenty-five years, the Ninth
ward, the roads 70 Elsmere, TO New
Castle. TO Claymont and 20 Edge Moor
VIII not be the sparsely settled sections
they now are. but viii be modern city
streets.
A Greater Wilmington.
The Delaware River bulkhead, now
In course OF construction. is one as
surance OF a greater Wilmington. IT'S
length OF two miles will enable almost
any vessel TO tie up there. TO the grent
benefit OF the shipping interests OF the
city, a ferry 60 the New jersey shore.
which now Is being discussed, win
then be an assured thing The hum
OF machinery in the factories which
will cover what now are the marshes
will supercede the eroaking Of frogs
Long trains OF cars loaded with raw
material win run into mill yards and
come out again with manufactured ar
ticles.
Great wharves and piers will be
built and big ocean steamers VIII tie
UP al them, this being made possible by
the thirty-nve foot channel
The Chrlstiana improvements then
win be an assured thing. II Will haveits
twenty-five foot channel and perhaps
a deeper one. This win be made neces-
sary by the additional craft from down
the peninsula which may ply the
stream The improvements viii have
the effect Of keeping the old industries
here while the bulkhend in the Del
aware viii bring new ones.
These industries win bring In theiI
wake thousands Of working men and
their families. They win demand
many houses; shops win have to b'
enlarged TO make room ror the IN
crease In stock necessary to meet The
demands OF additional consumers anS