Evening journal., 1910-09-30

indeed as a simple problem and one
which should be taken up and pushed
TO finish at once
From inquiries made il would not
appear as if the cost of this improve
ment would be prohibitive. The land, II
of course. would have to be condemned II
and paid for. The cost OF the excava-
ton might be AIDED TO as II is said II
there Is a ridge Of rock under the L
marsh spoken Of which would aug
ment the difficulties and the cost II
is, however, something which be the l
cost anything less than prohibitive
should be done. People are asking
what is the matter with Wilmington.
other towns of her class handicapped /
In many ways are distancing her IN /
the race. Chester is spending money |
on Chester creek, which is only 10 be |
compared to Shellpot. Trenton is /
spending her money. not Uncle Sans, !
mind you, In an effort to get II feet |
of water TO her docks. The other day
II was stated I'm the newspapers that
a vote was going to be taken in
Reading on whether the citizens were
to spend sl,250,0 900 on identifying the
city. Wilmington wants TO wake up.
What Is the matter with Wilmington
/ indeed2 Is Il civic pride she needs ?
Is It a lack Of enterprise? Is it
lack of social efficiency I'm it's people?
4 Certainly it is not because of any dis
/ advantages in its location. It is not
because they have failed to take ad-
vantage of natural facilities that Il
has? Is there not 4 way out Of
fered in the above2
Let Wilmington Flourish.
Let Wilmington flourish. Let Will
mington make the Christiana and the
Christiana will make Wilmington.
This improvement If taken up
should be only the beginning. The
Christiana below the mouth Of the
Brandywine could easily be widened
and made as deep as the Delaware.
II is an axiom of business that
increased facilities always be-
ing increased business. The signs
Of the times all point TO the
coming Of the day when the waite
ways will have to relieve the railways
In carrying certain kinds of freight.
With the expediture of a little money
the Christiana water front would be
more valuable than the Delaware
front. II has natural advantages that
are impossible on the Delaware. Be
low Third street bridge at least con-
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feet. II will always be a safe harbor,
let the wind blow high or low. The
entire cost of making the Christiana
perfect from Third street bridge 10
the mouth of Christiana would not be
as much In the writer's opinion as our
dock on the Delaware. where ship
could lay with Eatety during a south
east gale.
When the Christiana water front
becomes filled with plants and long
before, In the writer's opinion, those
seeking sites will turn thei attention
to the Delaware.
Christiana avenue, which now ends
at A street, should be extended to me
Delaware which il would reach near
the w. and n. piers. At a reasonable
distance from the Delaware A street
should be run In a southerly direc-
tion towards New Castle, thus estab-
fishing a foundation for plants seek
ing rail and water facilities on the
North of the christiana some
changes should also be made. AT
present one Of the proposed roads &C
= the river is by way of Seventh stree
!, to a point below the Jackson an,
Sharp plant of the American Car an
Foundry Company, where It bears &
the north until it strikes Eight
street Going east for a few hundre
feet on Eighth street it makes Z
sharp angle across the marshes &
what is known as Seventh stree
bridge, but which is really on a lin
with Fourth street, which touches OF
the east side of the Brandywine. !
more absurd road TO reach anywheri
could not be imagined. AS a com
mercial highway and as a possible
road to the river Of any practtca
utility it is simply ridiculous. TIT
bridge in the first place was appar
emily built TO benefit one piece o
property and this property has beef
sold since the bridge was completed
for about 40 per cent of what tn
bridge cost New Castle county. Prett!
expensive work for the county ant
not very beneficial for the promoter
of the scheme as II turned out.
Extend Eighth Street
What should be done here is tina
Eighth street should be extended in
straight line through the marsh be
low the Jackson and Sharp plan
until It reaches the Brandywine. Tn
alleged Seventh street bridge shout
then be moved to Eighth street ant
the latter street ldlu out AL 70
Cherry Island Marsh to the Delaware
A road should then be run north ant
South across Cherry Island Marsh 4
Edge Moor. Later Twelfth stree
should also be opened to the Della
ware. but not before Shellpot had bee
diverted from it's present course an
run down the channel Of mud cree
into the Delaware. This, with anothe
road 10 the river at Vandever avenue
would lay the foundation OF IN
greater Wilmington which will com
with the development of the possibii
ties OF the Christiana.
If Wilmington is going TO hold Il
own and keep I'm the van with It
progressive sister cities 1t will hay
TO spend some money and in IN
opinion Of the writer one dollar spen
on the Christiana will be as good
ten dollars spent on the Delaware.
II Wilmington will make the Chris
tiana the Christiana will make WI
- mington. The writer is not an eng
neer and certainly has no genius
II that direction He believes, howeVe
that there are no prohibitive obstacle
III An the way of having the channel
III the Delaware up to Fourth stree
III wharf. OF course there are obstacles
III he understands that. Of course ther
III were obstacles on the Clyde more dis
III ..~.,,., r,i,,e- than those on the Chris