Smyrna times., 1911-07-26
DUPONT BOULEVARD WORK
STARTS FIRST IN SUSSEX
ONLY PART OF THE PROPOSED
ROUTE SURVEYED IN KENT
General Dupont Has Not Yet Notified
the Smyrna Board of Trade as to
When He Will Visit Smyrna.

The Boulevard Committee has |
heard nothing yet as to the coming |
of Gen. DUPONT and his engineers to
Smyrna to look into the matter of |
the boulevard route through Smyrna.
Mr.. DUPONT has promised to let the
Committee of the Board of Trad
know in advance but he is so busy
with the lower end of the survey it
may be sometime before he gets up
to Smyrna. According to the Even
ing Journal, General DUPONT and his
force of engineers have progressed
so favorably with their preliminary
surveys for the DUPONT boulevard
through Sussex and Kent counties
that it is expected that the commits
sion composed of Governor Penne-
will, Lieutenant Governor Mendinhall
and Secretary of State Smithers will
be asked within a week or two to
select a route for the boulevard.
Under the law empowering the con-
struction of the boulevard this COM
mission is to determine the route.
Two Roads May Be Built in Sussex
While nothing definite in the way
of finally selecting a route has been
done, it is altogether llkelyIthat the
highway will pass through the
eastern section of Sussex County
and if this route is chosen it is be-
lieved that General DUPONT event
ually, if the Legislature will give
it's sanction by an amendment to the
new law, will also construct fork
of the boulevard down the western
section of Sussex. Both routes have
been surveyed but some opposition
in securing the right of way has
been encountered along what is
termed the western route, which is
to pass down through BridgeviIle,
Seaford and Laurel. 1t is pointed
out that the construction of the boUl-
4vard along what is termed the east
Elm route-from Milford, through
Georgetown, to Selbyville would
bring about the greatest development
of the country. Land is worth two
to three times as much through the
western section as it is through the
eastern section, and the boulevard
not only would bring an increase ir
property values but woud stimulate
building and farm development
throughout the eastern section. This
is expected to prove a factor wher
the commission meets to select {
route, as it would mean increased
property values, therefore more taxes
to enable Sussex County to improve
its lateral roads.
Kent County Route is Not Surveyed
While the survey has not beei
completed in Kent county, it is pre-
dicted that the boulevard route to b
finally determined upon will be fror
Milford, through Canterbury an
Frederick and join the present Stat
road from there, with some change
to straighten the highway into Dover
From Dover to Smyrna the surve
has not been made as yet. 1t is sal
that some opposition has cropped u
in a few places in Kent county, bu
the right of way is expected to
secured within a week. The DuPOr
surveyors have been working frol
sun-up until late in the evening an
General DUPONT has been working {
hard as any of them, if not harder
He is a regular steam engine whe
VI it comes down to work, and for
4 man whose health is impaired he
a revelation. General and Mrs. d.
Pout, some of his children and SON
other young people have been CAM
ing in General DuPcnt's automobi
tent house on Chestnut Knoll, owe
looking Silver Lake at Milfor
General DUPONT liked the spot wi
its beautiful outlook. He summon'
G. NJ. Hammond, realestate broke
who owns the tract, and purchase
it from him at cost of $1,000.
Expert Engineer Will be Put in Char
Frank w. Williams, chief eng
eer and expert in road building,
repaired to make the dirt fly as so
qthe route for the boulevard
EANFmined upon. He is the mi
supervised the construction
York's model highways and
ity on road construction.
he has arranged to award co
or five different sections
miles each to Eve differe
,rs as soon as he receiv
to begin construction, a
s. that thirty miles of t
through Sussex county m
d before winter causes
at of work until sprir
is carried out it wol
n Sussax would get most