Smyrna times., 1911-03-08
OMMUNICATION
FROM T.C.DU POINT
TO GOV. .PENNEWILL
TO BUILD A PUBLIC HIGH
WAY OR BOULEVARD
THROUGH THE STATE.
Wilmington, Delaware,
February 28, 1911.
Hon. S. S. Pennewill,
Governor of Delaware,
Dover, Del.

My Dear GoVernor:-
If the State of
Delaware by appropriate legis-
lative action will authorize and
enable the same, |, through a
corporation which | will cause
to be organized for that purpose,
will acquire, by purchase or
condemnation where necessary,
a strip of land not less than one |
hundred nor more than two |
hundred feet wide extending |
from some point in the Northern |
part of New Castle County by |
as nearly a straight course as
may prove feasible and desirable
through the State to the South
ern boundary thereof, upon
which strip of land the said cor
poration shall have the right to
construct, and will construct, a
good, modern road, from twelve
to eighteen feet wide, accord
ing to the travel anticipated for
the particular portions thereof
throughout the whole length of
the State, the survey of said
road to be commenced immed-
lately and the road to be made
of stone, gravel, shells, asphalt
or such other road-building ma
terials as shall be most available
and accessible and as shall, by
competent road engineers, be
deemed most suited to condi-
tions as they exist at various
points along the road, the road
to be properly constructed with
respect to drainage, to have on
either side suitable space, If
desirable, for planting trees the
portion of said strip of land to
be devoted to the road and its
accessories to be not less than
thirty feet wide; upon the re-
naming portion of which first
mentioned strip of land the said
corporation shall have the right
to construct an electric railway
or railways, with tracks and ac
cessories and to maintain anC
operate the same to erect
maintain and operate lines Of
poles and wires for the transmits
sion of electric current, of an.
kind, to be used for any desira
BILE purpose; to erect, maintain
and operate telegraph and tele
phone lines, and to lay, maintain
and use underground pipes AM
cOnduits for the transportatlol
of oil, gas, water, steam, o
anything desirable, and for tn
transmission of electricity; an
the said corporation shall ais
have the right to use the sal
remaining portion of said stri
of land for planting trees, gras
or shrubbery, or for any othe
purpose that may be desired b
said corporation, provided sue
purpose is not unlawful and M
necessarily detrimental to tn
use of said first metioned portic
of said strip of land as higl
way for vehicular travel. III
said corporation, in the locatit
and acquisition of said strip
land and in the building of sa
Il road, to have the right to u
and widen existing roads VIII
desirable, the right to use e
q listing bridges, the right to crc
railroads, railways, streams a.
s other existing roads in su
manner as shall be safe a
practicable. All the expense
acquiring said strip of land a
of building said road to
borne by me or the said corp'
alton. So soon as the said 70
is completed, the said corpo
tion shall be required to cow
the title to the thirty feet wi
portion of said strip of land
voted to said road, as aforesa
unto the State of Delaware. f