Evening journal., 1911-04-11

General T. Coleman DUPONT re-
turned to this city yesterday from his
country home near Cambridge, Md,
where he has been for several weeks,
and he brought with him the pleasing
information that three corps of sur
veyors will be started out this week
to make tentative surveys in New Cas-
tie and Sussex counties for the boule-
ward which General DUPONT proposes
to build and TO give free of cost to
the State. During his stay at the
Mo0rs, as his country home is known,
General dupont has been evolving
plans for the great highway one hun
dred miles long, which he proposes to
construct as part of a good roads
hobby he has had in mind for years,
and which doubtless will be one of
the finest highways in any State in the
Union.
General DUPONT this morning said
he expects TO start two or three corps
@: engineers this week making pre-
liminary surveys for the proposed
boulevard. Two Of these engineering
squads will start running lines
through Sussex county, and IL is prob
able that one force of engineers will
work from Delmar toward Harring-
ton, and the other from Selbyville to-
ward Georgetown. At the same time
another corps Of engineers will start
somewhere in New Castle county to
look over the country and to suggest
different routes. The lingering Of
winter and the encroachment of win
ter weather into springtime has de-
TERED the start of surveying Oper'
ations Coupled with the uncertain
weather. the frequent rains have
made conditions such in the open
country that surveyors could not do
much work, and what they might do
would not be very satisfactory
With the prospect of more settled
weather, however. General DUPONT is
ready 10 get right down to the pre-
liminary details. and he expects that
tho surveys will have progressed sut-
ficiently in two months TO permit the
Commissioners designated under the
law empowering the dupont boulevard
construction-the Governor. the Sec
retary Of State and the Lieutenant
Governor-to determine upon the To-
cation Of part of the road at least.
To Start without Delay.
"Theu. says General dupont. Il ex-
pect to start work the day after any
one section is accepted by the Com
missioners."
II should be understood that the
location Of the road has not been de-
termined upon, and that It will de-
pend entirely upon the surveys and
conditions that are revealed by those
surveys. The location of the dupont
highway, too, will be determined by
the three Commissioners designated
by the law empowering the cOnstruc-
tion of roads by boulevard corpOr-
ations, which was passed by the re-
cent Legislature General dupont
today made Il clear that the route for
the roaG is yet to be determined.
What are your plans for goine
through towns on the line of the
road" General dupont was asked thi.
morning by reporter for THE
EVENING JOURNAL.
81 have been giving this subject q
great deal of thought" he replied
There is a strong sentiment in som'
places in favor of the road COINS
through the towns, and If the RoaC
Commissioners feel that this is advis
able I am willing to consider it aloni
the following line, but We must re
member the condition to be kept II
mind
Might Go Through Towns.
"The streets are in many instances
too narrow and crooked and are moi
likely to run i'm a line parallel to the
proposed road. No arrangement has
been made with the municipal au
thorities: each case must be handled