Evening journal., 1911-07-05
BOULEVARD
FOR DOVER
'rade Board Committee SuG-
eeStS Route for the State
Highway
ZEN. DUPONT TO
GET ANSWER MONDAY

a pecial to THE EVENING JOURNAL. |
s. DOVER, Del, July 5.-The DUPONT |
S ouievard route through Dover has
q cen agreed upons finally, SO far as
& he Board of Trade can decide, to-
Y ether with all the interested citizens.
n rhe question has been a knotty one,
y put the knot, it is believed has been
9 lnravelled.
M At the meeting last night, the Board
81 bf Trade, with a number of citizens
81 present who were not members, de-
A cided to given General dupont a posi-
81 tive answer when he arrives here for
81 business next Monday
Nearly a half mile of the boule-
ward will border probably the largest
. lake in Delaware-Silver, on the
81 Northern borders of Dover. On the
u southwest side of this lake, or rather
~ most of the south and part Of the
81 west side, Mrs. Richardson's public
81 park is located and this is made more
& beautiful every year by the generous
q owner. Now. under the Board of
Trade route, the DUPONT boulevard is
"sent out" of Dover, skirting this
lake on the west and northwest, fin
y ally winding around through the State
College for Colored Students ground,
s owned by the State, and which can
be obtained by condemnation and then
& amicably adjusted with the incoming
Legislature, enhancing the value of
the States land all through that sec
ton.
This will give a continuous park
E around this half-mile long lake, and
on the shore side Of the boulevard,
Dover may be able 10 meet Mr. du-
X Points offer of $4,000 toward a $4,000
s parkway.
Professor E. L. Cross led the fight
for the committees route which is
compromise between the Division
street route and the all-through-Dove
route and will not include either Of
the present bridges over Silver Lake
or st. Jones river, but will require the
construction of a new fixed and orna-
mental bridge over the river at point
where it is not navigable.
The boulevard committee presented
the following report:
I'VE, your committee, appointed to
recommend the route which in our
opinion would he the best for the
town Of Dover for the DUPONT boule-
ward TO follow. beg leave to report as
follows:
I'm the first place, we wish TO re-
mind you that the boulevard going
# through our town must have a width
not less than 120 feet.
In our opinion, the following is the
hest route.
Beginning at the brow of Hayes
Hill, turning to the east and going
over the Hayes Meadow, cfrcline
around through the narrow street east
of the Episcopal cemetery, makins
the said street the center of the toule-
ward (this street is known as Karbir
Row., crossing Water street and
coming out on the street back of tho
State House, 80 feet west OF the Lof-
land House, crossing to North street
over the Martin property, then acros.
property used as a tennis court to 0
point East Of the postoffice. 500 OF 70C
feet East of Loockerman street Their
running northward, about $50 feet eas'
of Richardson and Robbins factory
with slight curve to the east and
north to Division street, reaching Di.
vision street at a point east of Mr.
Beers house and West Of Mr. Cook;
house. At this point the engineer
ceased running the line as the com.
mittee did not care to be responsible
for the route north, until the propert,
owners had voiced their opinions al
to where they would like the Ioad t
60.
There are two routes that coulC
be taken from this point--one cuFv
ing to the east and running parable
to Division street, going over th'
creek between the bridge and Lewis
A Mill. This would necessitate a con
siderable fill TO reach the highway be
yond the town limits on the publ,
road. We feel that a better rout'
would be to continue north from Di
2 vision street, parallel with the stree
running north and south. east of MI
Beers residence, across the land own
ed by Wilson and Harrington, ant
thence curved slightly to the east owe
the land of Professor e. L. Cross
u thence to the land of Robert Lewis
crossing over the dam and skirtini
along the northeast shore Of the laks
This would give us a beautiful lax
drive for some distance. This lax
drive has been suggested to Mr.. du
Pont as a feature. He expresse
T. himself as much pleased with It.
carries out his idea of beautifyin
Dover for some distance outside o
y the town limits and makes a possibl
In parkway for the future without mucl
expense to the town.
~ "(Signed) A. R. Benson,
Walter Morris,
'W. H. Walker,
| w. H. Baker. Committee"
After a lengthy discussion. led b.
Professor E. l.. Cross, for the latte
route. and Former Senator r. r
III Lewis against the latter route. the lat
ter route was accepted by the Boar
of Trade and urged upon Mr.. DUPONT