Milford chronicle., 1911-04-21
ON DUPONT HIGHNAY

ana ne brought with hlm the pleas
ing information that three corps OF
surveyors will be started out this
week to make tentative surveys in
New Castle and Sussex counties for
the boulevard, which General du-
Pont proposes to build and to give
free of cost to the State During
his stay at The Moors, as his country
home is known, General DUPONT has
been evolving plans for the great
highway one hundred 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 said he expects
10 start two or three corps of engin-
eers this week making preliminary
surveys for the proposed boulevard
Two of these engineering squads will
start lines running through Sussex
County, and it is probable that one
force Of engineers will work from
Delmar toward Harrington, and the
other from Selbyville toward George
town. At the same time another
corps Of engineers will start some
where in New Castle County to look
over the country and to suggest diff
ferent routes. The lingering of win
Ter and the encroachment of winter
weather into springtime has deferred
the start Of surveying operations.
Coupled with the uncertain weather.
the frequent rains have made condi-
tions 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 to get right down to the
preliminary details and he expects
that the surveys will have progressed |
sufficiently in two months to permit
the Commissioners designated under
the law empowering the dupont
boulevard constructiOn-the Cover
nor, the Secretary of State and Lieu
tenant -Governor--tO determine upon
the location Of part Of the road at
least.
To START WITHOUT DELAY.
"Then," says General DUPONT
81 expect to start work the day after
any one section is accepted by the
Commissioners"
1t 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 du-
POnt highway, too, will be deter
mined by the three Commissioners
designated by the law empowering
the construction of roads by bOule-
ward corporations, which was passed
by the recent Legislature. General
dupont today made it clear that the
route for the road is yet to be deter
mined.
"What are your plans for going
through towns on the line of the
road" General DUPONT was asked.
81 have been giving this subject a !
great deal of thought" he replied.
"There is a strong sentiment in some I
places in favor Of the road going
through the towns and if the Road e
Commissioners feel that this is advis- a
able | am willing to consider it along
The following line, but we must re- '
member the condition to be kept in Z
mind
NIGHT 60 THROUGH TOWNS. &
The streets are in many instances t
90 narrow ana crooked and are not {
ikely to run in a line parallel to the fl
proposed road No arrangement has a
)een made with the municipal au- n
horities each case must be handled $,
eparately according to local circum- Ia
tances. e.
Assuming that the Commissions
rs feel a location through certain b
own is desirable and that town d
wants the road. If the town would b.
i've a right Of way from its northern cl
D its southern boundary, say one h
hundred feet wide, running practi- IL
ally parallel to the survey Of the D,
bad and should pass necessary or bt
inances to properly maintain the hi
Dad at all times the said right of D,
'ay to be one Of the present streets W
-idened perhaps, or an entirely fc
ew street, as might be determined, d,
would then consider building w
trough that town, say four roads in
feet wide and two sidewalks, sep ne
rated by grass plots and trees or sp
lrbing one each way to be used
'r vehicles pulled by animal or ga
an and one road each way for mo- ch
] propelled vehicles, then share
10 additional avnanea with tba tou,,, ~