Milford chronicle., 1911-03-17

the matter that such statute can b
drawn which would absolutely pro
tect the interest Of the State anC
permit the building of roads sucl
as Mr.. dupont contemplates. 1t il
such a statue that | am now at
tempting to draft, and which thinl
can be completed within a few days
do not know if there is anything
that / can say in addition to that Sc
far as the legal aspect Of the matter
goes. My interest is the interest
merely Of a citizen of the State. The
building Of such a road would dc
more to develop the various parts OF
the State than any other public work
that l can conceive as being under
taken. "
Mr.. RIDGEI.Y ASKS QUESTIONS.
Henry Ridgely from the audience
asked "On the legal aspect Of it.
how will you clinch the proposition
which l understand Mr.. DUPONT
makes that strip of land which is
not used for a State highway will be
turned over to anyone who desires
to build a trolley line and will
guarantee that it will be built in a
reasonable time"
Mr.. Richards replied that thirty
feet of this strip would be decided to
the State when the road was finished
and the rest would be retained by
the corporation for trolley line or
other public utilities or to lease it,
or to convey the franchise to whom
sOever might wish to operate the
public utilities.
Il understand that Mr.. dupont
does not necessarily anticipate build
ing a trolley line, " said Mr.. Richards.
81 do not think that il could be very
well provided that Mr. DUPONT should |
turn over this franchise to anybody |
who wanted to build trolley line or |
to construct a telephone or telegraph |
line. understand that by his state
ment he is perfectly willing to give
the franchise to anybody who wants
to build a railway, but if it should |
be prescribed in the statutes passed |
that he should be required to turn
over this franchise to anybody he
thereby would be deprived of the
right of building railway himself |
if he wanted to, and l do not think
that he should be deprived of that
right"
Mr.. Ridgely asked if there would
be any provision that if the strip was
not built on or utilized within spec
fled time it should revert to the
State.
Mr.. Richards replied that he be-
ieved it is a matter that should be
considered by the Legisla-
ure and representatives of Mr.. du-
oont and he thought it should be
satisfactorily arranged.
Mr.. DUPONT here stated 1T
Gems to me that if l bought this
light of way and paid for it and did
lot use it for trolley line in the course
# two or three years, l would have
he right to keep it. | do not see
Why | should give it back to the
tate. Why should | give up?"
H. c. Collision of Kent County,
rom the audience asked IF he
wants to build a road through the
tate why don't he take a strip 200
aet wide if he is only going to deed 4
ack to the State 80 feet. The land
hat he retains would be worth more =
han the cost Of building the road,
nd | don't think the offer should
e accepted
Mr.. DUPONT replied 'The gen
eman has Just said that the ground 4
-ould be worth more than the road
will sell him back every bit of the
round at the cost of the road when
le road is done, and l would like
} do that all summer"
On motion Of Senator Drexler the
'over Board of Trade and Dover
pera House managers were given
vote of thanks for the use of the
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