Evening journal., 1911-10-31
TRADE BOARD WILL WORK TO
GET DUPONT ROAD FOR CITY
Members of Body Suggest Routes After General
DUPONT Outlines His PIans---Commifiee Will
Become Active at Once.

What was without doubt the larg-
est and most enthusiastic meeting
ever held by the Wilmington Board
of Trade was the special meeting held
last evening when General T. Cole
man DUPONT talked of his state boule-
ward plans. The Boards auditorium
was filled to standing room and the
gallery was used by many.
While no particular route was an
nounced by General DUPONT there was
one thing manifest during the even
ing, that being a feeling OF unity on
the subject. Everyone appeared to
think that the various plans submit
ted should be considered and one cit
izen, James L. Banning, in the course
of the evening said that if the boule-
ward entered the city by way of Du-
pont, Clayton or Broome streets in
the southwestern section of the city
he would donate land for the high
way
The meeting was called to order
by o. c. Purdy. the president, after
General DUPONT had taken a seat in
the front of the hall amid prolonged
bandclapping. Mr. Purdy said, THE
call for this meeting was made for
the purpose of hearing of our new
cousin in Sussex. the new boule-
ward" Mr. Purdy then introduced
General DUPONT. who said his object
in asking that the meeting be called
was to find out what the people of
Wilmington wanted TO do about the
new boulevard and where it should
enter and leave the city. General du-
Pont said the road should come
through the city but not too far out
,F -, l. .rrat .s.T Of
Trade, through a committee, should
say where the road should enter and
leave the city. In the smaller cities
OF the state, General DUPONT said he
had tried to run the road close. In
Dover the people gave 120 feet through
the town and i'm Smyrna they are
trying to do the same, he said.
General DUPONT then spoke of the
possibility of the road going through
city park lands. He explained the law
on the subject of maintenance. say
ing that he thought City Council
should pass an ordinance taking care
of the boulevard in the city.
General DUPONT then spoke of sew
eral plans. One was that the road
enter the city over the state road tc
Market street, to Fourteenth street
and then to Brandywine Park. At this
point General DUPONT said that if the
city would give the right of way fol
street not less than 100 feet wide
extending one mile each way beyond
the city limits and would bear 40 pei
cent. Of the cost, he would pay th'
remainder ...
The need for a center road was sug
gested by General DUPONT who salt
that a speedway could be erected anC
electric roads could parellel this will
roadways on either side. saying tina
in two years speed will have to b'
catered to more than ever In clos
ing General DUPONT said that in tn,
spring dirt would fly in this vicinity
Alfred d. Warner then asked wha
the minimum width of the road woul,
be and General DUPONT said 1t woulI
vary, but beyond the B and D. rail
road and south of Market street bridg
it would be 200 feet wide Mr. Warnc
favored the using of a street on tn
West side of town for the highway
Col. Sparks Suggests Route.
George w. Sparks, president OF tn
Street and Sewer Department. said hi
department had given considerabi
time TO the project and they were con
vinced as to the proper place for tn
road in the city. He said that in talk
with General DUPONT he had propose