Evening journal., 1912-03-29
BOULEVARD
BRINGS RAISE
INLAND VALUE
Flood Of Letters FavOrinC
Boulevard POurS in on
Gen. DUPONT
FARM WORTH FOUR TIMES
As MUCH, ONE MAN SAYS

80 NANA HAahe" 80
When a reporter called upon Gen
eral T. Coleman DUPONT this morning
20 inquire about any developments IN
the Boulevard project, he found Mr.
DUPONT reading a letter Just received
from former Congressman Walter ,
Honecker, of Smyrna. complaining
that his attitude regarding the Boule.
ward was not clearly represented In
statement printed in the Morning
News
Mr.. Hohecker said he mentioned
10 the News correspondent few
cases of opposition TO the Boulevardg
that he had heard, and he asserted IN
his letter that sentiment generally
about Smyrna Is In favor Of the Boule-
ward and not against It.
Since the newspaper attacks have
been leyeled against the Boulevard
project recently. a food Of letters has
started to pour in upon General du-
Pont from all parts Of the state. the
writer's assuring him that the Boule.
ward through or near their properties
unquestionably has increased land
vnlu 8. and that the Boulevard is
wanted by the communities in which
the writer's live few of the letters
received the last day or two by Cen
eral DUPONT are appended.
Orlando Harrison's Letter.
Ornaldo Harrison of j.. r. Harrison
, and Sons. Berlin Md, the leading
nurserymcu I'm this section OF the
! county. not only is In favor of the
Boulevard, but he asserts that he and
some others have bought much prop
erty along the Boulevard route be-
cause they realize II viii greatly in
crease in value. Mr.. Harrison's let
A ter Is as follows;
1, Berlin. Md. March q. 1912.
A General n. Coleman DUPONT. Will
"a mlngton. Del.
4 Dear Sir. ! have purchased in
r. connection with others. several
MI hundred acres along the proposed
z Boulevard, and ! regard every
acre that J have bought on the
n Boulevard or near the Boulevard
p TO be worth double in value now
+, to what II was before the Boule-
ward was ever mentioned. My eX-
II perience has been that good roads
will increase the value Of farm
a lands quicker and more perman-
e emily than anything that has ever
been done for the land owners OF
'- this country. For instance. al the
"A present time we are cultlvating
d over three thousand acres In Nur-
- sery We are working ninety-hve
!. mules and twelve horses and to-
n day i'm hauling in from our farms
where we can bring the load in on
B. the Improved Boulevard built by
: the State Of Maryland, we can
haul two thousand to five thous-
81 and trees 60 the load with one
b. pair of mules on the improved
o. road. while on the mud road IL
takes four and then a dead load
\ for them.
The State roads that have ai-
= ready been built through Wor-
cester county have shown TO us to
% be tho greatest advantage OF any
. thing that has ever been done
r. hope the people of Delaware
can be shown the advantage your
road will be to them,
b 1oulH respectfully
> Orlando Harrison.
. John G. Townsend Sees Increase.
!, John G.. Townsend Jr president o
= the Peninsula Real Estate Company
y Of Selbyville, Del. on Tuesday wrote
the following letter 10 General du
,. Pont.
J. II beg to say that my land
through which the road runs has
q more than doubled in price since
y the line has been made and IN fact
Is have one farm that / consider
l. worth four times as much as IL
= was before the road went through
|. il. Very truly yours,
r y. G. Townsend, Jr.
Has Boosted Values.
. Charles NJ. Hammond. widely
known real estate broker of Milford
also sees a great benefit from thu
boulevard. He writes
Milford. Del, March IS, 1912.
T. Coleman DUPONT. Esq.
Wilmington, Delaware
Dear Sir. have observed sew
y eral articles in some of the VIII
u mington papers relative to the
damage the DUPONT Road Is doing
TO the property owners along the
,. proposed line Of the Boulevard.
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