Evening journal., 1912-05-02
GEORGETOWN
SENTIMENT FOR
BOULEVARD
lcnntinned frnln Firnt Pare. .l

liNt ithl AoAnlt nitN III N'N'A HNNHWhf -
though Mr.. Stemples modestly placed its
value at $500, or approximately $50 an
acre.
GAVE RIGHT OF WAY.
Benton B. Gordy. another widely
known farmer, was also found engaged
ir blowing one OF the fields of his extern
siye farm along the line of the road, a
couple of miles north OF Georgetown, al
though to your correspondent, driving
through heavy sand that strong, cold
wind drove into his eyes, nose, ears and
mouth, felt it was about ten miles at
least, stopped at the end OF a long fur.
row long enough TO say:
Il am in favor of the DUPONT road. l
gave the right of way through my place
/ must say, though, that ! am against
the use OF the extra land. One hundred
feet would be enough to build three or
four roads on don't want TO see an
other railroad near me. One goes along |
past me now, and one is enough. /
would not have another railroad 20 by |
me for 81 900. But don't understand that |
! am against any public improvement, |
for | am not. / wouldn't stand on few |
dollars, much as l need all OF them | can
get.
"There is no doubt of its effect upon
real estate and that many people bought |
land since this road business was started |
who never would have bought it if it had |
not been for the road and Mr.. DUPONT
had not come here"
TOOK BR0AD-MINDED VIEW.
Clark Hill, a prominent farmer. store
keeper and the railroad agent at Rcdden, !
three miles--seemed like thirty-north
of Georgetown, said;
"I'll tell you the position / took in the
matter from the start. | gave 10 acres
of my land for the road right of way foi
three reasons: To help benefit the peo-
pie at large, by helping TO secure the
road; TO help increase the value OF my
land, with the idea that some time some
body would come along and want it just
a trihe more than ] do, and because
am decidedly opposite TO Mr. DUPONT in
politics, and ! didn't want people TO
think ] was SO small that ] would lay a
straw in the path of public improvement
Tor that reason. That's the whole sit
uation in nutshell, and the people want
the road. You can quote me that far
and no farther"
D'vid Hazard Reed, who for 3s years
has conducted at Glendale. one of the
largest wholesale lumber and milling es-
tablishments on the peninsula and whose
knowledge is not confined TO lumber and
berry crates and boards and shingles.
but who is 4 quick thinking, cear-head-
cd business man who knows people and
iconditic~s gave a welcome a seat ON the
front steps of his beautiful home and the
following statement to the happy scribe
who, with full stomach, a few pounds
less sand, good old pipe and new
pencil, was ION the Job again:
Everybody down here is glad to have
such a Godsend like this road II opens
ms up with an outlet for business TO any
place, to business with the world. Such
things as this road and the newspaper
are what gets as acquainted with peo-
pie and affairs and gives leople a chance
for business and social acquaintanceship
with us, and these things are mutually
bebefcial. I've been in business right
here for IS years and guess I know peo-
ple in this county and especially Cedar
Creek hundred. This is long hundred
and people are Just as long for any pub
lie improvement. There are few. how
ever, who are not favorable TO the du-
Pont road, though the vast majority are,
unless they can get big money out of it.
j know man who owns a farm, he paid
Sl,lo0 or 81 200 for and through which
the survey passes, who wants 81 500
~ damages for the land il will take. That's
air sample OF the character of and
reason for what opposition you'll find
And even these people want the road,
all right, but they want cake and penny
too.
II am always favorable to any public
Improvement, no matter what character
They can not help but better all condi-
lions of real estate, business and trade
and ] say let's have It, I see everybody
in this section and some others. too and
10. 4 D. 4
eral other states and know how peo-
pie stand on this matter. Practically
everybody wants il, except the class
mentioned and that is small in number
and they want it. too
Joshua Ellegood, one of the most sub
stsntial men OF Sussex county, who is
also representative of Ellcndale's broad
est thought in matters OF business anc
conditions, expressed himself as follows
This road would be of the greatest
possible general benefit to the whole
county and state. l can see 1t in II,
other light and have considered it con
scientiously from al viewpoints. 1t Is
true that the people generally want q
know what Mr.. DUPONT intends TO d.
with the remainder OF the right OF way
and not all OF the people understand tina
under the law, it may be used for pub
OF telephones or electric cars or any
purpose il is used, whether for pipe line
or telephones OF electric cars or an,
thing else of that nature, any aud all o
them bring in their train one cargo, Ia
beled Public Benefits.
The following extract from the CORE
spondence OF the Milford Chronicle rep
resentati,e at Georgetown, as publishes
in that paper under date OF April q
1912, will serve to show the people o
Delaware whether or not your CORE
spondent has correctly reflected tn
sentiment in that locality in the inter
views which have been forwarded fo
publication. The correspondence of th
Georgetown representative of the Chron
icle is given verbatim;
Opposition TO the dupont road in thi
county seems to, be growing less eac
day, and the only objections seems TO b
that the road. is not wide enough Th
short strip near the Sussex County Aims
house by majority of the people is cor
sidered TO be a completed piece and as
is not up to requirements of the Boul'
ward Actin that it is not thirty feetwid
there's where the opposition lies. Thos
who are opposing the road are desirou
for Mr.. DUPONT to come out openly an
state the width he intends to build Oh
road, and then there is every reason
believe that nine-tenths of the oppositio
would be removed From what can
learned the strip is only test piece an