Evening journal., 1912-05-03

ions markets and at less expense OF time
and labor. This means a great saving
in the course OF year.
"lhc line OF the road runs right
through farm of mine just above FL
lendalc and | gladly gave the right OF
way for il. ! believe that is was a good
investment. ia addition TO helping the
community TO get the road. to an extent.
] have heard little adverse comment re-
garding it, and think it is a fine thing
and should be completed
GAVE NINE ACRES.
William Jester prosperous farmer
and large landowner. whose home farm
is Just north of Glendale, and through
whose property the road runs, said:
"l'hc line of the road cuts me square in
two. | believe that il will be a great inn
proscment TO the neighborhood, as il
viii open up many places. II will open
up two farms here, this one and the one
next TO il II took nine acres from my
farm. There is farm beyond me that
has no outlet to the road, at present
and this road viii make an outlet for
him, and that viii help him great deal.
/ ann in favor OF the road
"lherc is a bit of fine land. high, good
soil partly timbered with oak and other
hard woods and partly cleared, about 40
acres, which is cut from the main farm
| by the road. I'd like to sell that piece
now that the road viii go directly in
front of it,
LIBERAL GIvER, TOO.
Richard Duffy, who is known through
out the length and breadth OF Sussex
county as a scientific farmer. who is
! ~ 81 L.. "a ...I...
ed over practically every state in tho
union, aud who has seen things and OBJ
served what he saw, gave the following
as his opinion OF the project;
"Ihat road cuts through me squarely
right over there; cuts through my land
all the way across What | think oi il
is best shown by the fact that J gave
them the right ol way through this place
and incidentally. that was twelve and
onc-half acres oi as good farm land a.
is in this county, and ! told them that il
they wanted more, to come and get il.
! It's here and Id be glad to give IT for
that purpose.
"Some people arc wondering what Mr..
DUPONT intends TO do with that other
/ l70 feet OF land and you can hear all
kinds of things that il is TO be used for.
Brick houses, truck patches and lot oil
that-kind of rubbish. Electric lines,
pipe lines aud so on arc mentioned, also.
What do we care ii he runs six pipe lines
or eleven pipe lines. or one trolley line
or tenn II these people who are oppos-
ing il only would think ior minute,
thev would know that il could only be
used for some Kind .oi public utilities
that would do nothing as much as bene-
lit them.
1T is Just like asked man in viii
mington not long ago, when ! went TO
! that meeting of the Board of Trade:
Ever been outside your own State or
county Ever see anything or know any
thing OF what the world contained or
what IL was doingl Why, old man, there
is not q farmer in - for instance-thc
central part OF Indiana or Illinois who
can drive for an hour without running
into a trolley line and then away it
whisks his stuilh TO the markets. and he
. is prosperous in short order You will
Z not find any farmers in that section who
. would oppose anything like this road
/ Roads are what has made them out there
and several other states ! have been in
, Nobody who knows anything gbout the
, world will kick against a public i'm.
provement of this character; ii they do
they ought to get off the earth ANY
/ man that tries to retard public improve.
ment is of absolutely no value TO this
, world, he is a dotriment TO it.
"Say, do you know what kind of argu.
/ ments some of these people put up
Well, here is one. ! was talking Will
/ a fellow about the road the other day
, and | told him that il this road was
4 built. he could haul as heavy loads with
I one horse, from Selbyville TO Milford. as
he can now haul with four horses and IL
D half the time. And that is fact.
a have seen too much OF this thing in my
time. What do you think he saidf'
t Here Mr. Duffy broke into laugh that
p would have made the worst dyspepti,
c rise up and call him blessed and proceed
ed IN his own way
"Wall, that may be so, Duffy, but you,
p. have TO be shoeing the burned horse al
# the time. He'd wear out shoes fastc
T. than you could keep 'cm on"
?, "Now, what do YOU think of that TO
e sensible argument and trying to fin,
/: something to kick about He saw nom
e Of the benefit OF the situation descrih
IS ed to him, but saw nothing but tn
a "shoein' for that ono horse
Is ROUTE TO MARKETS.
y "But this road will mean the opening
'e of the country and rapid route to th
E. markets OF Philadelphia and New York
h We are within easy reach OF both.
l. we had facilities to reach them. ] shoul
N say that within 25O miles from here re
d. sides one-third of the population of th
A. United States. What are we of Delawal
n doing TO feed theml Nothing VIII
10 shouldn't We. then? No reason what
T., ever except lack Of adequate and proT
n erly-priced transportation facilitic
What does Sussex county do TO feed pc,
a pie in Wilmington Nothing direct. wi
IN mington gets its Sussex con " farm pr,
IL duets after they have been to Philadc
v, phia and pays additional for it, to-
re With this road, we would be enabled I