Evening journal., 1912-05-28
TUESDAY. MAY %, 1912
GREAT rRuNk ROADS MEAN PROSPERITY.


Il, VERY automobilist hicyclist and vehicle owner IN
l. Delaware should rally TO the support of the du-
Pont Boulevard and IFS protector That also is true
Of every property owner along the line and Tor miles
side Of the route selected for the great high
way George c. Diehl chairman OF the Good Roads
BOARD Of the Automobile Association Of America, is
strong advocate Of such through roads the Gem
eral dupont seeks 10 build He says several pur-
poses are served by first building through routes be-
tween important points or popuous centres One Is
il public sentiment to the necessity for
better roads Another is the accommodation OF the
consantlyucreasine motor traffic and the consequent
advertisement the Of the regions through
which they pass Nor is that all He insists that such
roads broaden the economic feature OF
civilization through the persons living in each section
becoming better acquainted with those living in other
sections
1t is pointed out that the benefits which accrue to
the general public from trunk lines Of good road nrs
were appreciated by the thrifty people Of the New
England States Several years ago they began build
ing reaching from the principal centres OF pop
ulation and to various Summer resorts Such great
success attended their use that those roads
being extended by the State authorities in whole
in part at state expense They accommodate all sorts
uafhc, both local and general and add greatly TO
the commercial activity and the realty values Of the
States through which they pass. Other States have
prohted by the experience of the New England States
and in all sections of our country trunk roads are
being built The Improvement Of the lateral roads
leading from such trunk lines into the surrounding
countryside follows a matter OF course. the trunk
lines being the pioneers in almost all instances, Of
the good roads movement
"The whole State is benehted by the advertising
which such a road gives Mr.. Dieh says THE peo
pie of the cities who pay fair share of the State
taxes. are among those who such main lines
and thus get their moneys worth Tho business iu-
Of the people Of the whole State, the valuation
of real property welfare OF the citizenship all are
enhanced by the construction Of main line roads"
II is just such a road Mr. Diehl discusses that
General DUPONT desires build and give to peo-
pie II will strike be within striking distance Of
Of the centres OF population in our and It
is safe prediction that If It be built only few years
will elapse before the people viii have good roads
leading into It from all directions and that there will
be in this State unparalleled era Of prosperity
Those opponents OF the proposed boulevard who say
that IL viii not lead appreciation In the value cf
real estate throughout the State either do not know
what they talking about or else they simply arc
endeavoring fool the people Il has been shown COL.
cusyey that in the neghborhood Of fredericksburg
Md, the enhancement OF farm land valuation due to the
construction Of good roads. has ranged from 25 to
more than 100 per cent That is theory IL is an
accomplished fact RI that be the result in the Fed
erasburg section think what the increase would be
in territory traversed by such great boulevard as
General DUPONT desires to build II not only would
traverse the State from end end but the northern
end IL would with the good roads system OF
PENNSYLVANIA and at the southern end with the good
roads system Of the Eastern Shore Of Maryland II is
time for those DelaVareans who permitting selfish
interests TO array them opposition to the boulevard
10 exercise their good Judgment and to come out
unQualhedly in favor Of the great roadway.