Evening journal., 1912-04-25
HARD TO FIND OBJECTION IN
MILLSBOR0 TO THE DUPONT
BOULEVARD; TOWN WANTS 1T


There is no doubling lhe fact that
wherever there have been large pub
lie Improvements ia the past, they
have invariably been followed By q
corresponding betterment OF general
business conditions We want that
road, all right and we want every
impedimeni TO il removed at once by
our representatives in the General As
scmbly I know practically every per-
son for miles along here and ] also
know the conditions, and / can say
with absolute safety that there is none
who has a reasonable of well-fourded
ground for any opposition. No one is
along the line. of whom ! have ever
heard who was not treated more than
fairly and generously In the matter
of damages for property taken for tho
roadway"
WORK FOR BETTERMENT.
William p. White. of the large lum-
Der and milling firm of Houston and
White. at Millsboro. made this state
ment TO the people of Delaware, re-
garding his experience with the du-
Pont read up TO the time il stopped,
and of his opinion in general regard
ing the proposition,
Looking at the DUPONT road from
a business mans viewpoint, as a bus
mess proposition. am sure that any
good road this one, or any other that
came anywhere close to this town
could do nothing but work TO the bet
terment Of the town and its people.
Any good road. In any direction from
/ the town. would certainly be the best
possible thing that could happen 10
IT, There are some people in this sec
] tion who have donated land-and more
that would have done so-but they do
not understand what the land is ia
be used for However, this does not
/ affect the question as to whether OF
not it. would he beneficial TO the com
( munity, or whether or not the com.
munity wants It,
| GOOD. FOR COMMUNITY.
So far as the good Of the country
| is concerned, there is no doubt oi
everybody's favoring It's construc
tion. A good road in any country is the
best possible thing for its improve
ment and nothing better could b'
done. II has had a booming effect upoi
general business conditions here I
would be impossible to put anything
on the rest Of the right of way tha
would not be of even greater benetl
to the country in general. Every wir'
or railroad rail or drive road or auti
speedway is of great, definite value
Tho work that has been done has af
fected our business as we'll as that o
every business man and merchan
here
1T had an effect upon labor condi
tions that did me no good, personally
because it furnished work to a mum
Der of men usually employed by me
BY giving them higher wages tha
! we could afford to pay them, but q
course. what was this firms loss i
that regard was the gain of the labor
, ing people and the other business me
{ of the town. and I have no protes
to make on that score. Several of m
men came TO me and said that the
felt that they should work where the
could Get the most pay. and I agree
with them. although it took man
good men from US for a time
, GAVE THREE MILES.
1T had a good effect upon propert
values around here. Most Of IN
right Of way has been donate
through this section. My partner /
this business. Mr.. Houston, gave
right OF way Of about so acres thrcug
his land. which is some of the mos
VALUABLE around here, and was gla