Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

I +, financial conditions, and the great
ul changes which are sure to result
u in agricultural persuits as pro-
,e fession, by reason of building solidly
d constructed roads with a permanent
wearing surface, over which loads
-, of from two to FIVE tons each will
IN pass with as much ease, as the
n. carriage of today travels over the
!, macadam roads of the present day
lr construction, there would be almost
1t unanimous demand that at least
., one such highway should be built
o1 through the entire length of Della
ii ware at once. Transportation has
: been a problem which the people OF
70 Delaware seem to have never been
4 able to have solved to their salts
n faction, and under existing condi-
tions they are not making any pro-
1 gress towards a practical solution
of their greatest problem. During
the last quater-of-a-century the
methods and practices in the pro-
fession of agriculture and truck
farming iii Delaware have changed
radically, so that few Of the men
most deeply interested in the future
|, of agriculture in this state have
kept up with the real conditions.
We in Delaware need to be in
dependent of the present conditions
as to transportation, to at least
( limited extent, and especially for
the fruit and truck produced on the
peninsula. This can be brought
about by the people themselves
through highway extending from
= the southernmost boundary Of Della
: ware to the Pennsylvania line on
north, it to be built solidly out
! of stone covered with a wearing
surface capable of withstandiug the
immense wear Of the great traffic
which will Immediately follow its
& completion. This traffic will not
be from teams or automobiles used
in pleasure riding, but its great
bulk within two years after COM
pletion, will be the auto-tracks,
which, loaded with fruit, vegetables
and produce from the farms will be
driven by the farmers and their
sons, direct to the markets of Viii
mington, Chester and Philadelphia
where they will be sold without
cost to the producer other than the
oil used and wear on the truck,
and the time of the driver. The
return trips will be a scource for
reimbursement for the expendi- !
lures as noted, by the local freight
which will in many instances form
their return load. This will be the
real benefit to the farmers of Della
ware of state-long well built
highway. They will solve the
transportation problem for them
selves with this opportunity given
10 them, and they will be able to grow
on their lands thousands Of dollars |
worth of vegetables and fruits they
are now stopped from producing
by reason Of the freights and de-
lays in transportation. This will
not curtail the freights for the rail
roads or the steamboats,, but will
rather double them, and in addi-
ton it will help to solve the problem
OF high cost of living. 1t is more
than probable that motor trucks will /
be the means ofsolving the difficult
ties which now present themselves
to the people of Delaware, but this
can not be asuccessful fact until the
people are given the advantage of
using them successfully by means
of a smooth road, we'll built the
entire length of the state. We be-
lieve that the great minds of those
men who direct the interests of
the Pennsylvania Railroad will |
admit this fact, and that it is only
the small underlings Of that great
corporation who have not been told
what to do, who will fail to see the
great advantages to result to their
corporation, and who in mis- direct