Evening journal., 1912-09-28
STATE CAN GET MONEY
FROM ROAD ROUTES

nature Of things prove disastrously
costly to our nation. "The roar of
the cannon and the CLEAN of swords"
Is less significant than the destruction
of old farm homesteads, the bricking
up of old home flreplaces. and the
doing away with the old farm we'll
sweep: for these show a change in
the nature of the circulation itself.
and prove that the action of the
] popular heart has been Interrupted,
increase the taxes unjustly thinking
they raise taxes just because they
have this authority. Il is a well
known fact that land along the most
desirable and important highways Is
the most valuable land I'm any Sec
ton or community and many people
have grown rich by holding land adj
jacent To these highways I believe
that the individual States and the
United States should build and own
their own roads and whom q road Is
either improved or laid gu. anew 10y
the State OF by the United States,
ground on either side OF a certain
percent Of roads should be reserved
by and conveyed to either the State
or the United States as the case might
be. Ihis ground rented on the basis
OF per cent of its salua to whoever
wants Il aud Just as long as they want
II. The value to be adjusted period
icaily. II this method could be adapt
ed by our State or by this nation. in
a very few years there would be a suf-
fcient income to support the CIV
State and United States Government
without a tax of any kind on the peo-
pie. Congress is now struggling OYER
] of IN
adopt the least Objectionable way Of
raising money. II the plan could be
adopted by States and by the United
States of acquiring land either side of
a highway when it was first improved
or surveyed from this time on. one
would be surprised to see how quiclxi ?
there would be ample money in the
public treasurys to meet every obliga-
ton. The best example Of this is
probably a roadway in New York A
little more than century ago Canal
St Was the city limit of New York
and Broadway "a country road Had
the State of New York when Board
way was first improved bought or
acquired at the then value of land,
100 feet, either side of Broadway and
leased this ground to the citizens of
New York as II is being leased today,
the City Of New York would own pro-
perty worth something over 100000
600 a mile and this for 10 miles of it's
length. five miles each side, or own
property worth over two billions of
dollars and two billion of dollars at
4 per cent interest would make an
annual income Of SS0,O0O,000 to the
City OF New York
Points 10 Instances.
To-day so Per cent. of the ground
OF Broadway belongs 10 individual
families and is only leased to the
b occupants. Tie Astors are probably
the largest owners, then follow many
others ana tn private owners of The
: land adjacent tc Broadway laYe this
/, income OF over SS0,000,O0O year
{ when under the plan that / suggest
the city would have this income from
2 one street leaving all the other streets
r. for the people TO speculate I'm. In
- other words If ] per cent on the I'M
5 earned increment in the United States
s were diverted to public uses there
{ would be no taxes to pay It mas
aeen my hope and desire and bav,
stated many times that in my opinion
e Delaware would gain many advant-
ages from the Road l want to build
S bat that Delaware would eventually
{ get a greater advantage from the
e strit $ on one or both sides OF the road
, imam it would gain from the road il
self. This would put Delaware in the
iead OF States TO adopt a practical
e method Of road building and taxation
= as Delaware was the 5rst TO sign the
y Declaration of independence so would
sue again be the first TO adopt new
( method of taxation which would be
: oil, wed by not only every State in
= the Union but by the United States
!, itself Unfortunately, however, this
:, road and the development of Della.
o ware Is opposed by a number Of hel
b citizens. The newspapers of the
y State are about divided as for ant
=. against the boulevard and many peo
pie are against the building Of the
# boulevard. One candidate seeking e
d become a member of the Legislature
e advertised the fact that he was
Il against the DUPONT Boulevard
y Good Of the People.
n NO movement for the good Of ti'
s greatest number Of people was eve
g started without meeting great oblec
& lions from all sides. No reform wa
/; ever started without meeting grea
n objections. IT is the part of evolution
k to overcome obstacles and l believ
y when the people of Delaware who ar
II opposing the road most vigorousi
AZ will see the great advantage to tn
n State OF Delaware from this new idea
= will be anxious to change their mind
"a and acknowledge the advantages of II
e What ! regret more than anythin
III else is the great loss OF time neces
1T 81 I'll.
e. Courts / understand the Unite
~ States Court. to which this appeal o
IL the boulevard case has been taken.
/ two years behind in its work, that
g Is hard to have a case moved up an
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