Evening journal., 1912-04-03
GEN. DUPONT STOPS
WORK ON BOULEVARD
Suspends Operations Until the Judges Pass on the
ConsfifufonaIify of the Law Under Which il
is Being Built, and Also Until People
Say They Want the Road.

law a right Of way forty feet wide can
be acquired by condemnation pro-
ceedings for a railway line. and a right
of way sixty-six feet wide can be
acquired for a railroad line by CON
demnation. This right of way. Genor-
al dupont figures. could be acquired
for the entiso iength of the state at
an average Of 800 an acre. lnasmuch
as a strip forty feet or sixty-six feet
wide could be taken for a railway or
railroad. General DUPONT points out
that the land owner certainly would
not object TO selling an additional
strip. say up TO 200 feet wide along
side the trolley or railroad right of
way. which right Of way can he ac-
qured. as has been said under pro-
visions Of the general corporation law.
/ in existence before the boulevard cor
poration law was enacted. A right of
way 200 feet wide. secured in the
manner outlined above. by purchasing
strip in addition 10 the right Of
way for a trolley line or railroad
fixed by law, would mean approXi-
mately 26 acres TO the mile. and az an
average Of 500 an acre the cost would
be 81 500 a mile. or S260,000 for "a
strip 100 miles long, which viii be
the length at least. OF the proposed
DUPONT Boulevard
General dupont has estimated that
the Boulevard will cost about S2,-
100000 including the right OF way,
and that the modern road-bed to be
constructed will cost about Slb00,0OU.
Thus Il will be seen that the right OF
way could be secured for a trolley
company and AN additional strip un
to zoe feet total width could be pur-
: chased az an approximate cost OF
s260.000. or thereabouis. II General
duPont's object IN building che Boule.
ward should be merely 10 get strir
, 200 feet wide through the State, IL car
readily be seen that he could do 50
, without building a Boulevard and a
! saving of from Sl,240,000 20 81,
/ 100000
aside from that. the General Cor
s poration Law authorizes any com
pany chartered under the laws q
n Delaware for such purpose TO lay pir
4. lines and TO acquire Il right OF wa
,e for pipe lines by condemnation pr'
q ceedings The same can be done
Telegraph. telephone or electric con
lt panies chartered under the Gener
Il Corporation Law that was I'm existen'
e before the Boulevard Corporation Ia
q was enacted This shows how ea'
10 it would have been for General dl
T. Pont 10 get a right Of way for a tro
" ley line or pipe lines. or telephor
- or electric distribution or iightin
y lines under existing laws, If th'
! merely had been his motive.
e He could have gone ahead and go
l. ten right Of way for these so
called valuable franchises" II th'
> had been his object. at small COS
. compared with the cost Of The 81
= 100000 or S20OO,00O Boulevard h
y voluntarily offers TO build and civ
i TO the State.
, General DUPONT reiterated that, in
= asmuch as the Judges have been ash
n cd TO give an opinion as TO the const
y tutionality Of the Boulevard Corpora
= ton Law. he has decided to suspen
n road-buiding operations and ava
n developments. Speaking of the sul
Il gested amendments TO the Boulevar
Law in a special session of the Legi'
lature. General dupont said he rG
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