Evening journal., 1912-04-30
TRADE RADDE
RELATIONS
WITH The ROAD
Continued From First Page


large or small. to sign. seal and deliv-
er BOND covering 1t, we would never
get any business done for paper work.
The same thing applies.
"A lot of the knockers who we're
Formerly opposing the proposition are
now heartily ashamed of themselves,
and there is a much stronger senti-
ment now for the road, since the
work has been stopped, than there
vas two weeks ago. AS a business
man / can see the immense advantage
10 any State Of god roads. The State
of Delaware would never have built
such a road, and the good it will do
as an incentive to good roads Though
out the county will be one Of its great
est advantages.
AS to the matter of the uses TO
which the remainder Of the right of
way tract will be devoted, / can con-
ceive of nothing whatever which Will
not be of great benefit to the COM
n.unity."
ROBERT c. WHITES WV.
Former Attorney General Robert c.
White said: "The building OF this
road will be of benefit 10 the COM
munity in that it will enhance prop
erty Valuations. as a matter of i'm
provement, but / cannot see where
ii will be of any practical benefit to
the people ge; rally. They will never
use il. / am in favor of the road, and
always was; it will advertise the
State and he of much benefit in that
manner. If the road is built as prom
ised, there will be many auto trucks
purchased by fruit growers and farm
ers. / have heard of people being OPP
posed to it because so much land was
required and they gave their land for
the right of way because they knew
that the benefits and damages from
the road would equalize each other.
Nes, / am personally in favor of II"
FAIR TREATMENT FOR ALL.
George Jones, cashier Of the First
National Bank. gave his estimate of
the road proposition in this language.
Il have always been in favor of
constructing the road; very much in
favor of il | believe that it is one
of the greatest things in a commercial
way that ever happened to Sussex
county II will benefit Sussex county
more than the other two counties, be-
cause it will open up territory be-
twen here and Selbyville that would
otherwise have remained in its pres
ent condition indefinitely. Property
values have doubled. trebled and quad
iupled, solely because of this road. in
many cases General business condi-
tions OF every character in this town
felt the impetus given by this road.
and when the work was suspended,
Just the reverse in equal ratio was the
result.
so far as I know. remuneration for
property taken has been uniformly
fair and adequate II goes through my
farm: ! gave the right Of way for
IT, and / consider that it has Increased
the value of that property by at least
81 600 and I know that the farm ad-
joining mine. which was not quite so
valuable was sold for $1,000 or S1,50O
more than it would have brought be-
fore the road started I sincerely
hone that work will soon be resumed
and carried 10 completion
MIR. POLK MISQUOTED. s.s
Through a mix-up in notes by THE
EVENING JOURNAL correspondent,
an interview was printed yesterday
and attributed to Albert f. Polk,
the well-known Georgetown lawyer.
in which Mr. Polk was quot
cd as saying something he
did not say. The statement attribut-
ed to Mr.. Polk was made by another
man Mr. Polk. by the mistake. was
made TO say he gave a right Of way
through mis- farms, but he wishes it
understood that he made no such
8 statement and he owns no land on the
. boulevard route Mr.. Polk has writ
ten the following, which is gladly
printed to correct the impression Civ
3 en- in the statement enormously attri-
buted to him.
THE interview published in your
4 issue Of April % and purporting to
s. quote me. misquotes me-in fact the
language Of the whole interview attri-
huted to me is the language of anoth-
or man who was in the Prothonotary' s
office in Georgetown when the DUPONT
q Boulevard matter was discussed there
in the presence Of your representa-
tive, and being published as express
ing my views does me an injustice
\ do>not own any land on the proposed
route Of the boulevard and therefore
did not and could not give any right
of way.
"What ! did say to your representa-
tive was that there was opposition to
the Boulevard and that the opposi-
ed by disappointment of the people at
i The character of the road already con-
structed and graded. the width of il
and the two hundred feet to be given
or condemned especially when the
people remembered the dream of a
Boulevard pictured by Mr.. DUPONT
and his representatives to the General
Assembly and the people of the state
. when the bill was pending.
THAT opposition has been created
4 and a spirit of resentment aroused by
lack of tact on the part Of those
who are enthusiastic over the Boule-
ward and permitted their zealousness
u 10 get the better of business tact, by
4 referring to those who did not seem
willing to give the right of way as
'mossbacks." "obstructionists, and
similar terms
THAT the people of Sussex county
were as progressive as the people of
any other part of the State and well
coined any public improvement, but
4 wanted to know what was to be done
and the character OF the public inn
provement before they committed
q themselves to il.
That many people felt that Mr.
DUPONT should build the road in ac-
cordance with his statements. said
statements inducing the passage OF
the bill and to that extent being a
s. contract with the people Of the State
and if the portion of the road built
and graded was a fair sample of what