Evening journal., 1913-04-18
ADVOCATES
DIRECT ROAD
DOWN STATE
Stir Over Levy Court Plan to
Leave Unbuilt Stretch in
Straight Route
URGE COMPLETION OF
SHORT HIGHWAY FIRST

Plans of the Levy Court to build
the gap of road between Glasgow
and Summit Bridge as part Of the
improved highway route down the
State by way OF Marshallton. New
ERIK, Cooch's Bridge and Glasgow,
and TO leave unbuilt the long stretch
Of what is known as the direct State
Road between a point south of State
Road, and through Kirkwood to Sum-
mitt Bridge, has caused a general
stir.
There is no objection, it is pointed
out, to the stretch between Glasgow
and Summit Bridge being converted
into modern road. but it is con-
tended that before that is done the
direct route down the State should
be completed, to include the highway
between a point south Of State Road
and Summit Bridge. The road to be
constructed south of Summit Bridge
by the Levy Court under the project
Il has adopted. would also be included
in the improvements Of the direct
State Road for they would follow
Identical routes from Summit Bridge
southwark.
Under the project which the Levy
Court has endorsed it would require
ten miles more of travel to get to
C,,,,,,,,s4t p~;d., b.- ,r,,. ,F N-or-orl-
which the Levy Court proposes to
build, than by the direct route down
the New State Road, which the Levy
Court proposes to leave unbuilt.
Il want to congratulate THE
EVENING JOURNAL on its editorial
Of last night on the State Road inn
provement question" said Colonei
Frank d. Lackey, broker, this morn
ling. "The State Road route down the
State is the most direct, and should
be completed first. Il would be Of
the most benefit to the city and coun-
ty generally, believe. aud ] think
the Wilmington members Of the Levy
Court should urge that It be com
pleted first Of all Pennsylvania is
going to build a road from Claymoni
into Chester. and why shouldn't the
road be continued direct down the
county,"
Suggestion has been made that thl
Chamber of Commerce and Delawar,
Automobile Association should tak'
up the matter There is no objection
TO other sections of the county get
ting improved roads, but it is argued
that the direct route down the count!
should be finished first of all
Lea Sparks, of Odessa, today put il
plea for the finishing of the Stat
Road or Kings Highway by way 0
Red Lion, St. Georges. Boyd's Corne
and Odessa by the Levy Court instea'
of the route the Levy Court has de
cided upon. Mr. Sparks pointed on
that there is a macadam highway from
Wilmington to a point below Stat
Road. The route he advocates in
cludes the construction of two mile
of road from below State Road &
McNIullen's Corner. There is a ston
road from McMullen's Corner to Rive
Road and to Clark's Corner. FrCn
Clark's Corner to Birds Corner abou
1 IA miles of road would have TO b.
built, and there is a stone road iron
Birds Corner into St Georges. From
St Georges to Boyds Corner abou
/ % g 4 I4a4n HFa Il
built and from EOyd's Corner thrCdgl
Macdonough and Past Old Drawer
Church. into Odessa the Horriga
Contracting Company is to constrdc
the road and he is preparing to oeSi
operations almost any 'llv. There
a stone road from Odessa 10 Pin
Tree, and from there To Ginn's Cor
ner. From Sims Corner to the rOa
passing through Blackbird abou
three quarters of mile would have {
be built. and south Of Blackbird abOu
1-2 miles of modern road would hav
TO be constructed. TO fiji in the ga
and makoit all modern road
Mr.. Sparks points out that ever
II important town along the Delawar
Il Railroad has a modern road connect
3 ing with the old State Road route Il
& outlines, and claims that the distanc
& is as short from Middletown by wa
n of Odessa into Wilmington as II is b
any other route. He says Mddl,
& town, Townsend, and Mt Pleasant a
81 have good roads connecting with tn
q old State Road Route he specifies
He says what is now generally cal
E ed the State Road is not really th
81 State Road except for part of il
81 length, as the old State Road wer
through Red Lion, st. Georges an
81 Odessa.