Evening journal., 1913-03-08
100 FEET
FOR DUPONT
BOULEVARD
Proposed Amendments Also
Would Make a 40 Foot
Roadway
50 YEAR TAX EXEMPTION
PROVISION STRICKEN OUT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL /
STATE HOUSE. DOVER. Del. Mar
S-rhe special Legislative Commit
tee appointed to consider amendments !
to the DUPONT Boulevard law was in
4 session until nearly 1870 o'clock this
afternoon with the lawyers and they
] discussed the following topics as the
/ subjects of possible amendments.
Either the deposit of the stock OF
the DUPONT boulevard corporation ia
trust Tor the State or conveyance oil
/ the lateral strips to the State.
Regulation OF the rental OF the util-
tiles on the lateral strips and the
possibility of a commission to fix the
rentals
Agreement as to the purchase five
years hence by General DUPONT oi
farms crossed by the Boulevard at
five times the present assessed value
Condemnation OF land for the boule-
ward right of way.
lngress and egress.
safeguarding the interests of the
State IN the event OF the death oi
General DUPONT.
Most Of the morning session was
devoted to discussion by the law
yers of the legal phases of the ques-
tions involved in preparing amend
ments to cover the foregoing subjects.
In fact there was so much legal
talk that Senator Reinhardt sug-
gested that the lawyers have confer
ences by Themselves to thresh out the
legal points and to form amendments
|. that will stand the court test. This
plan will be followed and the lawyers
will have their first conference this
afternoon.
At the committee meeting this
morning a list OF amendments that
would be satisfactory to General du-
Pont and be accepted by him was
submitted.
They were prepared by Mr. Rich
ards and some other lawyers at the
suggestion of Senator Reinhardt who
believed such a plan might expedite
the labors OF the committee. The
amendments strike out the words that
the lateral strips may also be used
for any other purpose not unlawful
and not necessarily detrimental TO
the use of said road for vohicular
travel"
They also provide for a forty foot
roadway instead Of thirty foot road
and cui down the entire right of way
that could be condemned from two
hundred feet to one hundred feet.
D The amendment also strikes out
- the words "at any time" in the au-
. thority given to the boulevard cor
S poration 10 construct and maintain a
S railway on the right OF way.
T A new section provides that boule-
ward corporations withip three years
Il after the completion of the whole road
Il for vehicular travel shall complet,
It or cause TO be completed over tho
s whole length of the boulevard the
S construction OF at least one of the
public utilities authorized under the
e law with due allowance for legal de-
a lays.
The amendment also stipulates
that the utilities shall be for public
use"
Another provision would authorize
the construction of lateral or branch
Y boulevards TO be completed Within
, four years of the surveys completion
4 Another section would strike out
n the fifty years exemption from tax
2 alton of the boulevard right Of way
: Another section provides ingress
# and egress every 40 feet at least be-
d twen abutting properties and tho
boulevard
II is provided that If a public util
ity is not completed on the bouieyar,
right OF way within three years afic
/. the completion of the whole road to
y yehicular travel the franchise of thi
i boulevard corporation shall be fer
y icited
~ General DUPONT in the amendments
~ submitted does not include the one In
y desired TO provide that in the con
" demnatiOn of land for n right of wa.
the benefits to be derived from tn
boulevard shall be taken into con
sideraticn as well as the damages q
$, the property This proposed amcnj
l. ment had not been received with idvo
d by many persons.
IT General duPont's offer 10 buy pro
d Berties crossed by the boulevard a
five times their present assessed value
five years hence is not included l.
the proposed amendments submitted
today.
Il and other subjects. such as
commission 10 fix rentals for utilities
, or the holding of the lateral strips In
trust. viii be considered by the law.
yers.
Senator Reinhardt said that Gen
eral DUPONT had made 1t clear through
his representative Mr.. Richards thai
he did not stand arbitrarily upon Tho
proposed amendments submitted bu
would he glad 10 consider changes
or additional amendments suggested
From the liberal concession OF
amendments which General duPon
today indicated his willingness to ac
cept il appears as if he is putting
IL mp TO the Legislature" on the boule
ward question for the concessions no
only meet the principal objections
made TO the boulevard law but e
even further than that such AS tn,
elimination of the clause that would
permit OF fifty years exemption from
taxation Of the lateral strips, leaving
that section to read that they shall bi
exempt only until used for some utili
tation purpose. As one OF the amend
ments provides that a public utilit!
shall be built within three years. thu
exemption from taxation. il will bi
seen can continue only that 'ong.
The legislative committee will NEE
again at 2.30 o'clock without thl
attorneys present. to consider SOM
of the suggested amendments.
General dupont wes not present a
any time today
During he meeting this mornin
some of the members Of the committe
decided on an amendment prepared t
cover Gen. duPont's proposition 10 pa
five years hence FIVE times the presen
assessed value for farms that ar
crossed by tn, boulevard right Of wa,
Mr. Richards said he would nc
consent 10 such an amendment. II
eaid no had ? conference with Conor