Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-22
DUPONT ROAD
TO GET NO AID
FROM SOLONS
Amendments Lacked One Vote
at One Time Of Passing
the House
OBJECTED TO FORM OF
CONTRACT WITH STATE

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL !
DOVER. Del, March % Proposed
amendments to the boulevard curlOr-
utions law were voted dOwh in the
House yesterday afternoon, and notl-
Ing was done o. aid m tNpediuug
building OF the DUPONT Boulevard. The
Legislature adjourned without adopt
ing any boulevard legislation except
ing one bill TO require the Chcsa-
peake and Delaware Canal Company
across the canal az poin' where the
0urout boulevard is TO cross it THIS
bridge. of course, will not nave toI
u- constructed univss the DOIi' varu
IS hHilt Should the boulevard bel
oonstrus,ed and a bin to require the
canal company To erect atui inaintain
the bridge not be passed, the State
would have to maintain be bridge,
which the legislators did not SIRE.
Failure TO enact amendments TO the
boulevard law leaves the status OF
the DUPONT Boulevard just whore Il
was before the Legislature began. IL
has the same rights now as 1t h. d
then. gnd construction Is at a eiand-
atiil An appeal pending In the
United States Supreme Cour. has held
lLI work on the boulevard and prob
ably Will for two or three years
Whether General dupont will aban-
don the boulevard project. or will at
least construct q road through Sussex
county, where he had secured "A right
OF way for many miles from George
town TO Selbyyille. is not known He
Is In New York and has been unable,
I because Of business affairs to give
any consideration 30 the boulevard
project for week or more.
The amendments proposed to ths
boulevard law in a report submitted
: to the Senate and House by the 10 n
e committed Of the Legislature Were
e defeated in the House by "a vote o.
q 2i yeas to II nays. "a votes being re-
= quired. At one time 2S members
. were recorded in favor OF passing tn,
{ bill through the House. but the one
? more necessary could not be gotten
2 Then Speaker Holcomb and Repre-
sentative Hammond changed theiI
, votes TO NO for purpose OF recon
sideration, but The bill was not called
up again
All the members who voted against
the bill we're Republicans All who
voted for IL were Democrats OK
cepting Representatives Barnard and
/ Nmlins WHO WfIt NtNU'lr OF iui
= boulevard committee, and Represen-
2 iative Bradford
The Republican members voted
against the amendments because OF
their objection to the feature that the
Coleman dupont Road, Incorporated
would have TO accept the amendments
! and enter into a contract with tho
State for the control OF utilities and
( OF rentals of utilities lslng the boule-
n, ward and to assure the State the
1 profit from the boulevard within
\ three months after the amend
ments we're passed, or the amend
ments and the present boule
o ward corporations law would be re
l pealed automatically. They did no
feel like taking the responsibility o
putting II up TO General DUPONT t'
say in three months whether hii
2 boulevard corporation would bind IL
r self up with the State in a contrac
9 which General dupont felt would de
: prive him of that control of the deve
+ lopment OF the boulevard which he In
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