Milford chronicle., 1913-07-11

Z supposed existing franchise before !,
T viii be definitely known Just what action
I VIII Dc taken By Council fo- the ins-sl,s-
ton Of plant, talk for which IS rather
strong. Many OF the residents Of the
toIn are II favor OF purchasing the eiec-
TIC light plant and Installing z system OF
water, both ot which could be operate.
from the one station and a. ver- little
extra cost. Many believe that q system
could BE- installed and the electric light
plant purchased for the amount which
tEe Authorized bond Issue carries.
Fer the purpose Of Developing several
hundred acres OF land IN the southern
part Of the county. which q. this time
are not easy Of access and UPON which
there are several tenant houses unoccu-
pied because Of the poor facilities for get
ting 70 the markets TO deliver the c-o-
some Of the progressive citizens Of Frank
ford assisted bv Dr. Caleb r. LAYTON. Ct
this town. who has holdings in that sec
Ton q the comfy, have petitioned the
Levy Court for TIE opening Of a road
which was commenced wears ago. hut
was s,oppsd by a writ Of Injunction. The
belt Of land extends from FraEkford 10
Gulnooro, and when opened viii give
80 -7-A@@-- Va --ae4- Al4E county,
a roadway 70 Laurel and other points on
the western part Of the county which
they DO not enjoy. They can. however.
60 70 the western section Of the county.
but II Is in round about way. The pro
posed route OF the road would give them
almost z direct line 70 Laurel and thev
could connect with good road leading
70 that town. Under present conditions
many valuable farms are not tenauted.
because there IS 10 outlet The survey
Tor the road which the residents Of that
section are endeavorirg 10 get through
a. ms unie, was made several years ago
and actual work OF building i was started
but 0ecanse Of the whius of one man an
injunction was procured and the work
nad 10 oe abandoned The Lew Court
has instructed the attorney. Daniel 7.
Layton, r., to prepare g petition when
the lines VIII be gone over again and II
agreeable 10 the residents along the pro-
posed route the road viii be built.
On Tuesday, July IS, the Sixteenth
annual Convention Of the Seaford sun
lay school Association, VIII te held al
Brown N. E. Church.
BY the refusal 10 pay a bill TO Medford
Phillips, a lsverymau at Laurel. and
Myers & Son, of Bridgeyille. for dam
-ges said to have been sustained 10 their
lorses because Of the poor condition Of
he bridges at Laurel and near Bridge
-lile, where the accidents happened, the
sussex County Levy Court has placed /
tself on record as being opposed to the
'ayment Of all future bills Of this charac-
er, fearing that if a precedent Is estab-
ished, that IN a short time the county
VII be bankrupt because Of the numer- I
.us bills that would be presented every ,
ime horse had fall on a bridge anv-
where IN the county. Mr. Phillips pre- I
ented bill through Commissioner How ]
rd r. Ward, Of his district for $3.50 for
amages caused by the breaking of the t
ridge near the river, which resulted in
pair Of horses being slightly hurt, and I
IS vehicle somewhat torn up as well as a
be harness. Myers & Son claimed {
nat their horses stumbled and fell off
be bridge near Bridgeville because there il
as no railing thereon. For a time in v
lries which are believed to have been
istained BY the fall were not noticeable. v