Evening journal., 1913-09-22
MONDAY SEPT. %. 1918.
kENw AND SUSSEX Ann coon ROADS.

Mn AND SlNNtN AND ttUVD hVAh>s
IT, General r. Coleman DUPONT belongs the honor
of aa,ins aroused a1d maintained most Of tho
public sentiment in favor Of good roads that exists
N Delaware today. Even those who have opposed
bitterly his boulevard project are compelled in
il fairness to admit that He has conducted. from
end to end OF state campaign Of education that
aas borne rich fruit and that Is destined in time to
give to the people OF Delaware comprehensive good
roads system. General DUPONT has appealed to the
good business sense rather than to the sentiment Of
The Delaware public He has shown by rrefutabe
argument based largely upon the practical experience
OF other communities that good road is not LA
bility but an asset Of great commercial value, and
that II only reduces greatly the cost Of hauling
and driving but also enhances greatly the value OF
property through which and which it passes No
other man In our commonwealth has done much as
General DUPONT for the good roads movement.
What he has done and what he has been estopped
from doing have commanded national and inter-
national. recognition and interest Had it not been
for the shortsightedness and ayarce Of small
part Of population, he would have In Of
construction OF the most magnificent roads in
the Emitted States and Delawareans would be looking
forward with pleasant anticipation to its completion
and use.
In this connection we wish to call public atten-
ton to the following letter we have received from
Of the most prominent Democrats and business
men in Sussex county;
Of your paper to better the public road condi
tons IN this county If We cannot get the DUPONT
Boulevard which | think ninety per cent Of the citi-
Of this county anxious for then let US have
the next best thing. I believe New Castle county had
a bill passed by the last Legislature authorizing a
bonded indebtedness sufficient TO extend. or build,
public highway through New Castle county TO the Kent
county line. Kent county had similar bill passed
TO continue the road from the New Castle county
line TO the Sussex county line. Now Sussex should
get busy and have bill passed by the next Legis-
n sufficient
OF money continue this from the Kent county
line through Sussex 10 the Maryland line. I saw
State Senator John P..Moore at Ocean City, Nd few
days ago. Senator Moore the leading man in the
Maryland Legislature 10 get bill passed at the last
session sppronriang $4,000 10 build stone road
connecting with the DUPONT Boulevard az Selbyvie,
and running through Worcester county TO Berlin, Md,
there connecting with the stone roads running from
Berlin TO Snow Hill and from Berlin TO Salisbury.
Senator Moore saws tho MARYLAND officials are ex-
ceedinEy anxious 10 spend the $4,000 that has been
Appropriated 70 connect the Maryland roads with our
State highway. He says they cannot spend their
until build State highway 10 the Mary
land line their bill drawn to connect with the
DUPONT Boulevard State highway. when Il might
be built through Delaware to the Maryland line.
have given you these facts you may clearly
what need IS IN Sussex county. 7 suppose you
know very we'll that the roads in this county in
very poor shape.
Our Sussex county Democratic friend errs In one
important respect That IS in the statement that the
good roads law for Kent county provides for direct
highway from the New Castle county line the north
to the Sussex county line the south. The act re
ferred 70 is the Walls Good Roads law. II Is gen
eral act for Kent county and prescribes routes
In fact certain influential In Kent county
deavorng to prevent the Of any substantial
amount Of that money for the building direct road
from New Castle 70 Sussex Being friendly 70 The
interests Of the Delaware railroad n not actually IN
IT'S employ they preaching the policy % using the
money TO build east-and-west good roads that vii
lead 10 the railroad stations IN Kent county In ad
dton that Walls law provides that the roads shall
be built the petition Of abuttng property own
ers and that such owners shall pay part Of the cos
of road construction It will be seen. therefore tha
so far as north-and-south good roads route from
Smyrna TO Milford is concerned county under IN,
Walls law. Is little better off than Sussex county
unless property owners along the line Smyrna
to Milford beat those the lateral roads in the mat
ter Of getting in petitions Proposed Federal aid ma,
make the situation better from Smyrna to Dover bu
that matter has not been settled
the short in its side good roads route from
Wilmington to Smyrna. The closing Of the ionee,
gaps in the good roads the east side of th
county will follow. sooner or later as matter o
course
It viii be seen therefore, that the really seriou
phases Of the situation affect Kent and Sussex wit
Kent only little better of than Sussex in the mat
Of north h-and-south good roads route.
The real solution the trouble lies in the buildn
Of the DUPONT Boulevard That would establish
line and the public fumes free to be use
for the building OF lateral lines lead into IT,
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