Evening journal., 1913-02-10
LOOKING Over the Gift Horse.

ocratlc Probably nobody needs TO be Jold
that General DUPONT Is president of the
so-called Powder Trust. or that Della
ware has been battled for during gener-
ations by Bayards. Bancrofts, Sauls-
burys and duPonts. with a guerilla and
carpet bagger named Addicks, well
known in Massachusetts,, sometimes but
ting in. Objections chiefly voiced by the
Bancroft Salisbury following may be
summarized thus:
General dupont makes a gft-what is
he going to get ont OF it?
General DUPONT is chartered to con-
denim a 200-foot way the length OF Dca.
ware-but the State road is to be only
thirty feet wide
General DUPONT is TO give us lOl-
mile modern turnpike which will cost
him 50 500. .000-but what about his rail
way, oil, light, power and unmentioned
priviligesY
General DUPONT is asked what he is
really going TO do with the l70 extra
feet of wav--but he responds only by
asking. Wont a roadway increase the
values of abutting property"
General DUPONT must have a motive
there must be eommercialism in it.
What docs Delaware get One hundred
and one miles of good road of a kind
that is over-estimated at 100000, al
tho it is claimed TO mean an investment
of S2,50OO00
What does DUPONT getf He will re.
serve 10 feet of the 300 feet for his pub
lie utilities. He could have (under cor
poration actl seventy feet only thru the
proceedings of several charters and sew
eral sets OF rights of way franchises,
being limited to forty feet in the rail.
road clause and 100 feet in other clauses.
The highway and public utilities will
create settlement. colonization increased
population. which in turn means in.
creased earnings and increased value OF
lands 70 do these things under the
steam railroad charter would mean a
deposit OF $1,000 a mile.
Stop Doubling and Get Down to Work
In his communication to the Governor
which the Governor has laid before the
Assembly. now Democratic. General du.
Pont demands in effect take back my
right TO make the gilt, or quit these
doubtings," saying
Ii a majority of the people are op.
posed to the project and feel, as some
newspapers charge, that the Legislature
acted hastily and inconsiderately in pass.
ing the boulevard law. ! certainly do not
want to 60 counter to their wishes
should like to know the wishes of the
people on the subject A vote for OF
against the boulevard is impracticablc
as we have no referendum in this State
A new Legislature, however. fresh from
the people. has assembled at Dover.
7 suggest that bill he introduced
into the General Assembly repeating the
boulevard amendment and also author
izing the payment to Coleman DUPONT
Road. Incorporated. of the sum of fifty
thousand dollars deposited by said cor
poration with the State Treasurer ant
now held in trust by him under sal,
boulevard amendment. upon the delivery
to the secretary of State of a certificate
of voluntary dissolution of said corpora
tion.
If these acts should fail to pass the
Legislature. | shall understand that ;
majority of the people of Delaware wan'
the boulevard If they should be pass
cd. I shall understand that a maiorit,
do not want the boulevard and will a
once take steps TO restore the land
given or condemned. TO the former own
ers and give up all interest therein ant
title thereto.
Because there are angles to the stu
alton which are of interest whereve
there is concern about farm values
transportation. better highways, pater
nalism, government ownership of fran
chises. the single tax, the harm done b
benevolence, etc, the whole proposition
and the resistance to it are worth under
standing.