Evening journal., 1913-09-08


honorable, TO the memory of his
father.
WAR ON THE SYSTEM.
From the Milford Chronicle.
The roads Of Sussex county, especially
of the northern and western part. have
been greatly improved in the past ten
years. but the cost has been so great
for the real results gained that the
people are dissatisfied IN a few dis
tricts like the First Representative dis
trict. the very best possible has been
attained upon n few roads, with the
materials at hand only us a basis to
work upon; but this is only temporary
improvement. and If the roads are TO be
made generally satisfactory 70 the peo-
pie then there must be inauglrated a
better policy in road building. We be-
lieve that the whole trouble is in tho
system of road work now in general use.
Credit is due to those who have graded
and drained roads whicn have hereto
fore been either a quagmire or a sand
bed, and so made these good" in com
parison to their former conditns; but
il is with the system we war, and not
the individual member of the Levy
Court. or the almost useless County En-
gineer, who is only hgurehead, and
created only to deprive the Levy Court
man of his job of expending the money
on the roads.
PROTECT cHESTER's INTERESTS.
From the Chester Morning Republic
The citizens Of the city Of Wilmington
are making a strong bid TO capture the
sea traffic which passes its doors each
/ day and never stops. Meetings are
shortly to be held having in view the
adoption of a movement tnat will bring
additional business TO Wilmington by
water. The Delaware river and the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal are in
coming avenues for the marts of the
world and Wilmington is making almost
death struggle to get its share.
At the meetings of the Deeper Wa
tervavs Association TO be held in that
city this month. delegates from this city
will be present. and while il viii be the
!neighboring thing to assist Wilmington
in getting everything it can, It is the
first duty Of the citizens OF chester to
protect Chesters interests. Mayor Ward
and members Of the Board of Trade are
active spirits of the Waterways Asso-
citation and we feel that Chester's fu-
lture interests are in safe nands, If they
will seize the opportunity offered at
this time.
Deep sea traffic passes us every day
and never stops" says the Evening Jour
nal. "Coastwise traffic passes us every
dav and seldom stops. Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal traffic is passing up and
down the Delaware dairy ana we get
none Of it.
ct win be seen. therefore, that with
the mouth Of the Christiana wide open
land with ships Of all sorts passing up
and down the Delaware and never put
ting their noses into the Christiana,
. how foolish IL is to indulge in hot air
oratory about the great benent that is
to be derived from the canal purchase
unless that hot air oratory can be back
ed by a firm determination 70 go out
on the shore of the Delaware river and
intercept and capture that traffic that
Philadelphia Chester. Trenton and other
places now are getting.
"The lamp of experience saows that
= if ours is 10 be in any important sense
a maritime city IL can never come
through n policy that is rounded upon
the Christiana and Brandywine and that
e loses sight entirely of the advantages
t, Of the Delaware. Under the Christiana
] and Brandywire policy we should get
D no more commerce with the Delaware
S and Chesapeake Canal owned by the
e government than we get now. with II
\ owned by private interests. The thing
r needed is a waterfront on the Delaware.
n You will find the Wants Of the great
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