Evening journal., 1913-05-27
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HIGHWAY ON
CITY'S NORTH

OAA 1 y NUN III
The Chamber Of Commerce held an
other monday luncheon in the private |
dining rooms Of the Hotel DUPONT to-
day to discuss the proposed trip Into
Salem County, n. j., by local business
men to advertise Wilmington and in-
I duce the Salem county farmers to
come to this city with their products.
Matters pertaining to good roads also
were discussed, and it was decided to
have the board Of directors try to Sc
cure a better road from the state line
to South Chester. The present road is
in bad condition and is the only bad
stretch OF road between this city ana
Philadelphia. If repaired It would
give fairly good road between New
York and Washington. by way Of Will
mington
! c. d. Garrettson, vice-president of
the organization. presided over the
meeting. He called on Charles Kurtz
to explain the condition of the road
from the State line to South Ches-
ter Mr. Kurtz said the road was the
only bad strip between this city and
Philadelphia, and that many people
would probably come to Wilmington
for a short stay or a dinner at the
new Hotel DUPONT il the road we're
improved. He said he thought the
organization should take some steps
to have the road repaired.
T. Allen Hilles. president of the
Delaware Automobile Association,
said the Association had been
trying for years to get the
road repaired, and that il was almost
impossible at the present time. He
thought the Chamber OF Commerce
might be of some benefit in getting
the Improvement
John Bancroft said that he knew
Senator Sproul, of Delaware county
and that he had promised to have the
road fixed some time this year.
The directors of the Chamber will
probably pass a resolution asking for
a better road. which will be sent to
the Delaware county authorities.
John S. Hamilton, publicity man
ager of the organization outlined the
purposes of the trip into Salem coun-
: ty and urged every member of the or
! ganization to make the trip, both for
tine sake OF Wilmington and ON ac-
count of the beautiful ride.
: George McGovern said that the ma
chimes will assemble at the Hotel
DUPONT al $50 o'clock in the morning
and after a short ride about the city
will leave on the $50 o'clock ferry
, for Pennsgrove. After an hour IN that
city the tourists will go to Salem
where they will take lunch and from
Salem they will go to Bridgeton, re-
| 1.s Of Drnncc
Joseph S. Wilson, of the Wilmington
Padnne Company said nsgroveFerry
and Pennsgrove Ferry Company, said
J the ferry boat could accommodate
, only twenty-five machines. but that
two trips will be made If necessary,
= and that no transportation charge will
be made. He also thought the trip
would be of great benefit to Whining
I ton. other speakers we're Frank j.
williams and Alfred d. Warner.
In compliance with the wishes OF
(. the Chamber Of Commerce in aaving
7 arrangements made whereby a passen-
y. ger on arrival here could secure OF
r have sent his baggage TO hotel at al
r hours. the Pennsylvania Railroad
= Company, through n S. Longaker
district solicitor, announced that such
e arrangements have been made. The
- report submitted at today's meeting
r of the Chamber of Commerce by Sec
4 retary McGovern. of the traffic de-
partment of the Chamber, contained
the following from Mr. Longaker:
n Il have taken up this question
\ with our officials and they advise NE
c that arrangements have been com
, lpleted to inaugurate an all-hour-ser-
b1 IN Tranufnf
/ Company in this city. BY that we
y mean that Il will be possible for z
: passenger arriving at any hour o.
> the day or night at our Pennsylvania
station in this city to present hi:
- baggage checks either to the agent o.
: the Wilmington Transfer Company oi
i if he is not on duty, to our baggage
- agent at the station who WILL in
,s turn, take the passengers order fol
n the delivery of baggage and arrange
10 to have the baggage transported tC
70 such address as may be given at thu
a earliest possible moment This ser
= vice will be inaugurated within thu
next few days; in fact just as sooT
as our baggage agent can be equipped
with the proper forms, checks, etc.
AZ "I trust that this will be satisfac
10 tory TO the members of the Chambe
n- of Commerce and that it will NEE
te with their approval.
~ yours very truly,
ie IN. S. LONGAKER,
OF District Passenger Solicitor.
&c Mr.. Longaker also sent letters bear
ing on the stopover privileges on tick
cts from western points. In this com
munication it was stated that Will
y nothing could be done at this time ow
~ ing to the unsettled condition of tn
fares, the company would hear tn
matter in mind with a view of grantin
,v the privilege.
IN In the matter of stop over priv
r. lleges in this city Mr.. Longaker, in hi
reply, quoted a section of the com
- pany's circulation as follows:
Excursion tickets covering pa;
sage only between points on the Penr
syllania Railroad System east of an
including Pittsburgh Pa, Erie, Pa
u and Bpffalo, n. Y, or between point
4, on this system and points on the Ne
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Raj
read, north of Cape Charles, va
III reading through Wilmington. De
~ will permit of stopover at Whining
ton, Del, in either or both direction.
within limit, without deposit. Mi aae
exchange tickets good for passas
through Wilmington, Del, will Pc
NIT of stopover. at that point for nC
nd exceeding ten (10) days"