The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-28
ZOUCK APPRECIATES
GEN. Du POINTS OFFER
-Four Miles OF Good Road Will Con
meet Delaware With Ocean City.

Chairman Zouck, OF the State
Roads Commission. yesterday express
ed his approval of the generous offer
OF Gen. Coleman dupont, the Della
ware multi-millionaire, 10 construct
and to deed to the Maryland commits
sion a smooth and hard road from
the Delaware line to Shelbyville to
Shovel. Worcester county, dis
lance OF over four miles. The cost
will be in the neighborhood of $40,-
0oU. Shelbyyille marks the southern
/ terminus of the Coleman DUPONT
/ boulevard, extending from George
town. Del Shovel is the northern
| terminus of the Maryland system of
| good roads. beginning at Pocomoke
! City and crossing the Ocean Cit,
| boulevard at Berlin. The link pro-
posed 10 be constructed by General
! DUPONT is, therefore, the only incom-
| plete section Of a system of good
roads extending from Pocomoke City
to Georgetown. with connections at
Berlin for Ocean City, and for All
I points westward.
! The following are the terms OF
! General duPont's proposition, as
| handed to Senator Orlando Harrison,
! OF Worcester county, and by him
! transmitted to the State Roads Com
| mission:
| If you will obtain for me, within
! 90 days, a strip of land 200 feet WiGo
! from the terminus of the Coleman;
! DUPONT road, near ShelDyVille, to a
! point near Shovel, Md, on the
Maryland State road, in as nearN
straight line as practicable, final To-
cation to be determined by survey,
with permission TO cross any railroad
| at grade, and any other rights tina.
may be needed, l Will build and turn
| over to the State of Maryland, a
road such as l have built between
| Georgetown, in Delaware, and the
Maryland line. The road and strip
! of land / o feet wide, upon which the
road will be located, will be convey
| ed by me to the State, with the I'M
| Outstanding that the same is to be-
come d part of the State highway o,
| Maryland, and to be maintained as
such by the State of Maryland.'
Senator Harrison is already AZ
work securing desired rights of Way
through Worcester county. Mr.. Har-
rison aided General DUPONT in Secur-
ing rights of way for the road south
ward from Georgetown, constructed
| by the latter.
The only objection to General du
Points offer is his reservation of the
difference between 200 feet of lana
required by him for the roadway and
the 40 feet which he will transfer to
the Maryland Roads Commission,
total of $50 feet, or 80 feet on each
side of the bed of the improved road.
1t has been suggested in the objec-
lions that the 100 feet reserved by
General DUPONT could be used as a
| bed for steam or electric railway.
The progressive citizens Of Worces-
| ter headed by Senator Harrison, de-
clare that they have no information
| that General DUPONT contempIates
paralleling the road to be improves
by him in Maryland with q steam or
electric railway. They further de-
clare that if he designs such rail-
way the enterprise ought to be well
coined. If, however, the objection
! should become serious, even with
pros >ects of the railway guaranteed
the rights of way sought are for a
short distance and beyond Shovel
the rights of way would terminate.