The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-21
GENERAL DUPONT ON
THE EASTERN SHORE
Makes oaer OF Gift i" Maryland
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ocean City'> Possibilities And ih"
fe>,gircrS II The Eastern shore.

ocean tiNS to>>iD!iltl'> -itu me
i;e>uurcrS II The Eastern Shore. I
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Al3.f.t,...u Viii ,ltai ten. Coleman I,
duPonr more g.a-lousiy and more
.rt.r.ry..e:, tU.-u aid his native state !
peiaa ,..e-tLe State STANDS It ,
.ha,t.. 81 acqulIug his interest ANA I
activities. lie Is MANY times 4 mn I
,ioaa.lt.. ne owner OF tie Equitable +,
Liz .,>-.tiauce society. of the new |
narItaJ.c Building in New lorh,the |
Ari!,.,n II0,el. in New York, III" "u-
PoDr Hotel III Wilmington, AMI /
scores o. 0, her enterprises, II" Is
a man who knows how TO ito tnlngs. !
,,hJ does thiugs. aud ne has album
daat means 10 carry through his
ideas. de is already Interested IN
Narvl3ud. II Horns Polat, in Dor
chester. county. he has an ideal sum
mer home. game preserve. ana Il
dozen farms, all under and ne"rA%
i high state Of cultivation.
IuyuusH one man, senator OIlan-
do tiairiSun, Of Worcester county,
General ,luI'ont.S atteution has ov@n
r,vrte, on inns section OF " orctster
Ocean City. lie spent several days
here with an eye keen to the future
possibility OF the DEVELOPMENT OF
IbiS resort and Of the agricultural
and horticultural resources of the
lower counties OF the Eastern Shore.
His interest is in line with general
movement among rich investors who.
when they uuy land, are not Iormen-
h,- a1I laclSl1TIOn ana On
PubIic Service and Interstate Com
merce Commissions.
When General DUPONT was trying
10 bestow upon the people OF Della
ware Il philanthropic enterprise, an
improved highway from Wilmington
TO the Delaware Maryland line, near
| Shelbyyille, Md, he encountered OPP
position which would have driven
most men even from their nome
States in disgust. General DUPONT
persevered, and, through the AID OF
Senator Harrison, he was successful
| in securing rights OF way for the
Coleman DUPONT road from George
town to the Deiaware-Maryland line.
This road has been constructed and
was thrown open to the pubic last
spring.
General dupont now comes Tor
ward and through Benton Harrison
offers TO build an improved road
| from point near Shelbyville, where
| his Delaware road ends. to Shovel,
! the northern terminus of the Mary
! land system of roads in Worcester
county, a distance of p miles. The
General Assembly of Maryland prom
ised to build this link, but it has
never made good its promise.
If the necessary rights are forth
coming General dupont, after build
ing the road, will present il to The
State of Maryland. When this link
shall have been completed there Will
be continuous stretch of good road
from Georgetown, Del, TO Pocomoke
City, Md, and when opposition to
General dePont's generous plans for
Delaware shall have disappeared
there Will be an improved highway
from Georgetown TO Wilmington.
Hence the prospect of an additional
route from the lower Eastern Shore
to Wilmington and Philadelphia Not
only is General DUPONT prompted in
his offer to build the proposed road
by his interest in the lower Eastern
Shore, but also by a desire 10 bring
the residents of lower Sussex county
within reach of as many market
towns as is possible.
The following is General duPont's
offer to the State of Maryland thru
Senator Harrison;
If you Will obtain for me, within
30 DAYS. a strip of land zoe feet wide
from the terminus OF the Coleman
Ill hot 10 n
point near Snowell, Maryland, on
the Maryland State road, in as nearly
straight line as practicable, final 10
cation 10 be determined by survey,
with permission 10 cross any rail
road al grade, and any other rights
of land 40 feet wide, upon which the
road viii be located. will be convey
ed 10y me 10 he State. with the I'M
,tcrsEanding that the same is 20 be.
come part OF the State highway OF
Maryland. and to be maintained as
such by The State of Maryland"
senator Harrison said today that
he Will at once take up General du-
Points proposition and will exert ey-
cry effort in his power to secure the
necessary rights. The offer appeals
20 him because Of his early interest
that may be needed, | viii build and
turn over TO the State of Maryland, |
a road such as | have built between !
Georgetown. in Delaware, and the |
Maryland line The road and strip |
in the improvement of the roads OF !
Maryland, because such Improvement |
would lead 10 the development Of |
&c farming resources of Maryland. |
He has been NOR than justified by |
MS EisiGn. He has devoted his time |
ana his energies to the improvement |
of the roads of Worcester county In |
this work he co-operated with Sena- |
tor John Waiter Smith. former GOV. !
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Walter b. |
-iiller and other enterpr'sing citizens !
OF the Eastern Shore. lie result is |
seen in the best roads in Maryland !
ION TO its size. Senator Harrison |
latest success was in securing an ap- |,
Precipitation for the construction of |
I new bridge 10 span the SinepuXent |
river at this point. This bridge is
now nearing completion.
If other Marylanders join Senator |
Harrison in extending a welcome 20
General DUPONT and if fair treatment |
is given him here. treatment in !
marked contrast to that which he re-
ceiyad in Delaware. Maryland Will |
acquire q big asset. Y. Brattan.
in Baltimore American.