Milford chronicle., 1918-03-15
WILL ASK BIDS FOR
DELAWAE HIGHWAYS
so-Foot Right Of Way for First Named
With 90 Feet for others

The State Highway Commission last
week decided to ask for bids for building
parts Of State Highways in all three Of
Delaware Counties, aggregating in length
thirty-seven and three-tenths miles into
state highways, bids 10 be received April
18th.
The stretches of road it decided to i'm
prove are:
New Castle County-Philadelph pike.
from Wilmington to the Pennsylvania
state line; distance, 60 miles.
Kent County-Road between Smyrna
and Dover; distance, 81 miles
Sussex County-Road between Delmar
and Bridgeville; distance. II miles; and
the completion of the DUPONT road be-
tween Glendale and Milford, a distance
Of miles.
These roads were included among those
in the report Of Charles NJ. Upham. chief
engineer Of the highway department as
among the first to be built.
Motions were adopted that the attorney
general with the assistance of the chief
engineer and two other practical men
in each county, be instructed to arrange
the necessary right OF way eigther by
gift, purchase or condemnation.
For the Philadelphia pike. the right OF
way decided upon was so feet. the road
metal to be IS feet Of Hillside brick and
with 2-foot concrete shoulders, and S-foot
additional dirt and stone shoulders.
For the Dover-Smyrna road the right
Of way was decided at 60 feet the road
to be Of concrete, 16 feet in width, with
6-foot dirt shoulders.
The right Of usov for tho naIv,,or-
Bridgeville road was fixed at the same
distance. the construction to be the same
as the Dover-Smyrna road. while the FL
lendale-Milford road, the remaining
stretch Of the DUPONT road, is to be IA feet
in width with 5-foot shoulders. The right
Of way Of the latter road is so feet.
OF the roads taken up by the commits
sion for bids, 7. c. dupont has agreed
to bear the expense of two sections. the
terms Of his agreement with the State
Highway Commission, the road between
Glendale and Milford and the road from
Dover to Smyrna.
In fact, his offer is to bear the expense
OF the road from Elendale to Wilmington
but no bids were asked at this time for
the stretches Of this road such as from
Dover to Milford and uorth from Smyrna
10 W lAIullB ton.
Josiah Marvel, the member Of the COM
mission from rural New Castle county.
stated that the commission was not fully
agreed on all the recommendations Of the
engineer in connection in connection with
the road from Smyrna to Wilmington and
and from Dover to Milford and that IT
was intended to make an inspection OF
these roads just as soon as traffic condi-
tions become better. Whether bids will
be asked for these projects in the near
future he was not prepared to say.
Just what the matter may be upon
which the commissioners are not agreed
in connection with the portion Of the
road from Smyrna to Milford was not
stated, and it is declared. is hard to
as the Importance Of this 1
road makes it matter Of public con-
Germ.
Its completion would aid greatly in the /
transportation Of food products by truck
north, upon which farmers Of the middle f.
county appear to be banking a great deal. /
The necessity Of property owners whose .
properties abut on the sections Of road /
which it is proposed to approve. cooper
ltlng with the commission, especially in
contributing right Of way was emphasized
ly the members.