Evening journal., 1918-03-08
HIGHWAY BOARD
ASKS FOR BIDS
FOR .PHILA. Pike
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secure the necessary right Of way either
by gift, purchase or condemnation.
For the Philadelphia pike. the right
OF way decided upon was 80 feet. the
roadway metal to be IS feet Of hillside
brick with 2-foot concrete shoulders,
and s-foot additional dirt and stone
shoulders.
For the Dover-S Smyrna road, the right
Of way was decided upon as co feet. the
roadway 70 be Of concrete, i6 feet in
width, with 6-foot dirt shoulders.
The right Of way for the Delmar-
Bridgeyille road was liked at the same
width, the construction to be the same
as the Doyer-Symrna road while the
Ellendale-Milford road, the remaining
stretch Of the dupont boulevard, is to
be 81 feet in width, Of concrete, with
5-foOt shoulders. The right Of way Of
the later road is TO be 80 feet
The Philadelphia pike project calls
Tor the work to be done as two units.
one. being Penny Hill. the grade Of
which, it is proposed to reduce from #
TO 6 per cent The length Of this pro-
iect is pa miles.
Bids VIII be opened for the con
strUotion Of the roads specified on
April IS.
Under the offer OF General T. Cole
man dupont, which has been accepted
by the Highway Commission, he win
bear the expense Of building the stretch
Of five miles Of Sussex road leading
into Milford, and the road from Dover
10 smyrna. General dupont offered to
build a highway from the Appenzellar
farm. five miles south Of Milford, TO
Wilmington, over such route from NJ l.
ford north and Of such materials and
OF such width as the Highway Com
mission should determine, provided the
commission would secure a right Of
way for the dupont Boulevard flom
the Appenzellar farm to Milford, fol
lowing the route originally surveyed.
Thus, under the project authorized
yesterday, New Castle county viii get
60 miles and Sussex county 4 miles
Of road to be built out Of state funds
and Kent county will get miles and
sussex county miles built at the ex-
pense Of General dupont Eventually
General dupont win pay for all the
ROAD Fl ON NJ ford to Wilmington, as il
is constructed.
General dupont did not attend yes
terday's meeting. The commission viii
make an inspection shortly Of II ghway
Engineer Upham's survey from Milford
TO Wilmington, wh ch necessitates the
taking Of some private land in a few
places TO straighten out curves, and
then will act upon the adopt on Of q
route The commission is desirous O.
building from Dover to NJ ford, IN o.
der TO facilitate truck travel TO Fort
salisbury, on the Delaware Bay front
north of Lewes, as well as to hell
general travel.
During its meeting yesterday. thl
Highway Commission was visited by
delegation representing grange bodies
Of Kent county, who urged early op
srations on the Doycr-Smyrna road
saving an improved road was neces
sary in connection with the transpor
tation of their products to the market
They were asked il the farmers O.
The county would stand behind th'
commission 10 being pointed out tina
the operations would possibly TAXI
from 80 to 20 laborers from that par
ticular section. Speaking for them
selves. the grange representatives sai'
they would be willing to make tn
sacrifice. and thought other farmers o.
fhe county would do the same.
Chief Engineer Upham reported U
ibe commission the result OF his visi
10 Washington on Wednesday With As
sistaut County Engineer Grubb Of New
Castle county and Levy Court COMMITS
sioner Benjamin A. Groves Of tina
county with respect TO securing fedora
aid in the transportation Of road ma
AIr. Upham said the delegation con
ferred with officials Of the Ohlce }
Puhlic Roads and Of the Highwa,
transport Committee and found tha
fine Philadelphia pike had been pu
down as q preferred project for fedora
lid IL being a link in the route from
Buffalo to Washington, over which IN
government expects to send man
trucks. He felt sure that transportatio
n materials would be afforded for thi
project and for the completion OF IN
Lincoln Highway as well, the contrac
for most Of which from Wilmington I
the Maryland line has been AWARDED
He believed that there would be n
serious handicap in the way Of trans
portaiion of materials for any OF IN
projects outlined.
The chief engineer was instructed I
axe up further with the government
he matter Of roads leading to For
aulsbury and to Lewes as wa
leasure.
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