Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21


system ne extended AT this time. except NJ
may hc undertaken with the funds avail
able from the hundred road accounts.
REVIEW or ROAD WORK.
Nr Gruhb reviews the history Of New
Castle county road work Prior tC
Io03. he SAWS all road work in Della
warr was carried on i,y hundred super
ylsorS. through funds collected and ex-
pI.dc,l within the respective hundreds
Tho sum II approximately $4,000 was
srIua,lN applied 10 such work IN New
C...rl, county nut for this expenditure
tin county had no improved roads and
i uui, few satisfactory bridges In 1909
+ thc first good roads bill was introduced IN
he D.lsW are Legislature Such trong
opposition was offered that IT'S support :
,rs onl, succeeded IA passing the measure
a~ the last tnl of the Scnatc The governor
~grci the act 81 Anul Il and appointed
4 a~ members nt the Delaware state High
4 vaV Commission Cornelius ] liorrlgan
! chairman, Walter Harrington, sccrc-
t,rN and John Barr one from each
county The tll gave State aId for road
I construction - thu tNtcut ot $4,000
annually 10 each county provided the
.nlwtN supplied an equal amount I'ndrr
4 tbs lav there we're hullf - miles IN
Wilmington Ia faruhurst the FlSn"rc-
Nuu.hallt,'l raad ard thr road from Mid
.l,t1un ta Od..>a aud aO1 mules IN
~,,-eN court, ia 1905 tie hrs' go,-i
r,adS set w. r,i,calc, amt tb,' law under
y III, + w, ar nov working IN \cW Castle
co,iat, wa~ approved Thts law created
th, otI.cc ~ th, \,v Ca-ti, puutN STATE
llplwa, C"nnn.~,inrct ;ud app,~i {"
\ew 4 u,tic county uDll he same amount
s. slOuoO pei ,cai .,, grated ~ tn"
pt,,iui~ Ilu IA, aluWci \cw asti"
r,ut, = $500 IN frr r,~,d construction
~ syut, tlds icr tho Warn w,re
ru~,,3 'perlale 4, urla appr'pra-
t,u, i. Il !. '.,,,-i ,ad, fund i't prmar
at .,,,,.l'g '"Hd Is. sues
ltt tia> ~ so,oS
Nlttr improved rsef, tnu.t is moans
.on ssh, m - fhr ,,a' FOL, Verc
ucd qt.l l,eat,i y fhr different acts.
.utlarytrt IL. !.l, Cesr' s. tie county
e. .~su i.rd~ f.' .iaIr.s..f HIS manner
.lc,fnr 81 ie. ead unnecessary
9s fri, Ell, 'H. - s,crr - ascertain
et.iIcr r,,t thrs v,r tlrfnost proper
r,- Il, luld lo3 -.>Gi.yd IN lSolatci
-r.t 6,s f rsni rea,- >.aftcr,~i n fhc
.str,r.n' u,tdr,.'e ~ IN, county Int
t,,r nu connected system II / Ghvavs
ef.i Ws, = lr~, q wuS' Instances m
,...or, fluro rs 81 far : The general
1T. v - mel
~. c..,rtI Nss,rris Is ia' rc.aE
ia IS h. aH rr .i rcrd >,s.,n1 in
,,Vcr,,t al l.v, ouI 10 .nud he
.urf1 f.fat t,", .r 81 Snn nN Nlth
ar,.v.>u = Sltpsu sh,.l.. IL. >p,.n.
.ar I,.,' lnc IS. continuous read
r'uri rn.af, 'rm tr hcnt
0rtN IS, III ~, ,,e.tl ~ I'll pe1usNl-
ella --sf, hg. =. d. rcf-h hr r.
si,.a,- Nus ~su, VS. cf' IL ~ used
+, tt. q, c-,tI..u II 'hc rn,rf ant engineer
@ connie t4nG srfao sectors I roada and
.Ntc' ttul ailer> Z. .,nc dcfrt, p1ut
IhI> pIlr las c1vcr us 'vo lines q lm-
frruy,,! r..,,.. h,'wccr d. north and south
.s,4ndar, aacs - Tho Z iutv Win inter
-,ctull E1.,si. & meeting with tho raIl-
-a- =, hau ,Ichf >four Roads
.atfr II Wilmington te II Penn
-,,sra ~f,f, In" and two u the
Nta-,.lt ~ra'. IN, d r.a'cs - Ralt-
urr pat system rpr -sits 4 total II
t ~ u ...- #eL-frurtci up - l9l. and
tak.- lu II nIir~ * .la 'ilrnnAc. All ~
l,li.t v,r rlgluall> "atcr-houni macad
uu uafh tt, ,\cep'lsr ~ 3 1 mics ot
.paa. f-a,tr,uou aud o9i miles II
Ann.-4t.
I. ,Nfrua.'ur, ter th,lr ronst ruCtlnn
.u,.ua.uA ..-r s. uc,n,crlpr and SUPER
lt,UI va ~,rl>.l Il -. or an average
$ - = ..i uI...
,u,>ef IS rtspV.Y TRtFFIr
Ir!-ae ,h, r.>- d"cad, and especially
lu-Hu1 ~. as 'hr., N...r- 'hcr havr
..,t. puu.i,rj. ,uarg, lu IA, character
4f.I val4rp .i ngLWa, tra.fIr The
=
~ i,r-.-d-awf yeLIc.e- hauling -
Ii. >.Huu ior 'ou>. t. include III ad-
aI;llu. frs' ta,t. riiut.nu passenger auto
ntohtr> anI later ire.eif trucks also,
ul'h MAXIMUM gt-- weight oi even
gtt.cu toms Ih, Nuli4r ~ horse drawn
f4f', fa., decreased 5. ha' i would now
~,eu aAcs h4' III - r,.4r~ j drav hor>c
vii - IL Iuath q cl.r.a-lt, an "a, high
uat ) H. nN teiat particularly near
Z, arg,r ritic~ Meanwhile automobiles.
ts'h l,i,et,lr and commercial. have in
creased li , mh.f 5eN N.nd All an'IcIpa-
tiai l.fl Nc4r- aga there WcTc ,rliv So
pT motor VehIcies registered ln the
! ufca state It-f Ntar out own State
regi-'trd almost one qIar'er this mum
i.er
Ih,-, change, had f-ou taklng place
gradually -iuu ~, advent ~ tac auto
,Iunu, and following th' extension u
good raaq- .u' tn growth ~ war rimc
ff.t,.. durag IA, lt~' 'hreo wears. With il
.,fii3-. lueanprsheu~Ibl, proportions after
t'.o cftrN = or nuu nauun INTO tho con
Hic caused -uddcu ana marked ad-
,.nse III aghWN Transportation. The
,i,ruand- aI rai transportation early
lfp4Eht about 4 cuugcstl0u 81 freight on
tta, railroads particularly along the At
.sItllr N,aboard with tnc con~t Guehc,
THAI motor truck which mad hitherto
=. cu considered u.crcly III competition
with teams wcrr introduced N conp@ti-
f43n uIth thc railroads for hauling lcss
thau .ar lpad lot- \ few shippers Of tho
more adycrt.fou- t>pe lanJ probably
NOR, wealthy commenced T. eArend the
raugc ~ fb, allfa tr4.k Good r3ad-
.dIaceut - the center - population and
turiy well connected r.raI rasd -feHs
+ met hsd been -.eufcd ts anlomobIic
o.rl-f isruIfl.d thcif Apartment Wlth
fae AUTO fr4c- f,r long distance hauling
- great pos ibtili es WrT, aankIg rceog
ml.d lrc manufacturer praad
.rladeaH tLe u-.i'f- - ii, .NprI lneut-
Ih, aus. Na boosted rs r,rTo4i en-
,rgo~~ 81 m.us material Murn 'rocks
..eu I.urrha-au ny d. p4oucer-, and the
.nr con-. r,tr, -IpI-I realizing the
e,.s- {, 81, :, mpcfIt,r through use Of
.r tel t luo .lht- the u9o II high
.s,res- Z throu lh"u' .ne country.
3, 1o. rRoI Cit iMAAD.
chr o.a,r.r brought 1is more than our
Iar.aat, share II the increased high
ss, r4ea or highways parallel The
.#. vl,.tf r.1feyr3 railroads the peuusyl-