Evening journal., 1920-05-12
AL. DU PONT
in FAVOR OF
new bridge
lConlInued From FIrst Pagel


. large estate In Brandywine hundred.
and also because he felt that Market
street bridge and NanBuren street
! bridge could accommodate traffic when
the new Washington street bridge was
being constructed
4 William II. Budd, secretary OF the
i Chamber Of Commerce, took up the
i matter with Mr.. dupont, after the
I latter had written letters setting forth
bis views against opening the B. and
. o. bridge. Mr.. dupont and Mr.. Budd
went over the situation thoroughly.
4 and Mr.. dupont was shown that his
. suspicious about the real estate eX-
i plOitatiOn were grOundless, and was
! Impressed that the railroad bridge
\ would be needed 90 accommodate traf-
! DC between Baltimore and philadel-
! phia As a result Mr.. dupont today
i wrote a letter TO John 5. ROssell a
Street Bridge Commission, withdraw
i ing his original objection. His let
. ter TO Mr.. ROsseu follows:
/ -Mr. John 5. ROssell, care Security
Trust q Safe Deposit Co., Whining
ton. Delaware.
n Dear Mr.. Rossell: Since writing
you under date Of April q and May
=, regarding the old B. q o. bridge
i ,prnieot ] have been In conference
i with William II. Budd, secretary OF
i the Chamber Of Commerce, and have
! had fully explained 10 me the reasons
! for the endorsement by the Chamber
4 OF Commerce, OF this project.
MIR. Budd informed me that those
4 Endorsing This project have no
4 thought Of increasing real estate val
4 ues by the use OF this structure and
that the terminals. as now decided
upon, so far as they know. will be
Il rrnr-rulnlnf M nnlH hos urkuafffaT
4 letters from parties Interested In the
really IN Brandywine hundred, near
I the B. & o. bridge, which endorse
this statement
2 He also pointed out something
\ which / had overlooked. viz, that the
/ north and south bound traffic be-
4 tween Baltimore and Philadelphia ap-
4 Groach and leave the city by way Of
4 Union street. Therefore, this bridge
N would be the logical one for such
traffic TO use. No one seems 20 have
\ Accumulated any data showing what
Il portion OF The traffic now passing
over the Washington street bridge Is
logical TO the Market street bridge
4 and which portion would be logical
TO the B. & o. bridge and which por-
ton being for pleasure purposes only
4 would be logical TO neither and. there
Csre, need not be taken into consid-
Il tIAIIlMs IL - ANN NAIuI 10 DIN IIHI ININ
expenditure Is a necessary one and l
4 am relying merely upon the iudg-
rsent Of others TO this end. AZ The re-
/ quest OF Mr.. Budd and for the reason
n that other gentlemen have endorsed
4 this project. ] am Withdrawing my
eoiection However. / am convinced
that were the approaches 30 the Mar
ket street bridge put in proper cond-
I &on by repaving or improving Mar
het street from Twenty-third 10 Elev-
enth and King streets from the bridge
90 lsicVenth and Fifteenth street from
Che briose ~ French. that the capacity
4 III the Market stIoos bridge for hand
ling traffic would be Increased several
| times. Such improvements, which are
needed in any event, would be OF
permanent value. This same thought
p-plies 10 the Van Buren street
bridge. which, on account Of The poor
condition Of its approaches and Of the
bridge surface itself, Is little used
However. as / have already indicated
] withdraw my objections 20 the b.
a. o. bridge project for reasons above
slated.
Yours very truly.
"fs) ALFRED /. DUPONT"
Mr.. dupOnt's first letler'to Mr.. ROs-
efl. dated April p, reads.
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