Smyrna times., 1921-11-30
M RDGFT Of S2,25O,000
! fII II DELAWARE NEXT YEAR
=, FIRST WILL BE ROAD
W. AL SMYRNA TO KENTON

urlndtO Extend "O"1
,o uarydel-BOth States to
=, Federal Government Aid
,,io.+ Of s2,25O,OOO for highway
! 'sa' !" tbis State in 1922 was ap-
.p,j 10 I At a. a meeting of the Delaware
r. Highway Commission at Dover G
ss5,r y Of this amount, the State
lsI. \ '.,,s bonds of $1,40O,OOO. Kent
..-.T +,'Ir will supply 100000 and Fed
w. "a will amount to $685.
Z. 4 the first roads in the
mart Of the State to receive at
~, will be the ChnStiana section,
.s,, 70 the improved harbor de-
Irs ..rsrt in Wilmington. Proposed
y n,ds in Kent county will include
ri,, 10 Harrington, Frederick to
s.Fs,. SMYRNA and Dover to Hartly,
I'M, @ TO Cheswold, Smyrna to Mary
| d mcbing Kenton. The plan which
!, nnUrOmised upon is to build a
from Smyrna to the Maryland
M ray Of Clayton, Kenton, Hart
n Nardel where it is believed the
| ~ Of Maryland will cooperate by
r,riipg the concrete road already
IN thru Denton, Greensboro 20
! sF,bOro. on to the Maryland line at
&griel. With this completed the
Ehsrsre State Highway Commission
&TTnst at the road at Marydel. From
it is proposed to have two
MAS branch, one from Hartly to
as above mentioned and the
| thg from Hartly to Dover.
II D. Buck Elected Chief Engineer
/ c Douglas Buck, at the meeting on
|Eihy was elected chief engineer of
|k department., succeeding Charles NJ.
who is now in charge of a
m vad-building project for the
ste Of North Carolina. Mr.. Upham
EEer, is retained as cnosulting en-
aHr. The appointment of Mr.. Buck
! dief engineer becomes effective on
ElaTl l. Since Mr.. Upham went 10
hh Carolina, Mr.. Buck has been
Eng chief engineer. He has had a
Enber Of years experience as a road
agnaer. All members of the COM
saon' including Senator 7. Coleman
HMt, attended the meeting.
A!iEay Department in New Quarters
The Highway Department is now
saed IN It's new headquarters in the
Edng purchased by the State two
AN ago, from Kent county, Just
cU& from the State House. which
: been thoroughly remodeled and
isentS a pleasing appearance. The
Alie lower floor is used by the State
ghEay Department, the upper floor
alg used by the Federal Government
leaIural laboratories for ANALYSIS
fertilizers and soils. BY fitting uI
! building the State has saved large
aaS and reduced the overhead ex-
ss' this latter to the extent OF
"pu TINS year. The new headouar-
7 also are close to the storage
WINS Tor the departments equip.
shI back Of the State Armory.
Y" Road to be Tried out in Kent
Ss'efal weeks ago, Senator Coleman
ISa' n had an offer from John B
tAef OF lrington-on-Hudson, n. Y.
'-lu strip Of road in Delaware to
l'nS'iaie MS method of obstruction
ienaFkably low figure and on q
Sent basis from many of the pres.
.T! ny highways. At Fridays meet.
~. DUPONT read Mr.. Walkers let
winch was as follows:
Y ',a' Senator dupont: wrote vou NOR,
81, ,eA x ago. accepting your public-spirit
~ md. guid three miles Of eighteen-foo
a M. Ie automatic crOwner specifica
r No -. o'uef Is given with the g1Iarante,
IA ,.aS me three miles shall cost from
y, n Nv ~ per mile according TO the char
r. 'ls " soil; that am personsh, 20 80,
;iovt ebarys Isl aaj uc'lon giving my services
1sis, I'se ,t.' and paying my own travelin,
hi If 80 your representative will keeD -,
rssi gnsr.-'I lem OF construction and that
4 n Ssra;. ~'an'ee that the keeping of sal,
b uovriS,- riDa' snail involve not more tba,
q Der ea ,;ils YET month, at a cost not to ok
sry, sr~ nave heard Of the soils Of DeI
Nr 1,-. inclined 70 think that the roo,
sb,,,i5- aiuerable less than 5000 mo
he no1r5 y glad if your representatvi,
s,h proes.s VIII have photographs takeI
l0g ma, N construction of the road g,
tsge ,bs ~, ~ '1iiy Informed. / am anviou
be mr,I ~ - Done before frost sots ~, on,
rsrs a'..n ., Indebted if Won co,,ld I'm "a am
~ and address ~ 'Vulu send M
IN VI place selected " Sour representative
~ very ~ i-so your action in this matter viii
iang good '.,porIant r,'n contribution toward
'';s unsbo 'oaas INTO these towns an,
tighvsys 70 anord the more expensiv
ta5 -,or por. dupont announced that h,
n II, rR,'1GnaIly gi 4 enter into a contrac
/ t5,l. D,1, Walker for the building q q
n of ~. miles Of road without on,
d. expense al.. to the State, ..'He' he paw ol,
sasJ ,91 gaIlre bill. The road to +,
b of tba P,,i O. oe done so by the thair
et, A "Is p D state Highway Depart
bit and - :, benson, Mr.. Frank v. du
he an spD,a...t ,ne chief engineer, subiec
n Ca1,t C1gptoTal "a Of the Kent Count,
Esctsd' 'a,i IL !. commissioners, the goa
" De in Kent County.
n. DaAery Opens AuspiciousI,
u and j,sLna 5s5 Bakery started las