Evening journal., 1921-06-11
UPHAM ACCEPTS
SOUTHERN PLACE
Continued from First Page.

day from a trip TO North Carolina |
where he held a conference with the
highway authorities and was given
two weeks in which TO accept or re-
ject the offer.
Mr.. Upham will remain chief en-
gineer OF the highway department
OF this State and arrangements have
been made whereby he will return
here from time to time during the
year at the expense OF the highway
department to check up the work OF
the department BY this time all
contracts possible with the present
limited finances of the department,
will have been let and plans finished.
No decision has been reached as yet
as to just who will be in charge OF
the engineering work of the depart
ment while Mr.. Upham Is away and
IL is possible that the duties may be
divided.
At the meeting Of the commits
sion yesterday delegations were
heard as to roads near Bridgeville
and North Laurel. but no action was
taken.
Representatives from the Piel
Construction Company we're also
before the board relative TO claims
for freight excess charges. Action
was postponed for a hearing at some
future date.
Richard Hopkins OF New Castle
county appeared before the board
relative to the Philadelphia pike.
No action taken.
Heyman & Goodman. who laid
part OF the State highway between
Dover and Cheswold, had a repre-
sentative before the commission. an
agreement being reached whereby
the company is to relay a piece OF
road at Denney's Corner. four miles
north OF Dover.
Chief Engineer Upham reported
the piece of road between George
town and Harbeson will be COM
pleted within the next few days.
From Georgetown to Barr's Cor
ner and from Georgetown TO Cokes-
bury Church the road construction
Is practically completed and II will
be a matter Of only a few weeks
when all road construction work in
Sussex county will be completed.
The road between Frederica and
Milford will be completed within
three weeks and the road will bs
open for travel by August With
this strip OF road completed there
will be an open road from Whining
ton 10 Selbyville with the exception
OF a small strip between Magnoli'
and Frederica-
Construction at Tybouts Cornel
, and Hare's Corner is completed and
, will be opened for public travel II
. three weeks.
The strip Of road from Whining
I ton 10 Hares' Corner will be com
pleted in 10 days and traffic will b.
opened by the middle Of July.
Construction between Mt Pleas
!. ant and Boyd's Corner Is completed
Progress on the road from Odess
to Smyrna IS being pushed rapid
and 500 feet is being laid a day
!, over one hundred men are employ
: ed on this contract.
/, Bids will be opened June p 70
L. the Inks or the cldNe A1AbAnas
Magnolia and Milford
Contract and . In Sussex count
q have been turned over to the bond
ing companies who will complete IN
}. construction.
Z Letters have been sent out b
n Chief Engineer Upham TO all q
i Delaware's Congressional represen
l. tatives calling attention to the Roa
bills which come before Congress o
e June 90. Through the highway of
~ cials. Deiaware's allotment has bee
s. changed from OH Of one percentuI
g, TO 8 OF one percentum. In othe
Ie words, Delaware will receive thre
X times as much as It did formerly.
n, Both Senators and congressma
t. Layton are urged to use their INIT
ence in having the bill passed as
le would mean that for every 500
ie 600. 900 appropriated for roadworl
n Delaware would receive approx
mately 100000.