Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
PROPOSED NINTH WARD
BOULEVARD A BIG TASK
Street Directors Told il is Best
Thing City Has Undertaken
in Years.

Declaring u 10 be the greatest and
the biggest thing that has been plan
red I'm this city for a number OF years,
Holmes Jones appeared before the di-
rectors of'the Street and Sewer De-
partnent this morning with reference
10 the proposed boulevard in the lower
end OF the Ninth Ward 10 connect
with tho contemplated new bridge
across the Brandywine creek from
Eleventh and Church streets 10 Four
tenth and Thatcher streets.
lie urged the members 10 make il at
least ls0 feet wide instead OF so feet
as now planned and he elaborated on
the possibilities OF such highway and
It's linking up with a planlfor an ex-
tension OF parks in the future both on
the north and south sidee of the creek
He also suggested that in the center
there be grass plots to prevent auto
mobile speeding and said il would
eventually be the main highway to
Philadelphia for the boulevard extend
ed will take much OF the traffic now
going over the Penny Hill along the
Philadelphia turnpike. He spoke OF
the many deaths along the Philadel-
phia pike, because of speeding and
accidents and said heavy truck traffic
eventually will have 10 be restricted
on that highway.
samuel II. Baynard, member OF the
Board OF Park Commissioners, advised
the street directors that he thought
the proposed boulevard should be 19C
feet wide, instead Of so feet, and he
also stated the Park Board thought a
highway OF such a width would be q
good shine for the city to have and
that some OF them were willing to pay
the difference between the cost of ar
so-loot roadway and one 120 feet wide
He also said that department would
take care OF the parking features il
connection with such a boulevard. He
made mention Of the plans for an e&'
tension OF the park system in tha'
section OF town especially in the event
the boulevard is completed.
The Bond Manufacturing Co. Of
ferod the city $4,000 yards of grave
fll n the department should desire
Il 10 build the approaches OF the bou'
levard 20 the proposed new bridge
This offer was made gratis and tn,
city would not have TO pay anything
FOR the material and all the compan.
asked was whether the approache.
were % BE- built before the bridge wal
completed. The directors directed tina
their thanks be extended the compan,
for ie offer but they did not thinl
they would construct the approache:
until the work on the new bridge ha,
been actually started at least.
Joseph J. Carpenter, Jr., a prop
erty owner in that section of the city
said he favored the boulevard, bu
he reminded the directors that 70 la.
out q boulevard diagonally across
city block with building fronts wa
rather q serious matter and he wa.
therefore interested in the paymen
OF damages which would have to b
against the city. He was advised tn
City Council would look after that en-.
u the problem.
The directors had before them res
oiution laying out the proposed boule
ward and fixing It's width at so feet
n has been given two readings AM
VAS % have bad q third and hna
reading today, but nnai action wa
postponed 70 the directors could Z
more fully into ihe matter and con
eide further what is the best thin
70 do IN the premises.