Evening journal., 1922-04-04
STATE HIGHWAY
WORK UNDER Way
Continued From First Pare.

Continued From First Pake)
structure while the railroad will pay
the other half Mr. Buck also an
nounced today that the highway
from Tvbout's corner 20 ST. Georges
is being concreted. but that the road
from 81. Georges 10 odessa probably
will not he touched this year. His
department realizes that the present
road r. in good shape and therefore
there is no immediate hurry about
constructing a new highway. which
will cross the marsh near old
Drawers Church. The depart
ment also has been advised that New
Castle County Levy Court Is going
20 build several roads. one from ST.
Georges to Kirkwood
One OF the greatest and most in
teresting developments IN the road
work In Delaware Is now being
brought 20 the surface. That con-
Germs the attitude OF the people on
tho road building proposition. To
understand the situation it Is neces-
sarv 20 recall some Of the events
that preceded the present road de-
velopment In Delaware. When au-
fomohilists We're claiming attention
from State authorities and demand
ing better roads. there arose a cry
for State system OF highways II
was IN 1911 that the General Assem-
hly passed an act looking 10 the
improvement Of the state roads As
soon as that law was on the books
two private features were made. first
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private citizens 20 contruct state
road and also a provision was made
that such a private road must he
turned over 10 the state free OF cost.
This was the beginning OF the Cole
man dupont Boulevard Since that
time. through legal fights that would
have discouraged men less faithful
IN the trust OF his neighbors. the
DUPONT boulevard progressed and is
today a model upon which all the
roads IN the State are laid ont Cen
oral T. G.. DUPONT has continued TO
wish that the highway bearing his
name he the best that money could
buy. He has not been sparing IN
his appropriations Figures com
piled today AZ the Highway depart
ment indicate that mp 10 the pres
ent time r.. Coleman dupont has
spent more than $4,000 600 for the
boulevard most Of which Is com
pleted and already IN use. Before
the incompleted task Is finished the
cost OF the operation will reach close
10 S4000.OO0 The length OF the
boulevard Is over 100 miles. From
tho Maryland line TO Georgetown the
Boulevard Corporation has 200 feet
Of right-of-wav.
on each side Of this road IN Sus-
sex county the corporation is Inn
proving the right Of way in wonder
ful landscape gardening and also a
plant for botany experiments for the
University OF Delaware. The whole
project is showing what Senator
DUPONT had in mind when he fought
TO have the whole highway from
Maryland 10 Pennsylvania a garden
spot. II was in the first place Cen
eral duPont's intention to make the
beauty OF that 1OO-mile boulevard
the greatest in America. but his op-
ponents laid all sorts of commercial
schemes as the cause OF his demand
90 get a 20O-foot right-of-way. He
was blocked in this. and then de-
cided the only thing to be done In
peace was TO turn over the whole
boulevard project TO the state and
let the Highway Department con-
rtruct it, FOR which he agreed to pay
the cost r. is asserted repeatedly in
Dover that had no been permitted 20
have had his say on the project. the
road would have cost him double OF
triple tho amount ho has so FAR spent
uron 20. For o. g. contendod. tho
boulevard was meant Rs a memorial
70 himsels cyentpRiy ana on which