Evening journal., 1922-03-23
FARMERS BANK
BUYS BONDS
Sussex Sells 100000 for
Road Improvement Above
Par
LEVY COURT PLANS
WORK FOR 1928
specIal ID The Evenlng lournal.

GEORG ETOWN, March 28-Two
hundred thousand dollars worth OF
Sussex county highway Improvement
bonds were sold here yesterday
above par the Farmers Bank OF the
state OF Delaware being the success
ful bidder at $1O2.37 u. other bid
ders and the price offered were
National City Bank, S1O2.O79; Ester
brook and Company. sl02.39; GILES
pie-Meeds Company, s1OO.77S2t
Laird and Company. Wilmington.
lSlO1.S2. The bonds will bear date
OF January /, 1922 and all are Of
the denomination Of $1,000 bearing
/ . per cent. interest, payable semi
annually on the first day OF July and
January in each year.
This is the first block to he sold
out OF the second million dollar bond
issue for the Improvement OF the
highways OF Sussex county
At a meeting OF the Sussex County
| Levy Court on Tuesday decision was
reached to allow the supervisors In
the several districts who have charge
OF maintenance OF the dirt roads
from twenty-five to thirty-dve cents
an hour including transportation.
In 1920 and 1927 the price was
thirty, thirty-five and forty cents an
hour.
Members OF the Sussex County
| Highway Improvement Commission
| held meeting Tuesday afternoon
and adopted the following as the
roads which will be built next year
on a state aid basis provided the
next session OF the Legislature
makes a sufficient appropriation to
carry on the work: Laurel TO Mary
land line. near Sharptown. Md;
Seaford to Maryland line via Re
lance; Bridgeville to Maryland line
via Woodenhawk and Scott's store:
Greenwood to Scotts store.
The commission Will view the
routes near Bridgeville and Green
wood TO ascertain which will be the
most beneficial and practical to con
struct TO serve the people In the
northwestern section OF Sussex
county The idea In view Is to con
meet with the improved highways OF
Maryland so that both states will be
benefited by an exchange OF business
relations which are sure to follow
by the linking OF the State highways.
The road from Harbeson to Lewes
via Five Points was the only road
way considered at the meeting in the
eastern or central section OF the
county. and this is the first move for
the completion OF the roadway be-
tween Georgetown and Lewes for
the benefit OF the ferry trafflc that is
expected from points in New Jersey
when the boat line is established be
tween Delaware and New Jersey.
While funds are not available at this
time for the building OF the broken
link between here and Lewes. yet
there Is every reason to believe that
10 the State Highway Department
will give assurance to the Sussex
County Highway Commission for re-
endorsement OF the cost OF construc-
ton that some time this year addi-
tional highway bonds will he sold
and the Sussex County Highway
Improvement Commission will take
it upon themselves to go ahead with
the work
with the establishment OF the
Cape May-Lewes ferry this summer
the broken link from Harbeson to
Lewes will prove somewhat OF a
NNHhiNal 10 the PUBIC " lln q con
Meeting link from Laurel to Sharp
town. Md. and the Harbeson-Lewes
stretch completed residents would
be able TO travel on stone road
from the Delaware Bay to Balt-
more.
A. b. sandldge and Company, this
city, will start work on the
stretch OF road through Bridgevine
connecting up the main State high
way next week and upon its com
p pletion construction will start on the
Seaford and Blades contract. About
the middle OF April work will be
started on the Asbury- Barr's Corner
road and the road from Georgetown
to Laurel is expected to be complet-
ed by June. The unfinished con-
tract from Laurel TO Asbury Church.
in charge OF Field. Barker and Tn
derwood. will be finished by Nav ] .
Bids will likely be opened about
the first OF May for the stretch from
Coverdale Cross Roads TO Cokeshury
Church. When this Is finished there
will be a concrete highway between
GEORGETOWN and Bridgevile which
viii enable traffic in the eastern part
OF lower Delaware to connect with
lthe main state highway running
from Delmar to Wilmington