Newark post., 1922-03-01
Delaware Avenue
Towns Eye Sore
Thoroughfare from Academy
to Chapel Street is a
Sea of Mud

Newark has an up-to-date bus line
but persons who have to use Della
ware avenue between South Chapel
street and Academy street are Won
dering why someone does not put in
a ferry-boa or mud-scow line in that
district.
AS result of the recent stormy
weather this street is impossible to
automobiles and even wagons have
a hard time to get through this
thoroughfare. Several automobilists
have broken their machines in trying
to go through this street and persons
attending meetings of the New Cen
tury Club and affairs held in the
clubs building are up in arms over
the condition of the street in front of
the clubhouse, and the persons living
along this thoroughfare claim they
would like to have some action taken
by the Council for betterment.
This street is one of the few of
the town that has not been paved,
and from the present condition of it,
it would seem that it has not only
been sighted in the paving program,
but that it has been forgotten en-
tirely for there are not even cinders
in the bad ruts in which automobiles
and wagons go into up to the hubs.
Right now it looks as though it
might be able to raise ducks in a
profitable manner in the road-bed for
it is a sea of mud and water.
If fire should break out in any
of the dwellings along this street
it is doubtful if the fire apparatus
could reach the place. The firemen
instead of being able to cut through
Delaware avenue would have to go
all the way around Main street, and
in this manner lose many profitable
seconds.
Not only is the street itself in
! bad condition but there is not even
curbing placed along the sidewalk
where modern cement pavements are
laid. Property owners point out this
fact and wonder why along the Col
lege property further west on Della
ware avenue where there are no walks
l there is a concrete curbing. One
resident on Delaware avenue whose
property fronts on the mud flats" is
now prepared to put down cement
pavement but claims that he will not
place same until the Town Council
"comes across" with curbing SINH
q lar to that on College Property. The
college, the property owners point out,
does not have to pay taxes while they
do.
There has been a cement pavement
placed by a property owner from
South Chapel street up to the New
Century club but there has never
\ been a curb set.
J. Since the recent stormy and thaw-
a ing weather, there have been several
k social events held in the New Gen.
# tury Club and the street conditions
in the vicinity of the clubhouse have
X played havoc with the footwear of
It more than one person who in attempt
II ing to reach the club in their auto
d mobiles have been stalled and have to
II get out and wade through this mud
,s street.
W Although many efforts have been
* made to have the Town Council i'm
RS prove this street and bring it up to
lie par with the other thoroughfares of
W the town they have been without re-
ward but those who have worked for
n this improvement although not en-
in couraged by their past efforts claim
as that a drive will soon be made on
.y the Town Fathers to have this work
1e done.
1t An idea of the condition of Della,
e, ware avenue can be obtained from
IN the fact that yesterday several ladies
ST of Elsmere making visit on the
avenue had to park their automobiles
a on Main street and then wade through
ct the mud to reach their destination
ne With the warm weather setting il
m and the water lying on the street ir
OF the manner in which it is, chances
re for disease "congregating on the ave
at nue." will be large, and with schoo
ID on the street it can be seen that this
r. will be another dangerous point.
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