Smyrna times., 1926-01-06
ElIILlII BEACH ROAD LISTED
'aI IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR

VII ~"
90 ROAD FROM BLACKIST0N
~ Tur MARYLAND STATE LINE
. Engineer Buck Submits His
llsl unu,I Report to State Highway
Commission with Recommendations
w,odI,nd Beach road, the Clayton
'.l5e+on's road to the Maryland
T. and the road from Kenton to
1rtlv. all three Of which will mean
i n SMYRNA and vicinity are list
arong the highway improvements
1o26 as recommended by Chief
oireer C. Douglas Buck in his an
raport submitted TO the State
,srav Commission. Other nearby
II Included are the Townsend
1letown road, the Townsend-De-
avs road and the lIiddletOwn Odes-
road Mr.. Buck recommends that
Boulevard from Wilmington thru
sv7a to Dover be widened to 20
where it is of less width. Our
rsm of roads, he says, "as now
provides below Dover, two
Ia and south trunk lines-these
.rerge at COOper's Corner on the
kirts of the Capital and the traf-
each carries is turned into our
Bcpal highway between Dover and
mington. | recommend that all
lions of the boulevard between
mngtOn and Dover, previously
|. with a concrete pavement less
eighteen feet in width be widen
to 20 feet and that the work be
eraken Immediately funds are
liable To support my conviction
the narrow sections of the main
ey Of travel should be improved
fer the following reasons: First
tremendous increase in the vol
Of summer and holiday traffic
ch when at its greatest in 1925
ragged, over a period of twelve
s, a car every 6 seconds. Second
dditOnal use for the highway be
Be of the 1925 interstate connec-
) Ca) consisting of a ferry be-
en New Castle and New Jersey |
new roads opening into Pennsvl- |
and three into Maryland. (b) |
edOn Of it by the Joint Board on |
Eate Highways, as a part of
Highway route No. 13, Philadel-
to Wilmington, North Carolina. i
i-Statstics which show that
Of the highway accidents occur
between Dover and Wilmington
fg 1925 occurred where the con-
pavement was less than IS feet
ies South Wilmington Approach
Buck does not mince words in
amending that South Market
cauSeway, one of the principal
Oaches to Wilmington, be chang
eliminate its 'disreputable and
OagAy disgusting surroundings.
anentng on this subject Mr.. Buck
We do not have anywhere in
system Of 5O4 miles of highways
caOn Of road whose surroundings
Jess attractive, more disreputable.
fp and thoroughly disgusting
ne South Market street Cause
III wilmington. Representing as
fes 'ne first link in the boulevard
ga the State and one of the
gateways to the city, over which
d hundreds of thousand motor 4
- yearly, it is surprising that
sail1ed effort has not been made 1
improve this street that its ap-
-llce would be less Objectionable ,
more IN keeping with the i'm
!. mems and good taste displayed y
IT, O0ilslfuction Of other important t
- u entrance to Wilmington c
Market street, Wilmington. bv {
4 p.Inanee u! is eighty feet in width '
. 1ils street sixty feet wide, from '
ny" proposed Market street I
In. . the city limits, construct 7
.-i,.s 4ihs with curbs, and lights on 7
D5;.s.. J;.e Standards, and the exist c
i. yyl9cSlonable conditions will, as $
j T. Snange over night. To re- a
4 s5s.la H. many dump heaps, dilapi- I
s,oors- ,,1ck' and novels will be stores {
s5Io garages, and other nre- e
Sp5;p n places of business. State o
.ss,sT- ' PRIDE in our system If a
/. psgo.; rsss allows me to recommend n
In ssociations ~ =, be started with the l,e.
.sDviio,. u mat 4 city with the view ~ =
sr.r plg the South Market Street et l
- 's sn5 ana a,.a-.5 that insofar as may be
i to ala ~! possible this Department y
IS Of assist s in defraying the ex- a
Drzed ~ such work as might he
bvsJ iu ! N accordance with nIans
4 Co,55GiIl Jointly by the WiImipoton ,t,l', 9
rtnaD4 foraSll and the State Hjgb%eu So,t n
i -.Isll' t5a+ Engineer Buck i5s ',~4y esti. \ \
se ma. re,,. actual construction vo,.I- vo,I- e
ia BE- NEW Nv, Market street briJao ian n n
!. p,u under way in the spring. inl;,S' y
.,ii,. "n u Boards and Plant Troo.. t.
+ Of Da,,. sle year just ended. ne n
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