Smyrna times., 1931-06-03

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faith in the feasibility of the route
especially for heavy freight. If
established, its benefit to our COM
munity will be very apparent, pass
ing as it does just at the north
edge of Smyrna (Glenwood evenue)
and giving our produce easy access
to the New York market as well as
an addition line to Philadelphia.
This route will be some 25 or 80
miles shorter than the P. w. & B.
Board of Health.-At the last
session of the Legislature a law
was passed authorizing the estab-
lishment of a Board of Health in
any corporate city or town in the
State by its authorities. At the
meeting of our Town Commission
ers on Thursday evening last this
law was read and discussed with
view to the establishing of such
Board for our town. The COM
missioners have the authority by
this law to constitute Board
numbering from three to seven
men from among our citizens one
of whom shall be practicing ply
sician. They will have power to in
vestigate any ones house, out
buildings or premises, private or
public alleys and abate any nuis-
ance considered detrimental to the
public health or comfort. This
authority extends to one mile be-
yond the limits of the town. The
only salaried member of the Board
will be the secretary, who will re-
ceive such compensation as the
commissioners may deem right It
is expected that this Board will be
fully established at the next meet
ing of the commissioners.
Rev. Mr.. Rigg, in making the
Introductory prayer for Bishop
Warren on Sunday morning closed
as usual with the Lords Prayer
but used the form of the Revised
edition of the New Testament in
stead of the old familiar rendering.
The new closes abruptly with de
liver us from the power of the Evil
One" leaving off entirely the as
cription ''for thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory for
ever and ever Amen" 1t seemed
like parting with the best part of
it, but Americans are very quick
to adapt themselves to new things.
Rev. Mr.. Willis in the evening ser
mon in holding before his audience
the genuineness and reasonableness
of Christianity made still further
step forward by addressing them
as Ladies and Gentlemen" This
is a considerable advance on the
old fashioned "brethering and sis
tering" sometimes used in the days
of the Fathers.
That Bridge. Several of our tax
payers have called our attention to
the slow progress that is being
made in the construction of the
new bridge authorized by our Levy
Court over Mill Creek between 4
Smyrna and Rothwell's Landing. /
Over six weeks have elapsed since
its commencement, with very little
show Of anything being done, and
observers say at the
present rate Of progress it will
take all summer to complete it. 1t
must be said in Justification of the
workmen however, that they have
been greatly hindered by high tides
for the past two weeks or more.
It is very fortunate thing the
Messrs. Tygert did not rely in the
fifteen days allotted for the bridge
to be up, but built one of their own.
The foundation work is being done
BY the day; the iron bridge proper
IS to be placed by contract.
Trotting Course Several Of our
owners of fast horses have leased
4 field of Thomas A. Reese on the
Middle Alley road, adjoining the
School house, three miles from this
Town, and are having a half mile
tract laid off on it and graded for
purposes. The work, it is
expected, will be completed within
ZEN days. This track is being made
he same size and shape (elipticaD /
of that at the Dover Fair Grounds.
On Sunday evening a little child
If William Numbers pulled the
covering from the table on which
sat a burning lamp. The burning
oil which surrounded the child, so
the mother that she
'ainted, but fortunately a neighbor
who was passing by. ran in and
rescued it from its perilous condi-
ion.
The Jones Creek Appropriation
The Government engineer has de-
.ermined to expend the money in
and deepening that part
If the creek lying between Dover
md Lebanon. Captain Draper be-
ieves that with this $4,000 so ex-
pended, five feet of water may be