Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
Milford, Friday. September 90, 1888


Kent county line; also from Selby
vile to Milford to connect with the
same dual-highway already built as
far as Smyrna, and which is pro-
vided for the near future to be built
on to Dover, in the center of Kent
county. New Castle has already
the highway built from the Penn
sylvania line to Smyrna, and an
other is in process to build from
State Road to the Maryland line;
and it is badly needed; for traffic
is dangerously heavy for a single
roadway.
Sussex county has each week ac-
cidents from trucks colliding, and
from careless driving, most of which
result in death for people. Safety
is one factor in favor of the dual
highway, and with ever increasing
traffic from the lower peninsula
over the Delaware highway, the
time to act is at hand.
Wherever the dual-highway is
built, the land between the roads is
planted with trees, or Handicapped so
that a wonderfully beautiful high
way is created for future years, as
well as for the present; and for
pleasure and profit from increased
values of property for its entire
length. Sussex county has the en-
tire right-Of-way from Delmar to
the Kent county line for a width of
one hundred feet; or more in sew
eral places, and from Selbyville to
Milford is a two hundred foot right
of-way now owned. Sussex county
comprises fifty per cent. of the en-
tire area of land in all of Delaware.
Sussex county has some of the
handsomest agricultural lands in
Delaware. Sussex county residents
are entitled to be helped in land
values by a safe dual-highway from
Kent county to the Maryland line,
on two routes. All Delawareans
love their native state and want to
have a dual-roadway, which means
safety for travel and a picture for
forty miles of landscaping, or park
ways, which will be lined along the
dual-highway with handsome, mod
ern farms, orchards, poultry plants
and occupied by people who have
pride in their own property, thus
creating a taxable, tangible value
for the county and state.
Men and women of Sussex arouse
to your own interests in the creation
of dual-highway across your coun-
ty, which you are entitled to have
created now. Unless action is taken
to present the claims of Sussex, the
place where Coleman DUPONT start
ed his wonderful dreams to form
into a nature picture for the State
of Delaware twenty years ago, will
have been drained away for the well
fare of New Castle and Kent coun-
ties. Get a general interest started
through local meetings and argu-
ments in all parts of Sussex, de-
manding that justice shall be done
to the memory of Coleman DUPONT
for the development of all of rural
Delaware, as the creator of all that
is safe, all that is picturesque, all
that is upbuilding for the masses
and financial welfare of Delaware.
The columns of the Milford
Chronicle are open for all discus
sions helpful in arousing interest
of all the people for the future of
Sussex and the State of Delaware.
The State Highway Commission
must be informed of the desire for
this wonderful highway through
Sussex. Press the matter home on
that body, and remember that the
present is the time that this problem
must be solved for the best inter-
est Of all concerned.
Remember Coleman dupont and
his splendid gift to Delaware, and
then do your duty; which is in the
hands of those who can make the |
proper moves to get results which |
will make Sussex a picture of |
beauty in the years to come.
The Milford Chronicle will afford |
with pleasure to aid this
great opportunity for Sussex coun-
ty. Delaware.
Men and women of Sussex, will
you do your part?
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