Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
MANY MOTOR TO
STORM AREAS
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of State Charles H. Grantland to
the scene Friday. He was in con
ference with members of the
Chamber, the mayor and members
of Council as to wnat steps the
State should take Immediately to
relieve distress. The relief director
for Sussex county, under the State
Emergency Relief Commission, is
taking care of those who need di-
rect aid. George "A. Marvel, en-
gineer Of the State Highway De-
partment, went to Laurel Saturday
to direct the work of rehabilitat-
ing wrecked homes. The Governor
has guaranteed the money requir-
ed for this work up to a certain
amount, with the expectation Of
the Relief Commission taking care
of the cost. The Chamber Of Com
merce also has appealed to the
Federal Public Works Board, of
which L. Lee Layton, of Dover, is
chairman, for $4,000 to repair
sewers and other damage done by
the storm. The board has recon-
mended to Washington that the
appropriation be allowed at once.
II was necessary to move two
houses which settled on the high
way on Lindbergh avenue, Laurel,
before repairs could be started on
the road. Pedestrians are able to
use this street but il Is not vet
passable for vehicles. All Of the
east side Of Laurel is still cut off
from town for vehicles. and hun
dreds Of automobiles were parked
Just outside of town beyond the
washouts over the weekend, while
the occupants walked into town.
Eight of the nine mill dams in the
upper half of the Fifth Represent
ative District were washed out, the
one at the Davis game farm being
the only one to withstand the
storm. This one, however, was
damaged, but with a few repairs
was made safe. Work on all the
Others started last Friday and Sat
urday, and most of them have been
made passable with temporary
bridges.
Open Highway Into Laurel
The repairs at Sixth street,
where seventy-five feet of highway
with about a twenty-five foot fill
was washed out, will be the big
gest job in Laurel, but the resi-
dents Of that section will be pro-
vided way into town BY crossing
IN Paris avenue to Lindbergh av-
enue. All repairs between Laurel
and Seaford were completed and
opened for traffic before Saturday
night, and the temporary bridge
between Laurel and Delmar at
Bacon's was expected to be opened
the first part of the week. The
loss to Records dam and mill
property will be much greater than
at first expected inasmuch as the
dam was completely washed out on
each side of the mill to a great
depth, undermining the corner of
the mill through which the race
runs to provide the power for
grinding. A committee has been
authorized to wait on all the farm
ers of that community who suffer-
ed crop losses from the storm, and
to determine the number of acres
of each crop grown and the num-
ber of acres damaged, with an es-
innate of the actual loss. An eff
fort will be made to secure Federal
aid for those farmers who suffered
much losses. Although Laurel suf-
fered one Of it's most serious prop
erty losses no one suffered for the
want of food or water at any time
and all water, gas and electric
lines were repaired so quickly that
few people were inconvenienced
for any great length of time. All
trains ran on regular schedule Fri
day and Saturday, ending their run
at Delmar. being unable to get
through to Salisbury on account of
the washout a few miles south of
DeImar The North-bound trains
were made up at Delmar and came
through there on their regular
schedule.