Milford chronicle., 1936-01-31

NIillsboro-Bryans Store Road to
Mission, $50.
Susan Beach Corner to Mt. Pleas
ant Church, $50
Walnut street, Milford, 1.5O.
Ocean View-Bayard Road to con-
meet with the Selbyville-Williams
I vile State Highway.
Mount Pleasant Church Black
water.
New bridge over MispilliOn River
at Walnut street, Milford
Road leading INTO Oak Orchard.
East Second street and West
Front street, Milford.
North street from West Third to
! ColOred School, Milford
Church street from West Fourth
to COlored School, Milford.
Completion Of the Glasgow dual
highway this year will leave the two
most heavily Travelled traffic arter
les in the State thus improved, said
Mr.. Mack, pointing out this program
was advanced by Governor G. Doug
lass Buck when he was highway en-
gineer.
Revision of construction methods
on lower type roads will be neces-
sary if winters like the last three
keep up, said Mr. Mack, adding that |
SHOWS, zero weather and unstable |
sub-grades" were the worst since !
the winter of 1878.
Transfer of county roads to the
State will mean added service in
rural districts, he asserted.
Bids Will Be Opened February .
Bids on S5OO,O00 in work will be
opened February 9. Bids on S4OO,-
600 we're opened recently.
Snow, which set record in 1888
for the department, was handled ef-
fectively, due to added equipment.
The right-Of-way department spent
S167, 1852, which included fencing,
house moving, acquisition of Dor !
row pits" and condemnation awards.
Mr.. Mack recommended grading
and surfacing of the new road along
the Atlantic Coast in the Ocean
Boulevard system, for which sand
fences were built during the year.
The department built a system OF
eroins to protect ocean fronts at ,
Bethany Beach and RehObOth, and q,
believes more are needed. Two tim i
Der jetties at RehObOth need replac- !
ng, said Mr.. Mack. (
Mileage of the State highway sys-
.em as of January l, 1896. amount :
I'd to 3,S49.9 miles. of which 1876 or
1875 per cent is improved type.
The department has carried on =,
IN active program of roadside inl- :
Two contracts for sod =
ling slopes, totaling $4,000, were :
completed and a tree planting coz :
ract between Wilmington and State
Road, costing 1890 carried out. y
Income $3,S5O.l3O :
Income of the department during 4.
he year ending December 81 was: G
Balance. December 81. 1884, S47S,- :
1878: motor vehicle fees. $780,
1880; titling fees. $i4,711.23; mo- =
or fuel tax. S1,4S6,725.35; motor r
uel dealers and distributors Ii !
.ense. $2.627: State police fines. .
1872. .S2S.5O; Federal aid. S4S2,3OS.97; !
ixed charges. accrued interest, SILL
-6G.67: miscellaneous income, $780, I
1856: car inspection campaign. So
i83; total. S3.550.l30 sc.
Expenditures totalled S3,0O7 .274.s0.
were: administration,
al. .864.57: maintenance, $57O.34S.S4; =
,laut and equipment. $1S5,262.4l; =
state police. S153,97795; cOnstruc-
ion, 6.25195; car inspection
ampaign. $9.7s1.14; motor fuel tax
diustment. s7.532.95; motor vehicle
department. $4G.G53.6O; motor fuel
ak department. S6.O76.1S; fixed
harges. maturities. New Castle
ounty bonds. $4,000; Kent county
onds. 25.000; Sussex county bonds,
IS 900: interest State Highway De-
artment bonds. $4,000; New Cas-
e county bonds. $1O6,13O; Kent
ounty bonds, $75.3OO. and Sussex
lunty bonds, sl13.500.