Milford chronicle., 1962-09-28
LEWES

Delaware has a new ally in its
fight to acquire $50 acres of ocean
front land at TT. Miles from the
federal government for public park
and recreational use. Secretary OF
the Interior Stewart l.. Udall Of
fered his assistance at a meeting
Friday with U. S. Rep. Harris b.
Mcdowell Jr., D-Del. The acquis-
.ition by the state would take place
under a lease arrangement, Nj c.
Dowell said. Udall told me the FIT.
Miles project is a perfect example
of how federal, state and local gov
ernments can cooperate to prevent
our last open waterfronts from be-
ing lost to developers.
About $50 acres of the land will
revert TO the town of Lewes under
provision of the deed permitting
military use of the site. the con-
gressman said. The remaining $50
acres would have gone to the Cen
eral Services Administration for
disposition under federal surplus
property laws, he continued. Under
these laws, the state would be re-
quired to pay so percent of the
lands value. This would hardly be
fair, since the state decided most of
the land to the federal government
for military purposes at nominal
cost, Mcdowell said. The best sol
ution is to let the state have it for
public use under suitable lease.
The Army plans to retain about
400 acres at Ft. Miles for the Del
aware National Guard and residual
Army missions. The Navy is using
an additional 700 acres as an
oceanographic research station.
There are four divisions of the
service rendered by the Small
Business Administration, said Eu-
gene Slacum, loan specialist, in
talk before the Lewes Rotary Club.
They are, disasters and similar
conditions. small business loans of
various types depending upon the
size of the business and number of
employees, in long time and short
time loans, loans for the develop
ment of Chamber of Commerce
plans for civic improvements in or
der to get new business in a town.
In the latter case the S.BA. pro-
vides so percent of the cost and
the town 20 percent The fourth
service is to provide management
of a large number of business es-
tablishments that fail, not because
of a lack of money but from poor
management. A specialist or busi-
ness consultant then comes in to
help develop the best method for
running the business for more pro-
fitable results. In short, said the
speaker, ''the WB-A. is set up for
building up towns where small
banks cannot cope with large a.
mounts, a sort of partnership with
the banks for business houses with
up to $50 employees. with a million
dollar business in retail sales and
five million on a wholesale basis.
Mr.. Slacum is a resident of Del
aware. He is we'll known to local
citizens through his activities as
Manager of SBA's Rehobo.h Beach
Disaster Field Office from March
to June this year. and he is pres
entity serving as Disaster Loan Co
ordinator at the Philadelphia Reg
ional Office, located at 1015 Chest
nut Street
Freeholder Edwin Zaberer, o
Cape May County, has predicted
that 9 ferry line will be operating
between Cape May, Nj, and Lewes
within three years. The 40 year-old
dream of ferry service between
these two points is closer to reality
now than 1T ever was, Zaberer says.
Zaberer is chairman of the Cape
May Delaware Ferry Committee,
which was created to work for es-
tablishment of the ferry. The COM
mittee is now conducting a survy
on the impact that ferry service
might have on the overall business
and industrial, economic and pop
ulation growth of S. Jersey, Della
ware and Maryland. Object of the
survey is to prepare an application
to the Area Redevelopment Admin
istration for an in-depth study of a
ferry line. Zaberer said that boats
presently used on the Cape Charles
and Little Greek ferry service will
be available in 1864. The new
bridge and tunnel linking those
points is expected to be in use
early in 1864. Ferry service could
be instituted years before any pro-
posed bridge could be completed
be tween the two states, Zaberer
said.
The Zwaanendael Club of Lew
es begun its new year with a new
slate of officers for ensuing two