Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-05-31

MR. VBRHoE IL always think that there are
two sides to q question and uow as writer
in your issue OF May 2Sth, styles himself
"Sufferer," because he has been mulct Of a
hne Of $3l0 for hitcbing his horse In the
streets, he seems to tsrget that our own citi- |
sens are liable to the same Hne and laws. He |
| alss speaks Of the country people being sub |
ject to the whim OF our city council. / would |
| remind him that the laws are very strict, aud
that the country people are liable to come I'M
der the city laws but twice q week. while those
| who reside In the city are continually labor
ing under them and are paying enormous tax
es and deriving little or no benefit from the
amounts thus paid out. Now ! will relate
circumstance which happened to the prop
er;y upon which reside.
| The city under axes t. furnish water TO the
eitixens ut so much per year, and how does 1t
do so, why 1t lays down water pipe In the
middle of the street and forces the water
through; now II the citizen wishes to have the
snid water brought into his house or yard, be
, must engage plumber to attach or lay the
pipes from this water pipe 10 the street, then
, | he must pay the city certain amount for the
purpose of opening the bed OF the street, and
r after that Is paid, he must pay the city sum
of money for opening this water pipe or main
as they call 1t to attach his pipe to 1t, aid then
is required to fill up the hole thus made i n the
It bed oil the street, within q certain time or the
n city 10 upon him with fine, and should the
pipe he has Just attached break under the
!. ground and outside Of the curb line, the cit
zen has 10 60 through all the same forms and
pay the same amount almost as before.
Again IL the citizen neglects to have the
snow or ice cleaned of his pavement and on
of his gutter he 10 called upon by the police
and fned So would ask the "Suferer,"
Az he has ever been called upon to pay hne TO
either Of the things above mentioned.
You speak OF Chester as being bette
market than Wilmington, and lay the reaso
to there being hucketers In Wilmington, an
that they charge what they please. Now
al | went to Philadelphia last winter and bough
of q huckster some 80 or 36 pounds Of goo
". | eatable butter much better than the ayerag
winter butter in our market and paid only A
ed | cents pound tor it while know that bot
in the Philadelphia and Wilmington market
An. the farmers were asking so or 6b cts poun
for it. And am well acquainted with seve
nv | al honest aad reliable hucksters In the Wi
mington markets who have repeatedly "a
lev that they can 60 Into the Philadelphia hue
steering market and buy good merchantab
ian. article Of produce and bring it to this mark
and sell 1t at lower price than you suffer-
farmers got, yet you cry out because you IN
happen to trangress the laws once or twic'
|. year. know that the above statement, tt
onz the hucksters have gone to Philadelphia 81
per bought their produce and brought it to I
n l wilmington markets cheaper IMAM TUG tdrm'
ONE sell II, for have bought 1t frequently oil the
YER and 10 give an ILLUSTRATION OF telsI Ano" y
the | butchers ia tho Wilmington markets, both
ar. them beef, the one goes regularly to the Phi
ON. adeiphis Wholesale market and purchasesPeI
vii | sylvsnia cattle on the hoof and brings III
down to his lot or farm near town and leav
his them there for o week or ten DAYS to pick
ent what they may have lost during their varie
and | travels and then kills them and brings tn
II. II To thu nnrkAt and tho other reaidea
lit Pennsylvania State Line and goes around
, OF mong the farmers in his neighborhood q
heir | buys his cattle from them now can
rood | cheaper and better meat from the former II
sem can from the latter, and 60 do it; now
the sufferer tell me how this is 7
the consider that if We had no hucksters 10
usic wilmington market That the farmers woula
and | such high prices that in the course Of a
de months our cilEens would De compelled 70
I'D to TO the Philadelphia markets to get their ia
, oc. | lily marketing Now | will speak = little m
ling. about the foe mulcted from the farmers '
were hitched their horses on the streets and as
train single question. What did the farmers do
pri. last Wednesday when they found their BIO,
taken up aud put in this pound2 The ans
ded is, why they Immediately put up the pTic'
ID by butter 10 cents pound upon the citizens
Irove made them pay IL. am AFRAID that l 8
init | trangress upon friend Vernon's valuable
r re- l aud space ii write much longer, but
the | write another word or two in advocacy of
,ulti. moving the marke, to King Street, viii
nittee think would be good plan, or rather W,
inns rather see it on Fourth Street, East OF Ma
r IF and west OF orange Streets, aInougn
about in the upper side OF the town, yet would r
or walk few squares more to market tina
rbos | see our fuest street blocked up by ma
wban | carts twice a week. would respectfully
' was of your correspondent who is the greatest
j;dsut terer, the farmer or the CITIZEN