Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-03-12
important Meeting at claymont.

= MiSe and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens
" bFaluywlnc Hundred was held last evening
VAoi'ay) at the practical Farmer" Claymont,
70 luke into consideration the Importance of an
immediate reconstruction of the wharf at Grubbs
Finding; or il that should be found to be i'm
practicable, the erection Of another wharf at
some suitable point in the ncighborliood.
Ne,fly all the influential land owners and farm
,n.'i ,'i,i vicinity were present; among them we
uupucpu Dr. Clemson, Messrs. George Lodge,
IN ,,.1 IT, Lodge, George Valentine, JAS. Grubb,
and many others
cl on motion of Mr.. George Lodge the Rev. Dr.
, '.,sh wns called TO the chair, and Jas. Brown
"l'Tnlhied Secretary of the meeting.
Mf; Jones introduced the objects of the call in
iucil and forciblc address,
,, mn'ih TIC past two or three years he said
" IH.a change in the policy of the Railroad Co.
1@ @d ,'eo come apparent which necesstated some
i .''oh On the part Of property holders along Its
m"c TO provide some other cheaper and more
i t,,',.'1ainualing mode of transit. The speaker
,, ia 'lat when he moved down to Claymont, the
HI "a, ~ coupon tickets was only 2211s cents each
nmI s."iiy season tickets only fiftysix dollars,
IL, III, '''ls lluuccment was held out by MIR. FELTON,
y, elllens and others to settle along the line of
,e,, nd, Witlln three years these prices have
tns "uNtiictu until now AZ cents was charged
scaso vu.I'oh tickets, and about S105 for yearly
en- Nhets' VI Just about double the Old farcs
loc H,ll greater Imposition was practiced on the
he u,Noi between intermediate points, Forty
v,,s f .n was now, and had been for more than q
Ion. nmis ca Tor z passage to Or from Whining
iN.nn VIZ ~ sefen mtes-and twenty-five cents be-
pr laymont and Marcus Hook.
r If, course the Railroad Company lost by this
WY WY Us nobody used 1t between these points.
hoLlrr ~ sNtfcme emergency But the property
nri,, iust III quite us great proportion, us the
riIin,, 'Ihoou were driven to the old methods OF
" ,r of the Railroad. ''''
cy !, , ,.y IN some degree this Injurious poll
GnI, MaS proposed to rebuild the wharf at
othti ~ Landing, or to construct one at some
submiitrI ,I Y. neighborhood, and be now
Thu tna NY subject to the Injecting.
earnest o, ma .n, DIR. Clemson, followed in al
suLnrhon" noi !, district he said might be made
with s.utticincnt. All these hills be covered
,vis. beautiful rural residences If rational AM
panv fJii.ey were pursued by the Railroad Com
rr,:nr, Instead of encouraging local business, th
h awa,. management seemed determined to driy
ought h In, ihc remedy was in our own hands. W
tween W l'.ve Doals passing every few hours be
Clavmomm,h ngton and Philadelphia, calling q
ppndan, '. each way, and then we would be indie
''W,'',cht OF the Railroad.
Grni i George Lodge, MIR. Valentine and MI
lnurl, ioiloWed In the same strain, and ami
was esn,,,iiusism, a call of the old stakeholder
To a ,nn,r uda on, for Saturday next, with vie,
10 activ. a a arrangement to proceed immediatcl
the wns WY inennllmc estimates arc being made ft
"ofh by several parties.
CLAyuo.., ~, JAMES BRowS, Secretary.