Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-21
Tho ROmOvaI Of the courts.
THE BAR BEFORE THE LEGISLATURES.

bUS tNOUiONAt ~ kUo SO6tSSs
THE BAR BEFORE THE LEGIsLATURE.
On "Wednesday evening the following members
Of the Bar Association of this county, went to
Dover for the purpose Of urging upon the Legis.
lature the importance Of the removal Of the coun.
~ seat from New Castle to Wilmington: Thos.
i. BayaTd. J. G. Patterson, y. NJ Harrington.
Charles b. Lore, Benjamin NieIds George H.
Bates Anthony Higgins, w. II. HOdgson, +. g.
Bradford, Jr., ]. N. Williamson, Henry Il.
dupont and J. p. r. Polk. These gentlemen
went down as representatives Of the Association.
A correspondent Of the Commercial furnishes
the following report Of sn informal meeting in
the hall Of the House of Representatives from
which We copy the following
Mr.. Bayard expressed his pleasure that be
had the opportunity Of meeting with the General
Assembly Of the State, but he bad done 50 at
considerable Inconvenience to himself, feeling
the importance Of the movement.
He called attention 10 the fact that the cOndi.
tons that once made kaW Castle the most
convenient location in the county had now
changed, and II was so no longer. Whep the
county seat had been fixed there that was the
only place Of safety, and the whole State a vast
hunting ground, whose only nleans Of convenient
communication was BY the water courses. New
Castle, therefore. being on the DelaWare;although
v,
accessible than any other point that might be
chosen. This is no longer the case. Wilmington
is nearer and more accessible 70 a majority Of
the citizens Of the county, while 10 all others,
except perhaps a very few, who live directly
upon the Delaware river, and a few in the town
Of NeW Castle, il is equally convenient.
The Rzestsr part Of all the business Of the
county, came from or through Wilmington, and
an immense amount oftiEs Ess lost by business
people Of Wilmington, especially tboae summon.
ed as Witnesses, which would be saved by the
removal Of the Courts 10 Wilmington.
He believed, sincerely. that the interest, al
least, Of all the expense that the county would
be compelled TO pay on accouat OF the removal
WGQld be saved from the extra mileage that the
cOUntv vas compelled 10 pay for the attendance
Of Witnesses fron Wilmington in criminal cases
and for the summoning Of them. without once
taking into the account ibe saving to privale
individuals. Ia ~
BE believed, too, that an equai suia would
be saved to suitors from casual fees, The
slightest information In regard to the condition
Of q record required trip to New Castle, at q
loss of at least half a day to the counsel
Men must live, and their time is valuable 70
them, and when that Is used 1t is but common
justice that they should be paid for it. He
said that ii the COurt House of Kent was a.
Dover Landing, much of the information
of the bar of Kent without charge would Of
necessity demand compensation. 4sas.--
He spoke OF the Inconvenience OF the pres
ent building aud that it had been indicted by
the grand jury of ouv county as a nuisance;
that although We had much larger popnla-
tiOn than Kent, we had at least no better bail
dings than 1t.
Mr.. Harrington was next called upon by the
committee, and stated that he had bean su-
thoriZed to make the proposition of the city,
xraf fc hat afkwr @se
half OF the expense of the buildings which Is
TO be used jointly by the county and city s.Hc
referred to the conVeniences of access TO the
city OF Wilmington, and the accommodation
Tor persons attending upon the Court. He
said that no single advantage possessed by
New Castle was not possessed equally BY
Wilmington, and the latter had many not
possessed by the former. He said that con-
forming with other buildings in Wilmington
the Opera House and new hOteI-he felt per
fecty certain that all Of the necessary outlay
would not exeede 500 Ooo. He did not be-
lleVe 1t would be more than eop,Q OF this,
he showed that the amount to be raised BIZ
the people outside OF Wilmington would not
exceed Sl5, 800.
Mr. Lore was next called upon, and gave
lie, too, believed that merely as an economic
measure it would be q success, and the county
be pecuniarily benefited. He believed that
the saving would not only keep down
the interest, but In ten years would pay OF
the principal He also adReFted 70 the fact
that new buildings would be required Ia
less than ten years; that they had been patch
ed and patched with evidence Of its insuolcen-
cy; that each addition WasOnly q confirmation
more strong than the last, that the old bull
ding would not do for the business Of the cOun-
ty. 8-
Mr.. Higgins, Ia very few words, stated
that he had heard but one Obiectlon-that OF
expense-and that he, like the rest Of the
sPeAkeras had never heard a man oppose u
Tor any other reason. Some had signed re
m0nstranees because they thought Whining
Ton should bear the whole expense, iOf the
removal, but outside Of the question Of ex-
pense, he knew OF no objection.
Iho conference was protFaeted to . late
nonHt considering which the speakers were
heard with marked attention and patience.
Ne remarks were made by any 81 the nsem-
Ders Of the Legislature, and no intimations
we're given - to what would probably be hs
Intimate action. ~ Ia
a counter movement was Ia progress at the
sane time In the Senate chamber, and ae We
understand, under the management Of VIM. q.
Whiteley. ABB.