Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-03
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state Aid for Railroads
4 MEETING AT MILFORD IN THE INTEREST OF Pr
JEcTED LINES DOWN THE STATE.
Correspondence Of tie Commercial.

MEETING AT MILFORD IN THE INTEREST OF PRO
JEcTED LINES DOWN THE STATE.
Correspondence Of tie C0mmereiai.l
MIL FORD, Feb. 27.
Pursuant to call, large public meeting was
held at Reedy & Persons Hall, in this town, at
O'Clock, p III. to-day, to take action in reference
to bill pending before the General Assembly,
entitled "An Act for the promotion of Inter
nal improvements" having for its object in part
the securing of State aid for the construction Of
the Milford and Bay Shore Railroad.
On motion Q. J. Hall was elected chairman,
and Wm. Il. Davis, Secretary.
By request DR.. w. c. Davidson explained the
object of the meeting, when on motion of
George Russell a committee OF five were appoint
ed by the chair to prepare business for the
meeting The chair appointed as said Commit
tee, Messrs. George Russell, Dr. Davidson, VIM.
N. W. Dorsey, James Postles and Major HarriDg'
ton, who, after brief retirement, returned with
the following resolutions
WHEREAS, There is now pending before the
General Assembly of this State ali act entitled
San Act for the promotion Of Internal Improve
ments, which has for its object in part the
loaning of the bonds of the State to the amount
Of 100000 to aid in the building of the Milford
and Bay Shore raili Dad as far, least as Dover,
AND WHEREAS. 1t is the duty of the State in all
cases to foster and encourage those public en-
terprses which tend to the production of wealth
and the development of the States resources,
especially to aid such as are able to secure the
State, beyond peradventure, from any loss
therefore,
Resolued That we believe the best interests OF
State will be subserved by the passage OF the
above mentioned bill.
Resolyed, That while we have no doubt but
that every member of the General Assembly
wishes to observe the will of the people we do
hereby respectfully request them to vote for and
use all honorable efforts to secure the passage
of this bill
Ir.I lNa tal hp ia
meeting committee OF fire to present these res
olutions to our Senators and Representatives in
the General Assembly.
Aesolred, That the Secretary of this meeting
be requested to have the proceedings thereof
published in the WILMINGTON DALE CoMMGR-
cIAI., Euery EUening and Gazette.
Those resolutions were advocated by Messrs.
Wm. N. W: DORIS y, E, Hopkins, b. Wales, II.
W. McColly, G. J. Hall, and DR.. Davidson,
The latter gentleman spoke at some length
in earnest advocacy of the policy OF ex-
tending State aid to legitimate enterprise
that promised the promotion OF general interests
without detriment to any. He showed that many
of the greatest enterprises of the country could
| never have been consumated except for National.
| State, and Municipal aid. The needs of the peo-
| pie on the proposed line of the road from Mil
| ford to Dover were clearly stated and arguments
advanced to prove that not alone the local popu-
lation would be benefited, but that all the peo-
pie of the central and lower part Of the State
we're vitaily concerned in the measure in that it
would constitute an important feeder to, and
assure the permanency Of the Lewes outlet
| for their products; that 1t would en-
hance the value and increase the
security OF the States Investments in other
railroads. It was urged by the Speaker that no
possible contingency would hazard dollar OF
by first lien upon the road in question, and
that therefore no taxpayer of the common
wealth could ever suffer in consequence of the
passage Of the proposed measure.