Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-25
Erona shc Sta.e Cnp.taI.

RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT ny STATE AID WHAT Is
Asked FOR, BELow--A MODEST HEQuEsr rolt
NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY DIVISION nE-
COMING UNPOPULAR THE INCHEAeFp HElgE I'm
TATioN MEAsUREs.
spceiai Correspondence If he Commercial.
DoyrIt, Feb. ~.
Since my last to the CoAEERoiAL Of yesterday
general attack has been made all along Tho
line in favor Of loauing the
CREDIT or TIE STATE
TO the building of the railroads from time to
time noticed in my letters. a visit was made to
the Legislature yesterday by large number OF
citizens and tax payers from along the lina Of
the Milford and Bay Shore railroad, besides aey-
elal more from Sussex county. in the
afternoon, Mr. Houston introduced his bl
to divide equally s30O0OO among the George
town and Demar, Georgetown and Scnford, md
the Bayshore road (from Milford to SmyIiN, J
giving them SS3, 900, each by Withholding @l2,-
900 for two years interest in advance. Thus aid
Is conditioned upon the subscription Of S75 900
in stock. Mr. Pyle then introduced hill to do
something for Northern Delaware 1t Win aid
the Wilmington Western Railroad, by Issuing
for its benefit State bonds to the amount of
$4,000 per mile, less ! 200 interest for two
years, leaving $500 for tho equipment Of each
milo of railroad, not lesa than hvenor more than
twenty miles actually graded and brdged, and
for Which first mortgage bonds are to be Is-ucd
as security to the state.
The reading of these bills being over, Mr
Nowland got into funny mood and cracked
Joke about Bombay Hook bridge across tho
Delaware, after which Mr.. Baldwin, who is UNI
der all circumstances opposed to u division of
New Castle county, introduced hill
INCREASING THE NUMBER
Of Representatives from New Castle TO nine, end
providing for additional Senator IN each
county. Mr. Nowland then gave notice that he
would introduce a bill for the same object. His
bill provides for increasing the number Of Re-
representatives. to eleven and additional Sena.
Tor in each county, the Senator and the four new
Representatives to be elected in the City of Viii
mington which is to be made rparate election
district. Ths measure Of Mr.. Nowlands Will,
fear, meet with Little favor in the two lower
counties, and az the county dividing bill is daily
growing more unpopular Mr. liadwin's biil
Will probably be the only one that sta,ds much
chance
1uH ApIouRNsuNr
No adjournment is now thought possible IN
til towards the last Of March, If thus line
weather continues however, tho members, WHO
are mostly farmers, will grow very FESTIVE and
long for tho
And rivers of delight
go 900 OF THE TAX on THE r, ". x Is II. Il.
A great many petitions lave come in praying
for reduction, aleo a ettIution from the
Peach Growers Convention asking for the AainH
object In addition 10 tins the sage Of Apo
qlluiminli has been here threatening 10 smash
the Democratic party all to tmnthefccn5 II the
tax was not reduced. A great dead Of yapolng
and swearing has lcen iudul,tcd iu ly thus Il td
''peach blow alternately against tho Yemrel-
ancc people, and the ani.-,aX repeal meinh0r
Of the Legislature. Tho prospect of tEe re
peal of the tax alluded to jig not
very bright, indeed l might ray almost hope
less. In this Samuel will no doubt be sat
ired with a division Of Aupoquiniuiilh INTO
two hundreds, in which case if he can ohiy get
representative from each he may not be 30 auX-
ious for division OF the cOuuty
The question of
sTArE AID.
is beginning to attract considerable attention
4 resolution offered in the Senate ihuTsday by
which should be referred all matters Of state
aid to railroads and for other purposes was do
feated by hIessrs. Davis Fitllcman and Riddle
voting in favor and Messrs CauApy, Hay, shihs-
pcare and the Speaker voting against it. The
friends OF State aid copstrtlo this INTO u faYula.
ble vote for their side Mr.. Moore who was ah-
sent, it is claimed by Sussex couniiaus will not
dare vote against it although lle AZ well as f.d-
doman, il Director of the Delaware Railroad
Parties are here carefully feeling thor way
amongst the members and when tic favorable
tilne comes will bring in thcir bill.
OTHER MATTERS OF GSTEEEsT.
All the members of tho Committee, but one
agreed in killing the Archie Given bill.
Joseph @. Grubb, of Wilmington, rs hero ui-
ging the Legislature to make an appropriation
Tor the American centennial in 1916.
A bill to incorporate the Sussex Midland Eail
road Company, introduced early III the session,
has been lost or stolen, and Mr. Shakespeare has
given notice of IL now bill. , II.