Daily Republican., 1879-02-26
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pecially in Wilmington and the upper
Hundreds Of New Castle county asking
the Lsgislatars - instruct the Levy
Court now that il Is asking for authority
to issue bonds to the amount of Sl0O,'
loco to build new cOurt house and
other county buildings in New Castle
to build them in Wilmington instead
So far as. Wilmington is concerned
nineteen -twentieths Of her citizens ir
respective Of party affiliations are sign
ing those petitions, and with the sxcep
tion of New Castle, two-thirds Of the
people Of the county outside of Viii.
mington are in favor Of having the pro.
posed new county buildings erected in
Wilmington. Even in the lower Hun
dreds under the potential influence OF
Samuel Townsend. the people prefer
havi:g the county buildings in Will
mington if the county is not to be d.
vidsd. This general feeling in favor OF
Wilmington, is to us at the same time a
disapproval Of any attempt which may
be made to divide the county. 1t shows
that our rural brethren do not refuse
to be taxed a trifie more for the sake Of
having better county buildings and to
have them lccat-d where there are
comfortable accommodations during
their stay at court. The advantages OF
having the coIrt house At Whining
ton and the disadvantages of having
1t At New Castle, have been fully can
vassed before the people, at different
times within the last thirty years, hut
We regret to say unsuccessiully. The
same advantages and Disadvantages
still exist but with a nearer unanimous
sentiment in favor OF renewal to Will
mington than has ever been known at
any other time in ,ha history OF the
past.
An attempt will no doubt be- nah- by
some to couple court house removal and
county division together, but with such
strong sentiment against county di-
vision IS is shown not only in New Cas-
tie but in Kent and Sussex, 1t i. -vi
dent that there is less chance at the
present time for division OF the coun-
ty than has been shown at any time
within the last twenty years. So pear.
ly divssted Of other issues We have now
but the simple question OF the removal
of the county buildings, leaving county
division and district representation to
take care of themselves in tho future.
The great need of the removal OF the
Court House and county Offices to Viii
min gton is shown by the almost unani-
nous sentiment in Wilmington for it.
A. We have already intimated ther. is
not one in twenty in population OF
40, 900 opposed to it. The sentiment Of
the citizens of Brandywine and Chris
tiana Hundreds who have all to past
through Wilmington to reach New Gas
tie, is az unanimous for court t-hous,
in Wilmington as the sentiment Of Will
mington is. More than half of the peo,
pie of Mill Creek have also to q
through Wilmington to New Castle
while the remainder, with those o
White Clay Creek, are as near to Viii
mington as they are 10 New Castle, and
have more and better travelling facilities
for reaching Wilmington. The hun
dreds mentioned contain more than
three fourths of the population of the
State and of the remainder leeving out
New Castle, it is as Convenient without
much additional expense to go to Viii
mington as to New Castle, to say moth
ing Of tn. advantages and better &C
commodAtions that are to be found il
Wilmington.
But the most urgent reason for thu
removal of the county buildings is tn
great expense to the people of Whining
ton by being compelled to 60 to New
Castle to attend Court or for the trans
action of the least business requiring
an official seal. Three fourths of tn
criminal and civil business of the Court
come from Wilmington alone, and it
. computed that the saving of the count
in criminal business alone would b
sufficient to pay the interest on tn
new county buildings if located /
Wilmington. Every vagrant take
4 over to Jail costs the county i'll RAJ
road fare alone $l.2O, which would /
saved to the county if the Jail was /
t Wilmington. Witnesses are take
away from their employment, some I
a them losing good situations by it, an
6 are often compelled to attend court tw
g or three weeks in succession, before III
l. cases on which they have been sun
IS moned is ready for trial and even the
r if summoned by the defence in man
cases they never get their paltry fee
If the courts were held in Wilmingtc
;. there " would be no necessity for losir