Daily Republican., 1881-11-07
"A Business Oatraxo.

MONDAY. AOvEM BAR 7. ls"l.
a Businoss Oatraxe.
1t il an outrage to tho business II
terests Of our city shat number of ou
bus ness men and some half thousan
w0rkipglnen are compelled to eithe
nay their terriase ~ AMI from the eas
side of the city across the Braudywin
or run the risk Of losing their lives b.
crossing the Brandvwine Railroad
bridge while possibly fifty trains a day
arc passing and repassing on 1t. Thos,
people never mads any provision
against more than an ordinary delay in
tho building OF the + eventh stree'
bridge and were willing for tte beneti
Of the pubic good to put up with the
Inconvenience OF having no bridge at
tho new one Is being huil', but whoa
that time has already lapsed into three
months ard only two stone abusment.
have been erected in that time, tlrbear,
ance almost ceases to be a virtue, when
they contemplate that next June will
u0me before the other three abut-
ments are built and the bridge complet-
I'd. The question il. haa the Levy
Court the right to iniiict such al intol
cradle injury on suoh large portion If
"he people " II they hay then indeed
are We in the grasp Of tyrant hsnds.
L,5 us look at the case, reasrn it over
and see how it stands The Eleventh
street bridge became unf, for hetrayei
that had to 60 over it. Beyond 1: were
the foundry works OF Henry u. Pickels
employing about a hundred hand- the
Delaware car works of Bowers, Dure
K Co., employing some three hundreds
In short ;ims the Wilmington .Jut..
mills employing hundred hald-.
nearly all temaIa., will be removed to
the east side, au,. the j. Moir Clark |
canning factory employing two hun.
dred and fifty more, male and femalr
will be put in operation. This makes
seven hundred and fifty people that
would have been dependent upon this
single bridge to cross if it had been
left standing, bat now that it 10 torn
away all this mass Of working people
await anxiou,ly the building OF the
bridge. Those At work In the found-,
and Car Shops mentioned ara now CON-
PEELED to pay ferriags across the creek
or run the lisk OF losing their lives cross
ing the Railroad bridge which they are
forbidden to cross.
The Levy Court determined to build
. new bridge aud in due course Of time
awarded the contract for building it to
the Edge Moor Iron COMPANY. weare
very cIeditably informed that no pro
pCsals were asked, bus that the COM
pany nawed was permitted to draft
their own plans, become their own a.
chitect and were given their own tim.
in which to buIid the bridge. Work
was commenced On the tenth of Au ,ust, |
not by deposising piles and stone on the |
ground pre pIratory TO the work, but BY |
tearing down the old bridge, and stop
ping travel immediately. Only twol
piers or a5utnents NJ We stated have
been erectcA from that time unit, now
At the same rate the other three wi
not be finished until mex, June, posi-
bly, longer. 1t does not help the mater
in the least that Mr.. Philip QuigIey, =
very responsible bridge builder, offered
to do the work, 50 We arp cKMi,ably
informed, in tbrea mouth. from
tho time Of awarding The contract an
WAS willing TO guarantee that trayell
would on'y be interrupted about fifteen
days. We are not surprised that the
manufaciurers, business men and seven
hundred laborirg men feel outraged, for
is is simply All outrage II The Levy
Court was determined 10 live the cor
tract TO the Edge Moor Iron company
without any Competition whatever,
with no stipulations for the time OF f.
nishing the bIdgr, and with total dis
regard 10 the husin 81 interests Of the
east side, it should at least through mo.
tives prompted hy common humanity
provided some way hy which the creek
could be cross, d without a continued
drain upon the limi cd wages Of work
ins people Or be suhject to be run over
crushed 20 pieces AMI In ckrd into the
BrandywIne from the raillo vi bridge
by a passing ira H. As the Levy Court
has, we understand, refused to make
such provision and will in all proba bill
~ continue to refuse, we would suggest
that the City Council take tn" matter
in hand and for the good of the business
interests Of our city, afiie from the
promptings Of humanity, provide y
temporary passage Orsr he Brandywine
until the new bridge is completed which
will possibly be some time next sum-
ner.
SwARMs OF PEOPLE called around
yesterday to take q iook at the Eleventh
street bridge enterprise to soe what pre-
Rress was being made in its construc-
ton, having ben sttracrd in that
direction by reading III. article in Re, "
tion to 1t in Saturdays REPUBLICAN.