Daily Republican., 1881-06-22
BY THE SOUTH SIDE.
CHRISTIANA AVENUE ADOPTED
AsTHE RIVER ROAD.
Council Adopts Mr.. Paynter's MI
nor1ty RepOrt.Affera q Long Talk
and by q Vote Of Is 70 8.


Al two hours and half of talk La
night City Council at itsspecial meetin
decided to adopt Vandever Avenue /:
the road to the Delaware front. I'll
sole subject for consideration was th
river road, and it was fully ventilated
4 AGAINST ANY ROAD.
No sooner had President Sharple
stated the standing of the subject befor
Council than Mr.. Robinson create
some surprise by offering the followin
renonstrance against any road to tn
Delaware:
We, the undersigned, respectfully re
present that we believe that wharf OF
the Delaware River would be of n,
practical value whatever to the bust
ness interests of Wilmington, and i
not required for it's commerce, ant
should not be built at the expense Of tn,
city. We believe that the Christians
and Baandywine rivers afford all tn,
facilities required and that the erection
Of additional bridges across thes,
streams would be great injury to oul
commerce. The drainage of our streets
and sewers emptying into these streams
is very serious matter and should be
remedied as speedily as possible
Signed-The Harlan & Hollingsworth
Co., Diamond State Iron Co., B. Lundy
Kent, S. G. Simmons & Bro, The j.
Morton Poole Co., The jackson q Sharp
Co., Bowers, Dare IL Co., Jones Guth-
rie & Co, John Quinn, Pusey
& Jones Co., Lobdell Car Wheel Co.,
Geo. W. Bush & Son, John w. Haw.
kins, Price " Phillips and George w.
Stone.
This read, Mr.. Paynter moved the
adoption Of his minority report, which
favored the South or Christiana Avenue
side as the route for the river road.
Mr.. Merris Taylor at once took the
floor and asked Mr.. Payn;er for some
statement as to what would or could be
done with the south side route. Would
the $4,000 appropriated be expended on
the road or in building wharf in the
river
Mr.. Paynter replied that the best
possible use would be- made with the
money. He would ask how it was TO
be spent on the north side
Mr.. Taylor-I simply asked the ques-
ion with reference to a wharf. On the
lorth side we have wharf already
)uilt that the city can use. We will
pend the $4,000 on the road and will |
hen have the whole thing complete.
Mr.. RoDNBY's vIEwS.
Mr.. Rodney followed with long
tatement as to the advantages OF the
Orth side route over that by way of
'hristiana Avenue. BY the north side
QUITE the most good could be done to the
reatest number. He spoke Of the
vaiiable offer of the National Dredg-
ng Company of their wharf which
Iould do away with the necessity of
uilding wharf at present. There was
o question but that the advantages
'ere altogether in favor of the north
de, The water was better, the dis
ance was less, the approaches more
irect, and the tides were setting in TO
ne Delaware side of the river. Again,
wharf on the south side will interfere
'ith the Christiana channel, in con-
ection with the jetty the Government
about to put up at the mouth Of the
eek and it will have to be removed.
n this point Mr.. Rodney quoted large
: from Captain LudlOw's letter.
Mr.. Paynter replied that Capt Lud-
W had written letters to this city :
ating that wharf could be built off
hristiapa Avenue on piers that would
u interfere with the Government
ork.
Council then took a recess of five min
es to examine map of the contem-
ated Government work which Mr.. I
Odney exhibited, and on being called !
gether again City Solicitor Turner q
ade report that he had examined a Il
rye number of deeds as to the title of >
e lane running through Jackson Il v
Iarp's but had been unable to get any Il
int on the subject. The examination
d not been exhaustive however. u u
Mr.. Rodney, securing the floor again, =
oceeded to consider the advisability OF !
0 situation on the northside, running o
ing the river there was good land for
les to build on. On the south side >
land was marsh nearly to New Cas- o o
The difference in the depth of
ter from the shore was 500 feet in -.
'or of the north side. Taking ..
ghth and Market streets as the centre " "
the city, the distance to the Delaware ~
the Seventh street route was 10,529
t, and by Christiana avenue, 1850 p
advantage in favor of the former of e.
zee quarters of n mile. The north 10
Ite was bound to do the greatest good H.
,ause it could be used in connection W W
h the Fourth street and Eleventh III
eet routes hereafter as we'll as the a.
Tenth and Fourth street routes, u. ~
AS TO A WHARF -.
Merris Taylor called attention to Ss
fact that no statement could be got an
from the gentleman from the Fourth 90
I'd, who had signed the minority re- str
t, as to what he intended to do with We
money. II the minority report ,
ms anything it means wharf on da
Delaware River. They have road
minority on the River Front Com
tee should present NOT only state It
1t of advantages but estimates. 1t Shi
Dsurd for Council to pledge itself to I O
southside not knowing anything as
le cost
r. Paynter said he had consulted a
IF builder who had aaid wharf 7
d be built for from So, 900 to Sl5, 900. sig
r. Taylor now proceeded to clinch 1 (
,oint. He was opposed to the city In
ding any wharf on the river. On All
South Side they have good road shif
every advantage. The only indus tenn
establishment that has interests on
side, the Lobdell Car Wheel Com
:, of which the gentleman from the n
'th Ward is a member, said in the .; ~
rs yesterday through its president spri
1t does not want wharf and eon
d not use it if it had one. T 10 ;lsl insl
milf nnon Stone n;srs and wnnId clotl
not a cant Iass iha,, sSo mn ~ rece
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