Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

The Milford Il hay Shore Railroad
Company-Its Sweeping Provisions
Captain Draper's Navigation
scheme-LocaI option Unconstitu-
tionnI.
Special Correspondence Of State Journal.
Dover, DEL, january IL, 1884,
The other day while rummaging in the
State Library came across a copy of the
oldest ,urnsl of the United States Senate
proceedings. II dates back TO 1890; being
the second session of that body. 1t was
held in New York city Twelve States
were represented New Hampshire, Massa
chusatts, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land Virginia, North OaroIiua, South
Carolina, AID Georgia. Richard Basseti
and George Read were the Senators from
Delaware.
| On the third day of the session, January
9Th, 1880, President washington's mes
sage was read. II was much briefer than such
documents generally are In these days
He calls the attention of Congress to the
,mportanae of providing for the national
defense, atfording protection from hostile
bands of Indians who were then ravagipe
the western frontier Of Virginia faoilita
ting intercourse with foreign nations;
naturalization of foreigners uniformity
in currency, weights and measures; the
Advancement OF agriculture g, commerce and
manufactures, and the promotion Of
education, science and literature. The
President also expresses b concurrence
IN resolution, of the first session, that
adequate provision for the support Of
the public credit ia matter OF high i'm
portance to The national honor and prot-
periiy"
THE SHIP CANAL.
E1-Judee L,yton, OF Sussex, who is
the only surviving member of board Of
comm ssioners appointed in 1884 to super
wise the CONSTRUCTION of the Susst count,
canal, is about to prepare a bill revivipp
he charter passed at that time, with such
amendments rs may be deemed necessary
This is to provide for the Delaware por
non OF contemplated peninsular ship
canal, by what 10 known AZ the Ohoptans
route. Starting from the N ,nticoke, near
Seaford, the bill will provide for the dig
slng of canal of suitable depth N d
width across te the Broadkiln, below
Milton, distance approaching 30 miles
The judge, vho Ia MD 83d year, is still
erect and quite vigorous, drafted the
original charter nearly half u century ago
DovLB, Jan. II In recent letter !
referred 10 AZ ant for the construction OF u
failrord down the State, between the Del
aware railroad and the bay. l have looked
/ up the act and iud that 1t was passed
March 22i, 1871. II provides for the in
corporation of the Milford Il Bay Shore
Railroad OJmpany aud is extremely
liberal ia It's PROVISIONS. The charter Id
declared 10 be perpetual one, and it pro-
yides that everything in 1t ''shall be con
slrutd most fsvoraby for the corporation
hereby enacted"
The corporators named are, Harbeson
Hickman, George Russell, Curtis s
Watson, John W. Hall, William Town
send, Jehu NJ. Reed, John Wes, Edmund
Stout, Samuel Wharton. William M
5naktspsar, Chsr!es Nj. Wharton, James
W. Spruanoe, john NJ. Yoshell, William
Polk, James NJ. Matthews, Albert o
Newton, George b. Money and Charles
Goodins. The company is authorized to
construct a railroad, with Que or more
tracks, from Milford OF some place near
there 10 the northern ling of the State ''i.
the direction towards Wilmington, via
Fee derica, Magnolia or otherwise" WIT
full power TO locate and GuLsll uet ihs sal
railroad or any lateral btaLOass hereof /,
} N ,hol river, Brubay Hoos, Port penp
, DelaxAre City aud 'auy Other points o
places within tbs limits of tins State
, also TO form union with such CON pauit,
~ are or may be incorporated III HE state
of Mary laid and Feausy lvsnia respectively
for the purpose of constructing railroad,
e III the said states TO uaite with the RAILROAD
contemplated by this act"
Section 10 of the act further provide
THAT 1t snail be the duty of the prssldep
/, and directors Of said company ut all time
to invite the 90 operation of the stetes
Marylah aud Penusy wanna In the con
struction of railroads Ter the improvement
OF the peninsula.
Section 20 au horiz2s the purchase o
real estate, the building of Wharves, houses
a shops, ~, and the purchase or hire U
e steamboats, to ply in connection with SAT
a railroads to any place Whatsoever
i, The capital stouK is fixed al 81 000, 00o
d with power to increase TO any rtqulslt
70 Nount and to borrow money for corporal
Q purposes to an amount not exceedlu
o $500, 900
/ Al amendment, adopted April lOlL
~ 1873, authorizes this company to uuit
IL Will the Junction & Break water road, al
h such other roads OF this State, and Mary
ID and aud VrglAia as may bs agree upon
I, AUD to unite, consolidate, merge its stuc
u with, or lease any roads lii Dclswar,
a Mar. land aud New Jersey, whether sui
II roads be uuusructtd or ouly author d /
al ,ha. form CONTIGUOUS line with eac
ID Jther eiti.er direct or by meaus of auy L.
Of t,iveniIg railroad, bridge or ferry LII
IL chief object of thus amendment WI
10 pave tie way for ROUTE, by fer,
.ofoss the Deiawars bay, aud by IN
m trough Naw Jersey to Now York III OIL
ed irecuor, and to reach some western uuI
he tlne 10 the her.
Oh The charter was drawn by Esqui
H. Dickson, the same man whom the Sehtin
'as aas favored with 30 much free adgerllsiu
ill AID the squire chuckied as lie said tn
N uulouel Whueley informed him that
enphatiealiy, or words to that feet, be
any Gu rt,r ne ever head of in sweepil
ia, license to 90 almost anything. a meeiii
ed was held at one titue, dome stock su
,u- scrioed, but never paid in, aud a presidet
ar secretary and treasurer and board
M. directors elected. The SO Iire was ohos
ed secretary and Treasurer.
ug .. II. b. Day, Ed, who Is one of I
IN. board of directors, tells NE that the on
HIS reason nothing was done towards t
lor construction of the road was that the pc
~ pie could not be induced to take hold u
help. He has heard informally of pre-
a. osltion TO merge with the Dela9a
to Western Company and allow that com pa
the to build doxn-State line under Ii
the charter, but cannot say whether this Is
lti4 means business or not.
NAVIGATION OF JoNER' obREE.
, Capt. Draper, whose enterprise in n
GTY ming Il tug and schooner between Do,
''A' aud Philadelphia has been previously
T rred 10, aaya that an expenditure
$50 600 will give channel feet de
10 10 from Dover to the bay. A survey v
~. made by member Of the United Sta
inc Engineering Department last sun mer a
the his estimates for q feet channel age
, in gated $50, 900; 50 600 to be expended
to removing the bar at the month uf the Gre
the $4,000 in deepening the channel
~, Lebanon and SIS 600 in improyi
81 ~, the channel between Lebanon a
ing Dover. Upon this estimate Ooner
nd has been or is to be asked to appropri
the 1926, 900. Captain Draper says there il
ter present Affect channel from Dover dny
and that his efforts Of last summer
iil' s improving the navigation have alres
+, t U Increased the ebh and How Of the I
~ a here Underwater at Dover sounds Queer
and from Blk inches to one foot. The Capt
X of spent about 5000 ia removing obstr
al- TONS, such az fallen trees, old loos
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