Daily Republican., 1882-08-03
INDIGNATION MEETING.
THE RESIDE NTS AND PROPER
TY HOLDERS ON EAST FRONT
STREET Up IN ARMS.

This afternoon the residents and
property owners on East Front street
from Market to French, will hold {
meeting for the purpose of considering
che subject of the double tracko.S From
street. 1t is not positive what action
the residents will take at the meeting
but 1t Is thought they will pass resolu-
lions requesting the Wilmington City
Isail way Company to remove one of the
tracks from the street, at the same
time fully stating the damage the pre-.
sent double tracks have done to their
property, besides seriously ipjuring
their business. If the resolutions, az
presented to the Company, fail to have
the desired effect, it is probable that
another meeting will be called when a
committee will be appointed to 20 to
Dover, at the next session of the Legis.
lature, and present q petition to that
body, praying that the double track
be removed and that their rights be
protected
In order that our readers may under
stand the situation. reporter of the
REPUBLICAN waited on several of the
property owners yesterday and held a
conference in regard to the matter. In
The first place Front street is q very
narrow street and when the double
tracks are laid the street is about filled
up and wagons are unable to stop along
the street on account of the street cars,
thus preventing 'many farmers and
others, who come along in wagons, from
stopping at any of the business places
along this street, thereby injuring each
and every store. Nearly all those DO
ing business on this thoroughfare say
that they would do fully one-third More
business, if there was but one track.
Not only this, says a property holder,
but 1t depreciates the value OF property
to an alarming extent. When asked
how much on each house, he replied
fully $1,000 or nearly half its value,
80 that the matter becomes a serious
obstacle and one which has long been
felt, but until recently no action was
ever taken.
Not onl y are the dealers along this
street annoyed, but those who transact
business with them are unable to drive
their teams in front of the stOrein order
to supply them with goods and conse.
queutly will not come near and when
the merchants want the necessary
articles required in their business they
have to go after them. The express
and freight men are also annoyed as
well as the coal men, who, about the
time they get their Wagon backed up to
the curb, IA Car comes along and they
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thus consuming an extra amount of
time, which has to be paid for by the
owners of the various freight lines in
the city and in the course of year it
amounts to quite a sum, so that those
who do not live on the street are more
Or less Interested. Not long since
man, residing in the country, stopped
at one Of these stores for the purpose Of
purchase, leaving his horse
and carriage stand along the curb with
one wheel on the car track.
He had not been in the store long,
before car came along and the driver
shouted for him to move his wagon.
The II an was necessarily delayed and
before he could get his wagon clear the
car proceeded on, striking the carriage
and brealing one of the shafts. Thus
are those, who otherwise would stop,
deferred from dealing along this street.
At the present time there are a large
of stores Cf various kinds, in.
several boot and shoe stores,
stores, candy, cigar and other
places, nearly all OF whom own their
own houses, and pay taxes but are not
permitted to do the business they should
On account of the aforesaid double
tracks. While the relaying of the
tracks are going On it is more serious
and, it is to be hoped that
The Directors of the street car company
will hold a meeting and properly con-
'ider the injury the double tracks are
loing and take action to remedy the
,vil. 1t has been suggested that sim
,le track be laid on Front street with a
Iimilar one on French street, running
rom Fourth, which would enable the
company to transact their business with
IS much success and less injury to the
,rnDartV holdara along Front Straat