Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-25

within those bounds. At this time tn
late Philip Rsybold applied for char
ter to construct . railroad from Dels
ware City to Back Crock Landing, An,
thus by steam boat connections to forn
. new line TO Baltimore. This charter
was refused him. For this right th
Railroad Company paid the Stat
500, 900 This charter was granite,
through the Kent and Sussex mem bert
voting against the New Castle mem
6ers, who signed a protest against 1t OF
the records. The money was alst
voted by the Kent and Sussex mem berI
to build the Delaware Railroad which
was then proposed to run from Seafort
to Dnna Landing, situated on the Bay
back of Dover. This course of tn,
members Of the lower counties excited
intense feeling In this city and the res
Of Now Castle county. 1t was alleged
the rights Of the county were sold BY
Kent and Sussex against the will OF
the citizens, and the money receiv I'd
for this sale laid out in the improve
ment Of their own territories. The
New Castle members had determined
at one time to leave the Legislature anG
come home. To remedy this ill feeling
he, in an article written on the 29th o.
October, 1852, proposed changing tht
course of the roads and bringing 1t VI
the State until it formed connection
with the New Castle aud FrenchtowI
Railroad which then by the construc.
tion OF the Wilmington Il New Castle
Railroad formed connection with
Wilmington and thus make it truly a
State road, and road that could be
used Oil the year, ins, cad Of one used
only in summer, shat ran through onl '
o portion of two counties. In the same
article ha urged the Phil, vii. & Bait
Railroad company to subscribe to the
stock, pointing out the advantage il
would be to them. All he recommended
was done. The Phil, Viii. 4 Bait. X. K.
Co. built the road with q little aid
from our citizens. And this city be
came its terminus instead OF iona
Landing, which was abandoned after q
large portion of it had been graded.
On the 18th of November Of the same
year he proposed the building of road
from point on the Delaware Railroad
to Milford and Lewes. This road has
also been completed, and has for years
been in operation. lie also proposed
the building of a road from this city to
Reading, being ignorant of the fact,
until many years after, that a charter
had been granted by the Legislature
for similar enterprise in the early
days of rail roads. This road is now
also finished When the Baltimore
Central Railroad was in process Of con-
st:uction he showed in series. of arti.
cles the injury it would do to our trade
If the Reading Railroad vas not built.
This was proved when the road " 4
completed. A great p )rtion of Chester
County that then dealt with US, left lis
entirely when it was finished.
He also,a rs most of our citizens know,
proposed In l84S the building of road
to the Delaware. He recommended it
going by way OF Seventh street as the
most direct route. He with others got
up Il charter for u plank road, bur it
was prevented from being constructed; !;
some thought rather unfairly. We then
had no Delaware Road, and no line of
packets to New York. The Delaware
was covered by cloud OF little steam :
boats, which ran to nearly every town
in Delaware and New Jersey. He
thought that the road would give US
connection with the whole of these
towns AZ well az the Philadelphia line
of steamers to New York. We are now
about constructing this road.
In 1871 there was an attempt made
by philanthropic lady, { Mrs. Cassandra
McCIees) to get an
INSANE ASYLUM
established in this State, but no lawyer
could be found to draw the bill for less
than three hundred dollars. Some
frankly said they did not know how to
do it. She then applied to Mr.. Vim
cent. He at once drew the bill for
nothing. 1t was submitted to Two or
three Of the most eminent lawyers in
the State, who were loud in their ex-
pressions in relation to the skill with
which the bill was drawn. These ia cts
were stated publicly by Mrs. McClees
in communication published over her
own signature.
On the 24th of Septembe 1852, he
found out and exposed the
goTTENNESS uFTHEBANk OF MILFORD
This bank which had been chartered
by the Legislature, whilst applications
for charters for Banks at Newport and
Bridge (now Odessa) were
refused, had flooded the State with its
notes. The Wilmington market WAS
filled with them. There was hardly a
citizen held stock in the bank. 1t was
all owned by a Mr.. Colgate, New
York broker. 1t did not even own a
building. 1t possessed nothing but its
office furniture. Not note would be
taken in Wilmington after this expo
sure. 1t Immediately afterwards broke
up and did not pay cent on the dol
lar.
But as my communication is getting
100 long | will lump his other actions
jogether. He proposed the widening of
Water and King streets when 1t could
have been done at one-fourth what it |
afterwards cost and the railroad would
nave paid half the expense. This is
now done. He wanted however the
pavement widened as well as the road
Ded. On the 18th of DeCem Der he pro-
posed the enactment of a law for gen.
'ral charters. If such a law had been
IN our statute books, the cotton tacto-
les now in operation at Gloucester
would have been here. This is now
;he law of the State. On the lst of
February, 1862, he proposed the removal
If tho Aims House. This proposition
vas at once taken up by the late DIR.
Norris and other citizens. The meas
Ire was delayed, but it is now about
icing effected. On the 9th. Of July,
1862, he recommended, on account Of
he great scarcity and dearth Of small
hange, the issue OF small notes by the
ity.
The council Immediately adopted the
and issued them and
rowds came from Philadelphia to pur-
hase them. On the Sth of August,
1868, he urged on our merchs nts the
q ,re early closing of our stores. The
,rticle had its effect and they were
losed earlier than before. In the be-
inning of 1873 he found the immense
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