The daily gazette., 1883-02-14
RAILROADS AT DOVER.
SUSSEX MIDLAND AND BALTi-
MORE AND OHIO.
MR.. DEAN ON THt HOUSE FLOOR.
A Lively Discussion + The Proceedings
in Both the Senate and House Yester-
day.
Especial correspondeH ICE of the Gazette.

DOVER, Feb. 14.-A big delegation from
western Sussex thronked the corridors of
the State House yesterday afternoon IN the
interest of the amendment TO the Sussex
Midland Railroad charter, which is slumber-
ing In the hands of the Corporations Com
mittee. Jerome Bradley, one of the New
York capitalists, who tried to buy up the
charter year ago and failed, is In the town,
and quite a pressure s being brought to
bear on the members I'd pass the bin. The
| pending act is to allow this railroad com
pany, which only exista on paper and in the
| Legislative records, to construct railroad
| from Georgetown to Lewes. The present
charter of the company allows the
construction of road from some
point on the Delaware line, acrossl the
State, running through Bridgeville, to
| Georgetown, the idea being to have 1t as
| link Of railroad line continuing from the
| limits of the State to The Chesapeake and
| connecting with q line of steamers from
Baltimore. There was some talk of bring
| ing the bill up last Friday and killing it as
| 1t seemed Utopian scheme at best, and as
| there could be no possible need of another
railroad from Georgetown to Lewes. The
| bill was held back, and among those present
| asking its passage are John Robber Rick
ards, W. Fl. Richards, Miles Messick, John
| ii. Paynter, |. N. Fooks, andInany Others.
| The fate of the bill Is doubtful.
| In the House Yesterday afternoon Mr..
| Cooeh, after some trouble had resolution
| passed to the effect that the House should
| sit in the evening and hear statements pro
and con from William Dean and others in
| terested in the passage of the Baltimore &
| Ohio's bill. Mr.. Dean asked that the clause
providing that the road shall run within
one half mile of Newark, shall be retained
in the charter instead Of being stricken out.
| The resolution passed, and Mr.. Bird,
| counsel for the baltimore ~ Ohio,
was compelled to appear with Mr.. Dean on
the floor, although he was very undesirous
of doing anything of the kind, it must be
said. Why this was SIP was shown in Mr..
| Deans argument, which was shreWd an0
| able and lasted an hour. Mr.. Dean claimed
that he had been deceived by the Baltimore
| 81 Ohio, having been promised that the road
should run by his mill III consideration OF
his services in having the Delaware Western
| bill passed. At the solicitation OF John w.
Davis of the B. 81 o. he had put
into the bill the prpviso that the road
| should run "within ohe half mile OF the
| town of Newark on the north side thereof" :"
The road in the line they had run and on
| which they were going to build cut 80
valuable building lots owned by him, and
they would only pay him $4,000 when the
damages were greatly In excess of that
amount. Mr.. Dean claimed that as the bill
stood he would haYe the privalege OF de
Tending his rights in tile courts, but II the
| Legislature passed the bill 1t would throw
him at the mercy of the great Maryland
corporation. He made many good hits and
his speech was quite effective.
Mr.. Bird, counsel for the Baltimore q
Ohio followed in a brief address in which
he held that the commission on Mr.. Dean s
property settled the whole matter, and that
he was holding a rod ever the company by
his threat to take out an injunction. ii the
| Lepislature did not pass the amendment
granting this change III the line 1t would be
In Mr., Deans power I'd render the charter
imperative through lapse of time incident
on dilatery proceedings in the court. 1.-The
Baltimore & Ohio" said Mr.. Bird, has nc
lobby here. Ifother railroads choose to EN-
ploy paid agents to influence Legislation OF
our acts let them do tive will not meet
them In any such way. We have paid oul
| In Delaware S100, 900 Tor rights OF way, ano
in two or three weeks will have the whole
of this and will be at work building thu
road" AS to the section of the bill re
ouesting an extension of time for ter
months, Mr.. Bird said that 1t wal
asked for this reason: The road through
Delaware could be built before March
, 1884, when the act will otherwise lapse, blu
1t would not be operated because the con
Meeting portions In MARYLAND and Pennsyl
yania could not be built by that time. Thi
bridge across the Suaquehanna would re
quire nearly two years. time In Its construc
tion.
Victor DUPONT, Esq, made few re
In favor of extending the time, and Captain
w. II. Smith, replied more particularly t.
I Mr., Dean, refuting some charges he hat
made, and defending himself from TIL
. charge that he had made Misrepresentation
to citizens of Newark, in inducing them t.
sign a petition in favor of the bill.
WHAT THE HOUSE DID.
i The House committees turned big girls
into the Legislative hoppers this morning
and the afternoon session of that body wa
/ well advanced before the calendar wa
d | cleared of bills ready for passage. 1her
D was quite long discussion over an amend
ment to the pending charter OF the Whining
. ton Glass Works Company when 1t came u
. for passage. This provided that in order T.
+ encourage this new Industry IN delaware
the establishment should be exempted fror
e taxation for period pt l0 years. slmlia
q amendment was made last Thursday to tn
5 charter of the Dover GLASS Works Company
and the the amendment to the charter OF In
!. Wilmington corporation passed the Heus
4 by close vote, simply becaus
= the same favor had been shown to the othe
:. company Speaker Bates gave 1t out,
C announcing the vote, that this was the lat
i time he should vote tb exempt anything {
= the kind from taxation, and Mr.. Justis, VIII
IF had voted in the negative, changed his vol
is In order to move q reconsideration. IN
4 he did, and after some talk the vote was r
"a | considered, the amendment killed and I'll
Il hill passed without the exemption claus,
!. Then the vote by which the Dover worl
n were exempted on Thursday was recoi
r, sidered on motion of DIR. Watson, an
N was similarly served, SO that now DOT
ID enterprises when they get started will stan
l. on the same footing. The bills passed b
the House to-day were as follows: sena
AZ bill TO abolish the WEARING of a convict
lie Jacket as badge of crime, the vote being
Sc TO 10; to incorporate the Young Mems
ID publican Club of Wilmington; In relation
10 The Middeburg Marsh; stock laws for di
I'd triets IL, SO and 80, Sussex county; Sena
bill incorporating the Wilmington Mark
Sc House Company; Senate bIll incorporate
ia the Pioneer Coach Company; for fer
he across the Nanticoke at Cannon's Ferry a
of thorizing a new school house to be built
district 81, New Castle county; Senate b
to punish the procurement of abortion.
DR.. Lewis presented petition from Eli1i
ng M, Clymer for a divorce from his wi
to Louisa. Mr.. Comegys gave notice of an a
of to incorporate the Delaware S@ngerbun
10 Mr., Lowe introduced an act to authori
A the Dover School Board to raise 81, 800
ry stead of s., 900 year and Mr.. Cemegys
an act to incorporate the Guardian savil
and Loan Association. The Senate Joi
~ resolution repaying to the Adjutant Ge
70. eral $40, 40 spent al the Yorktown Cente