Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-06
Stables ut RchObOth Beach.
For the REPUBLICAN,.


Your correspondent from Dover of
the tirst of March, in speaking of the
bill Of Mr. Marshall and others says:
(Which was thought to be of little con.
sequence, turns out to be Ofvast import
ance both to himself and to the direc
tors of the Rehoboth Beach Association.
The bill authorizes Mr. Marshall to con-
struct a stable on his lot near the beach
at Rehoboth, and that the Directors re-
fused to allow Mr.. Marshall to erect the
building, as it was against the provi-
erecting the same, whereupOn they
threatened him with All injunction and
he now asks the Legislature to allow
him to build.'
lam sorry to say that what your cor
respondent says is not true, so far az
relates to Mr.. Marshall having applied
to the proper officers of the Association
to build stable Mr. Marshall com.
menced to build a cottage las: year, but
instead of building it upon the lines he
put his building out much farther to-
wards the side walk and when reInon-
strated with for SO doing, gave the
uptTlllltultIll W uHutiSldLN lllt' HC
would build where he pleased upon his
own property. President Bright and
others were sent down to him.
He was then threatened with an in-
junction, and in order to prevent quar-
rel with him, the Association did agree
to give fifty dollars to set it back upon
the line which cost the Association in all
some two hundred dollars. The AssO-
citation did within some four years since
allow persons to erect stables ust where
they pleased upon their own grounds.
But five stables are on the grounds be-
low First street and they have been
built many years. The stables became
offensive to some of the cottage owners
who had cottages near them. So much
of q nuisance did they become that an
ordinance was adopted to prevent any
further stables being erected east of
First street. SO you see any one can
erect stables west of First street. |
heard one of the cottage owners, who
has stable on his lot, say that he
intended to move it and turn 1t into a
cottage.
There are good reasons why the stables
should not be allowed below First street
The ground, in most places, is u deep
bed of sand. The water in the wells dug
upon them is Of the purest water known
at any watering place by the sea. Now,
should stables be built upon this sandy
SOIL the refuse and soakngs from the
stables are sure to find their way into
the wells, which will spoil the water,
besides the risk of fire would be greatly
increased by the building of stables
among the cottages, they being so much
more combustible, and, as Il sanitary
,neaure, ! don't think they should be
allowed to be built down upon or near
the beach they should be kept upon he
back grounds. II the stockholders de-
sire the repeal of the law, they can have
it done AT their annual meeting, and |
think that the members of the Legisla-
ture have too much intelligence to be
influenced by one or two men
to make a corporation yield up its char
ter and bylaws to suit their whims.
Some sixty stockholders, from this city,
have already signed II remonstrance to
the Legislature asking that body not to
interfere with their bylaws. fail to
find the name of j. ID. Marshall upon
the books as owning either stock or lot
in the Association. ASToCKHoLDER.