Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-03-06
WAKE UP, co mMIssIoNERs j,
William Dean SOUNDS Il Resurrec-
ton Trump in white Clay Creek.

EdHOr fTJzsfte a. journal: DnrlDy thS late
sessiop Of the county court noticed some
cases brought bafore thy honorable court
to prevent the Baltimore & Philsds phia
Railroad Company interfering with the
rights Of TIE public By interrupting the
public highways. Now the question pre-
septs i.selt to me, by what right does the
said company claim that they oau ourtail
tae lawful width OF q public road | am
led to believe that some OF the under
strappers In the employ OF this great
foreign corporation believe with their
forty-four millions OF dollars, which
they have as surplusj that
there is no right Of the people OF
the State of Delaware which they are
bound to resp ct, but, when objection is
made to their doing just what they please,
they will tell the public the same ~ they
told me, that l might emigrate to a
warmer climate. | might spend nv
money; they would do just what they
wished to do and laugh at me when done.
Now my dealings with the company
from the time of it's existence, and with
it3 friends even prior 10 that time, have
led me to believe that every person con-
neots1 with it, from the great Baltimore
mognl down to the mesnest little time
serving lick spittle in it's employ, ia full
of truth, for never since kn 4w any of
them have | ever known one OF them to
let any OF 1t come out of him. Why
Gan | mol build II holise ont OF the public
rOaG that the law requires to be 40 fest
vile 80 as to bring that road to l6 fast, as
they have been trying to do on the road
from Stanton to st. James Church in
Mill Greek hundred 7 A former citizen
OF that hundred says he has known
tbs time u hen the whole width
of that road Was scarcely wide enough for
him to get home from Stanton. Has this
great corporation greater powers than
ths people of Delaware II so, it is about
time they were given to know IL.
understand that on the public road
through the farm Of William Hawthorn
this same oompany's road CROSSES the
public road on the top of hill at about
from 4 to q feet above said roadbed as 1t
Eow exists and the company proposes to
make the travelling public to mount q
hill Of that additional hight.
If We had road commissioners in Write
Clay Creek hundred worth the dynamite
that would send them to heaven II 10
ptVoabio hbnt wv iiStNo VI tbc pcupIc
might BE- looked after. This grsat cjrpo-
rati has gone through the lauda of onr
farmers, many OF whom have been fright
snec almost TO tue point OF losing th4ir
-snses and nave taken just wha. III 8
f.mpa-y Oaoss to si7e t.tem- Tuis hs
osen The vA4r With some maiden lsd'ts.
,aig h aoTs II IuIas, whom the. took jul t
saci advantage OF They sent ths r
:ai, Ia! d soa'. crow to see them and thai
: as enough; they gave up and 60. about
,us foatth tbs sa!us of their property /;
i',i tbus it has baan in majority q
ases- Occasionally they have come
setoss some fool fellow who would not
scare worth a cant; sll euch they propose
tu sorry the life Of with the law. Nov
will our road commissioners just waken
mp for once and recoilect that they obi
gate themselves to perform their 6n,ie 3
to the BEST OF ther ability, and according
to law When they allow tbis corporation
to interfere WITH the right of the public
are they attending to their duties accord
Ing to their obligations 7
WILLIAM DEAN