The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-11
Whining ton Needs a Boom,

Wilmington Needs a Boom,
Under the above caption Mr. D. W. Tay-
lor President of the Board of Trade, wrote
an open letter to the citizens of Wilmington
which appeared in the columns of the E0eyy
Egehing, Monday last.
The letter opens with the self-evident
proposition that: "With the natural advan-
tages and growth of our city, We should
have a reat dea! more than we now have"
But it is pertinent to ask, WHY'S Whining
ton lying in sem-stul or upon the side Of
the hills of the ever restless Brandywine?
1t goes with out questioning that the 60
graphical, the Typographical and the eli
matological conditions of Wilmington are
such as 10 invite special interest to THIS
locality, yet as matter of fact Wilmint0D,
as city, is still III her swaddling clothes.
We claim that Wilmirgton possesses natnr-
al advantages common to but few cities in
this land, then why is she creeping along in
her material interests at such small pace?
70 this question we make reply by leferI-
ing to the municipal and political history OF
this city for the past decade, We are in
depted TO the courtesy of Mr.. Samuel 5.
Adams of the auditors flee for the follow
ing figures: Daring the past teu years there
has been expended upon the streets Of
Wilmington red-thousand-dollal
(s500 0O0.00)
Those ave the figures in round numbers
that have been devoted to our streets and
gThat have the citizens in return ?
Aichougi, BY tbs books, s500,0oo.0o- has
been extracted from the tax payers pCcket,
within the Ia>t tou years, to make pa,sab!e
ana beau1ry oar thouron.hlares, yet we
repeat What Lave you 20 show for this cx-
resSivc eXptnd ,ule?
We challenge any man 10 p.tiut cut Une
siugle lavcd square III tie entire city, save
the one on Market heweru jth aud 9Th
Street, where gentle trot can be main
tailed without ci.hvr the li,k Gf - NJ the
horse or j;coparli.:'ng the .intcIlty Of the
carriage ,prlus , Asa matte y. td,t, Sav,
the ,xc' ptun no d, Il ere is not paved
,quare ~ this cnti ity which can be driv
EN- orc' N sefvty,nw NJ 10 the rotten, uuever
and itrcg"hr cnDdlrit OF the cobble stones
whist tic unpavd ssreets are minia ure
quagm res with AN occasional sulteiIan-
en- outlet
The b.tmy OF the street depa, tment for
the ra't ten Years has been that the str ets
paved to-day need icpafil Z I'd morrow and
the sire is repaired today require a similar
treatment ton orrCw and tlis after q lal Sc
of dec ide rotv outstanding the vast ex-
pendit res Of mol ey, we bad lho streets
gradually going from bad to worse until
they are well Ligh impossible.
Our esteemed fellow citizeus, Mr.. Taylor,
can siJh for boom for Wilmington but lie
will grow gray with his signing unless the
conditi OF vehcular traffic is radically
improve.
Well paved avenues are tie sine qHe non Of
all progressive cities. They invite capital
lists aud capital means encouragement ia
various enterprises, while the converse oI
this is equally true.
Mr.. Taylor and is confrees in Tho Buard
of Trade may rlan and outline brilliant
future Tor this city yet the cold fact obtains
that the calculating conSpirators against al
honest franchise, who were fortified in thci
work by policemen arm ed to the te tn de
more to untag0nize the plo.p. rity of VIII
miugton than score of Trade Ro ris sli
nentralizs during tie next ten years.
The assessors nut only hum iat, d an,
otloQuized the democracy of Delaware bu
they also sti. m ,tized the name of Whining
ton. Tue asssSsura wark has teen tprca,
broadcast over he entire lan'l our city enjoy
the cdorous distinction Of having it's repnt
able aud pea,e III cti2Uus mobbel simpl
for asking 10 ID lrivtrse OF qualifying a
voters.
It is MT good business ethics for al,
cJmmunily +" allow polt'ca! domiuatio
BY the tactics common 10 Statesmen of tn
stamp OF the late M. Tweed.
Mr. Taylor h = rUurriv,d a most laudabl
enterprise but as long as a delectabl
coterie can dictate the 20 itcsl destinies {
this co II, ,nweaih by the agencies {
policemen backed with the ncOntrovertibl
arguments Of an English Dog, Wi
mingtOn must Or content with its crcun
scribed provincial privileges
The morale Of the assessors' work is r.
fsctcd in our worthy contemporary Il
Susser journal. Ia its LIST issue it say:
Our Wilmington letter contains an
count Of another one Of those outrageS 1ohi
are mtking NeD Caste Democracy 6y-u0
and a reprOaeh and fast placing our metrOpo
in Me front rank Of those cities UhOse CHI
distinction is Mcir political depraoiy. 0
correspondent is D mocrat aud his accou
is not overdrAwn. lis gives the simr
Truth without any coloring, because it ne
none. 1t tells ts Owa tale, teaches its ol
lesson, points its own moral aud has its oy
coloring in the blush Df shame that it brin
to the cheeS of every honest Democrat.
8 not only an outrage upon the people a