Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-28

The Rodney monument commission com
prlsipe John NJ. q. Rodney, John n. Nchol-
son. Esq and Representative Downham.
hrld a Ineetlng. today and appointed
Messrs. Rodney, Nicholson aud W. q. Ksr-
bin subcommittee to procure estimates,
devices, 30, for o suitable monument. Be
| Pides the State appropriation If $500, Mr.,
Kidney has find Of 500, and the Il )dney
Club has m ide up 300. II Is desired to
make up fund of 9 800.
The corpoTators of the Cornell Car Heat.
ing Company are David ODnneil. Edwin r.
Moody, Thomas J. Taliay, William Il. Con
nell and Henry b Nice elan. The busi
ness SCI forth IN the charter Is "the manu-.
facture. installing and selling the devices,
i machluery and appliances compri-i1g the
| Council system or other systems Of warn
| lug and ventilating railway cars and fhe
mAnuiaefurlng and selling Of engines, ma
chnsry. boilers, steam and electric appli.
aneas generally OF every kind Hnd de5eiip.
| tiOn."
Soma one has forwarded Mr.. Avmsti ong
bill which provides for calling the New
1 Castle levy court toyether on the first Tues.
day OF every mouth TO audit claims for
woik done and material furntshsd the
county. The protessed object Ia vlsw Is to
prevent Individual levy eouttmen from
| RuuRlng the tax pnrera by passing wheel
barrow ioads OF ashes for cart londs and
snch lite tac'lcs, But wouldn't It be
cheaper 10 emnloya county auditor or to
| wipe out the levy court and give lis bnard
Of three or n 20 county commissioners
The House has phs,nd 1871 bills Of its own
this term, and indefinitely postponed 8.
Dover, March 25.--It was G D. m. before
either mouse got q quorum to-day. This
| was owing to the Sussex members being
delayed an hour at ssaford By their loeo-
| motive blowing out one Of lts cylinder
heads. When the House finally got to.
| gather Representative Clark ifsfed prayer,
tho reading OF the minutes was dispensed
with, the NEW business limit resolution was
resented and members who had load4d up
With u les en- preparation for the posi-
bliity OF this resolution not being rescindad)
let them slide ia anyway to the number OF
al. OBVIOUSLY many ct these titles, which
are given below, are merely tentative, tut
some OF them are precursors OF bona f1de
bills.
The Senate committee on constitutional
reform, comprising Messrs. Donahoe, Col
Inns aud Moore, has not yet met to consider
the House bill, and 1t IL uncertain when Il
Will meet. Senator Donaao1. however, is
authority for the statement that eonvsn-
ton bill Is Ia conrse Of preparation which
Will be rep lrttd by the committee and
which twill BIS satisfactory" Bearing
some What on This sptjsct is the title OF q
forthcoming bill, ian act to provide for
calling a convention by the authority OF
the people," given notice of by Representa-.
tive Gray to daY.
Rshoboth needs q municipal charter. 1t
has outgrown its stock company stage. At
least the lot owners think 80. The fact IL
thar under the eystem which has obtained
for years past, one man, William Bright,
controls the stock and runs Rehoboth. He
holds mortgage of something over $5 900
against the place. Lot Gners aver thar
their property is taxed to pay the Interest
on this mortgage, white the property OF the
Oamp-meetihg Association Is exempted
from this taxation. Occasionally a lot ia
sold for taxes. The association bids In the
To- 1t then becomes exempt, aud the other
lots owned by Individuals have to make up
ths den 1t. Another unpleasant feature.
Gays one of these lot owners, Ia that In case
oil q foreclosure OF tho MORTGAGE, the last
lot purchased would be the first one to bs
sold towards satisfying that mortgage. II
this be 80, It IL easy to see that there is no
eneouraco ment TO outsiders to buy and
build. Should auv one to day buy lot
aud the mortgage be foreosed, his
5000 cnttoge -woufd -he he--ares,-
thug sold to satisfy that foreclosure
L would be wiped O it. Even the streets OF
Rshobp h, u is urged are liable to be sold,
II the mo tgnRe could not bs paid of with.
b'iCt fHSY uhNb never Dteu IN INV
anything bu. streets on paper. OBVIOUSLY,
whether there be any tx lggeratlon In these
claims or not, Rehoboth needs O town
charter. The people who live there should
have voice In its government: In the levy
Ing of taxes; ia che expenditure pf the
money raised, &c. 1t is not pleasant for
Individual lot and cottage owners TO be
taxed Tor the associations debt and to see
the money they pay used chiefly Tor this
purpose while there is little or nothing left
for public improvements. II Is u pity that
Il seaside resort possessing such natural
advantages rs Rshoboth should have been
30 long hsmpeeed and kept down. With
fair chsnc9 It ought TO grow rapidly. That
II has not done thus In the past IL only TOO
well known.
Among the titles OF to .dav ts one to in
corporate the Harrington 81 Breakwater
Railroad Company. This. Mr.. Maui says,
means business. bill is being drawn to
1T 1t, II will he continuation OF the old
Queenstown Il Harrington railroad idaa, for
which charter was granted long ago. This
confinua ion IS to run from Harrington, via
Milton, 10 Lswes. Al Milton IL will cross
Senator D,rman'1 projected Georgetown,
Mite n and Drawbrldge1 railroad provided
el her road be ever built. This would
make Milton something's of a rivalto Newark
as railroad centre.
MIR. DoWnham has eolorad school bill |
nuder way, which ooptam plates raising the
State apprOp iltion to 90 600 (from sc 01U) |
and providing for u pol tag OF 81 per head |
on eolored men for school purposes. Pos. |
sihly in anticipation OF this measure the |
Dover Excelsior baud (eolored). under the |
leadership Of Samuel Harper the popular |
head waiter at the Capitol Hotel, came |
around tonight and serenadei the Legisa.
ture;a compliment which was gracefully |
acknowledged ny Speaker Hotfesker and |
CLARK.
Mir. Armstrong offered the following Joint |
this afternoon, which went |
.hrongh the House with rsa Illness that
seems almost tneEplicable when compared |
With the objection which the presumed
'laim to this very appropriation put not
onE ago In the way OF renewing the char.
er OF Delaware College:
De il res0'nsi, ttn That this state IN accopt-
ng ard assenting TO the provisions Of m net of
Congress- approved March 21, 1887, entitled, |
sAn act to establish agricultural expprinent
taticns In connection with the colleges estab-
ished in the several states under tie proyi-
ions OF an act approved July I'll. 1862, and Of
Ints supplementaty thereto appoint the board
u trustees OF Delaware college and their sue
essors in oilics TO receive and exnend such
moneys rs may come to this State under the
OF said act as mentioned.
senator Donahoe ha5 recsived bill to
Exempt Cherry I1ali marah from taxation,
9 ~ ptetheed by about ~ "whare1sas,"
which set forth, among other things, that
he marsh CONT acy was first Incorporated.
n 1916; that the owners OF the marsh have
;epE up banks, slucAs. &c since 1902; that
he exp anse' OF dong this have oecome
normons In comparison with the income
rom the land thus reclaimed; that the
marshes Rre bounded on three sides by tide
7hter rivsr, requiring about A miles OF
NIB ensment; that they arc liable to be
Y rtiowsd at any tins by Shelp1t creek;
hat the banks ware almost wiped out by
ne great storm nf 1873, when the di.
ectors were compelled TO borrow ell ,O00 to
ePair them, only 5000 OF which they
ave since been able 10 repay; that the tax
Or keeping the banks. 80, in repair aggrs. /
ate, about 81 per acre which is as much |
$ the reclaimed land will rent for in good