Evening journal., 1889-04-18


morning, passed the Delaware and New
England charter, after some little fric-
tion. The bill, as has been before stated,
purports to De the means of forming
through line between this state and New
England. The bill is best explained by
its preamble, which is as follows:
Whereas. John S. Wilson, Charlie
magne Tower, Jr., Arthur Z. Newbold |
Henry Mccormick, Francis w. Kennedy, |
stephen A. Caldwell, John w. Brock
W. w Gibbs, Arthur Brock, Henry O. |
Leixas Joseph f. Siunott, Charles f.
Berwind, Charles E. Morgan, Jr., and
their associates are the owners Of stocks
of certain railroads and other corporations
connected Herewith in states other than
the state Of Delaware, but forming part
of a through line which win connect the
state Of Delaware with the New England
States, and viii afford an outlet for the
perishable fruits of the Delaware penin-
sula directly to the New England markets
BY an all-rail route. and are desirous Of
consolidating their respective interests in
said properties by the creation Of cor
poration with power, interalia, to pur-
chase the aforesaid stocks, so that the
expenses necessarily incident to separate
ownership may be reduced, and the
sss=-@iio7 Of transportation be performed
as economically as possible.
w. f. Davis objected to the passage Of
the bin on the ground that none of the
corporators were Delawareans and the
ACT did not IN any way express what was
wanted. There were three votes against
the bill, Messrs. Whiteman, Short and
Downham. w. +. Davis did not vote
THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
A delegation in favor of the County
Commissioner bill Of Representative
Whiteman were given hearing during
the noon intermission by the committee
having tbs bill in charge In the party
there were ex Representative and ex Levy
Courtman George ID. Medill, Levy Court
men Wier and Eliason, James Hossinger,
George q. Kerr Samuel Lindsay David
w. Harnish John l.. Elliott, Andrew
Elias0n, William Smith, Joseph Rankin,
John G. Higgins Robert Rankin and
Crawford Rankin. John c. Higgins,
George D. Medill and James II. Hossin-
ger addressed the committee in favor OF
the bill, enumerating its advantages at
length.
While a number Of the members feel
that there are many good points about
this bill, they also feel that the passage
OF this measure at the present time would
be inexpedient. The bill presented is
not Of the proper order, being defective
in one or two particulars, noticeably that
the commissioners are elected from the
county at large and not from the dis,
triets they represent and the bill is So
drawn that it is possible TO elect two
members from any one of the districts
There Is another objection that can be
urged against the bill and that is several
Of the hundreds Of the county would be
apt to receive but little attention TIE
measure should have been presented
earlier In the session and thus allowed
more time for consideration.
NEW STATE HOUSE.
Strange TO say there Is more hope for q
new State House tonight than ever be
fore. f. L. Rice brought down plans this
afternoon to improve the State House.
The plans were very skillfully drawn
and the changes contemplated in them
would make handsome building at q
cost Of k77, 600. The plans were exhibited
t6 the members Of both houses in the
morning AT noon the joint committee
on new State House met Tin the parlor.
The plans met with everybody's appro-
val. In fact they pleased the members So
well that they thought a new building OF
the kind desired would answer the pur
pose much better than patched up one
and accordingly they determined to re
port a new bill providing for new build
ing. Mr.. Rice said he could guarantee tc
prepare plans for as fine building as
she state would desire and the building
not to cost the state over $4,000, fur
nishings and all. A bill Of this kind will
pass the Senate, but its fate hangs OF
the balance in the House
POLITICAL PARADEs.
The House passed to-day without op
position, the act to repeal the act prohi
biting political parades in the nigh
time IN the city.
UNDERGROUND WIRES.
The following delegation arrived from
Wilmington this afternoon, to oppos
the passage of the Underground Wir
bill James Bradford, Robert H. Barr
d. w Taylor, George w. Mccullough
George w Bush, Enoch Moore, Samu,
N, Trump, William 7. Westbrook, DR..
F. FraEtz, Francis N. Buck, DIR. A. ]
Frantz, Harlan Cause II. f. Pickels,
d. Sisler. alexander J. Hart, William !
Foulk, Ferdinand L. Gilpin, 2. Jam
Belt, Joseph L. Carpenter. Jr., CAPITA
Charles H. Smith, Eli Mendenhall, Jam
Il. Mehaffey r. T. Candy, George y
Stone, J. H. Hoffecker, Jr., Esq, Charl
Baird, Henry G. Robinson and Senat
George GrayE
A delegation in favor of the bill, co
posed Of the following gentlemen, a
came down: Messrs. Cobb, Johnston
Ecclesine and Professor Barrett, of
Johnstone Conduit Company, and Ci
Solicitor Henry c. Turner, who rep
sents Council.
Senator Dorman was elected charm
Of the meeting to night, that was held
hear discussion about placing the wiz
underground.
City solicitor Turner was the fl
speaker He said he had taken the /
home and made several changes. '"rl
thing, he said. ''must be done sometin
me Council Of Wilmington did not wi
to destroy any industry. Rather tn
have it defeated they were willing
have some amendments such as P
scribed limit
Mr.. Turner then presented a set
resolutions adopted by the fremen,
favor of placing wires underground
the ground that the overhead wires int
fere with them. He further said TT
nore Of the provisions Of the bill were
conformity with anybody's condl
That was a matter for the company VIII
conduit was used The one thing Co
Gil wants is the removsi Of these OF
head wires at definite time. You
amend this bill as you see ft, provi
ron preserve the central idea, Put
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