Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-11

ment Company, the Delaware and New
England Company, the spaldlng Telegraph
Company and the DR.. Pratt bills have not
yet been passed on by this committee.
representative Gray hes introduced bill
which will make the damaged by flre,"
bankrupt sale" and such liks swindlers
who periodically come down to vlcttnize
the eullible among the people OF Whining
ton, liable TO a O ne Of Sl00 for each offence.
SENATOR Donahoe has introduced bills to
repeal the State taxes on manufacturers and
merchants.
The school books investigating COM
mittee held another meeting to-day to SEQ
what light Superintendent Ward could
throw on the matter but the Nearing was
considerable Of q failure because OF Mr..
wards neglect to bring any records with
him. All that he could give the committee,
therefore, was some items from memory.
The committee will sit again on Tuesday,
on which day MIR. Ward has been instructed
to produce his accounts. After finishing
with Mr.. Ward, the committee will cite Mr..
| Carpenter to appear again.
The Senate Boundary Limo bill was the
subject OF some debate Ia the House to-
| day. As stated before, this bill names ex-
Secretary Bayard and Speakers Lewis and
Hoffecker as the commissioners to conduct
tho resurvey of the l2.mile circle. Mr.
| Whitehead made the point, which certainly
looks hard to get around, that the appoint
ment OF the Speakers would be in centra-
ventton OF two provisions OF the State con-
stitution. One Of these prohibits the APP
! pointment of a member OF the
Legislature to an office created
during his membership. The other prob
ably vests the appointing power in the
| governor. though this Ia less clear. Speaker
Holfeckef, 10 response to an interrogatory
from Mr.. WhitenHn, stated thdt he had
consulted George v. Massey, Eco, who did
not regard the proposed appointment US In
| conflict with the constitution. Mr.. Down
ham wanted to know why Sussex had been
left out, and talked In a strain which gave
the impression that he would not object to
serving on this commission. The final con-
sideratton OF the matter was put on till
| Monday afternoon.
Mr.. John G. jackson, who has been down
here examining into this boundary line
business to-day, reports that he has made
researches which go to clear up the APP
parent conflict over the centre OF this
famous circle. 1t will be remembered that
the disputed point lies between Eye end OF
ye horse dyke" and the court house at New
Castle. Mr.. jackson claims to have dis
covered that the court house referred to
was the now forgotten temple OF justice
erected by the Dutch-not on the site OF the
existing building-but on the shore oil
Eye horse dyke" and contiguous to old
Fort Caslmir. Right here, about where
what Is left of the potters' field now Is
clustered the primitive village of New
Amstal 200 years or more ago. So that the
court house and the morse dyke" meant
one andthe came, and the proper place to
plant the inside foot of the imaginary di.
viders with which to trace Delaware's
northern boundary is at the point where
MIR. Eckels' somewhat Troublesome marrow
dyke discharges its waters into the Della.
ware.
DovER, April 8.-The City Council oil
Wilmington is not ardently in love with
the bill to increase by some $37, 200 the
annual appropriation OF the Street and
Sewer Department, which passed the
House last Friday morning. The passage
Of this bill through the Senate will be
fought on the grounds that it will in.
crease taxation and that the department
is already receiving and expanding more
money than Council used to expend fol
the corresponding items. To oorrobo
rate this latter claim isaac Dillin has
submitted to Senator Donahoe the fol
lowing exhibits, certified to by the city
auditor az correct:
Receipts Of the Street and Sewer De-
partment from August list, 1883, to
April I'd, 1881 inclusive. ......,.... $101 ,4i9. n
Balance on hand April I'd, 1883 ...,.. 5,i53.sl
-
Amount expended TO date. ...,.......S 96,265.1i
City Council expenditures for same itemi
during the fiscal year 1867:
appropriations July LIST, 1886:
For opening streets. .........,......S 100 90
| For public lamps. 25,00l0
For paving Streets. 2lO0o.6i
For curbing and paving sidewalks. 6325.6
For repairing and cleaning streets. 10,OOO.0I
Balance on hand July st,lSS6.s 9d.3i
Appropriated. .............-. l,UUuUO
1 AlultDrR rDleItlOnH.., Ot9l.It
Balance on hand July LIST, 1ss1.....,. 7,SsiS
Total. sl,el0.et