Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-07

hESbhb. hDlFOHh' from the glowing
accounts given by our Board Of Trade |
and others from time 10 time In regard \
TO our steamboat and car-building and
morocco manufactures, the number OF |
houses going up and the increaEe In popu- |
lation, II would seem that We are most |
prosperous and thrifty people. But |
since there are always two sides to q |
question, 1t Ia not mentioned that we arc |
In debt one million and half OF dollars
to begin with, and every two years the |
Legislature is asked to augment that
amount by one or two hundred thousand
dollars to meet the whims of few inter
ested parties, buying piece OF worthless
ground that somebody wants to unload,
and II the sale is consummated to the
city, 80 much Doodle is to be given to the
parties making the sale.
This thing has gone on so long that the
taxes Of our city hes got to be rent and
unbearable. Two-thirds of the city prop
erty Is now for sale, which is owing TO
high taxes and extravsgauce. We have
now another generous offer from Mr..
Samuel Bancroft to give the city GO aires
Of ground II It will make a road to cost
$3.50 Now that seems plausible, but
when you commence to rev level road
out Of Brandywlne granite 1t will be
multiplied byten, AMI then 1t would not
be enough, besides leveling up the 60
acres aud shaping 1t into a park; and
that is not all, you would have TO police
1t and keep men TO worn it, that would
bring II up to something Ike what was
paid for the Bran1ywine rocks that is
| called park.
Now, siis, 60 in for calling halt and
get up q mass meeting and ask the
nasses OF the tax payers II they are will
inc TO be taxed by these huge Jobs in ths
Interest Of few spectators that dop't
cgre what becomes OF the poor. There Is
a job on hand now that has actually
passed the Senate for one hundred
thousand dollars to widen Tenth strtc ct.
which, In my estimation, could tie done
for thirty thousand dollars, and when II
ls done, lookiog rom Market street, you
can sec nothing further than the Baptist
Church, as it is built right on Tenth
street, which was done in the interest OF
Miss Annie Semple, tho Temperance re-
former, and Henry +. Durs, to build up
the street, and then tIy to get the Legis-
lature To saddle debt on the poor of
Wilmington of one or two hundred
thousand to open 1t again. Now, sirs,
what kind Of jobbery is this anyhow?
What do these reformers take the com
mou people OF our city Tor, lot OF
idiotsl When Is this thing going to stop
just when the masses OF the people avail
themselves OF the liberty the Consiitu-
li0ns of the State ana the United States
give them TO assemble in convention or
mass meetingF, and let them know that
the people Iue. Row, sirs, what we
want the Legislature to do Is give us
something tangible that wi benefit US
financially, eocially and morally.
N ..N H.. IL -
pixies removed so as to let people come
Into our city and trade with us. We
want Twenty-Five per cent. put on all the
passengers going out of our city who
90 up to this great humbug Wana.
maker to tuy bIoem,ick or a row OF
pins, and that tax should he paid 10 the
city. We want no more fractional
license Issued; only for one year liccnte
for basket, thirty dollars per year; for
habd-calt, fifty dolla's; FIR one
horse wa ON, Sl0O; for two
horse wagon, $3.50. These peddlcrs
como In competition with the regular,
legitimate tradesmen, and having row
ing commission they have fifty chances T.
J one the storekeerer has got which rughI
I rot be tolerated iu Il civilized community
All these license f1fs OF peddl rs in oLi
city ought 10 be pad into ttc city Golfers
selllDg eootls on iue Sidewalks ought u
be abolished. The right TO show good
On the front OF renter or nEucr OF
! store Is enough of privilege; the sir, Ell
onght 10 be all severed their full Length
and inlets on tie corners OF the streets, S,
, the crossings would be leye, the street.
{ oaEht to be u paved with Relgial
J blocks and six itch ourhsgone on side
. walks, which would give them very dill
! f rent appearance. Monroe and Tent
streets ugnt to be opened, and sidewalk
S on Front aud snlploy and Filth and Wal
l nut streets wia,ned to this line. al
: manufactures ought to be made to rails
tncir chiinueJs TO carry the smoke act
dust ard smell away from The dwelling
OF the Inhabitants. in fact we want mo-,
! revenue and in MY oplnion it ough
l to come from the County and ate, ~
, our country friends in the Legislator,
r are so ready to Rraut all the Improve
ments that arc wHniei. | observe thei
. generosity is very limited in expenditure
down through the STATE; for instance
where new Sta'e House or asylum /,
, spoken Of Their ilta is TO loat
us down to financial dastruc-
ton, so that our city vii
} forfeit her chatter md the State will pa,
the debt, as New jersey did Tor the city
OF Elizabeth. u. LEMON.