Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-27

bur several members were absent and tha
reading would probably go over until after
noon.
The petitions 40 lndustrinu5ly circulated
by the sheriff and his friends arc in the fol.
lowing form:
We, the undersigned, ritizcns and Taxpayers
OF New Castle coaiIy. do hereby petition your
honorable body u Sustain tho present rniO par
dom GU cents for LrisOn board, and do hereby
protest against amy further reduction as
against our present shplitl, as u has Teen re-
duccd cents rardny during his term, aild any
further rchuctigu We deem unlnir aud unjust;
and your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
III sheaff friends claim thaL oyer | 400
names nrs nppsndsl 70 these petitions.
Among them ars thos9 OF court house
employees and those who ere now or have
been 10 the peat engaged 10 furnishing
supplies 70 the iail or nlmshonse.
Mr. Hickman ~ red u resolution redug-
Ing tins assessment Of Andreg D. Wood
rnan's house On Pennsylvania avenue, THIS
city, from Ga, 400 to ~ SOC, but It WINS lost.
Inc as.rssment OF II. L, Churchman'S
farm IN Witn Clay Greek nua1Fed vas ru-
dueed from $4,000 to 5000.
Mr.. Hickman move TO reduce the assess.
mGnt Of james Il. Devious mouse, Nc, 1871
Delaware avenue, from sil1 900 to SlO,OI0.
Lost,
Alexander ]. Watson was placed on the
Filth ward assessment, Solomon Hersey
youchef.
The Aseesament Of some building lots In
Stanton owned hy Solomon iIerSey was ro-
duaed from $4,000 TO 81 400, MIR. Jersey
stating that ne would gladly Accept the
latter figures for them.
An Invitation from William II. MeAteer
secretary Of the Wilmington bnse-hnii club,
asking the court to attend ths opening OF
the clubs new grounds on Thursday, April
81, was Rad and accepted.
HOnTnnn u VOnup and William N6tE0n
colored, were placed on the assessment list
| OF West While Clay Creek hundred, Ezekiel
Smith, eolored. voucher.
| John j. Stillwsll was placed on the Sixth
ward assessment, Hugh Lynch voucher.
MIR. LoBDELL MAKES A STATEMENT.
About III O'Clock George G. Lobdell cana
1 into court and made an explanation OF nis
| statements about exiravhS ant WORK on pub
| lie roads, at the Farmers Institute meeting.
'Whet | said Mt that meeting" said Mr..
Llbdell, was not reported altogether cor
| rectly, What did say was this: ghat 1t Ii
not only necessary for the farmers to look
into the manner Of levyiDg taxes, but also
Into the manner of their expenditure. Thai
I ! knew OF work done on u road IN New Cas-
4 tie hundred at au expense OF $4G0, whel
All the work necessary to be- dGne could
have been done for $50. 1t was GU piece
OF rond between my place aud Lands
corner. Gus two.hor5e team in one day
could have done all the work necessary
but teams were kept going on the road fol
weak distributing gravel. l learned thai
the work done cost about S400, when t5t
would have done all that was necessary.
haacd Of n piece Of WORK done on road "
Bed Lion hundred costing S72, which
ought not to have cost more tnsn IS.
have nothing to cay against thalevy court.
Mr. Lobde!i then detailed at some length
the careless and extrayagant manner II
which repairs are made to public roads Ii
this county. In one case, on n piec9 o
road running by Jones Guthrie's house, {
ditch was cat on either side and the ret
clay taken from the d.sches piled W In tn
MIDDLE OF the road. The trouble, he con
tended, was in q Jack Of system and 0
proper method In doing the work.
4 AT - o'clock the court jorrned unti
1,30 O'Clock, .. m,