Evening journal., 1891-05-05

more huhH iSu TIMES the INTEREST upon
the $50 600 that 1t will now cost to have
II condemned into public sewer. Ii Is |
certainly natural one | make no men |
| tion of Mill creek, because we are assured |
hat the course Of Silverbrook will be so |
turned, as to avoid any reason for the |
Jessup and Moore Company at its mouth |
on the Christiana to object. 1t therefore |
seems to me that all we are called on |
now TO consider Is TO be certain that no
/ owners rights shall be invaded or in
| fringed upon, without full and proper
compensation being made to all parties
| Fhis a commission will be sure TO do
And now gentlemen, | beg OF you not
30 oppose the passage OF this bill because
/ the growth and prosperity of Whining
| ton must not be retarded. Why gentle
men at the last session OF the General
| Assembly this board OF Street and Sewer
| Commissioners aud the Citizens Com
mittee were down here urging that
sewer be provided for 10 drain the water
shed ON the north side OF the Kenuett
| nike into Rattlesnake run, which they
have since made into sewer. The
chief source OF contamination at that
time was caused mostly by refuse from 3
lager beer brewery | believe, The brew
Ing company could not be- made to close
up and move away 1t was a concern
employing perhaps twenty hands,
whilst this morocco factory employs
800, | am told. The water shed that
makes into silyerhrooh ON the south side
Of the Kenneth pike Ia just as necessary
20 be a public sewer now as the water
| shed lying north Of this pike was neees-
sary TO make Rattlesnake run public
sewer two years ago. Then the Board Of
| .ft4a a
THAI Now the said board Ia violently
opposing this AS believe It to be
public necessity for that portion Of the
city, | hope the bill will psss and ak the
honorable senators to support It. and
now move that the bill be put upon its
passage through the Senate"
Houston-I was up there and Il looks
to me as IL 1t will ha. 9 TO be condemned
Mr. Ford lGbors under great disad
vantages | think 1t will have 70 be
condemned
McMullin-" Speaker, Edo not
propose going into this discussion with
that degree OF earnestness amounting TO
desire to persuade or influence anyone
TO vote for or against the bill | agree
that II is two sided question but IN
my Judgment the condemnation Of
, Silverbrook Is the stronger side and for
: It's condemnation | will vote The ques-
tion has been raised whether this IL MOI
within the province OF the City Council
and beyond the jurisdiction OF the Legis
lature, bat you, Mr.. Speaker, arr
inclined to the opinion that it is properly
the business Of the Legislature and 80 W.
accspt it II did not seem to me
Mr. Speaker, when Senator
Houston aud were riding
: around viewing slverbrook and Nil
Greek that 1t looked like assumption oi
the part Of your humble servants Il
y undertake to decide what was best IL
4 the city Of Wilmington. But IL we ar
: here for that purpose we will meet II a
\ best we can. In favor Of the condemna
tion we have the demands OF growing
> city, backed by 5000 petitioners, resi-
dents Of the city Of " llmington. Agains
IL are arrayad the Street and Sewer De
= partment OF the city II seems to me, a
have before stated that for condemna
(, tion Is the stronger side, and that thes
y people who have lived on the borders o
these streams, aud who nave grown ric
I, because Of the growth and demands o
= the city Of Wilmington will have t
p move back with their herds to other
2 localities where the waters are as pur,
:, and the scenery as delightful, aud leay,
y y to Wilmington what belongs TO her"
Pilling-"lt Is the natural drainage,
admit. My colleagues from New Castl
70 and Sussex were 5oth there Friday
ask these men II there was any drainae
~ going into the eity7 | think they wi
- say there was not. Wha. right haye "
; !, to rob these people OF their grain
y ground2 IL You allow this refuse frci
: the morocco factory to run into II tn
y ~ water will become so contaminated wit
n acid that II will be impossible for II
es be used in boilers
40 Hall must say that am bette
farmer than either Of those who has
" spoken. The condemnation of Silver
a. brook does not prevent cattle from graz
~ ing on the land We don't think Of hR'
% ing streams In Kent county What
q The matter with windmills and other aI
le Dliances"
= Pilling-"Yes, but who is to pay Il
w this7"
Houston-"The condemnation Of I'll
y stream will enhance the value Of h
no land
oI Pllling-"Thst Is simply an opinion
~ Ross-"It Is a matter OF fact.
sI Pilling-"It is not right. think Il
~ unkiudest and most uncalled for thing
" have heard said against Jessup & Moor
IA Is that they 60 to Europe aud spen
~ their money. They came here poor mel
~ ~ a ID should be honored."
~ McMnllin-"In reply TO my colleapu,
u the senator from New Castle county.
~ have nothing to say against the peop
II who have located sheif plants either q
- the head Of Silyerbrook or at the mout
~ Of the Mill creek, and by their pluck an
y enterprise have amassed fortunes Il
q themselves. and have giv4 a comp
~ tence to hundreds Of others. am salts
~ fed that they are soiourning in foreig
~ lands, but the people who are loudest /
~ their protest are the people who live b.
ves tween these two plants, there by chant
~ or accident, and have never added
!. worth to the value Of their lands, bu
- because they have grown ricl
IN their lands have risen In value from SIC
as and $3.50 per acre, to 81 900 andIk 81 tt
- per acre, because others hay
~ developed the cities growth in this dire
y. tion. l say these are the people who ar
~ saying we can afford to stay here al
is pasture our COWS on these hillsides an
=. let them drink from the pure waters
ne Silverbrook these are the people who al
ne standing In the way Of the city
~ growth
- Mr.. Speaker Senators. all thei
4. arguments of the senator from Wht
- Clay Creek, seems plausible enough Il
~ his present opposition TO this bill But
- ~ say TO him now that this Silverbroc
~ stands In the way, and Is thereto
~ ch.obfno tha ruapcb of fn,nxovaroa a.