The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-06
THE NEW THIRTEENTH WARD.
Citizens of the Highlands Do Not Want
TO Come Into the City-But IL They
DO They Want the Boundaries of the
Ward lsnIargeti.

tho Highlands, in the proposed new
Thirteenth ward, met last night in the
Odd Fellows Hall, Eighteenth street
and Bancrofcs road, to take action on
the proposition to bring that suburb
into tho city as the Thirteenth ward.
About s o'clock John =. Miller was
called to the chair, and stated that the
meeting, he believed, was called to
discuss the project of bringing the
teenth ward. After some inquiries as
TO who had Issued the call for the
meeting, James Smith. assessor for
Chris.iana Hundred, avowed himself
as the author OF the call at the request
OF q number of citizens. ....5
Patrick j. Haughey said he supposed
IL made no difference who called the
meeting so that il was called.
MIR. Smith said he had remon.
STRANGE in his possession signed by
forty freeholders and taxpayers within
the boundary of the newly proposed
ward protesting against being an
nexed to the city, especially with the
present proposed lines. For his part
he was opposed to the present lines.
All are not treated alike. The man
home had the brunt of the taxes to
pay and will not be benefited. The
line, he thought, ought to start at the
Brandywine and run along Rising
Sun Lane parallel with Union street
+ on to the Lancaster pike. Considera-
BILE discussion ensued in regard to
where the lines were OF the newly pro-
posed ward.
I William Bancroft said he understood
! the line started at Twelfth and Union
L streets and ran west to Greenhill ave-
/ nue., from thence north to Pennsylva-
/ MIA avenue, and from thence a certain
number of feet to Mt. Salem lane, and
| from thence along the line between
/ Mt. Salem Cemetery and Thos. Toys
/ land To n point at the northeast corner
/ of Rockford Park, and thence along
the line OF the park to Union street,
and along that street to the place of
| beginning.
After more discussion Edward Aines-
worth expressed himself earnestly
against the lines as now drawn, and to
bring the matter properly before the
meeting, offered the following:
Resolved, That We rs residents of
the Highlands, are utterly opposed to
being taken into the city under tho
proposed lines as laid before the pres
ent Legislature.
Tho resolution though concurred in
/
! Gus discussion.
| Mr., Bancroft thought TINT the manu-
featuring villages ON the creek did not
stand in the same relation to the city
as the highlands The latter would
! be directly benefited by water, gas
and regularly laid out streets, being
on n regular line with the streets ex-
tended, while the settlements on the
! creek wore not and would be benefited
| by opening streets and were not ask
ing for water and gas.
Edward Nelson wanted straight
lines II they were to have new ward.
George Machlem wanted all TO speak
their minds.
were simply ridiculous.
William Bancroft did not think them
unreasonable at all.
| Mi. Ainesworth said that II these
lines were adopted the citizens of the
villages on the creek could not get out
To tilcr voting place in North Chris
tiana Hundred without going through
the city. He did not know who wanted
this new ward, nor whether the city
wanted ii. The latter had more now
than itcould attend To properly. If
there must be u new ward he wanted a
straight line.
Some gentleman suggested that the
voters at Bancroft's and Riddles could
&. take Il steamer up the BrandyHine to
vote.
Mr. johnson snid all were Interested
in School District No. rs. A new school
house had just been erected, at cost
of $40, 600 to $1,000. which they would
lose ii the present lines were adopted.
Some people We're foolish enough to
think that II they were only in the city
they would almost Immediately have
gas water, paving and curbing.
The char reminded Mr. Johnson
that his remarks were not german to
the question.
Mr.. Bancroft said that obviously it
would be no benefit TO tho Highlands
where streets and city improvements
were wanted.
Patrick J. Haughcy thought that it
would only be matter of short time
when all would he taken into the city
anyhow.
MIR. Ainesworth's resolution was
unanimously adopted.
President Miller, leaving his chair,
/ then offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That ii is the sense of
this meeting that said lines should
commence at point in the Brandy
! wine creek opposite the northerly end
OF Rising Sun road; thence south
westerly parallel with Union street to
the Lancaster turnpike, and from tho
place Of beginning as aforesaid. cas-.
terly following the bed of said Brandy.
wine creek to the city line"
This resolution also brought forth a
vigorous discussion, much on the line
of tho first resolution, with the under
standing that the resolution should
embody the following proviso:
Resolved, That II there is to he a
new ward, il is the sense, etc"
Amended as above Indicated, the
resolution passed unanimously.
On motion of p j. Haughcy, the fol-
lowing COMMITTEES was appointed as Il
Legislative committee: Edward Aines-
worth, James Smith and George Mack
lem. Chairman of the meeting John
). Miller was added to the committee.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
at the call of the chair. Quite mum.
+ Der OF other persons took part in the
discussion, whose names the reporter
could not catch.
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