Evening journal., 1891-03-11


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STAFF @erresp@nasnce EVENING JOURNAL.
DOWN. March TO- This has been b
all odds she busiest day since this sessio
of the General Assembly began. TIL
town has been ovarrun by prominen
men who had axes TO grind.
Iou soc ex-Seeretary OF State Thoma
+. Bsyard, ex- Speaker B L. Lewis an
ex-Speaker John n. Hoffecker, consti
tuting the Boundary Commission, hob
nobbing Ia the efiiee of the secretary Q
state, ever the boundary report.
Again you see Hon. Charles B. Lore
Presidents A. N. Raub ex-Secretary o
State w. r. Oausey and Others. intereste
in Delaware College quietly laying thei
pipes fer an appropriation to Delawar
College.
Another group consists Of Hon. @. @
Stockley, Congressman John w Causey
Charles w. AcFee, Dr. Hugh Martin
Colonel e. L Martin. w. F Causey
Paynter Frame, w. Henry Colburne, r
w E0nston, w B Tonilson, Hon Johr
B. Dorman, Edwin R. Paynter and others
who are agitated over the Five Com
missioners bill for Sussex county, ant
the possibility Of minority representa-
tioR amendment to suit the ideas Of Sena
tor Williams
There is the Farmers Institute dele
CATION on equalization of taxation, and
their number is legion. Ex-State Treas
urer Herbert aud his son Frank are here
trying 30 effect settlement OF the state
tl....t 80. VI nj
Biggs, Recorder of Deeds James T
Shailcross and Patrick Neary could be
seen 10 the Lobby doing good work on the
commissioners bills for New Castle
county Judge Ball was here Just in
time to gee hts bill, providing for convict
labor, ditched for one week by the
Senate henry O Conrad had his little
batch Of divorce bills Deputy Attorney
General Davis was seen with his hands
full OF bills fer the condemnation OF
criminal classes Joseph L Carpenter
Js., WAS in the State House on . secret
mission
The Boundary Question.
The most important matter came last.
1t vas the report of the Delaware
Boundary Commissioners, which was
made IN the House Of Representatives to
night, at o'clock, by Mr.. Bayard. Two
years ago the General Assembly passed
an act appointing Hon Thomas +. Bay
ard. Speaker B. T. Lewis of tho Senate.
and Speaker John II. Hoffeeker OF the
House of representatives, commission
to settle the disputed boundary question
between Delaware aud Pennsylvania. Il
appropriated 81, 000 for the purpose.
In his report tonight Mr.. Bayard
said:
GENTLEMEN or THE Two HOUSES:
] am greatly indebted to you for the
privilege Of meeting You IN order that
my associates and myself could perform
what ] consider our duty at this time. ia
bringing to your notice public matter
which u Of much interest to the people
Of this state.
He then read the act creating the com
mission
X have read this act because the cues
tion Is very important one TO Delaware
in arranging its boundary with Peunsyl
wants We have hal a great deal Of
consultation on the subject here. M Phil
adelphia snd in Wilmington. VIZ have
had meetings arranged with the commits
sioners Of Pennsylvania We have got
what information we could but ID runs
back great many years | don't think
1t is at this time expedient or useful 10
make report to the Legislature. Hnt
by making q statement Of the commission
to let you see if It is wise TO 90 on and
nse the money, | viii say TO you, thst
none Of the money has thus far been
used The members Of the commission
have paid their individual expenses them
selveA
I'm 1s47 an effort was made to estab-
lish boundary, or rather, the point OF
interception between Maryland, Pennsyl
vania and Delaware ieint resolution
was adopted authorizing thu governor to
draw on the state treasurer for money 70
pay all the EXPENSES. There was no
stipulated sum. II was left to the honor
snd discretion OF the governor The
resolution provided that the stone having
been destroyed the governor ia author
lied TO appoint commission 10
act with the commissions of
the other states 70 4 * the point and To
erect a suitable monument which shall be
permanent. Governor Tharp, who was
then governor OF Delaware, appointed
George Riddell. and elaborate preparations
were made for the survey The other
commissions did not feel that they had
the appliances, and Colonel Graham, a
United States Government engineer made
the survey he found that the bounda, v
records IN Delaware and Pennsylvania
had not been preserved, but hs did find
them in Maryland He found the origl-
nal surveys Of the Mason aud Dixon line
He copied them in full and they are to be
found in House aud Senate Journals.
volume n. Of Delaware. There anyone
will End IL recorded Colonel Graham
found II remarkably correct So much
50 that sometimes BY survey they would
find the old monument buried. The OBJ.
ject OF this resolution was to find where
the three states meet They found 1t, and
in le49 placed a monument alongside the
same monument Mason and Dixon
placed there nearly 2U0 years before |
have with me this map made by Mr..
Graham. II raises question | nor the
committee are ready to answer Ii shows
that according to the lines nelaw has
for more than century had territory
which does not belong to her, IL under
the location Of this new stone the twelve
mile circle was run, shall not, how
ever, anticipate this
10 my correspondence / asked Mr.
Monaghan Of Pennsylvania what was the
estimated expense The land over which
they win pass in the survey is about
twenty four miles. l found that the
figures on the part Of the Pennsylvania
were so high that it would be better to
employ a United States Typographical
engineer. II we can get United States
surveyor TO run the line it would be
better But before we 60 to the expense
l thought 1t would be better 10 refer il 70
No -
the di pute is not la.g e--oniv
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