Evening journal., 1891-05-05
CONDEMNATION PASSED
Senate Favors Making a
Sewer Of S;lverbrook.
SENATOR PILLINgs OPPOSITION.

Decision Hutson and smith Are |
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STAFF Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, May The bill providing
for the condemnation OF Silverbrook as a
common sewer was passed by the Senate
to day by vote of . 10 4
Senator Ross sprung It unexpectedly
upon the Senate this morning and caught
all the senator's unprepared to meet IL as
they would liked 10 have done.
Mr. Pilling led In the debate by at
tacklng the bill He said:
~ suppose there is nothing | could say
which would throw light upon the sub
iect Yon have heard IL discussed on all
slices hnt will say that am very we
versed with the locality / was there
Saturday and Saturday week There IS
one question | would like to ask, how
ever, and that is, Is not the power vested
in the City Council to do what we are
compelling them to do in this bili2 Il
that is the case, why not let them decide
it2 Leave them to exercise that power
The worst feature In my mind In this
bill is that there is only short portion
Of silyerbrook within the city limits
The stream covers very long distance
In its wanderinga outside tho city. T
stream is certainly a sparkling, clear
stream In my mind the statements on both
sides have been greatly exaggei ated In re.
lation to 1t. But TO conway the drainage
from this morocco factory to tide water
is not less than from two to three miles
know the locality we'll IL Ia very hard
on that morocco factory | admire MIR.
Ford very much He has pluck and
| backbone, and II there s anything like
4 it is too see that In a man. At the present
time the city of Wilmington Is here
urging us TO allow them to borrow
$500, 600; and nov to get them into this
expense is question, when don't know
what the expense will be But be thif
as 1t may, IL will be an expense 70 the
many for the convenience Of the few. l
have made up my mind that / will vote
| against the passage Of this bill, and
leave 1t TO the city OF Wilmington. II
that city wants any authority to 60 out
side. then | will vote to give It, Il Is a
great expense and runs q long distance
We have had several bills OF persons
trying TO get into the city, and enjoy
city privileges. and they have been re
fused. The stream only runs for few
blocks within the city limits
Mr. Speaker-"As II Is a Wilmington
bill. asked for by WILMINGTON people.
do not suppose there will be any objec
tion to me making few remarks vi or
IT, When this bill was first introduces
had considerable doubt as to how
should vote. But. one thing Is certain
and that is that 1t must be condemned
: The only question In my mind was
whether now was the time.
I'VE are petitioned by over Q. 900 citi
gems and taxpayers Of Wilmington I,
pass bill now to authorize its condem
nation as public necessity Now,
senators, this is a matter OF very weightl
moment for us TO decide as our bes
Judgment shall direct | am certain
J that whatever way the vote is reachs.
on this vital question now before us
that justice to all the parties at issue
will be always present bsfore your minds
7 and that the rights Of nona shall b
Z taken from them. We'll. let us say thu
the stream ss 1t now runs, and has be-
belongs to those whose lands Il run
through or alongside Of; (for many own
ers have such described rights by reason
OF the various windlngs Of this s.-s
stream, and the other side of the ques
? tion, shall the city of Wilmington wit
is present and future great manpfsq,ul
ing interests, be dsadlocked and held {
check by reason Of small and inslguif
cant brock, because the said brook passe
/. through portion Of our growing an
very prosperous section of the ciiy-be
cause the city line | think certainl
reaches one quarter Of q mile bsyon
: this stream on Lancaster avenue Thi
7 stream is most assuredly the watershe
that must carry of the rainfall and refus
l hnt 81 l..
city. 1t has been placed there BY natur
to serve for this very purpose that is nol
4 asked for, Ia natural sewer)
L 1--WE had another such run or stream
Stallcup's run. on the eastern side Of th
city But 1t is now, and has been Il
years past, a public sewer, and covere
by costly buildings We have anoths
= running between 0iange and Tatna
streets, which Is utilized to carry of tn
refuse from our slaughter bouses an
morocco manufactures. Further wei
we have another, between Madison an
Monroe streets called Shipley run, whlc
carries off the refuse from many oths
7, morocco factories aud slaughter house,
besides serving that section of the cit
as a general sewer. all these thtt
now have named carry eff all the refut
matter and discharges 1t into the Oh rit
tiana river at different points. HI
Ig gentlemen, what we would ever ay
done without those natural sewers II
IN our city In the past | cannot pretend |
tell you. Now they are all covered b
costly buildings used for manufacturin
= purposes that would not otherwise bay
+ been located with us, and those industris
that l have just mentioned emplo
thousands OF mechanics and manufat tui
millions OF dollars worth into ma eril
, to 20 ont all over the country Land hs
now become so valuable In our city ths
= manufactures that need much rooi
are of necessity forced to go out further
:. and the next best place that present
itself suitable for such purposes
Silverbrook; IL Is made 70 by natur,
by reason Of our natural hills and dir
which 60 to make our city which is on
of the healthiest to be found, b
Il reason of this natural drainage. Ger
tlemen. these 1000 petitioners do not as
you to do the people who hold rights |
8 this brook any injury, but what the
ts expect to pay them well for. Thoi
d, owners of adjacent lands Nigh
well afford to give their rights /
fee simple, and then consider themselv,
= most lucky people, indeed, for havin
their land lying right in the trac
of prosperous enterprises by reason
l. the city's rapid growth in their direction
q Why the value of their lands is enhance
500 fold more than il otherwise woul
ever have been had the city's march
T. Improvement taken another dlrectio