Evening journal., 1892-04-06
GALLOWS-FRAME BRIDGE.
Job II Jackson and w. C. Spruance
Before the Levy Court

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saws That Neither jackson Nor His Cor
poration oan straddIe This CITY.
This mornings session of the Levy
Court was occupied in hearing argument
on the acceptance Of the new gallows-
frame bridge over the Brandywine river |
on the line Of Fourth street extended,
from the Cherry Island Marsh Company. |
Job n jackson, of the Jackson and |
Sharp Company, with George b Bates as
his counsel, appeared for the opponents |
Of the bridge; while George A. Talley |
and William @. Spruance represented the
friends OF the scheme.
The courtroom was well filed when
Job H. jackson took the hocr. he read
a carefully prepared type written speech
covering many pages Of legal cap. After
reviewing the vast amount Of money that
is brought to this city by the company,
and the number Of hands they employed,
he claimed that the opening of the
street through the works of the company
would work irreparable Injury TO ID, as 1t
would divide the yard and the shops.
He was prepared with maps and plots.
He said:
Eleventh street bridge is only three
blocks further to the north. Eight
blocks is all that 1t will save
Build your manufactures and open
Seventh street and will
not object The city would not be losing
any more than now. Let them come and
put up establishments | viii not
/ oppose II. Do not spend money
on a wild goose chase When we
located our works, the city commits
sion was agltared because we shut of
/ Seventh street We asked for com
mission. II assessed the damage at
$5, 900 but Council refused to accept it :.
II claim that the lane below the gate
belongs to the BrRndywine Marsh Com
pany, which had a gate-keeper, for the
reason that they wanted to
protect their property, have
not attempted to check the eastward
growth of the city. / have paid for
levery foot l possess, also paid my
bills.
81 ask you TO refuse to accept this
bridge because it is not public neces-
sity because it is built for land specula-
tion; because it is built to boom land, anc
not to encourage manufactures; because
lit will cause distress to the Jackson and
Sharp Company, and win give no assur-
ance of safety to others who are here nov
or who may be coming here; because th'
Cherry Island Marsh Company had ne
faith ia you. but went TO the Legislature
and tried to make its acceptance manda
tory refuse it because You are asked tt
do so by the largestsmanufacturers Of tn
city; refuse it because you are right.
LETTERS FROM MANUFACTURERS.
He read several letters from leadin
manufacturers having business along tn
river7front
Enoch Moore thought 1t would inter
fere with the company as 1t needed th
roadbed to haul lumber across. Il
4 thought the ultimate cost to the count
Of such acceptance would be fromS30, 90
20 $50 600.
j. 7. Cause, president Of the Harla
and Hollingsworth Company, expresse
Z the belief that the bridg
was unnecessary and would iDjul
!. the jackson and Sharp Company's plar
very much. That the authorities should
q very careful in opening streets throug
the yards of large manufacturing estai
lishments
!, George g. Lobdell thought it detr
3 ment to have shops separated by
thoroughfare. His plant had bs'
t put in that position once, and he wou
It be tempted to move away If put in SUI
IS position again
:. sPRUANCE FOR THE BRIDGE,
! Mr.. Spruance then took the floor
: behalf of the bridge. After insistir
4 that the legal points to be raised shou
: be stated before he spoke and being +
fused by George Fl. Bates, be said
81 Itold my clients it would not
worth our while to be fighting shadow
/ wondered who these self-constitute
II guardians of Ethe public good we're.
! find that they are none other thl
the Jackson and Sharp Compan
le But there are larger interests in th
" city than those of Job H. Jackson or
company. He can't straddls this cit
r he has admitted that the Brand
?. wine Marsh Company owns Il
land and here is petition signed
ss nearly every member of that compal
" I favoring the change he says manufa
tories cannot be built on the marsh Ian
and yet he is building big factory on jr
IN such land. He is in the business for g
d, money there is in it and not for the pu
lie good. Others have rights. 7
be city's extension to the river fro
ld must not be stopped by O
ay firm. This company that is obje,
ing has probably made more money th
any other in the town. He has sho'
~ you how many millions have be
on brought here. All this has l
"a been done for the public &c
but for the usufruct. The law passed
to the Legislature is mandatory. Y
cd must accept this bridge. 1t is t
,e- same kind OF an act that knock
sr- you out off Office, gentlemen, aud thu
was not lawyer who dared galnsay
ts constitutionality (Laaghter)
~ There was mush debate and seve
Of sharp tits between he and Mr.. JRckso
oBJEcTING TO NEWSPAPER BILLS
IL The session Of the Levy Court vest
day afternoon was marked bya Rep
on lican onslaught upon the claims Of
10 newspapers, regardless of their pa
IN creed.
,Is Since Edward g. Bradford aud v
an liam O. Spruanoe sent in their bills
m defending the Republicans against
assessment list injunction proceedin
the line Of economy had to be dra
somewhere and the papers we're selec
as the object Of criticism.
- The following bills for printing, c
-. nected with the operation of the F
- Commissioners law, were presented
io ing the session: News Publishing Co
-. ~ pany. $500 so; Journal Printing Ok
M pany, s449 50, two bills; Freie Pres
~ ~ S68; a. A. Roop, $2e.75; w. Fl. Far
~ So. SIS; Mercantile Printing Company.
-. Every Evening Printing Comps
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