Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-17

| afternoon in order to see if he could not |
dig out this wished for flaw.
The favorers Of acceptance claim that
the act is complete and without q flaw.
Some inkling of the latter possibility,
however, of homes of discovering certain
flaw was cleaned in the exclamation of
member of the Levy Court that the law
refers to acceptance "by the county-and
| who is tho county,"
Other members of the Levy Court sec
the whole matter otherwise. They believe
that the extension Of Seventh street with
its purpose of opening up to the extension
of the city all that vast territory to the
river front is just what is needed at the
present time. They believe also that the
street bed belongs to the city and should
not be allowed longer to be considered
closed way.
1t is stated that portion of the Jackson
J & Sharp buildings about upon the roadway
in question. subsequently City Council
expended several thousand dollars in
building the Fourth street extension to the
river front. The new Cherry Island marsh
bridge is the connecting link between the
extension of seventh street and Fourth
, street, where il runs out to the Delaware
} river front. Ten years or more ago, when
: Council was inspecting proposed roads to
| the Delaware, one of which WAS projected
, by way of Seventh street. Job III. Jacksonc
J in his address to the councilmen while in
specting the site. said: "ro open this street
/ through my property here would damage
Inc ut least 100000"
At that time City Council decided on the
!. Christiana avenue route. Since then,
! however, following the Improvements and
! developments on Cherry Island, the city
e is feeling the demand Of stretching out for
4 more room for commercial and MANN
ell featuring purposes, and the movement is
!, in the direction of the Delaware river
= front. The direct rund il by the Fourth
street road across the marsh, and its con
: nections, rs stated, Is the new bridge,
G which is met by the extension Of Seventh
Street.
e Court adjourned to 100 o'clock Friday
/, afternoon.
q David L. IIutchison Of Appoquinimink
. presided at Levy Court saturday in0rningin
. the absence Of Chairman Richard q.
buckingham. Immediately after roll-call
o Mr.. buckingham left. 1t was understood
o that his mother, the wife Of Postmaster
d Alban buckingham of Pleasant Hill eX-
porienced stroke Of paralysis on Satur
m day. Mrs. buckingham is IS years of age.
,f Postmaster buckingham was appointed
y by President William Henry Harrison,
y and has held the position through the POI
&c litical vicissitudes of half a century.
in The whole business Of the morning was
III confined to the work of adding names to
the assessment lists. The champion
ho voucher, A. B. Mcpherson Johnson, col
~ ~ ored reappeared to-day and led up a long
81 string Of anxious and dusky citizels to tho
"a clerks desk. All of them were safely
"a steered past the rocks and dangers of in
pa vestigation by Pilot johnson and success
he fully placed on the lists.
IA The Levy Court members, the officials
IA of the court and the reporters were the re-
10 cipients ON Saturday OF a large basket o!
N splendid Cartwright and strawberry apples
~ The donor was Levy Courtman James II
al Clark of led Lion. The toothsome gift
- was duly appreciated and motion Of
| be- "a. IL
n Just at this time A. b. Mcpherson John
to son appeared with another batch OF col
ored applicants. On Mr.. Grubbs sugges
or ton, Bridgetender johnson was donutet
&c an apple for each man he brought in.
81 EXselect Councilman Handy of phila
va va delphia, but now of Brandywine hundred
Gu was a visitor at Levy Court on Saturday
as George Carr Of Newark made appeal fol
ge reduction of the assessment ON housi
ST. property that was recently burned. Tn
lot matter was left over for the consideration
* OF full court.
ra A total of q names were added to III,
w lists on Saturday.
L., LEVY COURTS LONG SESSION.
~ The question is daily raised now as /,
how long the present Levy Court will sit
IRE 1t is understood, although unoticially
that me members propose continuing
ay their daily sessions until July.
so 1t is understood that the Republican
tlv consider it will take all that time, that i
H. from April lst to July, to compare tn
Ae copying Of the names from the cour
record to the duplicates. 1t is understood,
IN. that the proposition is to have Il rigid,
I'LL exact copy Of names on the duplicate
OF Alter April lst no properties can b.
touched. in fact the assessors lists can't b
in touched at all after that date
en- The Wilmington poll list contains 007
49, names. To this add 1000 for propert,
- taxpayers, and 10000 names for the pres
eel cnt assessment (!rll and there will Inc