The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-16

To the Cherry Island Marsh Company
and The Delaware Construction
Company, with Reasons Therefor.

MISUNDERSTANDING by bridging the
Brandywlne at Fourth street you are
engaged In the enterprise OF develop
ing and placing on the market about q
thousand acres OF your land. bounded
on the west In part by the easterly
shore OF the Brandywine river, on the
south by tho northerly shore of the
Christiana river and on the east by the
westerly shore OF tho Delaware river,
the writer believes your enterprise will
succeed and that it is reasonably calcu-
lated; l. 10 utilize an investment made
years ago by the city, OF Wilmington in
filling in and grading 100 feet wide
Fourth street to the Delaware river at
cost, it is said. of 51l,0O0.
. 10 assist In establishing harbor,
wharfage and foreign shipping for
Wilmington on the Delaware. z. To
lead to tho establishment and promo
ton OF industries and commerce in
that section, advancing the value of
land and increasing tho income from
taxes to both our city and county. 4.
10 greatly promote the peoples
health by covering marsh land and
thereby lesseuing miasma in the at
mosphere and therefore to be of such
great public benefit to the people of
the city of Wilmington and county OF
New Castle, that the writer in beha If
OF the interest OF the people, gives
public advice.
Our advice toyou Is TO Immediately
post the people us to all the pros and
cons OF your undertaking. especially of
any personal opposition that may have
exhibited itself Ii there Is man that
is jealous because he didn't happen to
think first and start this important Oh.
terplise 50 sure to win the TaYorof the
people because OF SO great benz.
tit to them, show him up In his iral.
onsy. II there is Il man so mean, sor-
did miserlY and narrow that he hates
to sec his fellow citizens start bust
uess eDterpris' that will profit them,
Notwithstanding it greatly benefits the
| people nj the same time, show him up.
| III there Is 4 man who VIII sacrifice
on oppose the public welfare and the
just rights OF his fellow cit Zens to do
business, show him up. As you have
| public law and public welfare both on
your side show up the muu if any.
that claims lie has public law to sus-
tam him in private greed aud merce-
nary seliishness. II any man under.
takes TO sacrifice the peoples welfare
to his personal seltishne-s and envy,
show him up.
You have derived your authority
from the United States Government
aud from the Government of the State
OF Delaware to bridge tho Brandywlue
river at Fourth street.
Outside OF the constitution of the
United States. the Leglsslnre is the
| highest authority in tho state and has
given YOU full power to locate this
brldge,as you haNe,fulI power 10 cross
said river with tho bridge and to do
every thing necessary to il on both
shores.
A special commission Is authorized
by provision OF law to permanently
liX the wharf line near tho shore OF
naNigablc waters. II il the duty of
Port Wardens'. to see that no wharf
| goes out further into the water or 10.
| You'd tho Port Wardens' line. In gen
eral when tho duty OF giving Iio0na1
is fixed by lawi, Is perfunctory OF com
pulsory.
The port waldens are compelled by
law to give any man Il license to build
u wharf out as far as the port wardens
line OF survey ON the payment of thu
specified surveyors fee, say $40. Tho
court would compel it bya mnndamus
But tic port wardens have no power
TO let any man build out into the
water beyond the port wardens wharl
line. They cannot give the right tC
build a bridge. That is not their bust
ness That right is legislative anC
must come from the lpgis ature Aftei
the power to bald a bridge has been
given by the legislature it cannot he
taken away by port wardens any more
than by any other and private citizen
whatsoever.
The power TO build clear across q
stream includes the power to buiid 81