The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-04-07

the idea OF building brick stack for
one OF iron for the reason that we
could not obtain sufficient foundation
without excessive cost.
i would not, gentlemen. take the
whole property-twenty-fiv acres
that the Jackson d Sharp Company
possess, as gift. were compelled to
use 1t for manufacturing purposes il
l were to-day seeking site. would
rather go out toward Edge Moor on
the north or along the line of the sew
eral railroads on tho south and buy
property at the present price. than TO
spend one dollar upon worthless
marsh.
Mr.. Jackson, at considerable length.
ridiculed the idea OF river front and
said:
II the people Of this city are 50 anx-
ious TO bring manufactures here | will
| suggest some ways that will help.
First, stop spending money for use
less streets to bring i'll worse than use
less property.
Go 10 work with our next Legisla-
ture md have the manufacturers tax
re%Rs s,sS onr ri, > on,,0r,,,o. constant
ly that they do not spend any more
money than ls necessary and keep the
taxes within the present limit, or low.
er II possible, and then manufacturers
| will be induced to come.
Then stop this everlasting cry for
| opening up OF streets through manu-
featuring establishments.
Who have made the city what It Is?
Is IL the men who are writing these
| newspaper articles, or the mon who
| are crying Road to the River?" Or
was 1t such men as Samuel Harlan
who commenced making cigar boxes
| NhnpA ST P1ll'G f'hnrf.h ato
and from that little beginning sprang
the greater-the Harlan and Holllngs-
worth Company?
Who built up the Pussy and Jones
Company A workman, an appren-
tlcs from tho shops OF j. Morton
Poole, when they were out ON the
Brandywine, and an apprentice out of
the shops of the Harlan and Holdings
worth Company
| works. man who Is still In our
midst and who commenced in q very
small way. And yet these very men
and their establishments must be.driv.
en- away from this city. il some Of the
| newspaper articles were regarded with
favor. and all these streets opened
through these works. Suppose some
body petitions for tho opening OF Rob
inson street. cutting the Diamond
State Iron Colnpnny's works in two, OF
the opening OF Poplar and Lombard
ard Pine, thus destroying the Pussy
and Jones Company or opening lao
Gust and Buttonwood through Hillcs
and Jones and Seidel and Hastings. i
| need not city more. You can see fol
yourselves the result
hesitate, from matter OF dellcacy,
to speak OF my own company, but
think the circumstances warrant it,.
Our property, as You see by the map,
extends from the Brandywine to the
thristiana and that ii is all one solid
manufacturing establishment. When
we commenced in 1888. and all through
the first years our weekly wages were
t2OO to $500 per week and gradually
grow on in later years they have fire.
Iquently run up to from TlS, 900 to SI5,-
900 with fair prospect of consldera.
bic increase this year. And where
does tho money come from that we
are spending here every day? Scarcely
81 from the city of Wilmington.
The opening of a road through oul
property would do us vast harm and
cost us large sums of money yearly.
| Why, then, gentlemen, will you con
sent TO the opening Of n road or dc
anything TINT would tend to the omen
ing OF road that would cause injury
10 an active working establishment
like ours2 Nay. wait. wait until these
prospective manufactures IRE built
Let them show faith III their marsh by
their works.
In conclusion. gentlemen, ! ask you
10 DO all IA your power to avoid ac-
ceptaHce ot the bridge. First, becau sc
II u not public necessity, Because
IL Is bttlJt merely for land speculation.
ii Is Duilt 10 boom land and not to en-
courage manufacturers. 1t Will bring