Evening journal., 1893-12-13
HEARING DIRECTORS.
Persons Interested in Elsmere
Voice Their Sentiments.
DELEGATION BEFORE LEVY COURT
The Awards OF the Commissioners OBJ
jeoted TO by Persons own ing Property
Along the Road Ordered to BE widened.
Special Meeting of the Levy Court.

Special Meeting of the Levy Court.
Those persons who object to the
widening Of Elsmere road from thirty.
three to sixty feet and who are dissatis.
fed with the awards of the commits
sioners appointed to do the work, had
full opportunity to voice their senti
ments at a special meeting Of the Levy
Court, held this morning The time set
for the session 20 begin was 10 o'clock
IC was 1890 before the commissioners
were In their seats and II o'clock be
fore the spoSesmen Of the obieetors
arrived
The only absent member Of the Levy
Court was Mr. Armstrong He Is con.
fined to his home by sickness an d
threatened with an attack of the grip or
pneumonia.
The history Of the trouble IS brief
During the last session Of the General
Assembly someone interested in the road
took bill TO Dover aud got 10 through
both branches. lt was several weeks
after the General Assembly adjourned
before the property owners directly in
terested knew that such bill had become
law. The first real intimation was
when the surveyor went out there TO
make his lines. Then there was a howl
and il has never subsidized. Owners Of
dwellings objected to having their front
yards ruined while others objected on
general principles.
Ev Levy Court Commissioners Isaac n.
Grubb and John w Jolls. together with
Joseph Davidson, were appointed a com
mission TO assess the dsmages Last
week they presented their awards TO the
| Levy Court as follows.
Cleland estate, S31 so; Davis estate
/ S39; Dr. j p. Stidham's estate, 1928 l3;
Ann b Foreman estate, $2O446; VIII
mington Wueel Factory $l5; Alvan Al
len, $42; Margaret J. Cornelius, 500: j..
p. Lynn, $40. W. & n r X Co. ,
! S15; A. Wollaston. $2l0; Sarah Miller,
S156 } Lynn, S43 j. Flynn, $3j;
James A. Gebhard, $3j; Elsmere NJ p
Church S43; J Shonewald. $35 Sam
ne. johnson, $3j; Heald a. Co., $95; s.
! Redmond Smith $50: }. Hustin, IS; A.
p Stevenson, s. G; c. w Gouert. SIG; B.
/ r Veasry S. NJ b. Hickman IS; NJ.
Gallo, IS; G. Strobel, IS; f s. John
son, S24 John McCallister, IS; L. II.
Grubb, $S James II Bsggs, IS; J. W.
! Crawford. $24; Everett Jones, 81
Miriam Lsud and Improvement Com
pany. $24; George Leach, 500
Newton j. Derrickson, $110; Thoms.
Taylor, 500; party unknown, disputed
triangle claimed by Leach aud Dsrric6son
| So CA: Thomas Walters estate, $500; vii
liam Brackiu, $780, Edward Wood ward
$4t2 %; William Frederick, $1o6 81
John J. Flynn, SIG g. Total. So BOA 21
l. Counsel for several Of the persons in
terested were present and asked that
day for a hearing De appointed. To dal
was set.
Before the hearing was opened CleIl
of the Peace Biggs ana Deputy Clerl
Janvier stretched around two sides o.
the room the thirty six foot plot of the
survey made by Mr. Carswell. III
length caused much pleasant comment
Commissioner Gallagher asking If IL
was a panorama.
Ex-Msyor Harrington was the frs
speaker He thought it inexpedient fo
the So, BOA 81 to be paid by the county
"The commissioners have done thei
duty" he said, If they made thei
awards too high they knew they wonl,
not go through The act said the roa,
should 60 through and they must put TIN
damage inside the limit or the cour
would not approve it. The award is To-
low 1t is not for the public but it Il
for an enterprise for which this act wa
created It was passed for Hesld a Co.
who are undertaking the Elsmere en-
terprise, representing what l believe
the Elsmere Company. There is moth
ing to warrant the Levy Court In taking
penny Of the county's money"
Lewis c. Vandegrift, representing
number OF the property owners, said tha
J the awards were grossly inadequate
He called William T. Seeds George r
Townsend and John Jacoby IS experts
They testified that they bad gone out 2
Elsmere and found the awards were yer
low.
He said that $4s allowed to Lynn 70
/ land and porch would not pay for th
fence alone The damage to a $3 500 hous
fixed by the commission at $l3 he fxe
, at $500 The Wollaston damages fxe
) at 5000 were cited at $3.50 by the Wit
nesses They estimated the Gebhsrt
] Shonewald and johnson properties dan
- ages at $3.50 each
Q John Lynn testified that Heald & Co
- got them to buy the land and build th
kind of houses they wanted. He e.
pressed the belief that Heald & Co , wei
the nstigators Of the bill passed by tl
T General Assembly He estimated Oh
/ damage to Mrs Miller's property at 500
n while the commissioners allowed 1856
Mr. Shonewald said It destroyed b
q front yard, trees and flower yard. q"
has destroyed the kind of home | wan
? They havesallowed me $35, which woul
s not put my fence back / would /
q willing to let the county have Eve fee
as it would leave me front yard.
Mr.. Gebhard said it would cut off
t frony yard, and thought himself damage
g $500
Mrs. Johnson testified that at pre-
ent she has a 24-foot yard, bl
that the cut will put th
h house on the road, destroy the tire,
!. and hedge and rob her Of country hom
n The allowance is only S35. while 81
II thinks the damage from $500 to 5000
d Mr.. Johnson said they only allowed s.
for the cut on three lots They won
be ruined for building purposes.
Mr. Leach testified that it would tai
D. a strip 600 feet long and 49, feet de,
"a from his four acres of sand lot. He b,
e been offered $500 for one half acre |
!. Samuel Coyle, and refused IT, The ci
il. robs him Of about one-third Of an ac
IN and he would not take $500 for it.
~ WAS only allowed 500. but would