Evening journal., 1893-03-23
THE SILYgRBROOK FIGHT AGAIN
street aud Sewer Men Protest That THAI
Terra Gotta Sewer Site is Out Of tn,
Limits.


Terra Gotta Sewer Site Is Out Of the
Limits.
Joseph l.. Carpenter, Jr, j. Newlin
Gawthrop and Samuel Chambers. con-
stituting the Street and Sewer Depart
ment OF Wilmington, accompanied by
Engineer Hatton, came to Dover yester
day TO protest against the compromise
Silverbrook bill, which is not 80 much of
a compromise as was expected. The bill
provides for terra Gotta sewer from
Third and Webb TO the Christiana river.
Peter J. Ford and S Redmond Smith
we're also here 10 defend the bill. A
hearing was had before the House Com
mittee on Municipal Corporations in the
afternoon.
The Street and Sewer Department men
contended that the matter Of draining
the Silverbrook district did not come
within the jurisdiction OF Wilmington,
as It was entirely outside the cor.
porate limits That It would be
sewer out of which the city would receive
no revenue, running entirely through
private property and not upon the line of
any street. They said It would be liable
to be torn up at any time, and would cost
the city $780, 600 without the cost of buy
ing the right Of way The only practi.
cable way out Of the difficulty would be
to extend the limits of the city so as TO
embrace the district lay out streets
through the whole Of the territory so
absorbed construct a sewer on the line
OF the street AID lien It up against the
abutting property In this way the
property would pay three-hfths Of the
cost aud the city two-ftths, and receive
the corresponding benefit.
Messrs. Ford and Smith argued that
the health aud business interests Of the
district demanded the construction Of
the sewer. The committee did not act
in the matter, but majority Of the
members favor the bill
Troop B Must Pay Up.
This General Assembly means business
Troop B Association Of Wilmington must
pay the two years interest on the
$40, go loan aud keep up It's interest in
the future or have its handsome armory
at Thirteenth and Orange streets go
under the sheriifs hammer TO satisfy
the mortgage.
Senator Records set the ball rolling
yesterday morning He offered a resolu
tion ordering State Treasurer Burnite to
collect the 5000 interest due, or fore.
close. sell and recover both He said
that the state had let the association
have the money at very low rate of In
terest aud they should keep II up or be
deprived Of the loan The resolution
was adopted without a dissenting vote
aud the House concurred. The associa
tion must settle its arrears within sixty
days
The WaverIy Bill Killed.
The Senate killed the Senate bill 10
incorporate the Waverly Investment
Company. The corporators named are
Thomas B. Smith, George T. Brown
and William + Smalley, Jr. The capi.
tai stock is $25,OOO with power to in
crease 10 $4,000
Senator Pyle said by way Of explana.
tion that the committee made an unfav-
orable report upon the bill because 1t
was believed that il was wanted for
purely speculative purposes-to be sold
out to the highest bidder The commit
tee had noticed several bills Of like
character and extensive powers bearing
the same names, and felt assured that
they we're simply being sought for to
be auctioned of to the highest bidder
Whether the other bills will have the
same fate will be known in a few
days.
Another Grade-Crossing Question.
Yesterday afternoon Peter j. Ford was
in the Senate chamber talking Silver.
brook sewer to Senator Pilling. When
he was In the midst of his argument,
President Preston Lea, of the Whining
ton City Railway Company, walked in.
AS soon as he was within ear shot,
Senator Pilling, addressing Ford, said
"Well. Pete, 1 suppose you don't ap-
prehend any objections to your sewer be-
cause it crosses some other sewer at
grader
mo, / think not, was Fords reply.
Mr.. Lea saw the point and joined in
the laugh against himself
The Ghost stalks Forth.
The Legislative stationery supply ghost
stslked forth in the Senate yesterday
afternoon. under the command of Senator
Lacey. He callei up the House joint
resolution authorizing the state librarian
to advertise for bids and purchase
stationery from the lowest bidder. This
was followed by debate in which the
suppliers of stationery in this and years
gone by were numerically hauled oven
the Goals.
Senator Lacey said that the knives
furnished TO the General Assembly this
time only cost &i2 dozen at wholesale
and Kirk & Son had charged S24 dozen
He supposed the same extortion had beer
practiced in the other articles supplied
Senator Pilling said that the only sol
ution of a problem which has been agita
ting the Legislatures for years is 70
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