Evening journal., 1893-10-17
ASSESSMENT REVISION.
Property Owners Must Not
Pay Taxes in Two States.
ANOTHER STREET RAILWAY DELAY

Ten Thousand Dollars for Trustees of the
Poor-Return OF a Road Commission
Conhrmed--The New Interstate Bound
AIRY Causes Assessment Trouble.
In the Levy Court this morning the
return of the commission appointed to
lay out road connecting the Newark
and Wilmington road and the Will
sons blacksmith shop and Ogletown
road and traversing portions of the
White Clay Creek and Pencader hun
dreds, was confirmed. The commits
missioners allowed damages amounting
TO about s., 900 to persons through
whose lands the road will pass The
chairman was authorized to appoint a
committee to consider the acceptance of
a bridge along the proposed route.
Commissioner Gallagher reported that
the draw of Seventh street bridge had
been thrown on for the convenience of
persons wishing access to Cherry Island
Marsh The work on the bridge is
not yet completed but soon will be.
Commissioner Gallagher moved that
the Sunday Star Publishing Companys
bill of $40 for publishing notices, be
disallowed. He said that the law
restricted the publication TO two
papers and the Sunday Star had pub
lished them without authority. The
bill was laid on the table, for the second
time.
Some amusement was caused by
suggestion from the Jail Commi ssioners
thatethe bill Of Dr. David Stewart, of
New Castle, for attending a woman
prisoner in the absence of Jail Physician
Black. be allowed and the 50 be deducted
from DR.. Blacks salary. The bill was
allowed without reference to the Jail
physicians salary. That is a matter for
after considerations
Commissioner White offered q resolu-
tion authorizing the drawing of a
warrant for SO 900 in favor of the
Trustees of the Poor, money collected by
Receiver of Taxes Dickey in poor taxes.
It was adopted.
Among the bills passed were those
aggregating $500 for recent repairs to
Port Penn road. The recent storm has
put the road in worse condition than
ever and the work will have to be done
over again at the county's expense.
Boundary Line Trouble.
Mr.. Gallagher offered resolution
bearing upon the newly effected bound
ary line between Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania 1t instructed the assessors of
Brandywine, Christiana, Mil Creek,
and White Clay Creek hundreds, to
revise their assessments on the
properties affected by the new
/ boundary. A large amount of
i the property assessed in those hun
dreds Is now in Pennsylvania and taxed
there. The idea is that the assessment
be revised so as to tax only that part on
this side of the line. The landholders
affected wanted the resolution to apply
to 1892 taxes, but the Levy Court re.
& stricted it to this year.
The usual number of bills was passed
and court took a recess to , o'clock.
Voice From the South Side.
1t was confidently expected that the
electric railway matters would be taken
up and disposed Of but they we're not.
Willard Salisbury, Jr, and Peter l..
Cooper, Jr., were in the room at inter.
walls Mr.. Rodney, attorney for the Levy
Court, promised to be present at II
81 o'clock Other business prevented him
from fulfilling his promise and the mat
ter was carried over.
Mr.. Salisbury left in I'll e hands of the
Levy Court a petition from 465 resi-.
: dents of South Wilmington asking the
body not to interfere with the vii.
mington City Railway Company IN
crossing Third street bridge.
The delegation which went to Phila
delphia yesterday will report that there
the municipality charges the railway
companies $50 car and compels then
to keep the bridges in repair
The Wilmington City Passenger Rail
way Company would be glad of such al
arrangement here as it pays 81 pole ol
1000 poles, while it would only have I
pay $50 car on thirty-three regula
cars The difference here is that th
poles are taxed by the city and tn
bridges owned by the county.