Evening journal., 1893-03-09

| supply AoA Nuc JtcnuR duu A-OVtc AthA-
pany with the exception of the two rail-
roads, and they admit there will be no
/ trouble to get the right to lay pipes
along the Wilmington and Northern
railroad They admitted they could do
1t easier than we could ourselves. The
only matter it hinged on was that the
| Wilmington and Northern trustees could
make them take their pipes up at any
time. In case this is condemned the
only damage sustained would be the
/ original riparian rights. / will agree to
supply them with water supply for
| $50. 600. and have secured the right Of
way for the aqueduct except across the
two railroads.
Farmers Favor 1t.
Mr.. Ford read a letter from Henry
/ White. a farmer along Silverbrook for
/ forty years lie has refused 81 600 an
acre for the farm; and also one from
/ George w. BrintOn, another farmer
saving that the condemnation was
necessary and that they were not de-
pendent on the water of the stream for
their supply. Brinton scored the Board
Of Health for dumping garbage in the
neighborhood.
Mr.. Ford-"The president of the
Street and Sewer Department was hand
in glove with me two years ago until
one week before l brought the bill here.
| Then there was a sudden change. Mr..
Salisbury S latest is that the condemna
tion would be a menace to the health of
the city Several days after he said that
a member of the Street and Sewer De.
partment said the same thing. They
bring you a petition containing 19l
names Two years ago we brought a
/ "a
came here backed up by City Council,
the Board of Trade and seventy per cent
of the tax payers.
He read letters from thirty of those
who had been asked to sign the re
monstrance and had refused. Among
them were Fell & Peoples, N. B Dan
forth, f. L. Rice and Nathaniel Culbert
He then called the attention of the
General Assembly to the statement
made by the appointments Of condem-
nation before the committee that Of all
those asked to sign, only eight refused.
Opening a Cross-Fire.
The opposition then got in its work
City Solicitor Curtis. representing the
street and Sewer Department, Board of
Health and Water Commissioners stated
the grounds of objection to the bill.
He began by repudiating any personal
telling of hostility on the part Of any
Of the departments against Mr.. Ford or
any idea that they desired in any way TO
hamper or restrict the industrial growth
, of that portion of the city of Whining
ton. The opposition is based upon two
grounds: First-Because the bill con
templates an open sewer, which all the
, departments agree in condemning as an
undesirable thing Shipley run for
+ many years was an open drain and has
been a constant source both of annoy
ance to the residents in it's vicinity and
/ Of litigation to the city. The city
authorities are strenuously opposed 10
the creation Of a similar state affairs with
reference 20 Silverbrook, which would
be a step backward instead of forward.
! The second ground of opposition is
/ that the stream is not wanted even if'it
i could be obtained without cost TO the
city because it would be impossible %
Z construct closed sewer on the line OF
the present stream; because it would
take the sewage TO the level Of tide
water, which would be thirty feet below
the level Of the Christiana intercepting
> sewer planned as the proper outlet for
/ the sewage from this section Of the city.
He then explained the plan Of sewerage
which has been made for the whole city
n as a scientific system and urged with
/ great force that the Legislature should
not force upon the city the adoption OF d
, sporadic plan for a certain section Of the
! city which would not be in harmony
with the system as planned.
Mr.. Curtis then introduced DR., Franti
Of the Board of Health, who spoke oI
8 his familiarity of the stream, in which
q he has fshed recently; and. as physi
o clan and member of the board. opposed
;. with great spirit the creation of another
v open sewer With respect TO the gar
q bage deposited in the vicinity of vii
4 mington he said that the board wa
n anxious to establish crematory for tn
! destruction of the waste matter; bu
q that they had not been provided with tn
a funds
George w. Bush was the next speaker
a He professed to speak purely as a citi
II zen and taxpayer, without interest o
q any kind. He thought that the matte
II ought to be left to the determination O
e the city officials. without interference b
s the Legislature. He also compliments
W the directors Of the Street aud Sewe
.. Department for their efficiency and thei
II careful and successful expenditure q
20 the moneys in their charge
Protecting the City's Funds.
in Ex-City Solicitor William r. Lyman. a
l. special counsel with City Solicitor Gu
IS tis urged as further reasons against th
Of bill that the diversion Of any portion {
lg the funds of the Street aud Sewer d,
ST partment from the objects and improve
ne ments planned, would be unjust an
Is undesirable Either abolish tue Sire
OF and Sewer Department or else let the
OF alone and let them spend the mo E
allowed them, under their oaths and u
l. obligation of their Office. Sewers shoul
al be constructed along the line of street
e; and not by the meanderings or win
eu ings of a rural stream; whereas the bi
ee contemplates the construction of
wv sewer along the line Of Silverbrook.
p this day there are pending in the cour
&c more than thirty suits against tue cii
n, for damages caused by the overhowiI
M Of the banks OF Shpley run.
all Would Cost s14. 500 Year.
,m Willard Saulsbury,Jr, counsel for Il
Je sup and Moore Papr Company, spn
1t- of the large amount of capital invest
n by his clients in the plant erected at n