Evening journal., 1893-05-03
WILMINGTON CITY'C DILEMMA.

WILMINGTON CITY'S DILEMMA.
Not Suited with the Grade Crossing
Amendments President Lea Asks for and
Gets a Special Committee.
The Wilmington City Railway people
are in the worst kind of dilemma. They
are averse to receiving the supplement-
to their charter with the amendments
which Senator Watson made, and the
bill now lies in the House awaiting an ad-
Justine mt of the difficulty.
Senator Watson determined TO put the
old company on footing with the new
ones. With this object in view he
granted them an increase of capital and
merger rights on condition that on all
extensions they should cross steam rail
roads at under-grade or over grade, and
in case of merging, work the acquired
lines under the original charters author
izing their construction. These condi-
tions President Preston Lea and Vice.
President Willard Salisbury, Jr., refuse
to oaccept and there the matter rests.
Thinking to better the matter they
got the Houses to appoint a Committee
Of Conference on the matter. This ac-
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siders IL an insult to the Senate Commit
tee on Private Corporations. This Com
mittee on Conference was to have heard
the Wilmington City railway men last
night, but could not, as a majority of tine
members were absent.
/ Senator Watson holds a club and
thr eatens to use it. He has in his hands
the Senate bill to incorporate the vii.
mington and Suburban Electric Railway
Company, which is really an annex to the
| Wilmington City Railway Company's
charter, and contains a clause authorizing
the use of electricity. He says that this
bill shall not leave his hands until the
House has cOncurred in the Senate
amendments to the House supplement.
He refuses to accept the compromise
that the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company shall erect
an. overhead bridge at Fourth street
crossing, Wilmington, and says that the
old company must be subject to the
| same restrictions that the others are.
The Senate passed the Gordon Heights
Electric Railway Company with the
regulation restri ctions.
The bill to incorporate the New Castle
| Newport and Wilmington Electric Rail
way Company passed the, House It carried
with it grade crossing amendments, and
a provision that it shall connect with
the Wilmington City Railway tracks OIL
Maryland avenue.
Many Resolutions Acted on.
The Senate concurred in the Hous,
joint resolution substituting the attor
ney- general for Chancellor James l.
Wolcott as collector of claims against
the Federal Government Two years
ago a claim agent came here from Wash
ingtOn and convinced the members thai
Uncle Sam owed Delaware a large amount
of money. Chancellor Wolcott was
named collector. His compensation wa
to be 2j per cent. on all claims original
ing prior to 1865; and 10 per cent. on al
claims originating from 1865 to 1880
Chancellor Wolcotts elevation to thu
bench necessitated the change.
The House Joint resolution fixing a
license fee of 800 upon all boats en-.
gagged in the menhadden, shark and her
ring-hog fisheries in the Delaware baJ
was concurred in by the Senate The
fish commissioner will collect the fees.
The Senate concurred in the House
Joint resolution increasing the contin
gent fund of the attorney general 8 Office
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Nicholson explained to the Senate tn,
necessity for more money to be used il
} the detection and prosecution ,of crime
He made such a favorable impression
that there was not a dissenting voti
against the resolution.
Coal and Sand Bill Killed.
Two thousand pounds to the ton o
: coal and sand will not go in the Senate
It must be 2, 2,240 or nothing. Severa
weeks ago Senator Pyle introduced bill
to regulate the sale Of coal and san,
, in New Castle county. It provided tina
y ton should consist of 1000 pounds anC
{ prescribed means for detecting dealer
. who gave under weight This bill wa
Q reported favorably recommitted an
a made to apply to Wilmington 1t wa
g again reported and again sent back TO tn
' committee. When it was called u
Yesterday afternoon it was quietly killed
Several coal and sand dealers Of Wi
mington were back of it.
Bills Become Laws.
+ Among the House bills passed by tn
i Senate yesterday afternoon were the fol
lowing: To incorporate the Delawar
o Granite and Mining Company; to max
g liens for taxes expire in two years; {
a prevent express agents from chargin
more for service in Delaware than the
q do for like service in Pennsylvania an
e Maryland; to confne the division {
5 intestate property to the Orphan
d Court; to regulate the settlement Of d.
l. ceased partners estates by survivin
l. partner or partners, compelling I'll
Survivor to give bond to the register
chancery and providing that q receive
shall be appointed IN event Of fall
i return; act to allow adult males of Es
e Lake to vote at the next municipal ele
y tion Of Wilmington, thirty days res
Is dence being required; act TO divor
Isaac and Eliza West, two Odessa u