Evening journal., 1893-04-05


Not Antagonistio 20 the Wilmington
Ci,y Railway Company.
tan Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER April a.-C0ntrary to expec-
iation the Wilmington aud Brandy
vine Springs Electric Railway bill did
not come up for passage in the Senate
yesterday afternoon Senator Watson.
chairman Of the Committee on Private
Corporations. informed the friends of
the road that he would not say until
TO night when he would report the bill
The friends of me bill came TO Dover
In force yesterday morning upon what
they claimed TO have been Senator
Watson assurance TO Dr. Ball that IL
they amended the bill in the same
manner that the Wilmington and New
Castle Electric Railway bill was
amended he would report it favorably.
The w a B S men who came here
with the expectation Of seeing the bill
60 through were; Richard w Crook,
Or. l. H. Ball, Robert c. lustis Frank
d. Carpenter, H. II Ward. Harry EN-
mons, George r. Townsend and Ii G.
Conrad.
At . o'clock in the afternoon the dele
CATION and Senators Watson, Pyle and
Piling, constituting the private corpo.
rations committee, repaired TO one Of the
COMMITTEES rooms on the upper floor of
the State House. aud the final hearing
! began.
Frank d. Carpenter was the first
/ speaker. lie outlined the route Of the
amendment which WAS as follows: To
be gin at Gordon Heights, westwardly TO
| lhirtieth street. TO Washington, by
! ~ as L.. NI.l
| Union, out Union TO y smere, and thence
yia Kiamensi and Marshalltos 20 Brandy
wine Springs, a distance of about eight
miles.
Harry Emmons aid that he had can
vasspd the greater portion Of the repre-.
sentative citizens of Wilmington and
had failed 10 dnd anybody who was not
enthusiastically In favor Of the new
road he Thought it would give vii.
mington a Delaware river frontage which
had been contemplated for years; and he
bee eieved 10 would ne an awakening for
Wilmington TO have such rapid transit
advantages They would contribute
largely aud materially TO It's growth and
prosperity without affecting the pros
p-lity Of the road, nov in operation On
he contrary he thought 10 would be a
feeder for the Wilmington City Railway
lines
II II Ward dwelt particularly upon
the necessity Of passing the bill at once In
oroer TO enable the company to begin
building operations and be- able to have
the cars running curing the summer
-eason
Grorge Townsend stated that hav.
log rapid transit comm uuicafion with
the river would be- highly advantageous
! a
fact that any bay steamer could touch
A. a pier constructed at Gordon Heights
ind lake on passengers either north or
soul b., and 10 take exeursiouists from
other cities TO the Brandy wine or Brandy
wine Springs, which places could be
de- as popular AS Saratoga
RlOrrt o Justis said that the people
Of Mill Greek hundred and others along
be loute demanded the passage Of
BIZ.
senator Pilling said that he understood
that meeting had been called az
} x aueus aud Marshallton condeming
b in- action 81 the Legislature ia not
psssing the bull. II had agreed 10 give
3 the railway the right of wsy for nearly
r. 4 mile through his property A. Kiamensi
s He was heartily in favor Of the bill as
the people d,manded 10. The monthly
} pay roll Of Kiamensi and Marshallton
amounted, he said TO over $40, j,uuh, and,
Il placed In easy communication with
q | Wilmington, much of this money would
+ be spent iu that city by The operatives.
v The road would also tend TO inciease the
i population and wealth of the country
through which 70 ran.
r When the hearing closed Senator Pyle
said I'VE will settle this thing this
( / -.
3 business of our hands Senator Watson
said: eyes, we will get rid of it this
afternoon But they didn't, as Presi
dent Preston Lea and Vice President
y Willard Salisbury, Jr labored unceas
e inely and effectively to have final action
u postponed.
= Going over the Tracks.
, "why did you not adhere to your
=, determination to accept Senator Watson
/ proposition to use the old company
4 tracks in the city Of Wilmington asked
= tho EVENING JOURNAL correspondent
"a of Richard W. Crook
Because we considered it an injustice
; to the Wilmington City Railway Con
pany TO use the amendment as in th,
=. Wilmington and New Castle charter
~ For instance that amendment provides
Is The Wilmington and New Castle Rail
81 way Company shall have the right, II g.
y. so desires, of having its cars or passen
" gers. or both, transferred and carried
{ over the lines and tracks of the VIII
mington City Railway Company, L
Fourth and Market or any other point il
the said city. You will readil,
70 see the force of such an amend
al ment. and doubt very mucl
he whether we would not be able, by sue
~ an amendment 20 bankrupt the no,
en- existing company AS / have said be
8 fore, we do not care, TO antagonize thi
company, nor do we care to be interfere
with in doing a straight forward, legit
of mate business. In one word they ar
the Wilmington City Railway Compan
es and we are the Wilmington & Brandy win
h' Springs Railway Compapy-th that shoul
r. suffice Senator Watson told DR.. Ba
at that if he would make the amendmen
similar TO the one in the New Castle bill b
gh would report and pass the bill on Tues
AD day-which is today. To day he wa
,st asked If he had anything TO say or an