Evening journal., 1893-05-05
Mr.. WATSON NETTLED.
Wilmington City Railway Get
ting the Better of Him.
ONLY HOPE IS SENATOR WILLIAMS

watson Amendment TO IFS supple
menr- Ross win vote with Them.
Stan CORRESPONDENCE Evening Journal.
DOVER. May 1.-The session will end
st noon to day and the Wilmington City
Railway Company hnds itself in very
anenviable position. Its bill to incorpo
rate this New Castle and Wilmington
Suburban Railway Company has been
killed in the Senate, and the supplement
to the charter allowing the company to
increase its capital stock to $4, 000,0 000
and issue bonds for 81 600, COO for the
purpose of making extensions. is in the
House almost smothered by Senator
Watsons anti grade. crossing and merger
amendments. which the company refuses
to accept. It's only hope Is in Senator
Williams, who is expected TO be present
to day for the first time this week
Without him the company cannot get
anything, as it requires six senators to
pass a corporation act and Messrs Wat
son, Pilllng and McMullin will vote
against anything and everything until
the company agrees to accept the Watson
amendments to the supplement- Senator
Ross will, 1t is thought, vote with them
Holding it as Club.
Senator Watson has been holdisg the
Suburban bill as a club over the head Of
the Wilmington City Railway Company
Ills proposition was really as follows:
"lou must accept my amendments TO
your supplement. or j will kill your
suburban Railway bill which gives you
the right 10 use electricity.
This has been the condition OF things
for weeks. Mr. Watson, being chairman
Of the Committee on Private Corpora
I..I C.,l, -. d 40
aud refused 20 report g., even though
Messrs Pyle and Records, the other
members Of the committee were favor.
ably disposed towards 1t.
Matters came to an issue yesterday
afternoon, when Messrs Pyle and Rec
rds, acting under the solicitation Of
Willard Salisbury, Jr, served written
request upon Mr. Watson to report the
lill It nettled him, but he did so,
informing the Senate that IL was q
najority report and he would have
something to say later on.
Assistant Clerk Hearn read the bill
nd the Milford hundred statesman
vaded in, Mr. Salisbury sitting back OF
5enator Ross in the lobby
All ON the Same Basis.
Mr.. Watson-"Mr Speaker would
Ike TO give my reasons for opposing this
III. In my opinion it is no more or less
nan an extension Of the Wilmington
ity Railway Company's charter and il
Is and they propose merging they get
le right through this bin to use cleo
deity That Is what they want and
iave not under their old charter TIL,
I'D charter allows them to cross railroad
racks at grade II Is wrong They
ave the right to 60 six miles out Of th'
ty without going overgrade or under
srade. We have made every new com
any to 60 above or under those tracks
am trying through this bill to compe
nem to 20 overhead where they have tC
ross steam railroad tracks This SEN
te has gone on record as being opposed
grade crossings. / can't understand
0w any senator can vote for that bill
for ono, refuse 60 grant them one
7nt Of money unless they agree to th,
mendments
shades of Brandywine Springs.
Mr Pnling-"This bill as il reads hal
ot all Of the provisions that were EN-
died ia the charters OF the roads W,
ave passed. The Interpretation put on
by the chairman Of the Committee oi
operations is correct The Whining
n City Railway Company have tn
ght under the present charter to eros
grade for distance Of six miles from
e city, but il they get this bin withou
amendments they can cross railroad
grade Ia all directions for a distanc,
ten miles. They have bill pending
fore this General Assembly now ask
g to increase their capital That bill
as been amended by the Committee OF
orporation and endorsed by the Senate
he amendment is nothing more nor les
ian this: That in any extension Of
ne roads hereafter they shall g
gerhead or underneath. That is al tn
1ect Of the amendment We have hal
direct from the president and vice
resident Of the road that they won
ccept that amendment with that pro
ision ia It What does that imply2 /
roves conclusiyely that they are no
going overhead or underneath. Tn
enate has put that provision on ever
Dad this session. Now they say the
Fon't accept these same provisions /
We could amend that bill as we want to
would vote Tor 1t with both hands. but
viii not vote for any bill 70 do that whlc
the Senate says is not right TO do Yo
have put yourself on record agains
grade crossings If You put this in thei
nands.you give them the right to eros
any railroad in New Castle county a
be put on .it. Without this bill the
can do 10 for prescribed distance The
are not compelled to follow out that pro
vision. They can work under the ol
charter II we give them this bill the
would take the cream out of both bill
and throw away the chafT-and the
would do it, too There is where th
danger lies The great danger is that
we pass this charter we say, You sha
have the right to 60 ten miles from Wi
mington and 60 at grade That is II
result Of it, Why not when they r
fuse TO accept their charter with onl
one amendmentg What does it meal
It means that tkey have advantages !
other men have. / would be ashamed
go home TO my constituents after votir
for such bill
Salisbury Hands Down an Amendmen
Mr.. Salisbury handed down an amen
ment TO Senator Ross
Mr.. Ross ~ offer an amendment
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