Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-09
NEW CASTLES RAILROADS.
Tho Three Contestants Publicly
Present Their Claims.


Attorneys NAH'hpuFS' cooper "hi ii"i-
comb Plena Tor Their Respective Siiehts
Tho Merits of the Rival Roads.
Special Correspondence of Gazette aud journal
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 4. - Thoroughly
aroused on the subject Of electric rail
ways and electric lights for New Castle,
between 400 and 500 citizens crowded into
the auditorium of the city hail last night,
il response to 4 call Of the officers of the
ola Board Of Trade, to hear the discussion
Of electric railway matters and the nd
vantngcs and benefits New castle would
derive from the suid enterprises of thu five
or six COMPANIES HppiYing for charter to
build trolley systems through this city,
three were represented az the meeting.
Willard salisbury, Who is the attorney
for the Wilmington City railway; Peter i,
Cooper WHO acts in the same capacity for
Railway Company, and Thomas lio!comb
81 tho New Castle, Newport 4 Wilmington
Company.
THE Spirit Of the meeting was with the
COMPANY tina, would br the most adyan-
tageou, u this citt and this seemed to he
al! the way through iudyinE from the en-
/ thttsilsm and applause which greeted Mr..
Cooper during the course Of his remarks,
| with the Now Castle aud Wilmington
| COMPANY, the majority Of the incorpo-
7 rators Of which are residents of this ctty.
| Dr. John i Black presided, and in his
| opening remarks stated that the meeting
| WINS without fc1raua without favor 10 any
! one CumIauv. but had been called to en-
! hghten the public on the Important matter
/ oil rapid and cheap trausi. between Della
| wares two principal cities.
| MIR. Salisbury was the first speaker. He
said in part. AS You all are aware, am
/ interested in the Wilmington CITY railway
! and come here to night e. speak On behalf
f., Of SAID company. Which has for some time
i ;
| Ing a line to New Castle. can assure YOU
that ours is purely a business propuSitiou
4 and is not d speculative cntcrIrisc in any
sense. We nave nut vet, nor do We intend
tn interfere with any other company in
securing 4 chatter. but the bone of culiten.
ton between us and the other companies
is in tue running parallel witt Our
tracks in Wilmington. We propose
in the spring to extend our lines
through South Wilmington to Eden
PARK and ii the New Castle 4 vii.
miugtOn Company should secure its
charter and build Il roud over the route
prauesrd there wOull 10 two srparatp ana
distinct RAILWAYS running side ~ si,le fOr
A distance of two miles and the result oil
this certainly would be disastrous 10 Ole
! CUlupluy or he other On account Of tho
large amount of capital already nvestc,
ana the supgr!oyity of our service, vi
think il risht and proper tlnt orr CON
at$ si'oi.i aNe ailt tiito"Sl
w hi''iill''5tutt ~ w N,"'u " y, y,
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slSe tNe!S 41Eglli'Ss lol Wy prompt an
e,hgrIt tiai'ateT vi passengers ID anu on
u y hinlHstuH.
hr. cooper sGoke Y part as IolloWs
oolhe siA months as,seEefal otlef genIle
men ald h'NHe.L conceived the luea o
nln!N!liH ~ Siec , rs. To"a between y
rllh4tou nllu new Nant'e' ( ~ oilce CON
Leried WIN lhe mayor ana we're advise
J ,hat th1 iitNLttf iiA9 l?hg peell cohsluefr'
mere, our nam l"et III lAe ihatter was U
, maze money anu 'ne secchu .opJeet Wa
7 TO ueEelpp W. town o. New Iastl
ana intervening country ana giy
me people 81 lhe wv" ,tllles rApr
ana cheap transportation We prolps
! to establish oar plant aspots am
Z hcauluaIlers mere employ sew taStI
/ labor ana light the Town ~, electriGlt,
( from inc punt N law II Wl!l % Nt'
! ioh, anu 10y v !tihlnEl ~ Gollcetll fGaSt
DlluSp, | believe that the enterprise wi