Evening journal., 1893-02-25
ELECTRIC RAILWAY WAR
Cooper Claims That Philadel-
phians Hold the Gas Stock.
COOPER VS., COOPER ON LIGHT

Ahe RfdhuAMine Springs Maknhte hhs
no Ready Cash But Any Amount of
Elastic Resource--Three Coopers InYol-
we'd In the Electric Railway Fight.
The electric railway war has now re.
solved itself into a regular triangular fight
among the Wilmington City Railway
Company. the Wilmington and Brandy
wine Springs Co. and the projectors Of the
New Castle, Newport aud Wilmington
roads. The Chester line will come into
the fight at later stage.
Richard W. Crook, the Brandywine
Springs magnate was seen'in the Bayard
Building by an EVENING JOURNAL re-
porter.
well, what are your prospects for a
charter he was asked.
Good, | think
DO you propose to make any conces.
sions?"
"No-well. that Is one Of the senators
said that he would vote for our bill IL we
would come down Washington street TO
Second aud out Second to Union. We
may agree to that. You see we haven't
had much money. but / am going 10
pawn my rubber shoes next week and
he looked down partonizingly upon
his expanse of elastic resources.
Thomas Holcomb, counsel for the n
@. N. ~ w. line, is letting his bill take
Ms regular course. He Is not fighting
any body and cannot see why anybody
should fight his project
Colonel E T. Cooper comes into the
arena with two thunderbolts in hand. la
the FIRST place he is the father Of the
Dover and Camden project. This line is
designed not only to connect the two
towns named but to carry
passengers to aud from Camden
union camp-meetng grounds The
genial colonel, although never accused
of secular bias has tent there every
year and is weary of having to depend
upon the uncertain Jehus who manage
the hack service.
The Chester line is supposed to be an
Elkins-Widener project and to connect
Chester and Shellpot park. One Of
Colonel Cooper's friends said this morn
ing that he knew positively that Elkins
aud Widener had retained the colonel
in the case He said that the philadel-
phia millionaires also wanted TO get the
Wilmington City lines but failed.
The squabblo over Light.
The Wilmington and New Castle Elec.
tric Railway people are jubilant but they
are shouting before they are out Of the
woods Their bill Is in the Senate where
Alexander b Cooper, counsel for tn,
New Castle Gas Company will try .,
nave the electric light section cut out o
the charter
Speaking Of the matter this morning
the ex district attorney said:
"rhe establishment Of an electric ligh
plant for the purpose Of lighting CHI
city and thereby taking away the light
ing of the streets from the New Castl,
Gas Company, If the plant Il
erected by any other company
than ours, would not only seriousl,
cripple but entirely destroy th'
gas company The gas company hai
power now 10 ppt up these electric lighti
and is negotiating for a plant, II any
other company should get the right Il
would be such a rod over the gas com
pany as to effect its credid. The people
Of New Castle, | suppose, almost un
animously would like TO hav,
electric lighes but two com
panies cannot operate illuminating
plants in such a small town. The pres
ent company is not seeking TO maxi
money. It's simple object is TO furnish
the towu with light and make expenses
The interests Of the company and town
are identical. That Is my opinion as
citizen of New Castle and not as counse
for the gas company.
Peter l. Copper, counsel for the cleo
trio railway, said:
Let the gas company 60 ahead.
r they attempt TO make a fight in th
Senate on that provision of our bill,
will present a memorial to the Legisla
ture sgued by two thirds Of the stock
holders Of the New Castle Ga
Company asking that the provision Il
( regard to electric lighting be lef
, in the bill and that it be passed in th
! same shape that it was passed in tn
House Over two-thirds of the stock /
owned by Philadelpnians anyway. Their
are 38S shares OF this number phill
= delphians hold ASA The New Castl
, stockholders regard it as an unprodtahl
T investment and never expect any div
dends."