Evening journal., 1893-03-13
THE INVISIBLE FORCE.
Electric Railway War at
Dover This Week.
VINO. IN THE SENATE TOMORROW

Wilmington & BrandywIne Springs 1ren
willing 10 Have an over-Grads ana
Under-Grade Amendment--TaIk Of q
Compromise with the Wilmington g
New Castle Company-wm the Rssolu-
tion stand9
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March 18.-The electric rail
way war will be on in earnest this week.
and the several sides.are pluming for the
hght The chief interest will centre IN
the fate OF the charter Of the Whining
ton and New Castle Electric Company
which comes up In the Senate tomorrow
as the special order Of business.
The promoters Of the scheme claim
five votes-Messrs Pyle. Williams.
Lacey, McMullin and Pilling. There are
four men who insist on the overhead
bridge or under grade amendment
Speaker Houston and Messrs. Watson.
Records and Ross 1t requires six votes
TO pass an act Of incorporation and one
Of the four men will have to be conciliated
or the amendment will stand as it was
adopted
There is some talk Of a compromise.
but neither side seems to know what It
will be. The company asserts that Il
cannot build an overhead bridge or
tunnel at Water and Market streets and
the four adverse voters are opposed to
anything like grade crossing.
The Wilmington New Castle men say
that the hght between them and the VII
mington City Railway Company is at an
end and that the war is now between them
and the p, w. g. b Railroad Company.
including the directors Of Delaware
| division.
The four senators who demand the
amendment claim that their sole motive
Is to save life, and refer to Che recent
grade crossing casualties to prove thai
their demand is but just and proper
The Wilmington and Brandywine
Springs railway men are per-
fectly willing to have such an amend
ment to their charter. The only places
at which overhead bridges would be neo-
essary for their line are at Edge Moor
aud Elsmere They assert that the B h
o road has overheard bridges which
they can use.
The Middletown and Odessa people
have heavy fight on their hands. Some
want the narrow guage charter, which
was granted two years ago, repealed.
The company wants It amended so that
electricity can be used new com.
pany wants the franchise to run an
electric line from one town to the other
Both companies want TO use the fine pub
lie road leading from one point to the
! other Influential citizens say that thil
E would ruin the road and make It useless
: f)r driving purposes as st Georgei
hundred horses would never become
/ accustomed TO the cars with which, a.
The Cbinaman says. there is no pushee
no pullee, but 60 like hellee alice saniee.
Are the Doors Closed?
, II the General Assembly lives up to thl
Joint resolution recently adopted no new
, business will be received after Wednes
: day. Notice must be given to-morrov
and the bill introduced on Wednesda,
OF the matter will be delayed for tw
years In years gone by this prohibition
applied only to hotices, but this ha
worn out A lawyer could come +
Dover on the last day and put in enougl
fictitious notices to keep the Legislator
going for year. Later in the sessiol
! bona hde bills we're introduced unde
these fictitious titles and the It'll
amended by title committee. There
3 some talk Of modifying the present resc
tuition to apply to notices, but they must b
! genuine, and not subject to amendment