Evening journal., 1893-04-13
CITY RAILWAY SET BACK
They Blocked the Bill Granting
Additional Privileges.
GAM OBJECTED TO FINAL PASSAGE

Dispose OF the Bin Some Time Soon.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Journal.
DOVER, April Representative
Cooch's amendments to the Wilmington
City Railway supplementary charter
were rejected by the House of Represen-
tatives after a hard fight this morning.
The vote was to IA.
The supplementary charter bill was
then passed by vote of Is to l. A mo-
tion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Speaker Whitemsn made a strong speech
for the bill. Mr. Gam failed to present
any amendments.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, April 13-The supplement to
the charter Of the Wilmington City Rail
way Company had a set back in the
House yesterday. Representative Wat
kins, chairman of the Committee on
Private Corporations, reported the bill
favorably in the following shape
Section l. That the Wilmington
City Railway Company be and it Is
hereby authorized from time to time to
borrow such sum or sums Of money not
exceeding two million dollars as by Its
Board of Directors may be deemed neces-
sary and proper for the conduct Of its
business, the funding or payment Of It's
Indebtedness, or for the proper equip
ut, improvement, maintenance and
extension Of It's lines, properties and
business and TO secure the same by the
issue OF bonds and by mortgage Of the
whole or any part of its franchises and
properties; real and personal, or other
wise. aud it Is further authorized to in
crease its capital stock from time TO time
TO such an amount as its stockholders by
majority vote shall direct, not ex-
ceeding four million dollars.
A Bill Carrying Extensive Privileges.
"Section .. The said company is also
authorized from time TO time 10 enter
into such contracts and agreements re-
specting the use, occupation, mainte-
nance and operation and furnishing
power, equipment and appliances Of and
to its lines aad the lines Of other com
panies, and the transfer Of cars and pas
sengers as shall be mutually satisfac
tory and agreed upon. and the said com
pany is hereby authorized and empow
, cred TO enter into any and all contracts
i for the leasing of the lines of other com
1 panies which It may determine on for
= the condnct of it's business and from
A time TO time to lease, purchase, conaoli-
date, merge or unite with any corpora
4 tion or corporations heretofore or
hereafter created. ON such terms and
= under such name as may be agreed upon
between such companies when such
:, agreements shall he entered into and the
I, company or companies so formed. hav-
ing all the rights, powers and privileges
=, possessed by any of the companies 50
! united, merged or consolidated, the
necessary powers being hereby conferred
upon any company to make and enter
into such contracts with this company,
q provided, however, that any and all such
!, mergers and consultations shall be first
approved by a majority vote of the stock
q holders Of the companies so merged ane
a consolidated.
Q Gam Plants the First Canon.
Representative Gam objected to the
J bill beiny put on its final passage. HI
said that It was bill carrying with 4
o extensive privileges and power to in
y crease the capital stock to larg
amount He moved that it be laid OF
y the table.
d Representative Spruance, who hal
charge Of the bill, was In the char. h
+, had asked Mr. Salisbury to reply
y anything was said In compliance Will
'e this request Mr.. Salisbury said that a
T Mr.. Gam was member Of the commit
tee before whom the bill had been for
o. month, he thought the St. Georges hun
d dred men had had ample opportunity .
al consider it, aud as the session was reach
D. ing its close, It was important to dispos
Of the bill some time soon.
Is Mr. Cooch said that out OF courtesy I
xt the member he thought the bill ought I
III be laid on the table for the present. d
had an amendment to propose, which b
i, could bring in in five minutes
Didn't Think Gam Needed More Time
y Mr.. Salisbury said he believed i
giving ample opportunity to any membe
I'd who wished to investigate any bill, bu
y, as Mr.. Gam had bad a month on the con
th mittee he did not think he needed muc
e more time.
he Mr.. Gam said that was not in con
n mttee when the report was ordered
ly be made.
Mr. Salisbury moved to amend Nj
k, Cams motion by adding until L
a morrow a. IL o'clock
Two viva Voce votes were taken and /
in last a standing vote was ordered II
re court showed thirteen for the motto
as amended and three against it.
Willard Salisbury, Jr., vice presideI
Of the road, was telegraphed for an
reached here at IL 80 o'clock. He d
as all he could to repair the damage an
81 left for home on the afternoon train.
'te The Amendments Proposed.
81 It is known that Mr. Cooch will of
re an amendment providing that all e
er tensions Of the Wilmington Gil
Railway shall cross railroads unde
hit grade or over grade, in the same mann
ot prescribed in the Wilmington & Ne
to Castle and Wilmington & Brandywil
Springs Rail- Way charters
70 Representative Gam proposed
zoe amend the bill by cutting down q
an amount to be borrowed from 81, 000 O
ng to 81, 0OO, 0nO and the increase Of q
capital stock from 81 600, 600 to s., ,00l
090
There promises to be a lively fg
when the bill comes up to-day.