Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-26

CAPTAIN DAsEY WANTS TO KNOW.
Captain Dnsey put in the resolution of
inquiry to-day, OF which he spoke at the
opening of this legislative session. The
resolution read:
That 4 Joint committee of three on the part
OF the House and two Oh the part of the Senate
De appointed To wait ON General W. +. Smith,
chief OF United Stutes engineers for tho divl-
sion 0i Delaware, and ascertain, ii possib q,
the cause ol the delay in connecting the wators
Of Delaware bay and RrhUboth bay. ana report
the results Of their interview.
you will observe" said Captain Dasey.
that this resolution does not carry with
it an appropriation, but rather to make
available an appropriation already made.
SIX years ago appropriation was made
to purchase The right of way. That was
done commissioners were appointed and
everything progressed favOrablv on the
part Of the state, the waters or Assawa.
man bay and Indian River bay were CON
nected. But there the work has stopped
There is Federal appropriation of $40
OOO or :S0,UOO available, but for some red
son unknown to the people of Sussex
county, that work has been delayed for
long time. The people are anxious to
know why, where, how this delay has
been. There is evidently fault somewhere.
The people are hemmed UP and can't get
out. Indian River is impassibIe obstructed
by shifting sandbars, and the people for II
L
was in hope We wouldn't have to come to
the Legislature any more, but ! see no
other remedy. Probably General Smith
may know; if the cause is not under his
control we will cndeavor to go further and
sec il we cannot remedy the evil.'
W. f. SInaliey was before the corpora.
ton committees of the two houses for two
hours tonight, advocating the Wilmington
Industrial Improvement Company bill,
and he WAS fairly roasted with Questions
When he came out hlr. Smallcy said:
John Pyle is certainly the right man in
the right place, when it comes to scrutiniz.
iins legislation; nothing is going to get past
him that Oushtu't to-" hut he feels SAN
guine that lie satisfied the legislators that
the bill is all right The incorporators
named in it are William l5awtOn, \. y.
Warner w. u. Mullen, ,Jr., Mark N. Uleavcr,
Archibald 5. Reed, Arson A. Maher and
William +. Smalley, Jr.. the prime movers
III the recent Efforts to enlarge the existing
industries and establish new industries Ill
Wilmington. During the last few months
they have secured employment for proba-
bly, 100 additional workmcn in Whining
ton. y hosiery company, with Il paid-llp
capital OF $4,000 OH which it is earning 25
per cent, is one of their trophies.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The McComb divorce bill was introduced
in the House to-day.
The Middletown-Ddessar railroad charter
seems likely to expire by Limitation before
the road is built under existing conditions.
There IS q proposition on foot, therefore,
to ask for new charter, for the construc-
ton of an electric railway from Odessa
via Mtddctown to the State line, Just east
OF Warwick, from which point it will de-
vOlYe upon Maryland enterprise to CON
tinue the road to CcCilton and probably
other points.
\ pair of gold eyeglasses, found in the
House last week, sin Speaker Whiteman's
care awaiting claimant. :.
Thomas Case, the father of the peach
yclluws act, was III town to-day. II is
runiored that his offspring is in danger OF
mutigeiun.
The bill to repeal chapter 55S, Vol. NIX.
OF which Representative Hall gave notice
this afternoon, is designed, he SAYS, To
prevent discrimination against our (Krnt)
iiShermen." The act referred to, which il
really chapter l3l, regulates fishing along
the coast, ii1m Blackbi creek to Mis-
pillion rycr-the latter river by lcgisla-
tive Enactment Among other things
fishing Is forbidden between Saturday
midnight and Monday noon, along this
eoH7t Kent fishermen complain that
jcrSrYmen come over and fish within the
prohibited 80 hours, taking their catch
away with them, while the Delawarcang
can only look on aud grit their teeth
What makes it worse is that the Monday
fish market is the best of the week.
inpther thing complained Of is that
farmers living along the coast are not per
mitted, under the law, to take fish in stake
nets for their own tables.
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