Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-09
LEGISLATURES VISIT HERE.
Senators and Representatives in
This City Friday Morning.

They Inspect the City Electric Railway
system and Inform Themselves Person
ally as to the Service Done the Public
Throughout Wilmington.
Senators Pyle and Records, with Rep
resentatives Cooch, salisbury, WhittOck, /
| Watkins, jacobs and Harrington, Clerk |
| Hardcastle of the Senate, and Frank |
| Temple arrived in the city on Friday. |
| The purpose Of their visit is 70 gain per-
| s0nal knowledge and facts in regard 10 |
| the railway passenger service Of the city |
| This, in view Of the various bills pre-.
| scented for new electric railways Within |
and in the vicinity Of Wilmington.
| The party was met At the r, w. Il B. |
station at g.45 by Preston Lea, president |
| of the Wilmington City Railway Com |
! pany, Willard salisbury, Jr., Supclin-
tendent w. S. Heger. Others who |
4 Joined the party were Franklin Is. /
! Cotton, Enoch Moore, William + Porter,
\ Il. L. Warner, William w. Pusey and
representatives Of the press.
The party was taken out in special
car No. 60 along the Front street line.
The legislators asked numerous ques
tons. Maps Of the city railway system
were furnished by Mr.. Lea. These eX-
hiblted the lines in actual service and
also the prospective extensions.
The latter included, along Front street
out Lancaster avenue; out Fourth and
IN du Pont street and Scott street TO the
park; and over Third street bridge.
Ii was understood that the only
reason the last mentioned extension
had not been commenced is on account
of the grade crossing at Fourth street.
This, it is stated, will be met BY The
erection Of an overhead bridge. When
that is completed the line will run from
Eden Park on the southeastern side OF
the city to Brandywine Park at the
northwest, atIlrding new route
diagonally across the city from limit
70 limit.
The contemplated extensions cover
: about five miles, and call for an outlay
OF between 100000 and 100000,
There is an actual electric railway ser
vice ot % mites But calculating by
! the different routes il Tuuld be 80 miles.
/ There is only one mile vi horse railway
e service.
q In regard to the actual prosecution Of
! the railway extensions the city railway
is acting i'll corporation with street and
Sewer Department. This is obviously
a necessary as it would DC useless to lay 4
track and ballast and pave 1T along a
: street which the city department has TO
tear up and reconstruct this spring.
The trip on Friday was from the
= r., W. & I, station ~ Front and Union,
i back 10 tie station, up Market, ont
Eighth 10 Fifth and Union
a They then returned to Market street
fl and took the Delaware avenue line. by
this time it was noon and on the invita-
J tion Of President Lea took luncheon al
his house No. 500 Delaware avenue.
,c A REASONABLE cIARTER.
Re In reply to question in regard TO tn,
T. legislative opinion Of the New Castle
y electric railway line Representative
N salisbury said:
u ".rAe general feeling is 70 grant chem
D; q reasonable charter
a II is understood that tho requirement.
q Of those backing the New Castle enter
at prise are for the line 10 enter the city Il
Il, Third street, to pass along Third stree
Z 10 French, to Fourth, 10 Market street.
1t was learned that the city railwa,
company has expended over $500, OU
in extensions and Improvements Il.
ne past year.
Riding along the various streets fror
he the centre to tho suburbs the legislator
III salyas s,,rr,risnJ n IA ri1nl,rf,i III
In -. H. 49,, ~ ~ y
n, building and the strides it has made /
covering new districts with residence
,r There seemed to be Il general opinio
nj alsu that the City railway comtrany
10 char il has oct,ii,1Iv communicated rnn
re-. Einnd w;th he nrn.r@c,iya rytensin,
,i,I ., IN. ;.t
~ nus PFeIty wen covered tIe Guy WIN
ny Atl-"ofA q !lhe>.
MA Comment was made in the proiecif
that it To a decree would duplicate Il
nc 7crS'ce already ~ existence.