Evening journal., 1893-02-22

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Railway Company. The proposition met
with a favorable reception from the
counsel now asking this charter. After
consultation with the gentlemen in
terested in the road, these gentlemen,
says he cannot accept the amendment.
and insist that the Legislature give them /
what they ask-nothing more. nothing /
less. They say that with this amend /
ment the charter would be worthless 20 /
them. In my opinion the charter, with /
out the amendment, would not be q /
proper one for the Legislature to grant. |
IL the bill is passed with the amend |
ment, and If they don't exercise the
rights of the charter that is their fault |
1t is our duty to do what is right l
want to give every possible advantage 20
the city Of New Castle, but / want TO
give every advantage to the people of the
city of Wilmington. l have been going
to that city for long time. Anything
that affects its interests Is dear TO me
! am willing 20 do anything to promote
the interest Of the city; but ! think that
the granting of power TO start another
railway would be detrimental to the city
Of Wilmington. Wilmington Is city
fifteen times as large as New Castle, and
the large city has as much claims TO our
consideration bo hhH NEW AAotlof Al WN
pass an act Of this sort Il will stop the
extensions and improvements of the
other lines II they are not to be pro-
tected they are not justified In making
the extensions which they contemplated.
Within the next four years they expect
to make yearly expenditure Of 100000,
aud all for the advantage and develop
ment Of the city Of Wilmington. Are we
to choke that off TO grant charter to
set of men with no absolute proof that
the road would be constructed on ground
instead Of on the paper which 10 now
occupies7'
He closed his remarks by allnding 60
that part of the charter which prov ides
for lighting New Castle by electricity
and presented letter from Alexander b.
Cooper, counsel for the New Castle Gas
Company, asking for delay Of hnal
action until he could be heard by the
committee in relation 20 the electric
light franchise.
Cooch-"This bill has been before this
house for six weeks The matter was
fully discussed at a public meeting in
New Castle, when the president Of the
Gas Company was president Of the meet
ing. If he did not see fit to take interest
enough to protest against it, then | do
not see Why we should wait now.
Saulsbury-"Who Is the PRESIDENT
Cooch-'John J. Black.
Sauls bury If / was certain that you
have been correctly informed / would
wave my request.
Cooeh aud whiteman for It.
Messrs. Cooch and Whiteman, (the
latter left the chair then in turn
] g.. . L.. Of Goa.
why the Wilmington City Railway Com
pany should refuse to allow the towns
outside 10 connect themselves with
electric railways and have access TO the
city of Wilmington. They would not
mpete with the old company; rather
act as feeders, as but few persons would
want to go TO Wilmington aud stop at
the terminal points. No company with
the financial backing that the Whining
ton City Railway Company has. could be
injured by a company which ouly paral
lels l., 112 feet of its track Wilmington
is a growing city and must not be
! hedged in The stocks Of the old CON-
pany were not threatened, neither were
it's vested rights All honor is due TO
: the old company for making the system
what it is. but IL must not try 10 keep
the outside world from the city The
exclusive privilege has been in its char
ter for many years, but this is the FIRST
time it has ever been pressed. New
J Castle county presents a solid delegation
! for the bill and, as it is ohe which only
q effects New Castle county, the members
b from Kent and Sussex counties should
have some Difference to the wishes of the
countys representatives. lt makes no
difference who built the road 1t is q
& a. g..
' six months and completed in two years
r the charter is null and void.
The New Castle men made long. strong
: and effective speeches. While they had
the floor Alexander B Cooper stepped
into the chsmber Mr. Salisbury called
the attention of the House to the fact
He could not move it. The amendment
was doomed The question was called
! and the vote to adopt the amendm nj
! was as follows
Aye-Dasey. Hall Hickman, Jacobs
Pratt, Prettyman. salisbury, Ssvil-S
Nay-Armstrong Bryan, Cooch, Day,
Gam, Kdnney, Lynch, Spruance, Wat
{ kins, Whttock-lO
= Absent--Conaway and Harrington
Mr. Speaker-"The amendment i
lost"
saulsbury-'I move that the bill b'
e recommitted in order TO give Mr. coope
+ hearing
Cooch-'We can give him a hearing
= right here, now.
A half hours recess was declared
= During that time Mr. Cooper pleaded
= for the New Castle Gas Company. II
said that 10 grant the railway compan
7 an electric light privilege would ruin th
. gas COMPANY. He said that the reaso
/. he had asked for hearing ON such
,s late day was because the company kne'
10 nothing whatever about the electri
n light section ia the bill.
- Peter L. Cooper, Jr, said that 9Th
1, people of New Castle wanted bette
! light and it was 40 their suggestio
~ that the section was put in the bill II
"a said that the gas was so poor in Nel
! Castle that when you turn on the jet j
: one room the lights 60 out ia another
Mr. Cooper, the New Castle Gas Com
pany counsel, said that the gas wa
good. He admitted that il was high
IN price and attributed it 20 the fact that
an is coal gas and not water gas. The oil
company has an electric light franchi.