Evening journal., 1895-03-20


make sewer liens 81 per front foot,
instead of 80 cents per front foot, and /
cent per square foot on the area.
The Street and Sewer Department
officials represented that the passage of
the bill wonld make an inequitable
system of sewer liens. They said that on
lots of fifty feet deep average under the
present law 81 per foot front, and for
every additional foot IN depth 1t is one
cent more per foot front Ii the bill of al
front foot is passed the board will not
be able TO collect the present liens out.
standing, and cannot build any more new
sewers for lack of funds. The present
law provides that the board shall assess
three. ffths at certain rate, while, as a
matter of fact, that certain rate has not
covered fifty per cent instead OF three
fiftsh, and OF fifty per cent there has been
an exemption OF SIS 600 or $20, 600 OF that
fifty per cent. for sewer connections
made years ago. If 81 q foot front were
taken up at that same rate the board
would not be able to build one-tenth Of
the sewers which are being built at
present. They contended that the 81
foot front would not be equitable because
person owning a lot seventy fve feet
deep and twenty feet front would pay
$50, aud a man having a lot 300 feet
deep and twenty feet front would pay
but 500; whereas, under the present law
the difference In the depth would be
equalized by counting the area at one
cent foot
The objection TO the present system
comes from people who own unimproved
land. They say that to reach some
persons improved property unimproved
property between 1t and other improved
property must be taxed whether the
owners Of such unimproved property
want to use the sewer or not The board
contended that such plea II made good
/ by law, would paralyze building opera
| tions In many parts OF the city as it could
not afford to run a sewer by unimproved
property unless such property paid Its
share Of the expense.
The committee listened with favor to
the statements made, and will be guided
by what the New Castle county mem
bers say both in the Senate and House
| he members Of the board also iu-
formed the committee that they bad no
objection TO the transferring OF the
plumbing inspector from the Street and
Sewer Department to the Health Depart
ment The present inspector Is Edward
+. Kane, Democrat. who was appointed
and has held Office at the instance OF Mr..
Gawthrop. Mr. Kane's term will expire
on May /. and Mr. Gswthrops on Apri
H. Mayor Shortlidge will undoubtedly
appoint an out and out Republican K
succeed Mr. Gawthrop, and the new
director and Mr.. Chambers. will moi
reappoint Mr.. Kane.
The bill regulating sanitary plumbing
4 T.. 4.sA H.. - "a
and that Is the one which provides thai
the plumbing inspector shall be sp
pointed By the Board OF Health and he
In turn, appoint as many assistants as hl
needs, at $40 month that there shal
be an after" inspection instead OF
before" inspection, and that plumber
shall pass an examination before plyin
their trade Both the Board of Hesltl
and plumbers were represented at Oh
hearing on that BILL the board by DIR a
e Frgntz and Secretary w c r Colqu
hOun; the master plumbers by James r
Traynor, Joseph Jenkins, George B
Ward, Isaiah Eaton and ] B Roberts. AM
the journeymen plumbers by Harry
Brandt and William Splain. They wer
all enthusiastically in. favor ofJthe bill
Representative Pyle is very much oppose
to the measure.
The Bottle Bill X iIled.
Representative Mustard's repsaler Of
the bottle law is now q thing Of the past
1t was killed by the Senate yesterda
afternoon, the Committee on RevIsec
Statutes reporting it without recomuen
dation, and every senator but Mr.. Alrich
voting against it. When the bill passe
the House delegation OF it's lady friends
sang Praise God From Whom Al
Blessings Flow, but there was a marke
absence Of both ladies and music whe
the Senate acted on it yesterday
Mrs James L Woloott and Mrs. N
Smithers came to the State House durin
the noon recess and had a hearing bsfoI
the Senate committee in the parloi
They were not given much encourage
ment and did not stay to witness th
death Of their fsvorite.
When Senator Records reported it b
said that 1t wss 10 repeal law passe
I two years ago allowing retail liquo
: dealers to sell intoxicRnts in quantitil
of one quart or less to be drunk of th
. premises
Speaker Watson left the chair an
said:
2 Mr.. Speaker. | am compelled to voi
against that bill. / am compelled to vol
Z against it because it is prompted by fall
= sentiment II it could do any good
! could understand IL; but under the ol
law no one hesitated to sell either by Il
, pint or quart. We passed this law simp
because 1t would create revenue and gi'
the people a chance to do right The
II Was not hotel In the state that did NJ
+ sell by the pint or quart whenever the
10 customers wanted It 1t results In
y revenue of about $l2 900 to the state
IS understand. / can't understand the i'd
II OF repsaling the law when the repe
: don't effect what its friends are after.
% is notorious fact that, before this b
b was passed, drug stores-I don't mel
II all, but lots OF them-msds more
J selling liquor by the bottle than Il
hotels did. They made it 3 part of the
8, business 60 have bottles ready filed, al
9, you could get any liquor there that u
a wanted. Why ladies insist on havir
se passed bill OF this character | can
lie understand. Lots Of persons would b.
ID liquor by the bottle from drug stor
Is who would not dare 90 into hotel I
D. fear of public opinion. On that accou
TO / shall vote against II
to The vote on the passage Of the bill W
er taken resulting as follows: