Evening journal., 1895-05-02
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Y
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE
Wilmington and BrAndywine Springs Bill
Passed Handy Talks Plainly About the
Wilmington City Railway Oompany-To
Pay Salaries Instead of Fees-Tramps
and Taxes-CapitoI Notes.

and Taxes-oapitol Notes.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, May 2-The Wilmington City
Railway Company found its Waterloo In
the Senate yesterday afternoon. That
body, after killing, by vote OF to 2,
the amendments which the old company
had tackled to the House substitute for
the Senate supplement to the ch arter Of
the Wilmington and Brandywine Springs
Electric Railway Company, passed the
substitute by unanimous vote
Richard W. Crook and DIR. L. Il. Ball,
the projectors of the new road, arrived in
town early and found George NJ. Jones,
the old compAny's representative, already
on the ground, Tue two visitors imme-
diately began laying their pipes to have
it reported They found attached to it
an amendment restricting them from
coming any farther into Wilmington than
Sixth and Broome streets They frankly
informed Chairman Harrington that they
were willing to have it reported with the
amendment, but that they would use
their utmost endeavors to defeat the
The canvass for votes WAS begun and the
result was satisfactory to the Brsndywine
! Springs people
Ths bill was not reported until late In
the afternoon Messrs. Crook, Ball and
Jones occupied seats close together In
the gallery Chairman Harrington re.
ported the bill and amendment favorably
but subsequently corrected himself by
saying that two members of the Com
mittee on Private Corporations (himself
and Mr.. Pierce) were in favor of the
amendment and one (Mr. Fenlmore) was
opposed to 1t
The amendment was read
Mr.. Hsnby--"I would like to hear that
amendment read sgsin. Hearing an
amendment read is not like seeing it and
the bill BY hearing it read once you
| can't tell what 1t Is.
He walked over to the clerks desk,
looked ct the bill aud the amendment,
walked back to HE own desk and said:
Mr. Speaker-This amendment IL
virtually like the others. It destroys
that bill. / am In favor OF electric rail
ways and will vote for them for any where
in the state. l think they improve our
country, make our people more prosper
Gus, and benefit every body generally in
| this age But there Is one electric railway
company in Wilmington which acts like
4 big boy at school who wants to
boss all It gets amendments put on
these bills which virl ually destroy all
OF them. They are here watching every
move made In the matter of electric
roads between the city Of Wilmington
and outside points / think that the
best way to do with this bill is to strike
out this amendment, and II there ia
any thing In the charter OF the old com
psny which will not let this new COM
pAny come In, let them fight it out In the
courts. The old company has a sweeping
charter which goes five miles outside the
city on any road 1t sees it to use"
Mr. Pyls-"six miles, / think"
MI Hapby-"Yes, six miles But the
old company does not build these roads
to points outside. Instead of that its
attorneys have been here hanging amend
ments to the charter Of companies which
will build between Wilmington and
nearby points. / think 1t is a gross
shame that the people outside of VIII
mington cannot have some Rccommods-
tion in electric railways as well as the
people Of Wilmington. It Is wrong for
one company to have everything. Let
1 I
compel these new companies TO make
their termini in the suburbs of the city
and dump their passengers down In the
mud or compel them to pay another
fare"
The amendment was defeated by the
following vote;
| Yea-Messrs. Harrington and Pierce
Ia
Nsy-Messrs Airichs, Fenimore, Handy
Moore, Pgle and Mr.. Speaker-7
The amendment was declared lost, anC
the bill was read and passed by thu
unanimous vote of the Senate Il Rllowl
the new road to come in Sixth street q
French or Walnut and down to the nortl
side OF Fourth street, near which dep5
will be built
After the passage OF the bill wal
assured the two advocates Of 1t shool
hands with Mr.. Jones and then went on
In the lobby and held an informal recep
tlon Shortly after that they took tn
train for home. Mr.. Crook returned Il
Dover to day to superintend and expeditI
the enrolment of the precious document
The supplement was originally intro
duced In the Senate early in the session
Tho Senate committee struck out al
after the enscting clause, merely extend
ing for few months the time for build
+ ing the road. 1t was taken to the House
: where the committee reported ant
secured the passage of the substitut
passed by the Senate yesterday. IL thei
: went back to the Senate and WAS hun
: up for several weeks.
Read the w. @. RS Title.
The Senate passed the Senate bill {
4 incorporate the Wilmington and Yves
: Chester Electric Railway Company. Tn
1 bill was badly cut up with amendments
= One provided that the rails should no
be laid upon the Concord turnpike With
g out the consent of the officers Of th
? Wilmington aud Great Valley Turnpik
Company The esrmsrks of the Wi
= mington City Railway Company wer
appsrent upon another which denied tn
: new road admission to Wilmington
y This amendment provided that II the oil
company would met the new company !
Q the city boundary the new compsn
II should come no farther, but II the oil
company refused to build out to the ne
one. then the new one might build In
point intersecting the old road o
+ Market street Ia the Ninth ward.
p There we're so many amendments tbE
q fhev uara mot actad unon aannratalv br