The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-22

MIR. Laird DeVou has given his opinion
that road TO The river would not advan.
tage cur city 500 and the factories ought
TO be built frst and mako the improve.
ments afterwards. This chiid's talk Is
M isleading. Perhaps the gentleman has
his Idea fixed or shaving the bonds put In
tho factories, buying them at a nominal
liRcre' and ceiling them at par after the
improvements by road are made. He hns
all oyo TO business. j have also learned
that some OF our calculators are figuring
up runnlDg o bulkbend from Cherry Island
Marsh out to deep water, say 1000 foet,
which would be ns expensive to our tax
payers "a the winter filter that coat one
hundred thousand jollars and docs not
litter, keeping an army of employees TO
ieep the gravel and sand turned overto
lot the Water get through.
Now sir we moan no fooILshness. wo
wnnt no wharf on tbe Delaware. river at
present. What we do want In my opinion
mercinl trade that Ii solid. | propose to
run direct road as near ns practicable to
the north or south side OF tho ChrIstiana,
which ever 10 the most practicable and
advantageous In our city's interest. 1
understand tho Roverhment IL about TO
expend el0. .000 on our Christiana river. II
so let them clean out the channel from
lhe Delaw river into the mouth OF the
Chrfstlana wide enough and deep enough
to give easy acooss for the largest vessels
to enter build tho wharf or bulk head on
the Chrlstipna which would give double
harbor and make straight connection
with our city. Our down country friends
enacted q law In 1858 during the war for
half u million OF dollars to keep them
from going into the army to be shot and
furnish some other FELLOW.
i Now on the same principle OF humanity
wouldn't IL be human for Governor Wat.
son to convene tie legislature and pass O
law for the State to appr oprlate one mil
lion for this great Improvement to
keep our people from starving who arc
Idle by the thousands. There Is no differ
ence in the case OF humanity on the one
slide OF ke6plDg them at home from the
war, from disease or bullet or keeping
them from being starved In the midst Of
plenty. The people don't ask aims, they
want work to be independent as we boast
90 much about. They want to be protect
cd In their own homes and our oity and
State. They want system In the right d.
rection which we have not got under our
present laws and while the legislature 10
m session let them pa ae stay law to keep
our poor people from being sold out by
tae sheriff and heartless constabies until
the panic is ovor or the sheriff will come
out of office In two years with about one
100000 aud the people who he
BOLD out delegated to the mercy OF the
combines. also nnull the commissions OF
the people In power where they bslong.
Also 81 We us a new city charter without
loopholes defining e,duties of all the
officials OF our city with faiF aud mod
crate salary attached 40 that the people
will not be eaten up 10 iaxosand word
conception made of II but that each office
holder will be required TO do his duty
fully up 10 it's requirements under penal
.ty OF line and imprlsonment would
propose In addition to the committee OF
gentlemen appointed on the city charter
ex-Chanceiior wolcott and WIN. Q. Spru.
ance. Esq, good men OF mature age and
among tho best read lawyers OF our city
and should the charter not meet all re-
qulrements after a trial OF one or two
Years that The same committee would
havo power to meet the defects which
would make 1t impregnnbie In the inter.
este OF economical administration. There
ought to be an injunction put on tho
street and sower and park com missions
from spending the peoples money until
the panic is over. The street commission
10 building sewers away down 12 feet In
tho earth buyIng the bricks In other
btates and taking the peoples taxes away
from them Without any equivalent. Th0y
don't consider that the Christinna is soma
90 feet lower than 1t 10 at ION street and
when thore IL full tide the sewage has
10 be held 10 the sewers until the tide goes
out. forcing all tho noxlous gases back
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