The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-05-03
|EOuRTH EDITION
s.r. BaIl,. s.rear speech.

lover. May =.
This afternoon ths members OF the
Legislature enjoyed q ride to Newark and
visit through Delaware College. Tho
members we're accompanied on the trip
by superintendent II, L. Holiday OF the
Delaware Railroad Company, George NJ
Jones, Ghariea H. kittlnger, Colonel l.. L.
Cooper, Manlovo Hayes. Secretary OF
State ]. Harvey Wniteman, Lewis D yande.
grift and the clerks and officers of the two
houses.
II was drill day at the college and the
anticipated.
MIR. Jolls introduced bill to-day fixing
the fees for furnishing copies OF private
acts by the Secretary OF State Mra. Rog.
ers deyoice bill la hung up In tho house.
That New Castle lady had better come to
Dover.
Representative Wilson offered a bill pre-.
vidInR that when a Road Commissluner
4 moves out of his Hundred his Office shall
be vacant, and that d resident of the Hun.
Cred shall succeed Kim. Representative
Walker offered a bill providing a penalty
< from $50 to 500 line for defacing private
property.
Representative Moore introduced an
act 10 incorporate the Delaware Woolen
and Knitting Manufacturing Con pnny;
also al act to incorporate the Empire
Cotton and Corlage Manufacturing Com.
pany The csn.tnl stobk OF each Is to be
tluu,00a with power to Increase to an un-
limited amount. The provisions OF both
are almost identical. Iiey are empower.
ed to do utmost everything. Immediate.
iy after organizing they can chuuge tnelr
names, but cannot do so more Than once.
The inoorporators iu tho former Com
pany are James g, Shaw, Charles Ii. KIT.
finger, Joseph l.. Cahall and others white
the names OF the following persons APP
pear as the chatter members OF the lat
ter company. Robert j. Handy, John
Pyle, Charles l.. Moore. Joseph L. Cahall,
Horace X. Mustard, James q. shaw
The Senate to-day passed bill allowing
o., 900 to the Phoenix Fire Company to buY
o chemical engine.
Senator Pyla to-day introduced two gas
bills. The iirst 10 to Incorporate the
Brandywine Gas Company OF state OF
Delaware with J. Edward AddiGks James
G. Shaw, Juhu Ii. Batement State senator
Robert J. Hanby and J. Frank Alice
corporaiors. The capital stock Is set at
H5t OH, with power TO increase the same
to an unllm tad mount.
The company asks for power 10 operate
n In any town Ia the the state III accordHncs
with tho laws governing the street laws OF
the towns.
The second till aims at amending and
e'inoorpotattng tho OK! hydrogen o ..
pnny and asks for permls5 sion TO lay pipss
in the city OF Wilmington subject only to
the reasonable and proper engineering
supervision OF the proper authorities
thereof, respecting the location Of said
pipes and conductors. etc. As there
Is litigation pending over such mat
ter there 10 suro to 10 opposition to
the last bill.
Mr.. Ball had trolieys In his mind to-day.
The genial Sussex countan has boen
noted during the session for his iutellect'
hal solution OF all knOtty problems that
came before the Legislature. To-day he
jumped on the Wilmington City halfway
company with both feet because the geo.
pie OF the hundreds adjacent to Whining
ton desired TO construct railway limos hut
always met with opposition from tho city
company. II would not pay these com
panies TO build lines to the city .iln.s.
AS soon as any one else tries to get in
to the city and lrlos to furnish the
facilities. which the Huntington City Com
pany refuses TO do, AN army of PAD lob
byists OF that corporate monopoly begins
to button hole ali the members Of tho As
eemby with the exclusive 7ght idea oil
the city railway CON panv.
lie could not understand why tie com
mittee wanted to mold the biil 50 long
Tho City Railway OF Wilmington was not
entitled to exclusive rights. II is III },
nopoly and this Legislature should Stang
on every monopoly that tres To derea
lair and square competition.
The cUmmlttee Will meet to morrow oil
the bill and then Mr.. JUls will play Bail
The speech delivered by Mr. Ball wal
the only one of tho session and was lis
tened so with marked attention.
The Duke Of York decd Is daad.