The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-04
An Answer TO "Commnn seuse."
Communicated
In your lesue OF February 27th. 1895. th,
following communication appeared:

In your lesue OF February 27th. 1895. the
following communication appeared:
"MR. EpIroR;-I would call the attention
OF your many readers in BraDdywlne
Hundred to O very Objectionable bill now
before the Legislature concerning Roads
ard highways of Brandywlne Hundred"
Should this bill become a law the three
road ommissioners would have authority
to borrow, run up debt to the extent OF
ten per cent. off the assessed value OF pro-
perty. The Hundred assessment is over
seven million dollars. ten per cent. OF
which Is seven hundred thousand dollars.
Think of IL, three men with authority to
run the Hundred In debt 500 000, to vir-
tually mortgage every farm ana house
one tenth OF Its value.
Reader. have you Brandywine Hun.
dreu farm? Can you make Ii payp DO
you want debt piled up against it with
out your consent2 Soon tho tax. Ratherer
would be upon you. taking your little all
to satisfy the greedy man CT debt. Ii you
do net want to be taxed or mortgaged
and eaten out of your home, protest to
your Representative In the Legislature
agSlnst This iniquitous bill. Haveit killed.
COMMON SENSE
have no deslIe, nor do IinIend to be
drawn into newspaper controversy. but
when see published In a public journal
such an article as i have herein quoted in
reference TO highways in Brandywine
HID, Common Sense" feel 1t to be the
uuly Vi bbtuG Ou6 WuO lcOib ull llboiosb vi
the permanent Improvement OF the roads
OF Brandywlne Hundred, 10 refute the
mis- statements or to mole properly say
''falshoods," For II "Comnioh Sense. us
he signs himself, had taSsn the trouble
to examine the assessment. as he could OF
have done. lie would have ascertatned
the assessment OF Brandywine Hundred
to 5e 81. 200, 900 or q very little over one
third OF the amount stated In his article.
80 much for HE iirst objection.
1Wtf fIa.. .I...n l....
that II this bill before the Legislature
should become law, the three COmInls.
sionerS would have the authority to bor-
row anu run up a debt to tho extent OF
S1OO,OOO. II the same person had taken
the trouble to examine this bill, Gf IT. 10
possible for him to understand the Eng.
lish language he will tlni that 1t ls i'm.
possible for the three commissioners
named in the bill or their successors
elected, to borrow or bond the Hundred
in one dollur of debt without the consent
OF majority OF the land owners OF said
Hundred.
They must also state in such consent
the amount they propose to borrow at
that special time, and after such consent
has been obtained, they must create q
sinking fund sufficient to liquidate said
loan at the expiration of the time for
which 1t was made.
AS to Common Senses" tear OF the tax
gatherer l must refer bim again tothe
In It to lower the tax rate less than one.
half the present rate and prohibit the
Com missloners from going above that
amount In the future. So that his llttle
aiP Will be more secure in the future than
in the raet. Now, l do not wish to en-
croach too much OIL your time or space,
but perhaps 1t would be we'll to glva you a
few OF the causes leading up to the form
Ing OF the present bill for the better and
permanent Improvement of the roads OF
Brandywine Hundred. There Is one mat
Ter upon which the taxpayers Of the Hun
dred seem TO lie almost unanimous. that
10, relief from the pI esent road law passed
by the Legislators of two yenrs ago,
Any person who can take the trouble to
examine the business of our Jegislat ure
FOR the past twenty years. will find that
there has been more legislation In refer.
ence to roads in BrandywinA Hundred in
that time than all of the other hundreds
OF The State com bined.
And our roaus have been getting worae.
| IL possible. under each bill passed. The
principal object seems. under former bills
10 have been to legislate persons properly
and legally elected by majority OF the
people of the hundred QUE OF Office. and
place In power almost unanimous board
OF the minority. Would Common
majority? The present bill Is intended to
take as far as 1t ls possible, politics out
OF our road mending ana making; and II
| any person can point out any partisan
measure in the bill before tho Legislature.
| and olhers will gladly Join thom in hay
ing it erased or amended.
| Very respectfully,
| Gro. D. WATSON.
Brandywine HID. March I'd. 1895.