Evening journal., 1895-04-03
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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with It, He reported this to the commit
tee and 1t agreed TO it. The senators also
modified the grade crossing features by
allowing the tracks OF the new company
to GROSS railroad switches and spu rs at
grade. Mr. Cooper drew q substitute
bin embodying these features aud placed
1t IN Chairman Harrlngton's hands.
bills That Interest Them.
Harvey J. Wiley, secretary Of the
Board Of Street and Sewer Directors, was
in Dover yesterday to arrange for a
hearing Of the directors on Wilmington
bills now In the hands of the Senate aud
House Committees on Revised Statutes.
BE was Informed that they could be
heard to day, and. although somewhat
surprised At the promptness with which
his request was granted, he said hat
they would be here Ii Director Chambers
WAS well enough. The bills in which
they are interested are as follows
For the building or acquiring of
sewers one mile outside OF the city
limits.
Vacation Of Towrsend's road, street
and Duncan avenue.
Vacation Of Rrobson and Vestry lanes
upon the opening ot Scott street south OF
Psnnsyl lganis avenue
Overhead bridges at Fourth and Church
streets.
Vacation Of streets, etc, for sbollshing
grade crossings on line OF the Baltimore
and OHIO rairoad
Admission Of territory bounded by
Twelfth street. Woodawn avenue,
Eighteenth rect, Delaware avenue and
Union street and tho vacation OF Rock.
ford road in said territory when Wood
lawn avenue is opened.
Admission OF territory bounded by
Wooddale avenue extended 60 public
road, thence to Shellpot creek, aouthery
along the creek to city line, at the same
rate Of taxation that East Lake was ad-
mitted A substitute bill hiss been pre-
pared
WI ening Tenth street and Delaware
avenue from Msrket TO Washington
streets.
Fixing the width Of d street at sixty
feet instead Of seventy feet as shown on
the city map
Ordering City Council to raise $3.50 600
by selling bonds, the money to be used
by the Street and Sewer Department in
two years for opening and improving
streets, building sewers, etc
To further extend the boundaries OF
the city of Wilmington
Authorizing the building OF overhead
bridges and subways In the city Of
Wilmington
Authorizing tho building. of overhead
bridges or visducta ia Wilmington.
Act compelling the Street aud Sewer
Directors TO make estimates OF the
needs OF the department.. submit them
to City Council and take what money
they can get; also compelling the de
partment TO keep Its m lney in the Union
National Bank.
John r. saulsbury's Latest.
Fx Secretary OF State John r. Sauls-
bury Says that Salem, N j., is Ia Dala-
ware, and that the state should claim Il
as part tho territory Within Che twelve
mile circle The same claim would also
apply to Pennsgrove, Pennsville and
other Jersey places within twelve miles
Of the old court house IN New Castle.
He says that the time was when Saiemitea
used TO go IN boats TO New Castle to vote
and bis idea nov Is 70 claim all the
| territory within the twelve mile circle,
establish its claim in the Supreme Court
of the United States, and then sell the
territory 60 New Jersey, applying the
money arising from the sale to the
redemption Of state bonds outstanding
Crook Feels Much Gratihed
Richard w Crook, OF the Wilmington
and Brandywine Springs Railway Com
pany, came to Dover again yesterday to
look after the supplement- TO the charter
of that corporation He WAS wslking
around the State House with the two
| printed bills Ia his hard and charging
the Wilmington City Railway Company
with having inspired tho latest Que. Il
feel very much gratided to hnd that
some persons ia Wilmington have gone
TO the trouble OF framing for us a
supplement under which we might
/ possibly operate" he said to your
correspondent. "At the same time / do
not care 10 have their advice or counsel
Ia determining our route
| Duriug the day he conferred with a
number Of the members Of the Com
nittee on Private Corporations
Later in the day be announced that be
would not accept the Wilmington City
/ Railway amendment, but would force
the bin out Of committee 90 morrow and
abide by the result He does not think
that the old company should be drafting
aud submitting amendments for hi.
company
Two for Tomorrow Night.
\ The joint committee OF six on Consti
/ tuLionHi Convention bill will hold ~:
! FIRST meeting this evening
A delegation ot the members Of the
Board of Public Educatton Of Whining
ton will also be here for a hearing befor,
the committees on education.
Interested in the Enterprise
y II Kensn, OF Philadelphia, ar
| rived in Dover last evening &c look ovei
the rout. of the proposed Dover anc
Milford Electric railway of which
Speaker Of the House Wateon is presi
dent Mr Kenan is interested in thl
enterprise
Legislative Notes.
Senators Fenimore and Harrington
swapp' seats yesterday afternoon Tn,
fovmers chsir Was too near a windoy
aud the COZ stant draft kept hin
stopped up NTH cold
Several Of the members went I,
Middletown last evening 10 particlpat
Ia the bauquet OF Union Lodge, No
A + and a. NJ
representative Fleming is quite slcl
at hts home in Harrington, and attende,
by Dr, Marshall, ol Milford
Speaker Watson walked into th