Evening journal., 1895-04-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did In
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE
Friends Of the BrAndywine Springs Bill
Go to Dover to Urge It's Passage-wil-
lard Salisbury Goes Too-Bishop Cole
mans Bill Killed by the senate-ssna-
tor Handy Scores Another victory.

lard Salisbury Goes Too-Blshop Cole
mans Bin Killed ny the senats-ssna-
tor Handy Scores Another victory.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DovTR, April 13.-The House substi-
tute for the Senate supplement to the
charter Of the Wilmington and Brandy
wine Springs Electric Railway Company
had its 6rst reading in the Senate yester
day. The rules were suspended and 1t
was referred to the Committee on Private
Corporations.
Richard w Crook and Dr L H Ball
its nearest and dearest friends, left
Wilmington on the IL 03 train yester-
day morning Willard Salisbury, Jr,
vice president Of the Wilmington City
RAILWAY Company, came down on the
same train He de in a parlor car and
they rode in the smoker. which showed
conclusively the difference between
road in operation and road in contem-
plstion.
All three got to work as soon as they
reached the State House The two
Brandywine Springs msguates con
tented themselves with icanvassing the
senators, and at the conclusion oil their
labors announced the result. They said
that they had enough votes to pass It
even In the face Of an adverse report OF
committee. and that the same votes
would kill any and all amendments
Mr.. Salisbury had quite long talk
with Chairman Harrington, on electric
railway matters and showed him some
very pretty little amendments for
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City railway interests. Ii the rivals
accomplished anything it was not appar-
ent on the face Of the afternoons pro-
ceedings
The Bishops Bill KILLED.
Bishop Coleman's bill regulating exits
from buildings of public character was
killed by the Senate 1t was reported
unfavorably by senator Alrichs, of the
Committee on Revised Statutes, he max
ing the following explanation:
"The reason that the Committee on
Revised Statutes makes an nnfRyorAble
report is not because it does not thiuk
this good bill and that we should not
have law Of that kind, but because we
have q similar law on the statute books In
fact, 1t Is the very same law. almost word
for word. tits chapter t46 Of volume Is.
and Is entitled Ohenses against lives and
persons of individuals. II covers the
case very fully. IL provides for outside
doors opening outwardly, together with
fire escapes. and provides ample penalties.
Ii the senators wish we can haveit read. y
Mr. Pyle-'I think that the statement
OF the senator from New Castle is salts
factory"
When the question was put there was
II ~ - Lsf atr 49,
/ against it,
Il is thought that the bishop will no "
endeavor to secure the enforcemsnt of
the existing law.
Kenton's Charter Amendments.
Senator Fenimors introduced a bill
amending the town charter Of Kenton in
several particulars. It regulates the
repair and widening of pavsments and
sidewalks, allows cobble stones to be
used where entrances to lanes or drive
ways compel teams to cross pavements.
| changes the town election to the first
/ Monday In March and continues the
present commissions to thst time In
/ 1896, and gives women freeholders thl
right to vote at town elections
Bridgeylllo'A Misfortuns.
Bridgeville wants more money from
Sussex county for keeping up the public
roads within its corporate limits
now gets 5000 and wants to raise thi
limit to $500 The House passed such
bill and 1t came up for passage In thu
Senate yesterday. Speaker Recordl
opposed it, saying that II 1t passed, everl
town in Sussex county would be apply
ing for an increase and he did not think
that the treasury of the county coulC
stand such drain. his objection led Il
the reoommittal Of the bill
wnI Not Avail Them.
The Water Commissioners Of VIII
mington may increase their rates Ii
antici patton Of a cut of one quarter ol
the part of the General Assembly, but i
will not avail them. The Senate, yester
day, passed the bill introduced b,
Senator Pyle, but with an amendment
providing that In future the rates shal
not be in excess Of three quarters 0
what they were on January. 1895. Tha
nulli6ed the effect Of any increase put Il
force or In contemplation.
The Bench win Decide.
The Joint Committee on Constitutions
Reform will not meet again until it hear
from the bench OF the state. The Ssnat
concurred in the House joint rssoluiio
requesting tho chancellor. chief justic
and associate judges to give the commit
tee advice as to the representation Of th
several counties In the Constitutions
Convention The New Castle count
members hope that they will decide tbs
the upper county may have NOR
delegates than either of the two lowe
counties. The Kent and Sussex member
are equally anxious that the judges wi
decide i0st the reverse. IL may be
week before the bench is heard from, an
/ possibly two weeks
No Reduction This Time.
The General Assembly does not propol
: to allow School District No 173 8
+ Roxanna, In Sussex county, to reduS
. the amount now raised by law for schoi
purposes. The House killed the bill an
, the voters will have to continue to raii
$125 instead of $75 as desired.
Left Hanging In the Air.
: The officers and stockholders Of I'll
/ Delaware State Agricultural Sociei
:. marched up the hill and then marcht
y down again yesterday. They came U
n smiling and went away groggy, and
was ell the fault Of Representative
!. Pyle and Mustard.
d Several days ago the House Commits
4 u l.