Evening journal., 1895-03-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did In
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE

Marsh Owners to Have No Aid From the
Treasury -Invsstments BY Guardians
and Trustees-The Dover-Milford Rail
waS-MiscellAneous News of the LeKis-
lature.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER. March 5. The st Georges
Marsh Compsny's bill is killed. George
s. CApelle and T. Bayard Hsisel are in
sackcloth and ashes and the companys
charter will probably be drsped in mourn
ing. The lord high executioners we're
Senators Pyle and Handy the only de-
fender Of the bill was Senator Alrichs
The measure provided that the Levy
Court Of New Castle county might Rp-
propriate sum not exceeding SO COO 10
any one year to assist the company in
keeping up its river banks Ia Red Lien
and st Georges hundreds The benefit
to the county was alleged to be the pro
lection OF four miles Of pubic road
traversing the lowlands belonging to
the company
This action upon the part OF the
Senate dooms the Cherry Island Marsh
Company's bill and also the bill provld-
ing for the macAdamizlng Of the Elsmere
road al the county's expense.
Senator Pierce reported the defunct
| bill without recommendation. 1t was
read by paragraphs. Its champion, MIR.
Heisel, being seated near the door,
Senator Pyle having previously told him
plainly that he could not support It,
When Reading Clerk Springer had
concluded reading his selection Senator
Pyle arose and proceeded to PICK the bill
to bits
Mr. Pyle-'Mr Speaker. made an
effort In these last two weeks to ascertain
the sentiment of the authorities of New
Castle county in regard TO this measure
Finally, after considerable effort |
received communications Of some
character or other from all OF the com
missioners OF New Castle county One Of
them-it is not very much TO say, but
SKY it-expressed the sentiment of some
body else and number have no senti-
ments at all in them. l have letter
there from a commissioner of New Castle
county l should be ashamed to offer 1t
in evidence in this case, but 1t is there, 1
have 1t, and il Is a great letter Another
man of the Levy Court OF Now Castle
county cannot express his own opinion
in the matter He favors the passage Of
this bill, but / must take his opinion
with some degree Of caution for the
reason that some Of his family are IN
interested in bill following this one
They are only waiting for us 60 vote for
this one. have only received one letter
| from one of the commissioners in that
county which expresses his own mind. /
am opposed to any and every form of
protection. l have been taught to oppose
protection since my earliest recollection
to the present hour, either national
or state; to oppose any scasme
that puts the substance Of the people
into the hands of the few at the expense
of the many. A protection which has
protected one-hslf of the wealth Of the
land In the hands of about 30, 900 people.
This is on the same plan and same prin-
ciple. It protects the lowlsnds along
the river at the expense OF the men who
are unfortunate enough to live on the
highlands and want no protection.
There is another bill waiting now that
makes the same appropriation, excepting
one thing that it applies to the City
Council Of Wilmington, as well IS the
county, to protect the banks of Cherry
Island Marsh There was q man ia
Dover sll OF last week waiting to find
out the fate of this bill He was here
two years ago with a bill ! sat down on
II and l will do 1t again and all such
schemes The friends of this bill have
represented that there is no opposition
to it along the borders of these banks.
Here is letter from q gentleman who
lives in Delaware City. have known
him for over twenty years He Is man
of good character and a large taxpayer.
| shall not give his name unless am
compelled to do It. He opposes the
whole scheme know these people that
own these river banks. have nothing
but the highest and kindest regards fol
them. / am sorry that | cannot vote 8
fortune into the hands OF the whole OF
them, but ! regard doing 1t at the ex
pense Of the many as inequitstle, unjust
and not founded on reason and justice
II is not our mission here to legislats this
substance Of the masses into the bRndl
Of the few. If the Levy Court Commits
sioners Of New Castle county would CONS
and confront us, and say over their OWL
names that they approved this measure
and advocated Il would give up my owl
sentiments ard give up all opposition Il
the bill Pass this bill and you will bl
oyerrun with measures for more appro
J prlstions of the banks along the Della.
ware. The Christians is said to bi
eighteen miles from the mouth of The
river to the head Of navigation. sup
pose one-half of that Is fenced out by
banks They will be here from every
! quarter with their bills. Allow it to on'
t and we shall have to allow 1t to all
4 here is not less than thirty miles o.
banks in that county. don't know thai
have any more 70 say on this subject
have a communication from q mar
we'll known to you all, who don't agree
to the appropriation OF public money fol
private enterprise That is what it is. 2"
Mr.. Alrichs-"Mr. Spec ker, l woult
= like to call the attention Of the Senatl
to the fact that this bill does not max
It mandatory upon these commissioner
I to pay that money. They are authorized
to act in their own discretion. II thel
9 think it is to the best interest of th'
5 taxpayers to do so. If they think 1t woult
be economy to keep up those bank
l instead of building up thu roads they
are authorized to do so. II the bank
are not kept up four aud one-hslf mile
5 OF road would be overt owed for a deptt
q of eight feet. and Delaware Cit.
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