Evening journal., 1895-04-09


electric railway notion store and buy and
sell whole rail ways and other little things
of that kind. The bill contains every
thing but modesty and life is too short
for any com mlttee to strike out it's OBJ
jectionable features.
Irhs Wilmington and Great Valley
turnpike Company does not want the
Wilmington aud West Chs tster Electric
railway to come TO town by way of
JoncoId d turnpike 1t has already made its
ohjec ions known to the General Assem-
oily, aud the bill Is resting quietly in the
desk of Chairman Harrington, of the
Senate Committee on Private Corpora
tions
The House has not yet concurred the
Senate amendments to the supplement to
the charter of tns Wilmington and New
Castle Electric Railway Company Tnere
is a movement on foot By the opponents
of the Wilmington City Railway Company
to have the House strike out ths clause
authorizing the New Castle line to
mel ge with the old compsny They will
urge upon the House committee that it
is simply scheme OF the old company to
get the use OF the $3.50 600 capital stock
1 kthnNca Wy Aup new ChaAAci
To Be Kept Intact.
Assurances have been given BY those
representing J Henry Rogers that the
Duke of York deed and other papers
believed to be owned by the state and
not by Mr. Rogers, will be kept intact
and no effort Of sale made pending pro
ceeclngs before the chancellor.
House Chaplain Not Nesdsd.
81 guess we shall have to borrow the
House chaplRin this morning." said
Senator Records
why our chaplain is In town, sew
eral members and attaches replied il
chorus
sis that so2 Well didn't see him,
replied the senator
There was a loud guffaw, the reason 70
which was apparent to the Laurel states
man when he looked up and beheld Olap
lain Cort sitting within six feet of him
Tine chaplain had a hearty laugh. too
From DRY" to wet"
There is & movement on foot to max,
Henlopsn City. better known as Rsho
both, wet" instead Of dry" Summe
resort. Under its charter intoxicating
liquors cannot be sold within the cor
porate limits. Representative Pyle
chairman of the House COMMITTEES o.
Municipal Corporations, has had referee
10 him a bill knocking out of the tow
charter this prohioisory feature.
He will hold it for a week, and, II q
the end of that time the residents an
cottage owners OF the conservative littl
seaside resort do not protest against II
be will report it favorably and allow th
| ~. 10 rla frsf ho to-
Bishop Coleman Here.
Bishop Coleman was in the ssnat
chamber yesterdag morning looking afte
his bill regulating exits of buildings 0
public character He was informs
that it had been recommitted and woul
be amended so as not to include ons
story buildings To this he did nc
object but he did object to countr
churches being exempted
Two More Unfortunates.
There we're two unhappy men in th
State House yesterday morning. En-
rolling Clerk Parvis left his overcoat o
the train and Representative Watson, Q
Milford hundred, wa equally unfortV
nate. He walked out OF q car leavin
! his lisht shoes on the seat which he be
occupied.
The Mill OF the Gods.
: The Divorce Committee, at its sittin
yesterday afternoon, heard the cases
! James T VS. Christiana Leach, Of Wi
! mington, and John VS.. Elizabeth PAsi
1 waters, Of Milford The former ws
hel1 up and the latter reported unfavor
: ably.
z More Trouble for the w. O. R.C.
I That's an elevated railroad bill an
8 It's no good That is the way In while
: Representative Mustard greeted the fir
0 reading OF Representative Moneys bt
n to afford safety TO the travelling publ
8 The bill in question provides that 9
steam railroads and railways shall 10 Il
future be built With overhead or unds
grade crossings for the accommodate,
= OF public highways, and that all electr
. railways crossing steam railroad trach
= must 90 overhead or undergrRde. Til
4 penalty is $25 day until the violation
abated, one half to 90 to the inform,
,, and the other half to the road commi
!. siopers of the hundred in which su,
:, violation occurs, the money TO be a
\ piled TO the maintenance of the hnndra
. Ii this bill passes. 1t means that the w
y mington City Railway Company cam
make any extensions beyond tbs cit
limits to the south or east with
building overheAd bridges
New Order OF Things.
The House will hereafter vote "ay
and mo" instead OF yes" and may
!. This new order of things was broug
= about by ihe confusion 10 the cleri
ID record Of the vote on the bill allowi
II rural Popils to enter town schools T
new ruling also compels the clerk TO c
a. over the names OF the mem bsrs voting
y. the affirmative aud negative
~ struck Responsive Chord.
" Representative Sgpherd struck
spopsive pasriotie chord In the Hon
r. yss d*v mrraiDR by offsring !
~ resolution for the prominent of a 20
CON mIttse 70 purchase = state sDd