Evening journal., 1895-03-26

Assembly Tne legislators DO not want
to grant charters to be sold TO the high
est bidder
The supplement 60 he charter Of the
Gordon Heights Railway Company is
hung up In the Senate for the time being
Some of the members think that It's
privileges are extraordinary and for the
benefit Of the Wilmington City Railway
Company
want to Abolish Assistants.
President Thomas B Doud, Commits
sioner Martin F Fairy and Clerk Francis
: McClosksy, OF the Department Of
Elections, were In Dover yesterday
/ Their mission was to convince the
mem bers of the General Assembly that
it would DO move in the right direction
to abolish the voters assistants. thereby
doing away with a powerful agency for
the corruption Of the ballot.
The New City Hall.
The bill authorizing the mayor
and Council Of Wilmington to
borrow money and erect new City Hall
Is now in Dover l. came yesterday
accompanied By Councilman Kirby aud
Clerk Of Council Lsdnum The amount
to be borro wed is left to the discretion Of
City Council.
Two Against Prohibition.
Representative Mustard will introduce
the prohihitory bill, but he will not vote
for It. Representative Pyle has also
declared himself against it. This Is
what makes the prohibItionist's heart
grow cold aud tie liquor dealer smile
The Dover-AInford Enterprise.
The incorporstors Of the Dover and
| Milford Electric Railway Company met
In the State House parlor and organized
by electing Speaker Of tbs Senate vii
liam T, Watson, ex Secretary of State
John d. Hawkins, Of Delaware, aud w
+. king aud Messrs Msllcher aud Davis,
Of Philadelphia, directors These. ia
turn. elected Speaker Watson president
Mr. Hawkins, secretary, and Mr. King,
treasurer The directors have already
subscribed for one hundred shares OF the
stock Mr. Killing says hat he expects
to have the road in operation by August
| 1 Work will probably be begun at
Frederick AS the building materials can
be brought there on barges and carried
both ways on tie electric cars So the
work progresses
what ThYes Men Want.
Henry P Scott Sylvester D. Town
send and Harlan q Scott, OF Wilmington
sro not very modest In their demand:
upon this LEGISLATURE They are the
iucorporators named in the Delaware
Traction Company bill introduced liz ,h,
House by Representative Reybolc
yesterday Section 2 OF the bill vii
show just how much Of this mundane
sphere they want for nothing;
rhe said corporation IL authorized
aud empowered in the conduct OF its
business to buy, sell and lesse cable OF
street railways, and deal generally II
! such railways and rolling stock, ogethsi
with the rights, privileges and fran.
! chises pertaining thereto, and to operate
the same with horses, cables or AM
} desirable system of electric traction; and
) TO transact any and all business O.
whatever nature thai may be connected
Herewith and incidental thereto; Il
subscribe for purchase, own, hold anG
, sell stocks. bonds and securities Of othe
corporations, and to buy, sell, own an,
deal in any real OF personal propert,
\ necessary for the proper promotion 0
/ its business. and the proper management
, thereof; also, the power 10 borroy
5 money, in such sums and at such times
and on such terms as 1t may deer
! necessary for the proper TRANSACTION 0
, the business hereby authorized, and +
, | Issue and dispose OF its bonds or othe
evidences of indebtedness for an,
: amount or amounts so boz
/ | rowed, and to mortgage il
q corporate property and franchises I
! secure the payment Of any indebtedness
r contracted; it shall also have power c
q receive for payment, for any subscription
/ to its capital stock, any property neces
! sary or convenient for It's business, 8
/ such prices as may be agreed upon be
twsen the owners thereof aud th
3 directors OF this corporation; it sha
/ also have power to guarantee the bond
a Of other corporations or individuals o
q such terms as its directors may agree an
a any street railway company may by
a vote of he majority of the shares Of il
d capital stock at any annual meeting, {
q at any special meeting OF which du
f notice has been given according to II
g charter and by laws, sell or lease II
property and franchises to the compAn
created by this act.
"a The capital stock Is placed at 500 90
II With power TO increase 10 any amount.
d Liable to Execution.
9 Some friend Of Representative Brow
y wants to amend or rather supplement
chapter cxi, of the Revised Code, by addir
q the following section:
That stock owned by any defender
y IN any BODY corporate, also deposits
u money ia any bank or with any person
y b dy corporate or polite, belonging
him, aud debts due him, shall be liable
e execution and attachment process, iii
any ether goods or cnattels subje
81 nevertheless to all lawful claims thsr
e upon Of such body corporate or person
n n The bill had It's hrst reading in the Hou
y yesterday
A General Moving Day"
- There are several knowing days"
y Delaware. In New Castle county it
= March 20; In some parts Of Kent and
= over Sussex county it is January
Representative Davis wants the genel
y moving day 20 be fixed BY law as Mar
y /, and has introduced bill to that effel
- II does not Affect existing contracts.
& Wilmington Not In It,
IN A bill to change the time Of the snnu
as school meetings was introduced by Rep
~ sentative Wilson Ii makes the day {
"a FIRST Saturday Ia April, instead OF I
ms last Saturday in June, In the year ISL