Evening journal., 1895-03-14
ELECTRIC RAILWAY WAR.
WlLMlN GTON CITY RAILWAY COM
PANY WANTS A MONOPOLY.

machiavslli Salisbury VIII Try to Stran-
gle the Life Out of All Electric Railway
Legislation Not Favorable to tho VIII
minRton Road.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March "A Fresh from Vir-
ginis Beach, where he had been spending
several days, Willard Salisbury, Jr.,
vice president and legislative attorney
for the Wilmington City Rallwsy Com
Dany, came to Dover yesterday to en-.
deavOr to strangle out Of the charter Of
the Wilmington and Brandywine Springs
Railway Company what little life is
left in 1t
He had telegrsphed to Chairmen
Harrington, of the Senate, and Jolls. of
the House Committees on Private Cor
porations that he would be here and. In
some way, Richard w. Crook, the
Brandywine Springs railway protector,
heard Of it
When Mr.. Salisbury reached the
grounds he found Mr.. Crook ready TO
receive him with everything but kind
words and hearty congratulations upon
his safe arrival. In fact the air between
them was of such frigid character that
it was almost dangerous to walk ia It
without furs. Mr.. Salisbury instantly
made arrangements for a private hear
ing before the House committee
II will be remembered that the Will
mington and Brandywine Springs sup
plement originated in the Senate. and,
at the instance of the Wilmington City
Railway Company. the Senate committee
denied every thing asked for excepting
az extension of the time for building the
rosd and getting it in operation. In that
shape 1t was sent to the House.
As soon as Crook heard OF IL he and
DR. Ball and Robert G. Justis came to
Dover in hot haste, but 1t was too late
The bill had gone to The House. Their
only hope lay in preventing the House
from passing the supplement with tbs
Wilmington City Railway Company's
amendment hanging to it
They saw Chairman Jolls and asked
him to hold the bill up until they had
time to recover sufficiently from the
Senate Knockout Last week they
offered TO the House committee an
amendment wbish, as it stands now,
permits them to construct and operate a
line from Hoekessin to Brandywine
Springs and thence to Wilmington, with
authority TO come into the city as far as
Seventh and French streets by way of
Greenhill avenue aud Seventh street
They bad hearing and believed that,
so far as the House committee was
concerned they had the matter all fixed.
IL vas sgainst this amendment that
Mr. Salisbury directed his attack yester.
day. He was closeted with the committee
for nearly two hours and exerted every
endeavor to induce the committee to
refuse to grant the company any
additional privileges. He eontended that
the charter OF the Wilmington City
Railway Company gave 1t the exclusive
right to operate q street railway within
the corporate limits of Wilmington.
The hearing closed without the com
mittee coming to any dtfinite conclusion.
When Chairman Jolls was asked what
Mr.. Salisbury proposed he said
"He would like to have It pass the
House in the same shape in which it
passed the Senate. That is all that can
say at present.
Cooper Gets a Hearing.
Peter L. Cooper, Jr., had a hearing
before the Senate committee on the
supplement to the charter of the VIII
miDgton and New Castle Electric Rail
way Company. 1t has passed the House
and he wants to get It through the
Senate. It allows the company to run a
line from New Castle to Wilmington, not
to come into the city any further than
just across Third street bridge What
the committee seems to hold back It's
report upon is the merger clause.
Senator Pierce is thinking Of introduc
ing bill striking the merger clause out
of the charter of the Dover and Milford
Railway Company. He fears that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company may buy
1T, thereby robbing the people of the
towns along the route of the benefits
which they would enjoy from the con.
struction Of an electric road
Richard w. Crook endeavured to get
hearing before the House COMMITTEES on
Corporations last evening His'idea was
to Offset the effect of Mr. Saulsbury's g
hearing. He was unable TO do IL because
of the departure from town Of several
members Of the committee. he may
succeed to-day.