Evening journal., 1897-04-24
BICYCLES AS BAGGAGE.
Trolley Lines May Be Ex-
empted From Carrying Them.
ABOUTTHE REYNOLDS RESOLUTION

RECONSIDERATION or THE VOTE
AGREED UPON IN THE SENATE.
BILL FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LIQ-
UOR LICENSES PASSED.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover, April 24--The House bill to
compel railroad and transportation
companies to carry bicycles free as
baggage, was reported unfavorably in
the House by Chairman Hopkins, of the
Committee on Miscellaneous Business
He gave as his reason that the railroad
companies had already issued orders
carrying out the intent of the law. He
moved that the bin be indefinitely
postponed and Mr.. HAZEL seconded the
motion.
Mr.. Mccoy voted against the motion
and, after the vote had been taken,
called for the yeas and nays Speaker
Riggin decided that the bill had been
lost
That ended the matter for the time
being, but at the first opportunity Mr..
Mccoy said that he had been credibly
informed that there was not quorum
present when the bill was voted on.
He desired to have the vote taken
again by yeas and nays This was fol-
lowed by some quibbling Mr. Cheairs
expressed the opinion that it was too
late TO raise a point of order and so
did Mr.. Johnson, but Speaker Riggin
finally decided in favor of Mr. Mccoy
Mr. Johnson moved that the vote by
which the bill was killed be recOnsid-
cred The motion prevailed, and on
motion of Mr. Mccoy the bill was re-
committed for amendment II is be-
lieved that when the bill is reported
again it will carry with it an amend
ment exempting trolley lines from the
operations cf the act.
PLUMBERS MAKING A FIGHT.
The master plumbers Of Wilmington
are making a big fight against the
Water Commissioners in the matter of
house connections. The department
wishes to run the service pipes up TO
the curb line, and recently ordained
that hereafter no plumber should tar
the main for the purpose of making a
house connection. This rule threatened
| 10 materially impair the revenue of the
plumbers. and they went TO Dover with
bill intended TO render nugatory the
order of the department. Yesterday
John c. Brison, Alfred GawthrOp, Jess,
X. Handy and George B. Ward, of thu
master plumbers OF the city spent sew
eral hours i'm the State House endeav
oring to convince the members tha
they were right in fighting the commits
sion. They had two important amend
ments. one of which provides that
the department does any ferrule or al
tachment work connected with serviC
! / D ~
z not at the expense of the prOpert
owners. The other is that the tariffs il
water rates for furnishing water, ii
force on the first day of January, 1891
on and after the first day Of January
; iS9S. shall be reduced at least 25 pc
cent. The plumbers had a letter from
City Council in which their bill wa
endorsed.
A RAISE FOR THE CLERKS.
Representative Mccullough viii in
? troduce g bill increasing the salarie
Of the clerks Of the city tax collector
o. of Wilmington from $500 TO $500. Thi
will place them on an equality wit
the Other clerks in the employ of tn
e. city.
THE SENATE'S MISTAKE.
III now seems lldl the Dtllal1 lAoAD
{ mistake when it refused to pass tn
House bill regulating the assignme1
of liquor licenses. The act to which NJ
Handy referred as an identical law a
e ready on the statute books. being char
ter ~ Of volume 20, was passed O
z February 81. 1895, but a repeater, bein
> CHAPTER 43 of the same volume, wa
u passed on April g. 1885, az the instan6
L. q MpAIT
~ lon. VINO expected TO be appointed cler
y of the peace of New Castle county, an
who was advised that he could not hol
s. the office if he voted to increase
| emoluments. Walter II. Hayes, WI
i sent the present bill here. came dow
le Yesterday and explained the mistal
s. that had been made by Senator Hanb
who had lost sight of the repeale
Is The bill was favorably reported aga
and passed.
EXTENSION OF LIENS.
e. REPRESENTATIVE Mccullough will d
trCduce an act to extend the tax lie
in the city of Wilmington from two
four Years and TO extend existing lie
OF for the year 1895 for two years fro
be July 1897
IL BILLS FAVORABLY REPORTED
le The following bills were report
~ favorably by the House Committee
y Private Corporations: House bill TO
corporate the Wilmington Buildi
u, Company, with an amendment pi
.N viding that $4,000 shall be paid in
~ fore business is begun; House bill
y incorporate the Stanton Store Coz
u pany. with an amendment providi
-; that 81 900 shall be paid in before bu
- ness is begun; Senate substitute
y the House bill to incorporate the w
70 l mington Title and Trust Company.
az REYNOLDS RESOLUTION RECO
~ SIDERED.
len Senator Pyle moved recOnsiderati
lc- Of the vote by which the Senate reso
,k tion appropriating $4,000 to eX-Gov
-ef nor Robert j. Reynolds, for services
sr- trustee of the direct tax fund, was 10
in Senator Alrichs objected unless th'
he was an explicit understanding that
should not be called up in the absei
of any Of the members. Senator p
agreed to the conditions, and the re-
49,. | Iufion was saved