Evening journal., 1897-02-24
TO BUILD A TRAMWAY.
Projected Improvements on
Cherry Island Marsh.
TIE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL


THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
WORK OF CONSTRUCTION MUST BE
COMMENCED AND $1,000 Ex-
PENDED IN FIFTEEN MONTHS
OR THE CHARTER BECOMES
NULL AND VOID.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. 24.-Senatcr Pyle will
Introduce a bill to incorporate tho
Cherry Island Marsh Tramway Com
pany. Alvin r. Morrison, James Moy-
Ian. J. Albert Wood, Thomas J. Talley
and William Lawton are the incorpor-
atOrs The capital stock is placed at
$25. .000 with power to increase to any
sun, net exceeding 100000. Such origi-
nal capital stock, or the stock II in
creased, 10 be in the whole common, or
in part common and in part preferred,
as the company may determine, but
nuhing in the act contained shall be
80 construed as to make the acceptance
CT said stock compulsory upon any
creditor of said company, in payment
of any obligation created, except under
and pursuant TO an agreement entered
into between the said company and
creditor. The principal office Of the
company shall be in Wilmington. Sec
ton seven provides:
THAT It shall be the business of the
said corporation to locate, construct,
operate and maintain a tramway for
the transportation Of materials by con-
tract, or for compensation, from
point en- Cherry Island marsh, at or
near the junction of the Christiana
river and Brandywine river to a point
on the DelaVare river between the
mouth Of the Christiana river and the
northerly boundary Of the Cherry
Island marsh, where said marsh joins
the upland, by such route along or
across the marsh as the directors may
locate or determine. with such piers.
bulkheads sidings turnouts or spurs as
may be necessary for the business Of
the company, and to enter into and per-
form contracts for filing marsh lands
in whole or in part, for the owners
thereof, and the construction OF tide
banks, sluices, drainage bitches, piers
and bnlkheads, and the grading, filling
and other Improvement Of streets on
Cherry Island marsh and everything
Incidental to the transportation or ma
terials across or along the marsh lands
between the Delaware river front and
the said ChIlstiana and Brandywine
rivers and the filing. improvement and
. development of the marsh lands and
the said company is hereby invested
with all necessary authority and pow
ers for carrying on said business, and
empowered to make enter into and en-
force contracts with any other COM
! pany with which it's tramway may con-
. meet. or over which it may require its
cars to run or its material to be trans
ported, respecting the use, occupation,
maintenance and operation and the fur
nishing of motive power, equipment
and appliances to and for the lines and
} properties Of any or either Of such COM
p panies, and the transfer, moving or
E handling of cars as may be mutually
e satisfactory and from time to time
e agreed upon between them; and the
, cars Of the said tramway may bemoved
or propelled by gravity. horsepower
cable, or any improved motive power
. which said company may at any time
,. find most expedient, the right being
j. hereby given said company to erect
= construct, maintain and operate such
o machinery and appliances as are nee
r essary to render said motive power ef-
n fective in moving the cars or rolling
S stock Of the company. The tramways
4 or anypart ofthe same may be laid eithel
wholly or in part, with single track Ol
with double track, and the same may al
any time be altered from one to the
u other as the directors shall deem ex
l. pedient. and it may be laid. located
< constructed. maintained and operated
: with all necessary sidings. turnOut
l. and spurs, and machinery and appli
+ ances necessary in the judgment of th'
l. said directors for the proper working
a l i 4
theauthCrties having jurisdiction there
Of, and under the direction of such au
thOIities shall have power TO use ant
~ occupy so much of any street, avenue
> highway or public road on the marsl
le as may be necessary, or, if deemed ex
a- pedient by the directors. may for tn
Is purpose aforesaid. use or occupy an,
L land ether than a public road the It'll
N to said lands having been first ac
Is ouired by said company, as hereinafte
n directed; provided that said tramwa
Sc shall conform to the grades which nov
re or may hereafter be established for an
4 street. public road or highway owe
n, which the same shall be located.
Section s. That the said corpora
tion by its agents, officers and en-
plOyes. for the purpose Of surveyin
a and locating the route CT it's tramwal
MAY tultI upon anu pdSS tHlDubh du
n private property without unnecessar
s, injury to said premises and may locat
ne the roadway for said tramway not NOR
ne than sixty-six feet in width. and pre-
or cure sand. gravel and other material
I'd therefrom and acquire right and It'll
of to the same and to the land upon whic
he said tramway is TO be located. and a
IT. amount of land for terminal purpose
ny net exceeding five acres in area at eac
end Of said tramway.
Section TO- That the said corpor'
tion is hereby authorized TO erect an
OF maintain necessary bridges over an
US stream or pond of water which i
o. tramway may cross and may also crO'
De any public or private roadway withol
rs obstructing travel upon the same. an
Wy in such case shall keep in repair goC
IS and sufficient approaches TO. and pa
sages across said tramway, and lik
wise provide wherever necessary an