Evening journal., 1897-03-15
Viewed THE NEW ROAD.
Legislature and New Castle
Council the Guests.
OBsTRUOTIONIsTs IN pIsFAVOR.

GUESTS OF THE NEW CASTLE
AND WILMINGTON ELECTRIC |
RAILWAY CoMPANY-THE ROAD
VIEWED AND OVERHEAD |
BRIDGES FOR PURPOSES OF OBJ |
STRUGGLING THE ROADS PRO
GRESS DISCUSSED.
Members and officers Of the General |
| Assembly, together with the mayor and
! City Council of New Castle. and few
other invited guests had a delightful
experience on Saturday. They were the
! guests of the New Castle and Will
mington Railway Company. and, after
making a thorough inspection of the
power plant and lines of the company,
were the recipients of a most bountiful
repast at Ainscow's. in this city. The
primary object of the company was to
convince the members of the General
Assembly that the amendments asked
for by it are reasonable, and to DEM
Onstrate to them how unreasonable are
the demands of the p, w. & b. Rail-
road Company relative to grade cross
ings. That they will profit by the visit
of the legislators there is no reason to
doubt. for nearly all of those who ac-
cepted the invitation were pronounced
in their condemnation of the obstruc-
tive tactics which are being pursued by
the railroad to prevent the competition
\ Of the trolley line between here and
New Castle.
, One of the most favorably impressed
! with the enterprise displayed by the
; promoters of the new electric railway
in the face of such opposition was Sen
ator Meredith, who is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Private Corpora
tions, and another was Representative
Smith, chairman of the House Commit
tee on Private Corporations. Nor were
2 they alone, for the members generally
e were favCrably impressed by all that
they saw, and will undoubtedly give the
company speedy relief from the unjust
e restrictions which now hamper it in
: the successful operation Of the line
= which means so much for both Will
6 mington and New Castle, and also for
other towns after all extensions pro-
posed are made.
t Peter l.. Cooper Jr., attorney for the
l road, was the FIRST on the ground, being
= accompanied by two of the Wilmington
T. newspaper men who had been invited
I to participate in the enjOyments of the
day. While he was clOseted with Mayor
s Boyd discussing the days itinerary, the
: newspaper men visited the line at sew
I eral of the disputed points, and saw cut
wires and other evidences Of the an
: tagonism of the railroad company.
At II o'clock the members of the
n party congregated at the railroad sta
A. tion, where two of the handsome new
I cars were waiting to carry them over
" the line. IL was composed of Senators
"a Pyle and Meredith, Clerk of the Senate
, Doherty, Representatives Mccullough
u Donaldson, Dempsey, Mccoy, Cheairs
= Eliason. HAZEL, Davis, Wilson, Hop
!, kins, Thompson, Smith, Taylor, Short
ID Speaker Riggin, Clerk of the House
George W. Spicer. Jr., Chaplain of the
House Vincent, Sergeant-at-Arms OF
l. the House HAZEL, Page of the House
II Clarence Colt, Assistant Secretary OF
Is the Constitutional Convention Morgan
T. Gum, Mayor Boyd, President OF
Council William Morrison, Councilmen
IT John J. Schuhardt, William Cooper
l. +. Fagan and Robert Harrington. Clerk
\ of Council c. =. Eckles, Levy Court
Commissioner Henry NJ. White. Mayor
Money and j. II. Clark, of Delaware
- City; Rev. B. S. Wiley, of New Castle;
J Dr. e. II. McCabe, Edwin Herbert anc
!. w. J. Hoffman, together with six ol
,r eight newspaper men.
N The company was well represented
' the officials presenttO show the visitor.
- over the road and give them a gOoC
time being Peter L. Cooper, Jr attor
ney; President j. c. McCarrOll and Sec
, retary l.. p. Banes, of the Fairmoun
N Construction Company, of Philadel
i phia: Treasurer Clarence p. King, Civi
u Engineer George +. p. Wanger, Con
tractor II. e. Crilley and Superinten
e dent w. Miller, of the New Castle ant
Wilmington Electric Railway Company
Car No. % was run by Richard King
- brother Of Treasurer King, as motor
man, and Charles White as conductor
both being electricians L-awrenc
OBrien was motOrman of car No. "a
with b. f. Blackburn as his conductor
Mayor Boyd had Officers Matthew To
bin and-Thomas Morgan on the cars.
The cars were first run from the rail
road station to the road running Z
Dobbinsville. where there is a grad
crossing which the railroad cOmpan
refuses to permit the trolley line
cross. Not only that, but even th
electric light wires had been cut. Tn
members congregated around Nj
Cooper, and he explained to them tha
it was the desire of the company
extend its lines across the railroad an
down to DObbinsville. The charactt
OF the ground was sucn lnal an oFel
head bridge was a matter Of imposs
bility on account of the surroundin
property. and that If an attempt weT
made to go underground water woul
be struck in four feet. He stated ths
the railroad tracks were merely
branch leading down to the Batter
and that the traffic was not such as
- make a grade crossing there dangerou
to any degree, as the three or fol-
- trains that run down there were G
a. schedule time, and that the schedule I
10 70 the trolley line could be easily arrange
- to avoid all trains, even if the condu'
as tor did not take the precaution to {
% % ahead of the trolley car and see thi
~ "a the track was clear, which would
mlu m the rule of the company at all graz
ICY crossings, no matter how limited Il
traffic thereon. He also called the a
tention of the legislators to the act