The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-28

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O'clock when the bill was called up. Tn,
feefor each prisoner was reduced TOD
cents day and the trustees will be Johi
G. Higgins. William Bowe and Mrs Ema
lea Warner, OF New Castle County; JohI
Harrington, John H. Hoffeeker and Mrs
Mary Smitliers Of Kent; Peter L. Can
non. DR. David t. Mustard and Mrs Han
nah! Paynter, Of Sussex.
| Chief Justice Lore in spoaking Of th,
necessity Of the workhouse said trampi
committed 10 Dover jail last year cpsI
$1,000 lie also suggested that tho work
house be located near a quarry, whore
stone could be broken to be used on the
| roads. Prisoners awaiting trial could II
necessary, be sent to. the workhouse fol
detention, although they could not bt
| compelled to work.
Tho chief justice said the proposed insti
tuition could not be compared to Farm
hurst because the people OF the latter
| place are unable to care for themselves.
\ would compare the two places. In regard
to the debt. he said. that the institution
would pay for itself In twenty years. and
| at the end OF that time Che cost of prison
ers' board will be reduced to 10 cents q
| day. -rs
These are not mere matters of fancy, but
| aro based on what other states have done.
Heeonoluded by alluding to tho moral Of
| feet Of the new institution. The prisons
| OF Delaware are pest houses Put little
| boy IN there and ho comes out with a
tporaldisease.
Judge Ball warmed to the occasion. He
asked The Legislature IL it would refuse to
vote any amount Of money to save ten
men. is there father who would not
| give e5o0.000 to save his own boy? This
Legislature is tho guardian Of all0f the
boys in the state.
A duty is owed to the prisoners of this
stRte. Tho Rdegislapure has no right to
say that q man shall go into. a. Jail and
come out hopeless and lost This Is the
second public hearing, and no man
who .Objee.s to the bill has had the cour
ago 10 publicly and openly oppose 1t. 1t
costs 20 cents day to feed prisoners in
this state. In West Chester, where they
ahave but forty prisoners, 1t costs but seven
4 and o half cents. Ex.Sheritf Gillis says
that it cost him but 7,Cents. in New Castle
Jail, but he Gnt.2o cents This is a di fer
enee OF IS 5S3 ,b5 y yaar.
In twenty years, at interest, this would
pay for the ,penitentiary. A better tramp
act cannot DO passed than this Is incor-
porated In hebill. 1t will get rid OF 80
per aent-of thc trampS in one year.
Unless some material changes Rro made
it Is sure that the city charter OF Will
mington will die The amendments died
one by ono owing to the fact that some
Of the Senators refused to vote.
Senator Pyle said the 10000 people Of
Wilmington are Interested In this matter,
and it has been amended so that there has
boen no opposition to 1t. 1t Is desired to
give Wilmington better system of city
government. In illustrating the needs Of
Wilmmgten he called attention to the fact
that the members Of tho Board of Health
and the members Of the City Council are
now in n contest over the control OF the
city garbage If there was any opposition
~ the bill, he asked that IL be made open
| ly so that 1t cunld bo met openly
Senator Handy fired hot shot among
tho silent members until they stated they
| could not DO bought
| The House Committee will visit Farm
| hurst in few days. Next Thursday will
| probably be the time, rs tine Trustees meet
| that day and hold an Investigation
Mr. Taylor introduced in the House
| bill to provide State Board Of Agricul.
| turc, TO consist OF one member from each
| county, with authority to hold one public
meeting year.
Tho board Is to declare diseased fruit
| trees il nuisance, and can appoint fruit
| tree inspectors for each Hundred. Under
! the bill tho farmer who fails to destroy
| u
| so to 800. The secretary OF tho Board is
| to inspect all nurseries i'll the state once u
year. The Board Is allowed 5000 annually
| for expenses
| After speaker Riggin ruled that the
| bill OF tho New Castle trolley road was
not dead clerk Spicer read the bill. Mr.
Dempsey supported the measure.
He told how the original New Castle
charter was in measure useless. He
| spoke of the overhead bridge clause and
said that the company had been eompell-
| cd to put bridge over II track on which
| the grass Is growing, In face OF all of
these difficulties the road was built and is
nov in operation The members Of the
company have shown their good faith and
| now they ask to BIO allowed 10 continue
their enterprise The ask to be allowed
to come to tho Pennsylvania line and to
Smyrna. This would furnish the people
OF Kent county competing line.
He did not sec how any man who be-
leves in enterprise can do otherwise than
| VOC for the bill 1t hus been IL serted that
the only object is to get into tho city of
Wilmington, For every mile north the
company will agree TO build mile south
| What could b. fGrer? At least 1910
| people have petitioncd for the passage Of
| this bill
Mr.. Adams said that he understood the
| continuation New Castle to say that if
the new amendment was not passed the
road could not be o. c mcd. The speaker
was in favor of enterprises and railway
enterprises, but he did not favor allowing
one corporation to violate contract with
another company. He read II letter from
| &. l.. King, the secretary of the company
| IN which he stated that an agreement had
been entered into by the New Castle com
pany and the Wilmington company.
The letter also alluded to the advantages
of the road and to the needs which the
company would fill There must have
been satisfaction with the Charer when
this letter was written. 70 grant them
the power to extend its lines into Will
mtngton it would b. to violate the con.
tract with the Wilmington City Railway
Company If the road Is bonded for $50,
| 900 already, what would second lien be
WORTH lie spoke of the Improvements in
railway travel in Wilmington.
a few years ago n street car was u box
with mule hi5Cnod to it and bell hung
to the poor little mule. These men Of tho
Wilmington City Railway Company have
improved the travel. They have no. made
large sums of money out Of it. Railway
fares are rs cheap as anywhere in the
country. 1t would not be fair to violate .
contract with them.
Mr. Wilson said there was q point be.
You'd which competition is not necessary.
When corporations fulfills NIL Ubliga.
tons it is not the place of the Lcgisla urC
to allow competition to break it UP. II this
company simply desired to go through
| Wilmington he would favor it, but he was
not willing to allow the new company to
20 into the city Of Wilmington IND ruin
tho old company and itself rs VOL. III
this case he thought competition would be
prejudiCtal TO the public interest.
MIR. johnson said that he could count
on the fingers Of his two hands the greater
influence at work against this read, This
shows thas the influence Of twelve men OF
more is overbalancing the influence of tbs
state He believed that this would be the
connecting link between Wilmington and
Lcwes. 1t will solve the qucs iOh Of
freight discrimination. If thi, bill is not
pas ed then the Legislature had better
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