The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-11
BRANDYEINE SPRINGS
ELECTRIC ROAD.
No Trouble Between the Company and
the City.
ANGRY AT THE NEWSPAPERS.
nr. Simmons Scores the Reporters and
Papers For Not diving the Cor. -
rect News.

The Brandywine Springs Electric Rail.
way caused lively time In tho Street and
Sewer Department. meeting last nieht.
William s. Hills attorney for the railway,
who presented q paper stating tho condl.
lions for the company TO enter the city.
the one drawn by o previous board, wEch
required the company to give bond for
paving between the rails and on both sides
! for three feet. The only new requirements
was that the company shall sprinkle Tho
+ streets on which they run under the ID.
rection Of the department.. SOD .
| r. y. Crooks. who was present. correct.
ed this by saying that 1t would take slx
weeks to reach the city limo. Mr.. Webster
replied by saying that the board had been
severely condemned for delay. and he
! could not SEQ how tho delay would aff0ct
the company If it took only six weeks to
build the line.
Mr.. Hilles said that II anything had
been published IL was not on statement Of
that lar 60 number OF misstatemonts had
been made The work had not been do:
layed and tho department had not refused
tho company q franchise.
Mr.. Simmons then entered tho contro.
yorsy by speaking Of tho criticism that had
been made. He said: ITO just criticism
1dont object, but do object to unjdst
CIlILCiSIu Lei
Dr.. Ball, of the company, said the news.
papers had got no statement from the rail.
way officials. a.,
Mr.. Webster-"You could not expect us
to grant this the same time application is
made"
with tho old railway company" said
Mr.. Simmons, when they desire an, ex-
tension 1t requires two or three weeks TO
prepare the necessary papers. We have
tran tnl n
come here md dont take down anything.
They remember 1t, or think they reInein.
berit, and then write what they think they
remember, at the Office or some other place.
When l do a wrong net I Mn willing to be
criticised. but whom do no wrong l don't
expect to be abused"
Mr.; Webster took up the string BY say,
ing: "Wo have not refused you franchise
or said that We would refuse you"
You have certainly done nothing Ike
that" replied Mr.. Hilles
Mr.. Simmons said that the board always
considered the city's interest first and
that oil such papers had to DO submitted
to tho city solicitor to DO put In legal
form.
10 this Mr.. Hilles replied that all tho
company desired was to get the franchise
Gs soon as possible, us the contractors were
awaiting the action Of the board
Il would like" said MIR. Simmons. ito
have the public know there Is no difficulty
between tho board and the company"
'Imako that statement now," said Mr..
Hilles.
II guess the only way to have the pub
lie know this is to haye public meeting
and get all the people there" camo from
Mr.. Simmons
Street Commissioner McCloskey made
some remark, which could not DO heard,
but Mr. Simmons cnught ~ aud 4YAt&s
great emphasis declarcd: 'ColonelsdE
mean just what I say. When the boardx
treated SO unfairly as 1t has boon during y
the past week you cannot expect J ustice :
from tho newspapers"
This closed the discussion and the pro.
posed franchise was referred to City So
licitor Conrad.