Evening journal., 1897-01-22
FOR ANOTHER RAlLWAY
Want to Run a Line Between
New Castle and Newport.
RAYMOND, OF KENT, A WINNER

THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
WANTED NO TYPEWRITER IN
THE BILLS BEFORE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, jan Representative
Mccoy will introduce an act to incor-
porate the New Castle. Newport and
Wilmington Passenger Railway Com
pany. The bill names stephen p. NJ
Taskar, Edward Mendenhall Joseph
H. Gould, David W. Elkinton, John A.
Cranston, Samuel a. Mcdaniel, Hiram
r Borie, w Atwood Weldin, Winfield
s. Quigley, Thomas Holcomb and Rob
ertE. Krusebe as inoorporators The capi-
tai stock is placed al 100000, with
power to increase 10 100000. Five
hundred shares Of the par value Of s25
must be subscribed before organization
can be effected.
The corporation is permitted TO oper-
ate a single or double track line be-
tween New Castle and Newport, and
thence to the terminus of the Mary
land avenue line of the Wilmington
City Railway Company in Wilmington,
with power 10 build a branch road TO
Brandywine Springs. Il may also con-
tract with the Wilmington city Rail-
way Company for transfer OF passen-
gers and baggage. Wherever the tracks
cross private property the company
must maintain fences. II is authorized
to operate an electric light plant and
to sell light to towns and private citl-
zens.
NED RAYMOND A WINNER.
Senator Pyle broke the deadlock on
the appointment OF an enrolling clerk
yesterday morning Immediately after
the Senate reassembled. lie had made
"A game fight to secure the election Of
Arthur McCloskey, of Wilmington, but
finding that his four Democratic coll
leagues were set on Edward o. Ray
mond, of Kent county, he naturally
went with the majority and cast his
vote for the majorty's choice.
ilallOting was resumed at 80
O'Clock The Republicans hoped. with
Senator Handy present, to be able to
secure the election of Sipple, OF Milford,
but the whole matter was wound up in
one ballot. which was as follows;
Observation-Disclosures Meredith, Moore
(W. IT,, Pyle. Mr. Speaker.
Sipple-J. M. c. Moore and Pierce.
McCloskey-Alr Alrichs-l
Robert simpler -Hanby-l
Raymond was declared elected, and
Messrs. Fenimore and Meredith were
appointed a committee TO notify him
and Introduce him to the Senate They
performed their work and Mr. Ray
mond was sworn in.
OPPOSED AND TABLED.
Yesterday morning the House mem
bers made another effort to get home
until Monday by adopting q joint reso-
luton adiOurning both houses until
o'clock that day. When IL was called
up in the Senate Mr.. Alrichs moved
concurrence. Messrs Handy and Pyle
attacked il, saying that the General
Assembly should be here to transact
the peoples business. Finally the mat
ter was disposed OF by tabling the reso-
luton until the afternoon session.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Handy call
ed the House joint resolution from the
table and offered an amendment maxi
ing the hour II instead of 3 The
amendment was adopted and the reso-
luton cOncuTed in as amended. Later
on. the House accepted the amendment
anu NUAn HOunto ANIOulniA nlAlA AlOll7
day morning at IL o'clock.
THAT WHIPPING-POsT BILL.
Following is the text of the Senate
bin introduced by Mr. Alrichs abolish
ing the whipping post and pillory:
Section THAT after the passage OF
this act, the whipping of criminals, OF
the eonfning of criminals in pillories
in the State of Delaware shall be un-
lawful and the whipping-post and pill
lory snail be abolished; provided, thai
criminals already sentenced to be whip
ped or confined in the pillory, shall al
their option, receive either their saiC
whipping. or said confinement or il
lieu thereof three months imprison-
ment
WANTED NO TYPEWRITER.
There was some fun in the Hous,
yesterday afternoon Mr. Donaldson
offered joint resolution appointing
committee to consider and report upor
the advisability Of employing q stenog
rapher and typewriter. In supporting
IL he expressed the belief that it woulI
be cheaper to have bills typewriter
than printed His resolution was op
posed by Messrs. Mccullough ant
Cheairs. Mr.. Donaldson referred so of
ten to the typewriter as "she" that a
last Mr.. Dempsey, who is somewhat c
a wag, made facetious speech whicl
turned the laugh on Mr.. Donaldson
and the resolution was lost by an over
whelming vote.
IMPRISONMENT FOR REBATING.
Representative Mccullough gave no
tice of an act to amend chapter q;
volume 10. Laws of Delaware. The la,
which II is proposed to amend provide
fine for rebating in writing life in
surance The amendment carries wit
it a term of imprisonment for the OF
Tense.
PERTAINING TO DIVORCE.
Representative Mccullough gave No
tice of an act 10 divorce Mary J. froI
William \. Nandyke. Bills TO divorC
Hannah c. from Emerson A. Pulle1
Annie A. from Rufus A. Roach, an
William A. from Mary e. Bennum wei
introduced in the House.
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