The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-09

Mr.. EDIToR:-l saw an articl in tho
REPUBLICAN calling the attention of the
Board of Trade to the necessity of calling
a mass meeting to reject or endorse tho
bills introduced in the Legislature the
past week. Mr. Cheairs in accordance
with the notice given by john L. Dickey
Introduces one to postpone the City cleo.
ton Is months. Consider, this is a most
tyrannical and unjust way Of holding on
to office by Legislative acts in opposition
to the will OF the people, and if the Board
of Trade will not call such an important
meeting as the cxigcncy OF this unlawful
and one sided law require, it Is the duty
of some patriotic citizens to do 50. The
idea of stretching out for another year all
the Office holders in our city, in my
opinion Is unconstitutional and tyrnnical
in the extreme. Why not mako them
perpetual Why, Delaware is the laugh
ing stock of the country for its Ignorance
and oppression by seltiShuess and taxation,
II Is u question to me if there Is any
stable form Of government existing in this
State. 1t is all guess work.
Take for instance the commissions in
our city There is not one of them knows
= his special duty. They arc entwincd into
each other so that it is impossible for the
people to know the specific duty Of any of
them, only that they are most expensive
pensioners. When the army of clerks,
foremen, understrappers and heelcrs are
taken into account, it is no wonder that
all the manufacturing interests are leav-
ing Wilmington. Everything is taxed
except the air and il they could only bottle
that it would be on the tax list too.
They have taken in all the old worn out
farms away out to the Rising sun, thous-
ands of acres, and brought 1t into the city
proper. Some fellow will buy IL lot in the
middle of field and put ups two story
house, and chicken coop in yard, and
then ask that IA roadway be made upto it
at the cost of the city proper, also light it
and police it.
My impression is, at the rate we are
building up his city 1t won't be bnit-up
In five hundred years. Thc police Com
mission has asked for 100 police to watch
these vacant lots at All expense ot $40. GOO
ayear when you count captains, liGuten.
ants, sergeant,, Golpurals, another patrole
wagon electric light, aud gas light, sewers
cur bing and fire alarm My impression is
If this is To be carried ON AS II people
Government you will have to call II halt
in the interest OF economy Or 1t will be
like the 20 towns in Kansas with $50. U0J
Opera Houses, $50 900 school houses and
store houses, and 5000 dwelling houses
and not one single individual to claim it
as their home, that's SO much for build
ing cities that have no trade in them.
bond and mortgage tax again. but the own.
er5 of these must pay the tax this time.
ain no propheU but will say that all the
bonds and mortgages in Wilmington will
be collected and put in other places, Put
taxes where they belong tax the trolley
system in Wilmington that pays nothing
for the greatest franchise we have got in
the city They bavc rowing Commission
10 go where they please and Ilv uubhing
I,,t a al "a ~ "a
that they string tho poles out 30 far tnU'
the loaded wire says down amt makes II
liable 10 break and endanger thn peoples
lives, Why should this trolley system have
such monopoly Of our streets which have
cost the taxpayers of our city, | might say
millions. Why the trolley system i'll PM
adeiDhia has to pay S25 car and pave thu
street from curb to curb and C1rry II fend
Or so as to save the life Of u person falling
before them Also boat their cars in win
ter time and in summer water their track
from tank.
Why should this trolley system have
such privileges without paying Tor 1t and
while taxes are needed 50 badly to pay oul
city and State pensioners and especially
when they keep all the other trolley
systems from coming into our lily from
the surrounding country as they did tht
New Ca tlu trolley by overhead bridges
and laying tracks on the Su jurbs TO keel
the Brandywino Spring trolley road from
coming into ourcily. The trolley cars are
come to stay. They all should be require,
to pay their share of the tax and our L"gis
lators should see to it that their charter
should be drawn 50 as to Increase thnll
tax as their business increases. This New
Castle trolley system will double the popu
lation of New Castle in Ten yea ) or less, il
It. runs ON business principles; the nimblt
sixpeuCe is bottor than the slow shilling