The sun., 1898-12-04
REFORM!

~ tno many letters received by tn
UN upon the subject.
a The attempt OF the Street and Sewe
department to impose unnecessary hard
hips upon property owners in the mai
Yer OF improved pavements has calle
fOrth the most bitter denunciatiOns eve
sent to newspaper.
Y Silence on the part OF the Levy Cour
Il ts generally accepted as proof positive O
Guilt. Exact statements of fact, how
ever, do not come in as rapidly as NIGH
be expected. Those that have been sen
in are now being investigated and tn
>>yesult OF the investigations will be pub
Ehed as soon as possible.
I'M is to be regretted that Reform
cor Svements in Wilmington have been
res3tofore, directed against fallen womel
liA cheap gamblers. This fact ha
Wnoked very general impression that {
Newt for Reform must necessarily in
fact9e police raids on disorderly resorts
Coy club rooms. This is not the case a
anq The Police Department can con
an et all the moral Reform movements
necessary for the welfare of the city bu
genuine Reform means more. 1t means
the determination of corrupt Public
officials and the abatement OF Publ,
wrongs.
if our correspondents would confnt
themselves to the real evils now undeI
investigation and send in definite dats
instead of abuse and argument more good
would follow.
What is wanted now is direct evidence
against the Levy Court, the Road Com.
missioners or the Street and Sewer De-
partment.
This evidence is wanted to prove NAL
feasance in office.
The sources of this information will
never be revealed. The Sun will assume
the entire responsibility.
When these points are thoroughly I'M
derstood much good will follow and the
movement for Reform will be fairly well
established.
Civic organizations can do much to
help the movement by securing informa-
tion and debating the subject of muni-
cipal Reform at their Public meetings.
Day laborers and others engaged upon
City and County work can improve their
condition in life and surround them
selves with added comforts by exposing
the wrongs that have come under their
personal observation.
Every Taxpayer in the county owes
it to himself to join in this movement or
forever hereafter submit to Public rob.
berry and jobbery in silence.
This is a case where every citizen has
q duty to perform. The responsibility
rests equally upon all.
Here are some of the letters received
yesterday:
TN the matter of people having to
pay sewer assessments twice, Judge Ball
tells the truth as far as he goes. The
demand was made for the second pay
ment, and in such cases where the origi-
nal payment could not be proved
second payment was insisted upon and
N1eected. ,dWhere the receipts could be
duce9the claim of clerical error was
T& up<and nothing more was heard OF
'Ssiee matter. You can find lots OF people
who were asked to pay their sewer as
sessments twice because the first pay
ment had been pocketed by somebody"
''The printing contracts OF the CITY
have been just as crooked as any of the
others. 1t would be, however, serious
job to gtt convicting evidence against
the men concerned"
"That Augustine road steal is general
ly known to every man in New Castle
county, and the only question now is
What are we going to do about it? The
men concerned in that job control the
political destinies of certain men, and so
long as this is the case these men won't
say word or do stroke to help Reform
the Levy Court or better affairs in the
county. 1t is case of where those who
are not now in the steal have hopes"
"The city Of Philadelphia is the best
paved city in America. The Union Trac-
tion Company is compelled to pave every
street it occupies from curb to curb and
keep them all in repair. Why can't we
have improved pavements in Whining
ton upon the same terms? The Street
and Sewer Department is owned by the
Wilmington City Passenger Railway
and will do nothing whatever
for Wilmington as result"
"a law requiring the Pennsylvania
Railroad to run passenger trains on the
Delaware Division on Sunday would be
beneficial to the Company and a conven-
ience for the Public. l do not know
whether the Railroad Company wants to
nse the line on Sunday or not, but
think it should"
"The alleged report Of the Levy Court
,ent out through the columns of Eyery
Evening was an insult to the intelligence
If every Tax payer OF New Castle county.
II was report that reported nothing.
The whole thing is incomplete and un-
The Court should be asked
10 compel the Levy Court to permit the
publication of proper report. The fact
hat the Levy Court won't do anything
Or say anything satisfies me that they are
Guilty"
Mr.. Gregg's Death.
George w. Gregg, formerly q promi-