Evening journal., 1899-11-11
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very severe structures on the members
OF the Street and Sewer Commission
iutimaune very clearly suspicion that
money was used to influence their deci-
sion that the BrandywInC Springs troll
lev line should not use Sixth street 90
enter our city The members alluded
to should not rest quietly Under thcl
intimations made, but call for proof of
the damaging aspcrsions of their char
acter, or at lcast demand q reilaction.
Ii says. There is no doubt that theI
commission has effected It's own eXtinc-
tiCn as The people VIII not endure sol
dangerous "a body longer than the next
session OF the Legislature. lt will
damn itself beyond salvation if IL rati-
fies Its preliminary action it has made
itself an uncomfortable usurpor of power
without regard TO the rights or wishes
of tho people of the city or the statutes
enacted by the state
It acQuits Commissioner Simmons OIL
AN blame. bat IS particularly severe on'
Air. Carter, saying. Tie win have to
survive Go @ greater age than any OF
the present generation of Wilmington
citizens are likely 10 wish him. i he
ouuivcs Che feeling he has aroused.
II says &c has startling information con-
corning this franchise question. as it
knows cf meetings whore there was
talk oi e financial nature and some were
quite definite ass iQ sums. etc Let it
speak ont or acknowledge AN COS brave
words were Intended as mere
huncomb
Tho above IS from our downtown
friend ,hs Daily Republican
Thec mo buncomb 500 the case The
commission knows the facts. and cer-
tainlg fraua that The Evening Journal
knows them
We sro Doc seeking anything in the
eytert the carrying ont oi the
general h ed the law The COM
gives evidence Of an intent 90
trcrlc popular wish and the law Of
fhe me time 10 has not yet quite
fd1a so We consider il quite possible
thef Sc mav recover IT'S senses ln time
and revoke SIS preliminary action and
yet open Sixth street for the only line
NON favored hy the iaw and desired
bv tte people Tor That thor
ouehlarc. In THAT case it win ho wholly
relieved from suspicion and win Doe re-
stored 90 the confidence Of the people
If So fails. it destroys ITSELF
Tho Evening Journal IS not after
amy member OF the street and Sewer
Commission. Ii Is wholly without de-
sire 20 harm any Of them in name
reputation OF affairs. II they suffer in
such respects it viii De through their
failure 90 regard the wish of the people
as 90 which they are fully Informed.
and from their disregard of O state
sntute that by vostins them With
power TO afford to the Brandywins
Springs Company access TO the clty
over Sixth street prohibits them from
diyerting That street 10 amy other com.
pany
The people OF Wilmington are mol
"after' The Wilmington City Company
when they strenuously object to thai
company seeking an unlawful permit @
jump' Sixth street There would bl
no popular objection TO the street AND
Sewer Commission granting it ms.
of any osher street. notwithsiandin.
the fact of SIS want OF am electro
franchise DC would De on easy matte
Ian easy solution Of the issuos-fo
the commission TO comply with it
statutory duty and public desire D.
granting the suburban company th
right TO use Sixth street and openin
another street FOR the use of the cit
company
no tank about the Wilmington Cit
Company now having risht 10 Sixt
street by reason of anything done b
the commission ON last Tuesday Is
assume facts not existing First On
commits ION has no powar % grant tl
use of that street 20 the Wllmlnetc
city Company lts powers in that %
srect are limited to the Blmdywii
SPRINGS Company alone Seconds q
commission aid not assume io tal
final action ia the case. 80 vote w
taken Commissioner Webster MAJ
a motion 60 grant the petition OF &
City company Commits Ioncr Cart
seconded that motion He was %
thereby bound 20 vote Cor C. howev
much he might be expected to do s.
but no vote was called for and moi
was taken Chairman Simmons did D
put the motion. but simply stated th
the requisite resolution would be Di
pared So FAR as action by tho coi
missisn as body is concerned tho
the matter rests.
That was enough Co alarm the q
appointed people They had relied up
the snbordination of the commission
to duty and had not doubted that Go
missioner Carter would stick TO
repeated promises to vote for
Brandyvine Springs Company. = "a
who promises 10 do one thing and tn
doe The toniaiy is not always ii
but the people lose ccnhdence in
worth oi his word and thence itis br
little way to doubts Of his intesri
Such q man may be hoaest; but he
no right TO resent doubts aroused by
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