Evening journal., 1899-03-04
WATER BILL PASSES.
Goes Through the Senate
After Bitter Fight.
woRKHoUsE AN ASSURED THING
UNLESS GOVERNOR TUNNELL
SHOULD HAPPEN TO VETO THE
BILL-oTHER MEASURES PASS
ED BY SENATE AND HOUSE YES


BlIIL-OIHER MEASURES PASS
ED BY SENATE AND HOUSE YES
TERDAY.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover. March 1.-THE Senate passed
the Pyle water bill yesterday afternoon
after a big fight between Senator Pyle,
representing the water consumers, and
senator Knox, representing the Board
CT Water Commissioners and certain
corporations which had demonstrated
againrt the passage OF the bill The
vote on the bill was as fellows:
Yea-Nlessrs. Abbott, Alice, B.akely.
.Brasure. Farlow, Lewis. Maull, MclFar-
lin, Meredith, Moore, Pennewill, Py.e
and Mr.. President-l3.
Nay-Meesrs. Knox, Shakespeare and
'S,aughter-S.
Not voting-lMr. Hart-1.
AS soon as the state worl1hcuse bill
was out Of the way the water bill was
taken up. and Senator Pyle made an
able argument for IT'S passage. He dem
onstrted by facts and figures how ex-
lcrbitaut the rates are and to what I'M
just uses the water surplus had been
put in keeping down the taxes OF the
lLon-Consumers.
To this Senator Knox replied that
the surplus was used to keep down
the intereet on bonds, without enter
ing into the fadt that while the water
surplus, including 1899, has been with
IN less than $4,000 OF sufficient to re-
deem the S677 coo Of water bonds there
are ctil S545,O00 OF those bonds out
aud unpaid. He called attention to
certain needs Of the department., such
as a reservoir and SETTLING basin, with
out telling the members That the need
! OF those and the electric light plan,
were not discovered until It was learn.
ed that the PYLE bill would probably
pass unless some scheme should bS
devised to cat up the surplus OF future
years. or. at least, to so impress the
members. He read many figures in
eltbstantiation OF his contention ant
then read a letter from President WIZ.
liam T. Porter, OF the Board OF Watel
COMMISSIONER, who threatened to re
sign if the bin passed. This lettef
was expected to have a stunning effec
on the members. but it was just th'
reverse, for the senators began to eel
through THE scheme Of soaring thl
members of.
TO add to this bad effect Senator
Knox practically told the senators tha
If they passed the bill mob w0ul'
como down from Wilmington anS
threw them ont Of the windows. Th'
abcve vote win chew that there wer'
at least thirteen Of the seventeen mem
bers Of the Senate who were not afrai,
cf either Senator Knox or his mythica
mob
Then the debate closed and the vot
was taken with the above result.
Dover, March 4.-The De.awar
state workhouse is now an assures
thirg unless Governor Tunnel vetoe
the b.u. Yesterday afternoon Chair
man Slaughter, Of the Senate Commit
tee en- Claims. reported the H.use bil
; Tavorably with an amendment cpenin
ths institution to an minor offender
such as vagrants, gamblers. pollc
writers and those who carry c0nceale
deadly weapons. and that they be EN-
j p.oyed at hard labor. This amendmen
was adopted, Senator Pyle declinin
. to vote.
Then the bin was put on its passag'
| Senator Lewis questioned the advise
biiity Of passing the hil, saying ths
- he did not think the finances Of tn
state would justify the expenditure
so much money. He alluded to uhe e.
pense Of the Allegheny prison an
p said that IN 20 there was no intere.
e expense set forth. He said the wOrl
D house was to cost $15O,OOO now, an
that twa years ago the promoters
the scheme declared that the least thu
, lcould get along with was 100000 Tn
did not include the labor plant, whi'
was to cost $4,000. In his opinlC
these we're but the first expenses. I'm
the general incorporation law was
= fud force and effect the state reveni
was largely. speculative. He said 4
refonmers seemed to believe that und
their plan a prisoner would come 0
Of the wcIkhouse reformed and rea
j, to become a preacher and to take C
- Quit. The senator did not believe th
it would lead to such reformat0ry ca
ditons In his opinion criminal
was largely hereditary. He believed
working the prisoners on the road a
the adoption Of a cheaper penal 5,
tenn than that proposed.
N Senator Shakespeare made an exc
n lent speech in support # the bin.
d. lsaid me believed in making the prisl
N o,,y nr-orlr and .nax, fhefr. lrpen