Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-09-21
KENT'S TROLLEY FIGHT.
The Delaware Electric Rail way Co.'s PrIvi-
iege OF Uhine tho Pubic Roads of the

lege OF Usine tho Pupiic Roads Of the
County Revoked by the Levy Court.
Dover, Sept. 16. The Levy Court,
yesterday afternoon, adopted the fol-
lowing
'.In consideration of the Delaware
General Electric railway, which agrees
to secure the right of way independent
of the public highways, we hereby
pass the following:
Be it Resolved, That the privilege
heretofore granted TO the Delaware
Electric Railway Co. of laying its
tracks within the limits Of the public
roads of Kent county be and the same
is hereby revoked, and the overseer of
roads is hereby instructed to notify the
said Delaware Electric Railway Go. to
remove any ties and rails which are
now laid in said public roads within
five days from this date, and upon its
failure to do so the said overseer is
hereby further instructed to remove
the same immediately, Upon the ex-
piration Of five days from the date
hereof
After the adjournment of the court,
David Fl. Hancock, the overseer Of
roads, went to the road, half mile
from town, where the Delaware Electric
Railway Co. (John p. Hawkins com
panyl was laying truck, and ordered
tina men to stop work, which they did
Immediately.
The action Of tho court is generally
commended, and the citizens Of Dover
and its vicinity hope that the Delaware
General Electric Railway Co., which
has the exclusive right Of way in the
county, will proceed with its line al
once.
The Council chamber was thronged
last night, when the Town Council
met to receive propositions from the
electric railway companies. A remon-
STRANGE against an electric railway
being constructed on the upper part Of
State street was laid over for further
consideration. The Delaware Genera
Electric Railway Co. presented, in
writing, guarantee of its good faith
and financial backing. DIR. Henr.
RIdgely, William Denny, Walter Morris,
4. X. Jones and others made addresses
advocating the construction of al
electric railway. Engineer Fogwell o.
the Delaware Electric Railway Co. reae
the proposition of his company, which
is practically the same as that OF the
other company. After remarks by At
torney- General White in behalf of tn,
Delaware General Electric Railway Co..
John ID. Hawkins of the Delaware
Electric Railway Co. was heard. He
denounced ''Eaid attorneys and paid
reporters, who had been filling thu
papers with rot. Not one reporter has
come to me- for information abou
my company After being in session
for two hours, the Council adjourned
until Monday night, when definite
action will probably be taken.
Dover, Sept. 10. Tho Town Council
last night, adopted q resolution grant
| ing the Delaware General Electric
Railway Go. the right to use State
Loockerman, West and Forest streets
The privilege is conditioned as fol
lows: The company shall begin thu
construction Of its railway in Dove
| within three months, and complete i
within six months. The company, a
| its own expense, shall pave the Sale
streets, or such Parts Of them as ma,
| be used by it from curb line to curt
| line with the best macadam. the worl
of paving the streets to be done Will
the railway is being constructed. The
company shall keep the said streets il
tirst-c class condition so long as it shall
Use them. The ties and roadhed shall
be on level with the curb The com
pany shall sprinkle the said streets q
| often as occasion may require. 1t shal
furnish at its own expense 25 mean
descent lights for the said streets
Before the resolution takes effect tn
company shall bond in the sum o
$40, 600 to comply with the condition
specified. Tho Council reserves tn
right to regulate and correct any dis
agreeable consequences which ma
arise from the transportation of freigh
through the town.
The preamble says: "The Council
has carefully considered what is bes
for the interests of the citizens toward
the speedy consummation of AN effectiv
trolley system and is willing to gran
| the Delaware General Electric Railwa
Co. the right to use the streets named.
Almost all the citizens endorse tn
Councils action.