The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-18
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on the way. The New Castle
players had their batting clothes
on and kept pounding the ball to
the benumbed Philadelphians until
the score was 81 to 2 in favor OF the
home team. Umpire Schultz had
no trouble in keeping the players
under control. The visitors could
not hit the ball and with the ex-
ception of three men they could
not pick up watermelons and the
pitcher had the spring foyer and did
not know what an assist out meant.
Manager Shearer of the local team
was sorely disappointed at the
showing of the visitors. He will try
to have Dover Highland or Norris
town Club here on Saturday. He
wants to give the patrons a first
class article of ball and has been
trying to secure none but the best
clubs.
The attention of the Board Of
Health is called TO the condition of
the drains in Dobbinsville. True
it IS that that part of the city is
somewhat isolated but still it could
become the breeder of disease. The
stencil from the foul drains on a
warm day il unbearable. The
Board of Health has duty to per-
form and it should do it.
At meeting of st. Peters T. A.
B. Society held yesterday one new
member was admitted and one
proposition received. The financial
standing Of the society is up to the
high water mark and the member.
ship is being gradually increased.
A committee was appointed to ar
range for an excursion to be given
during the month of August.
New Castle people are deeply in-
terested in the great electric rail-
way belt proposed.
New Castle county and the ad-
joining counties Of Maryland and
New Jersey will shortly have one
grand electric railway belt. The
Wilmington and New Castle Elec-
trio Railway has been the first road
to bring hundreds of people into
Wilmington and make travel ac-
cessible at any hour between the
two cities. Work is progressing
tavorably on the New Castle and
Delaware City road and it is ex-
pected that in the course of
month cars will be running between
this city and the city at the mouth
of the Delaware and Chesape AXE
Canal.
The directors of the Wilmington
and New Castle Electric Railway
Company are ready to stretch out
for more business in new fields.
Clarence P. King representing
number OF other gentlemen, recent
ly visited Elkton and at meeting
of the directors of the Cherry Hill,
E]kton and Chesapeake City Rail
way Company subscribed for the
entire stock. There was no meeting
and the secretary accepted the sub
scription conditionally at Elkton
on Tuesday.
Mr.. King appeared before the
Board of Directors and made a
statement that he was prepared to
subscribe for the whole of the stock
and to build the road. His offer
was without any conditions what
ever, a plain proposition to sub
scribe for the whole of the stock
under such conditions as the char
ter or directors might impose. 1t
then developed that for some reason
there was opposition in the board
to accepting this subscription. The
point being raised that the previous
Of books had been some
what irregular, motion was Of
fered by Mr.. John S. Writ that the
books be Immediately opened for
subscription to stock and that they
be kept open for ten days. A ma
jority, of the board adopted an
amendment offered by Mr.. John
Banks that the books should not
be opened until June %.
The novel objection made to open
ing the books at once was that Mr..
King and his associates would I'M
medlately subscribe to the whole of
the stock! There was no other
definite proposition before the board.
There was letter read from Scott
& Company, Of Wilmington, who
said they might take hold of the
matter, if after careful examina.
ton they thought it desirable, and
Mr.. Banks stated that he had a
proposition from a Philadelphia
firm.
Another reason given for this re-
markable action OF the board was
that local people should have an
opportunity to subscribe to the
stock, Notwithstanding the fact that |
up to Tuesday last not dollar OF
this stock had been subscribed for |
by local capitalists, and there is no |
probability that a ma jority OF the |
100000 can be raised in Cecil |
county. Neither does it seem prob
able thatif we could raise the money !
n Cecil county that the road would
be better built or more successfully |
operated BY Cecil county people,
han if built and operated by ex-
perlenced mer.
No question was raised, or could
De raised as to the financial re-
sponsibllity Of the gentlemen maxi
ng the offer, and in any event the
character of the road that is to be
quilt will be absolutely determined
~ those controlling a majority Of