Evening journal., 1900-12-31
cuI oNLY foR cAusE

lature OF bills increasing the bonded in
debtedness OF the city OF Wilmington
and New Castle county in cases where
it can be shown that such loans are
rendered necessary by public interest
and cxigency, and not by extrava ganco
and maladministration.
Even those who criticise the Board
of Public Education for building the
new High School without first having
the funds in hand, admit that its fa-
cilities are needed by our educational
system, and that it will serve a great
aud useful purpose. While they will
not approve the loan bill introduced
for the benefit of the Board of Educa-
tica. they cannot afford to combat 1t
ami kill It, for the school and the debt
are two material facts which involve
the credit OF the municipality
City Council was warned that II Il
did not raise the tax rate, there would
he deficit at the end of the present
fiscal year The Democratic majority
was afraid to meet the issue, even in
an Of year, and permitted the old rate
to stand, although II was known tnat
the water surplus would be smaller by
several thousand dollars. There VIII
be a deficit, and large one, due in part
to natural causes and in part to poor f.
nanciering and Democratic extrava-
gance. The Legislative Committee OF
City Council expects to go to Dover
with a bill authorizing the issuing OF
bonds TO cover that deficit. The Demo
Gratis do not want to go before the peo-
pie I'M June with a deficit. They be-
lieve a loan would look better. How
far a Republican Legislature should
go to help a Democratic City Council
to cover up with a bond issue Its f.
nanels4 stupidity is an open question.
but one deserving OF careful consider
alton.
The Board of Directors Of the Street
and Sewer Department is the most inn
portant OF all our municipal depart
ments. While its projects are practi-
cal, they also are exceedingly expen-
sive. 1t spends hundreds of thousands
of dollars for sewers, but they are un-
derground, the people never see them
and many wonder what has become Of
the money In the matter Of grading
and paving a dollar doesn't go far, and
men of practical mind, know Il, but
there is a large class which cannot un-
derstand why the department cannot
do more with the money II has to
spend But sewers and improved
streets are necessary, and there should
be no cheese-paring parsimony in
making loans for the use Of the de-
partment The good work now in
progress must so on from year to year,
keeping pace with the growth of the
city, and conserving our public health
and trade interests.
1t is time that the feeling OF illiber-
ality heretofore manifested towards
our Board Of Park Commissioners
should cease to exist The board never
has been treated fairly in the consider
alton Of It's needs. A great response
bility has been laid upon its shoulders
and time and time again the funds
necessary for its discharge have been
denied At this session that condition
should be remedied without fail, and
the board put on an easy financial foot
ing.
We believe that the New Castle
county members will vote cheerfully
all moneys needed to complete the
county workhouse. II they are salts
ned there is no reason why Kent and
Sussex counties should stand in tlt
way, for II is essentially a New Castle
county matter. and. by so voting, ths
members will represent the senhmeaa
Of fully nine-tenths Of our people, VIII,
want the institution completed and nu'
ia practical operation.
The War Department having decrees
that the old drawbridge over th'
CAristiana river at Market street mus
be replaced by one that win not con
stltute an obstruction to navigation, !
follows that no course is left open q
!, the Levy Court but to comply with III
Federal order To do so will requir
between 100000 and Sl5O.OOO, and
county loan must be fioated to NEE
the expense. II will be useless I
bubble over the matter, for the Chris
tiana river is government strean
and what it says about it is law. MAJ
ket street bridge, as it exists to-da.
= is not only an obstruction to navigl
. tion, but also to business. and if W
: can, by its removal. obtain CONTRACT
+ for building big ships, the expen'
soon will be wiped out by the trade il
crease.
with these facts in mind, IL will
/ well for the legislators IN handling a
z preparation bills to cut only for caus