Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-07
WHERE IS THE REMONSTRANCEp


Peculiar Disappearance of n Paper which
MAY Have II Strong Bearing on Levy
Court Bridge Project.
Those residents of Marshallton and
It's vicinity who desire the Levy Court
70 build a new bridge across Red Clay
Greek, instead of repairing the present
structure, are to have All opportunity
to express their desire by petition to
the court Meanwhile, the question
has arisen: What became of the re-
monstranoe to the building of new
bridge, which was placed in the hands
OF the president of the couit Tuesday?
When he was ready to have it read, the
paper had disappeared.
Court met Tuesday, pursuant TO ad-
Jonrnment, and heard renort in favor
Of placing new structure across the
stream at Marshallton, in the following
words:
Your committee to view the bridge
over Red Clay Creek Mt Marsha'lon
between Mill Greek and Christiana
hundred, report that they have visited
said bridge and found ii in very bad
condition, needing many repairs to
make it at all useful. In our judg,
ment, though, any money expended in
making repairs would be waste and
OF little benefit to the general public.
The place has long been source of an
noyance to tho citizens of tho vicinity
and they are unanimously of the onin-
ion that new bridge with longer
span so as to vent the water which
flows down the creek Mt times Of
freshets and often tlouds the neighbur
ing land. causing much damage and
inconvenience to the owners thereof, is
necessity. To this end we recommend
that when the appropriations are made
fol this yeat that an amunnt sufficient
to build said bridge be appropriated in
addition TO the amount provided fer
the district generally.
I'll. M. White.
j. j. Mealey,
John Lynn,
John j. Gallagher. ~
President Scott called Commissioner
Mealey to the chair and took the floor.
He said that before the report was ac-
cepted there was a remonstrance which
was handed to him in the corridor.
But it had passed from his possession.
Have you it, Mr.. Lynn?" asked Mr..
Scott.
~ returned it to you,' said Mr..
Lynn.
No one appeared to know where the
remonstrance was, and Mr.. Scott con-
tinued, saying that it was signed by a
good mary people. ...
.'It looks to me-" he said, "as if we
want to do what the taxpayers of Mil
Creek hundred want. / think before
final action the people of Mill Creek
should petition lis that they want the
bridge. If they don't want the bridge,
we don t want to put it there
Mr.. Scott remarked that MIR. Lynn
had made report and he had no doubt
he was backed by many people who
wish the bridge.
This remonstrance, ), said Mr.. Lynn,
"is gotten up by people who don't use
the bridge, who don't live in the dis
trict at al. One of the men whose
name is on thcre is dead. :"
He declared that the remonstra nee
was not for the benefit of the people,
hut was political scheme. People
who use the bridge have been asking
him to get the Levy Court to put a new
bridge there.
On motion Of Mr.. Gallagher the mat
ter was laid over until the people IN
favor OF tno Drlupe nave an opportunity
| to be heard by the court.
President Scott told q reporter that
there we're about 35 names on the re-
monstrance. Mr.. Lynn was asked as to
the dead mans name, but did not re-
member it.
The George ". Bush & Sons Go. in
formed the court that its barge Alice,
and the Charles Warner Co.'S barge
No. s, had Eeen damaged at Third
street bridge Saturday night by the
swinging Of the end of the draw as
they were passing through. The COM
pany believed the bridgetender re.
sponsible and that the court should
bear the expense of repairs. On Mr.
Mealey's motion, the matter was re-
ferred to the bridge committee.
Magistrate Reynolds Of Middletown
asked the court to pay him "a or a part
Of it, fer money expended TO pay board
and car fire of four persons who
stopped at Middletown, while on route
from California to Seaford. This matter
was referred to the courts attorney.
The monthly payroll of about Ss2, ,OC
was passed