The sun., 1900-06-06
NEW IRON BRIDE
IS NOT WANTED
BY TAXPAYERS
Strong Remonstrance was Filed
With Levy Court Yes
terday.
WAS MISSING FOR A TIME
A Special Committee Reports Favor.
ably on New Structure at Mar
shaIItOn But President Scott
Called Attention to the
Remonstrance.
Remonstrance

Quite number of residents of Mar
shallton and vicinity seemed to be op-
posed to having new bridge erected
across Red Clay creek. The Levy Court
commissioners at their meeting yesterday
decided to give them all an opportunity
to express their desire in the matter by
petition.
Commissioners White, Mealey, Lynn
and Gallagher committee appointed to
view the bridge presented the following
report:
"Your committee to view the bridge
over Red Clay Creek at Marshslton be-
tween Mill Creek and Christiana hundred
report that they have visited said bridge
and found it in very bad condition,
needing many repairs to make it at all
useful In our Judgment, though, any
money expended in making repairs
would be waste and of little benefit to-
the general public. Tie place has long
been source of annoyance to the citi-
zens of the vicinity and they are unani-
mously of the opinion that new bridge
with a lorger span SO as to vent the
water which fl ,ws down the creek at
times of freshets and often floods the
neighboripg land causing much damage
is a nee tesslty. To this end we recon-
mend that when the appropriations are
made for this year that an amount suffi-
cient to build said bridge be appropriated
in addition to the amount provided for
TIE district generally"
President Scott said that before the re-
port was adopted there was remon-
STRANGE against new bridge which was
handed to him in the corridor, but it had
left his possession. No one seemed to
know where it was, however. President
Scott said he thought the people of Mill
Creek should petition them for the bridge
and if they didn't want it the Commits
sioners didn't want to put it there.
Mr.. Lynn declared that the remon'
STRANGE was gotten up by people who
didn't use the bridge, who don't live in
the district, and one OF the men whose
name was on it was dead; also that it was
political scheme. The matter was on
motion OF Mr.. Gallagher LAID Over until
tie people in the district could have sn
opportunity to be heard by the Court.
The remonstrance to the bridge is as
follows:
"To the honorable members OF the
New Castle county Levy Court:
"We undersigned taxpayers of Mil
Creek hundred learning that it is pro
posed to remove bridge in the town o.
Marshallton and to erect in its stead ar
iron bridge at considerable cost mos
earnestly protest against what we believe
an unnecessary expense and burden tx
our taxpayers:
Philip T. Pierson, Elmer f. Malin
Hervey Walker, John I. Mackin, q. E
Kersey, John w. Dennison, Elias Moore
George H. NJ. Burns, Robert ?. Denni
son. Bayard E. Derickson, Edward NJ
Peach, Frank d. Walker, Henry R
Kelley, /. N. Chambers, G. A. Ruben
Gamer, VIM. 3. Branston, Robert NJ
Taylor, @. @. Hopkins, L. H. Penning
ton, James Valentine. Egbert Klair
Evan H. Klair, Haryev Cranston, Georg
X. Ball, Edwin Ball, Arthur Minner
Samuel Allcorn, Samuel Litter, John
Klair, Irwin G. Klair, George Russell
Lewis Derickson, Henry B. Klair, Georg
Klair, S S. Mccoy.