Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-09
Ii, LEVY COURTMAN WHITE ANGRY,
by His Conduct His "Dignity" Drop.
Several Points.

By His Conduct His "Dignity" Drops
Several Points.
The dignity Of Levy Court Com.
missioner Henry M. White dropped
sey ersl points at Tuesday afternoon
meeting of the Levy Court, as result
of his undigniiied conduct. He an.
peared to be in humor to find fault
with everything that did not suit him.
and in giving vent to his feelings used
language more expressive than elegant.
lie spoke so loudly that he attracted
the attention OF the people 10 the cor
ridors Of the Court House.
Deputy Clerk Of the Peace George
Janyier is clerk OF the court and keeps
the records. Ordinarily be is in .Le
room the greater part OF the time while
| the court is in session, but the body ia
so slow In transaoting business All
times that he occasionally crosses the
corridor 10 his own Office to attend Ia
business there while there is lull in
the Levy Court room. Tuesday after
noon when the time arrived for reading
tho bids for the building Of a road oyyr
Silver Run, in st Georges hunded.
| Mr.. Janrier WAS not in the room Mir.
| White inquired where he was and com.
rlained about his absence, remarkinp
| that the clerk of the peace was paidt
enough to have clerk in attendance
on the court at all times. He emphs I
sized his remarks with adjeotives|
which the police would not tolerate
when coming from individuals on thaI
public streets. He said he would
appeal to the Legislature to give theg
court clerk Of its own.
MIR. Janviur soon appeared and readl
the bids for the road, after which Mr.,
White made motion that they be TO-
ferred to the Wilmington bridge com
mittee of the count. Some Of the mem I
bers thought this would net be thef
proper thing to do and SO stated Mr..
White insisted on his motion, but was
overruled, and it was decided that thsl
members Of the court should visit ,hca
locality where IL is proposed to build
the road before awarding the oontract.
They will make the inspection next
Monday.
While the matter was pending NJ
White questioned the regularity of The z
| proceeding ON the ground that bids had
not beer properly advertised for. As IL
matter of fact, bids had been adva.
tised for and Chairman Scott so inlE
: formed Mr.. White. Mr.. White insstdE
that he had not seen any advertisem@th
and asked Mr.. Lynn II he had seen ths
, advertisement. Mr.. Lynn replied b
the negative, whereupop Chairmal
Scott appealed to a spectator, askip
/, him il no had not seen the advertg
ment. The spectator said he had, nn
as he was replying to Mr.. Soott's gus
I tion Mr.. White turned to him and to- Il
him he did not want nny interferens
from outsiders. Nni.-
: Finally, the court succeeded in trans
acting the necessary business and al
= jouiEed us quickly as possible ml
|, sumably 10 ring down the curtain II
= the scene of which MIR. White was d
central figure. Mr.. White was no! n
: be shut off, however, and after ME
!, iournment continued bis harangue
4 the corridor of tho building, to In
~ amusement Of curious crowd.
y There were only two bids for u
a road, Patrick FahDy offering to bull
4 it for $1,000, while Robert r. Md +
: rison's figure was Sl4, 1926. The road
Il to be 30 feet vida at the bottom 81
& % feet wide 1T tbs top and six q
y deep. 1t is to be about half a mile "
!. length. There being such ditIerep
in tho bids, MI. Morrison withdfAt
;s his. 1t afterwaid developed that M
n Fahey had estimated on road e
II quarter of mile in length, and it nd
:. be necessary to get new bids. '
"a On motion of Mr.. Lynn, the COZ
q accepted the plans of the Groton Bird
= 20. of New York for steel bra1AAa
a across Red Clay Creek at Marshallr
a to replace the wooden structure y
"A there, The new bridge il to be IS n
q long and 20 feet wide. The plans VI NJ
is referred to Mr.. Lynn, in whose dist
d. the work is TO be done, and he
n instructed to advertise for bids. h
d opened at the next meeting of tho f
10 Court, which will be held on Aug
in 2lst. #