The sun., 1901-02-15
CIGARETTE E..
BILL PASSED
n.l,uare Habituals Deprived Of
Their Favorite Smoke.
oppose SAVINGS BANK
,,ilroad Taxation Discussed-Mea-
,nre to Provide for a State Print
er at a Salary of 81, 200 Be-
fore the House.
..i,, 10 The Sun.

,,r Feb. l4.-Kailroaus WAS the
,or,nost in the minds ot the
.alo,ors Mt the capitol. a. q. Me
r,usland, superintendent OF me W.
.in.tou 4 Northern Railroad COMPANY
",nonr,d before the committee on PEI
~p,s ~ corporations and submitted
,ntemcnt which reads
T.,,,,.mcn:-In connection with the
mi now under consideration by your
",nnittrr. which proposes large IN
... ii ,hr annual payments ~ me
wilmington Il Northern Railroad Com
,.a"y II Communication OF taxes undas the
,,t nf ,pril s. 1868, ! beg to call your
,,n.n,;un ID the following facts:
Th, Wilmington Il Northern II. II. orig
;,ally ,he Wilmington L. Reading II. H.,
A corporation of the State OF Delaware
I'M hnili hy local capital. largely sun
.rribrl hy residents of the city OF WI
ninpton and New Castle county, pcla'
ware
il M. exclusive Of its terminals, only
,Icy.r ual,s or track in Delaware, anu
M, largest single fare il charges. VIZ
from ,hr city Of Wilmington to tran
,.rr. thr station nearest to the lchhSsl
youia State line. aud most distant IRON
Wilmington. its terminus in Delaware
* III. SIM of thirty-thiec cents, or fo'
NJ rnntrl trip forty -four cents.
tutsi,Ir Of it's Interstate traffic, wliel
a M toxnllc under the laws Of tn
St,tc If Delaware. il has never paid II
operation expenses in Delaware, nor ma
il ever paid its operation expenses III O
nni " the State.
The road has paid annually to tn
STATE. iii addition to the two hnndrr
and frty dollars communication tax undt
lha nct or April S, 1863, from $500 !
$500 under the act Of August IL, 1864.
pcnwar's proportion Of the net y
rriprs of the Wilmington " North"r
Railroad. exclusive of fixed charges, y
a.. wear ending December 81, 1899, W.
..haT Dc,luctng the said IKE
i ,,.r .n,,i3n said net receipts for sa
,.; n,rccmher 81 1893, the
N"N "'u''' VI %", -22. 20, for said yea
~ nprrallh" expenses. And such h,
h'"n The case III years pr,,.odiny Is
and 1000. -
lh" company therefore submit 10 W
h"nornlIlc committee that the tax
pr"S"nt l,aid by the road is fair; MI
considering that the road is operated
mi ~ lIIIal loss, il would be unjust
increase its rate OF taxation. or cour
ynn will take into consideration that
pays large taxes or its depot, work shol
and Other properties.
Respectfully submitted by
A. G. McCausland.
Supt. w. Il y. II. Il. G
NJ Nc n( al nd 4
the flll amount ~ taxes paid to u
STATE ly ihc company and the reply W
bsrwcen $3.50 and $4,000.
The cigarette hll framed by Scnat
RraSur" caused unusual commotion
ilr House this morning. when il w
called ny by Representative Clark. =!
address was made hy Mr. Baynnrd W
said the only way to stop this vile hal
is 10 arrest the smoker and not I
dealer. Ills objection was not sustain
however. and when he asked that the !
BE- rrcommitted the vote stood 80 to
Tie hill was brought up for passa
aud MrSsrs, Aron, Chandler, Clai
elrndanirl, Finn. Gooden. Hardest
II"aly. Kitchen, lIodgson. Hope, LoI
Il Mnnrc. I'illing, Ralph, ShallcroSS, y
!''h' NfSl, W Hlle anu WV NNS''''i'
voted for passage, making total
90 md Mcssrs. Baynard, Dayett, Evil
fIearn, Holcomb. Hutchinson, Nj
aghan, Pepper, Prcttyman, Roberts
Short. Scotten and Wright voted
hut as they only tailed IL the bill
passed. During the course Of the
bates Representatives Clark presented
letter from young man III Delaw
City. The epistle explains itself.
Delaware City, Del. Feb.
Fl"n, +, Clark,
Dear Sir:-In reference to Scna
RraSlrc'S cigarette hill, will you kin
us" Your best efforts to have bill Of
kind passed. have yet to find Gig
rttr smoker who did not hope this
would pass. especially those Of the fl
class. Cigarette smokers, ms Il y
would be- glad to stop smoking them,
as they cannot they welcome anytli
that tends I'd stop them. This bill
Alr. BraSures is the only thing that
stop them A bll that limits the 81
Y" persons over II years does no g
as any hoy can find some man with
principle to buy them for him.
| do not know of any habit easier
contract, or one that ruins man or
quicker. than cigarette smoking,
many firms will not employ a PEI
who smokes them.
! have never met tobacco dealer
said that he sold cigarettes as an
r"mmodation. as there was no prom
them. The manufacturer. however,
"a lap ;,, OF |