Evening journal., 1901-10-15
PEOPLE WANT
BEST SERVICE
AII Fast Trains Must Stop
at Wilmington
BOARD OF TRADES ACTION
Committee Appears Before Street and
Sewer Directors Regarding Rle-
Yated Track Subject

Residents rf Wilmington aud thel
Board Of Trade in particular are much
Interested in tine movement OF thel
Pennsylvania railroad 20 construct ele-
waited tracks through the city and arel
equally anxious THAT the present ex-
cellent means Of transportation be not
intorfered with.
In connect1on with this subject, Viii
liam l.awtOn. president OF the Board of
Trade. appointed aIhe following cOm
mi3ttee to confer with the Street and
Sewer Department at its meeting this
morning. Josiah Marvel. chairman, A..
s. Reed. John $, Rossel A. l.. johnson,
Edgar NJ. Hopes, IT, W. Wallace, w.
B. Clerk. Samuel H. Baynard, Frederick
Pyle, d. w. Taylor and William Law
ton.
Mr. Marvel acted as spokesman for
the committee. and stated its object TO
the board He said that the Board OF
Trade had no desire to place amy OBJ
stacle in the way OF tine railroad com.
lpany. but. on THO either hand. it was
glad to see the work of Improvement
go ON. There was one point. however,
THE committeeman thought should be
taken into consideration before grant
/ ing frandldse and that WAS She sub
/ iect of transportation. AT present the
lcity has excellent facilities and those
should be protected II was theref0rt
desired that before receiving fran-
chise The railroad company should as.
sure the directors THAT in the future th,
Icity should have facilities for tianspor
tation as 1T has now.
In some instances Mr. Marvel con
lhnued, lin cities whore elevated tracki
lhad been constructed fast trains passe,
through without stopping. and this wa
a Feature that SHOULD be avoided here
In his opinion there was sufflclen
travel 10 have all trains step as tine.
do now
Z William Lawtoh said he heartily
lagreed with THE suggestion OF Mr. Mar
8 vei and THAT il was not proposed
ask the railroad company for any bet
/ ter facilities Of travel. but simply ash
1.-THE Street and Sewer Department tina
Vt should be assured by the company tha
Z the present system should. not be inter
e fered with
+ We don't want. said he, "to see
train from New York to Washington
rush through asif twas impossible q
: stop it,"
Upon suggestion Of Mr.. Carter. tn
e committee win prepare a communica
Z tlon ON the subject, which viii be sub
I mitted to the directors for their ap
Y proval
q CAR TRAVEL INTERPRETED WITH
+ a communication was received frOr
2 Richard W. Crook, manager of IN
Z Peoples Railway Company, saying tina
Z the action OF market people in allow
8 ing shafts Of their wagons 10 protrud
greatly iuterfered with car travel, an
requested that the department talk
some action in the matter. The com
munication was referred to the cler
Of the market
Prince A. Mousley. councilman fror
the Ninth ward, petitiOned That ligh
be placed at Twenty and Churc
streets. The communication was re
ferred
: A communication was received fror
certain property owners stating tha
they were prepared to- deed To the cit
the bed Of Bayard avenue, from Penn
sylvania avenue to Ninth street nh
letter was referred to the CITY Eng
neer
Frank Carswell representing Richar
y Patzowsky, appeared before the direC
rItors. and requested that the depart
II mont pave Wilson street, betwee
Z Eleventh and Twelfth streets He ais
e asked for permission to set scales i
the bed Of Eleventh street. Mr Pat
$ zowsky is constructing a morocco fax
IS tory in that vicinity, and would lk
0 THE approaches to it put in good cond
e tion for hauling purposes. In return fc
S the paving of Wilson street he offere
l. to light the street free Of cost to th
+ city Mr. Carswell was instructed I
e present his request to the board /
it writing ard it would be acted upon.
n HAS MADE NO REPORT
John Biggs, representing tine Penn
y sylvania railroad, was present at tht
: mornings meeting, and showed t1
n plans for the proposed elevated raj
: road tracks. IL was the intention
5 the board to take action ON the sui
s ject today but, owing to the fact th;
q City Sohcior Reinhardt had I'll
e amendment offered at the last meetin
2 in his possession, and had not yet gor
I over it, nor made a report, it was in
q possible to take any action. 1t is prol
y able that the subject viii be defnitel
settled ait the next meeting.
+ Secretary Harvey j. Wiley presente
letters to the board from George S. q
e pelle Alfred Gawthrop, Charles "
= Pusey, A. j. johnson and Williai
Il lawt0n, members of the recent Coz
Ri demnation Committee, enclosed /
s each of which was a check for S33, tn
T amount. less Sc, paid the commission
e eIs for their work in condemning thii
lteen streets. In their communicate
each party said that he believed til
a compensation to be out Of proportio
q to the work done, and then retained th