The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-06-14

was managed on par with it,
there would be cause for the Com
mittee of Fifty to investigate III
fairs.
NOTWITHSTANDING the good times
and plenty of WORK it has become
necessary for the Levy Court to
compel Receiver OF faxes Horace
G. Rettew to advertise all properties
whose owners owe back taxes. This
is rather hard on numerous proper
ty owners, but the Receiver of
Taxes has no other alternatives.
There has been some thirty or more
properties advertised, but not one
of them has vet been put up for
sale. By this means the county
has collected several Thousand dol
lars in back taxes. which have been
owed for some time. Real estate i'll
a good many instances, apparently
does not pay some persons who ham
die it. The tax rate fer one thing
has been too high in New Castle
county for years. When the tax
payers demonstrated and appeared
before the Levy Court to appeal, i'll
some instances they We're reduced,
in others they remained where they
were, and the owners had to pay the
high taxes. There is no getting
out of paying. You may put it off,
but in the end you have to pay the
tax collector.
NUMEROUS prominent citizens Of
the Twelfth ward want a fire com
pany located in that section Of our
city. Attorney General HI. H. Ward
thought it was necessary to locate a
fire Company in that section of the
city, which is at present removed
from other fire companies. He
spoke of the rapid development Of
the Twelfth ward and the time had
arrived for a better fire protection
in that section Of the city. 1t was
thought that it would take 20 to 30
minutes for the nearest existing
company to reach some sections Of
the Twelfth ward. City Council
has had its hands full Of new fire
companies wanting recognition.
No less than four companies have
come forward and want to help put
out the fires in our city and Of course
want City Council to give them
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year in an APP
preparation. That is where the
shoe pinches, as Council has about
all it can do to pay its bills now.
A very exciting game yesterday
was witnessed between the Viii
mingtonn A. A. and TIE Chester
base ball nine. Chester was much
IN evidence and two Darby cars
brought down the rooters for the
visiting team. They gave their team
all the encouragement necessary,
while one Of their number with
bugle would blow it at frequent in
tervals through the game. The
Chester contingent are sports and
1t is said had ell the money bet on
their team that they could get.
From the actions all through the
game it certainly gave evidence of
wanting to win out from the home
team. They won by a score of : to
4and returned home in the trolley
cars in happy frame Of mind and
very jubilant
WELCOME funniest. to our city.
The Wilmington Turner's will give
three days up to celebrating the
event, commencing to-day. cOntin-
ing on Sunday and Monday. The
festivities viii take place in old
Scheutzen Park, WoOdlawu avenue
and Ninth street. On Monday the
exercises will take place III Turn
Hall. Several thousand visitors
out OF the city are attending. The
stores and business houses through
out the city are handsomely derora-
ted for the occasion. 1t is one Of
largest gatherings held i'll our city
for some time,
DR.. G. w. MARSHALL, Insurance
Commissioner for Delaware, is quite
an improvement over his preleccs
SCR. He had the old laws changed
and better ones passed by the last
Legislature, which have brought
several thousand dollars additional
revenue into the State Treasury.
Besides he has driven several bogus
Pnd lame duck companies out Of
business so far as Delaware was con
cerned. He is Il credit to the State
and his office AS well.