The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-07-18

of locks adopted in its stead.
1t is worthy of remark that the Canal
Company resumed work. which had been
suspended for twcnty-Onc years, under
the presidency of the same person who
presided over it when work was suS-
pended. and that the due bills for a large
amount of the Indebtedness Of the COM
pany which was contracted in its early
efforts, were paid ut their par value.
The Canal Company employed Mr..
ltandcl to eXcavatc the greater part of
the canal and executed articles of agree
mcnt with him for the construction of
the work on the 10Th day Of March.
1924. The work was commenced on the
10Th of April following upon the deep cut
near where the Summit Bridge formerly
stood. ltandcl waS allowed until the LIST
rof May. 1S2S, to finish his contract. but
for some reason the company took the
work out of his hands. and in the fall of
lS2J. contracted with other persons for
the completion of the unfinished part of
it. This action Of the company caused
tandrl To sue it for damages. and after
years of litigation he recovered dam
ages in January. 1884. to the amount of
more than two hundred and twcnty-SiX
thousand dollars. The suit between Ran
,!" and the Canal Company which WAS
tried i'll the Superior Court ut New Cas-
tie. is one of the most notable cases ever
tried in the State of Delaware. being
celebrated rs well on account of the
amnulI of money involved. rs on ac-
count of the eminent counsel employed
by the parties concerned in it. John
RHndeI. .Ir.. by which cOgnomrn he was
known until the day of his death. was
possessed of much skill rs II civil engineer
though strange and eccentric. and full
Of ttopan schemes ana projects. He
afterwards hrcamc the proprietor of
"Rardalia," which was Il large tract of
land on bohemia Manor. near the mouth
Of Back Creek. His success in proSccut-
ing his suit against the Canal Company
appears to have made him fond of liti-
-Htion. and for many years after he be-
came proprietor of "Randaia" he was
seldom without law suit on hand. Ow-
ing to his success in this suit with the
Canal Company. he was placed in pos
session Of Il competency. most of which
he SuuHndrrCl in the prosecution OF wild.
rhimrricIl schemes for Self-aggranIiZr-
mrnt which il would have taken many
hunlrcjs Of thousands of dollars to have
Drought to Il successful conclusion. He
WAS also tn" originator of elevated rail
roads. which have recently been erected
in some of our large cities. At one time.
while Mr.. RanGcl was proprietor of
"RandaliH." be had Il steam Saw-mill in
operation there. ANA somehow he unfor-
tunatcly lost brcaSt-pin which he valued
very highly. Work WAS Immediately
stopped at "Randalia." and everybody
in his employ WAS set To work hunting
"or the lost hrrHSt-pin. The hands at the
>Hw-mill were set To work Sitting an i'm
mcnSr pile of saw dust the accumulation
of years. in order To find the lost jewel.
After much tribulHtion the long-lOSt and
much-cStrCmcd hnuhlc was found in the
possession of some person. who said he
found il along the road some distance
from "RmlIlalH. where no doubt its
owner had dropped it. The chance for
law suit was not to be lost. however. and
he contentious Randrl laid his ease be-
fore the next Grand Jury. with the intrn-
ton of having the person who found the
brrHSt-pin indicted for theft, but the
irand jury very wisely dismissed the
ease.
.VIyI