Evening journal., 1909-03-20

spruance and welch, all Republicans.
Good Roads For New Castle.
The 100000 good roads bill for New
Castle passed the House without a dis
senting voice. although Mr.. Spruance
took time to point out the magnanimity
OF Wilmington, as he termed it.
The 100000 is to be raised by bond
ing the county. the loan. of course,
eventually falling upon the citizens of
the county TO repay and as Wilmington
constitutes three-hfths of the popula-
ton of the county Mr. Spruance om-
phasized the statement that she was
paying three-fifths Of the cost for
building roads for the farmers.
Mr., Connolly declared that the people
Of the cities ought to be delighted to
pay for good roads, for unless they got
them some cities like Wilmington
would. soon find themselves isolated on
an island with 100000 people starving
for the fresh things of the country.
Representative +. NJ. Soper created a
sensation in the House during the dis
cussion Of the New Castle county $780,
900 permanent good roads bill. He
left his scat and. advancing toward the
Speakers desk, cried out I'm a loud tone
of voice:
"Mr. Speaker, indulge me for a mo-
ment State Senate that would hold
mp and refuse to pass good road bills
in this day is no good. Senators who
are so narrow ought TO be literally
hung. I understand that the Senate
is not going to pass the Kent and
Sussex good roads bills. This is a
calamity-that men should become so
narrow-and I deplore il, and I want
to put myself on record now as con-
demning any such tactics. be they poll
ties or whatever You call IL. But thu
blame rests whore it belongs. And ]
hope none of us in this House will fail
TO show that we arc big enough &,
pass this bill. Notwithstanding the
Z treatment that every farmer of Della
ware must resent, in their State SEN
ate"
The New Castle county bill passed
without objection and went TO the SEN
ate for concurrence 1t viii go long
way toward giving all northern Della
ware a splendid system of good roads.
To Reoodify Laws.
over a century ago, James Booth
made a revised code for the state OF
Delaware. But the State has not had
q systematic revised code since Willard
Hairs code of 1852. The House pass
ed the Senate joint resolution provid.
ing an appropriation of $500 for q
new revised code to be prepared by a
commission of not less than two mol
more than five members. The Senate
had IL that the governor should ap-
point but the House substituted fol
this that the Supreme Court of tn,
state should appoint from among it:
well qualified practitioners to do this
work
/ After spirited opposition by Repre-
sentative Grubb, the House passed the
] Wilmington park bill, empowering tho
] Park Commissioners to acquire parl
lands for a distance of five miles from
4 Wilmington and to condemn land tina
was in the way or held from the pos
session of the commission for this pur
pose. Mr.. Grubb contended that will
/ c92 acres of park land already the cit,
ought TO content itself with beautifyins
and establishing new small parks an'
breathing spaces in the City limits 70
the laboring people. II was pointed
out that the amendment TO the bill
provided that no appropriation shoul,
be made tc purchase park land outside
the city limits until the city had eX
pended $4,000 more in providing sucl
small breathing spots in town.
Colonel Ainscow made a flower,
speech in which he declared that prac
tically all the land within this five
milo limit along the Brandywine thai
was now being considered as a park
would be donated to the city as soon a:
this bill passed. He contended that
this great park would be the toiler'.
haven of rest
"He viii be able TO ride through il
on hot night in a trolley for five