Evening journal., 1911-12-15

met in the Office of the Security Trust I
and Safe Deposit Company and form
ed themselves into what call an
'Anti-Improvement Association They !
were at that time to organize a stock
company, with a paid in capital of
$1O0,OOOOO. They we're to buy up all
the land on the western side of
Broome street to Union street and
south of Maple street to the city line.
They were to have it for sale only to
people who would agree to build q
house to cost not less than 100000,
and it was stated at that meeting
that the idea was to keep out and off
OF that sacred domain any poor work
! ing people who would want to build
any ordinary six-room house. Some
few of the surrounding property own
ers held back from going into this
Wholesale freeze-out and as an ex-
treme inducement they were informed
that one individual would preserve
sixty acres of this plot and have the
city convert 1t into a park, so that
prospective park land on this plot
was staked out, but as yet the city has
not purchased il and l hope and pray
they do not. With parks in front of
them, parks behind them and parks
on each side of them they We're be-
| ginning to see visions of a beautiful
paradise, but still the few balky ones
refused to come in-never until after
that meeting was there anything said
about closing up Beech street-and
that is why the small stretch Of land
on the south side of Beech street from
BroOme to Counell streets. was pur-
chased and for no other reason than
to get the street closed At first they
employed an easy and very cute way
of going about it-they applied to
the Street and Sewer Department for
the right to curb off the bed of Beech
street and extend a cement pavement
across the street and close II up. with
the verbal understanding that if the
Street and Sewer Department ever
wanted to open the street and use il
they would take up the pavement, tear
up the curb and put it back i'm the
same condition that they got II and
} the department gave their permission
on this condition-'providing no one
out there kicked about it,
81 saw the trick being pulled off and
p I went TO the Street and Sewer De-
partment and nsked for the same
? privilege on dupont street. where I
r had built twenty-four houses to lay
- a pavement across Conrad street, !
- was refused, I could not do It and
$ when I asked why the Park Commits
e sion could do it. they told me if
= objected to them they would stop
them. which they did. Piqued by In
9 reference. they then and there
brought in the steam roller and put
J. it to work and, of course. 7 or anyone
= else, who wished to back up against
e that was crushed-so you can plainly
l see the extension of Delamore Parl
by the Park Commission.
"The elimination Of Beech STREE
e by the waving of the hands and pro
t nouncing the magic words presto
u change by the Street and Sewer
: Commission together with the dee
5 from the bogy man, the Securit,
l. Trust and SAFE Deposit Commission
y is only a scheme TO block the marcl
OF progress which has been going ol
Il in the Eleventh ward for the last tel
) years, and to use the City Council b.
q passing illegal resolutions and &C
II cepting fake deeds to further thei
u ends and help them get fabulou
~ prices for their property. Gentle
y men, the scheme is too bare-th
" price is too high. the sacrifice tc
- great and I ask you not to be a part
y to it. There are 1000 Of us encampe
~ i'm what is called the hollow and W
~ are all happy and contented with on
homes and surroundings. all we as
~ of you our representatives and on
- protectors is not to let the Street an
- Sewer Department build a Chimes
= wall around us for the benefit Of
n few snobs and land misers. give u
~ outlets and inlets. open up our street
n ahead Of us. do not discourage us
~ closing them and boxing Us up In
g. narrow hollow. let us be free. er
i, courage us by leaving us alone. yo
40 all know what we have done in tn
10 last ten years, built upwards of SO
- homes and i'm the next ten years W
~ will add 1000 more to the populatio
~ of the city Of Wilmington and th
Of Eleventh ward
be Object to Remarks.
~, Reaching that part Of his addre
~ in which he referred to "snobs al
,v land grabbers." Mr.. Connelly's r
- marks were objected to by Mr.. Stove
~ of the Seventh ward, who rose to
- point Of order.
ia President Benson sustained Il
~ Seventh ward members objection al
~. Informed Mr.. Connolly that If
y. could not refrain from making pc
" sonal remarks. the chair would
We compelled to ask him to retire.
W Mr.. Connolly had about complet
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