Evening journal., 1911-03-20
NO LAWS FROM
MANY BILLS
Legislature Has Crowded CAL
endarS, and Short Time
to Act on Measures
MAY STAY LONGER TO
CONSIDER ROAD OFFER
Special to THE EvENING JOURNAI.


Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, March 2O-Unless
consideration of the proposed amend
ments to the General Incorporation
law to enable General T. Coleman du-
Pont to build and give a State-long
highway to the State shall require
more time, the Delaware Legislature
today entered upon practically the last
week of actual business of the BIZ
! enial session. March 81 is looked
! forward to as the time for final ad-
| journment, but, under the plan con-
templated, consideration of all mea-
sures is TO end with Friday of this
week, and then recess is to be taken
to March 81, unless further time might
be necessary to act on the dupont
road proposition. The general feeling
Is that it will be worth the while and
prolonging of the session should
II be necessary for consideration of
the Miller bill, if the State in return
VIII become a recipient of a bOule-
ward from one end to the other that
Will cost somewhere about S1,500,000
TO build, but not cost the State a cent.
Aside from the amendments to the
General Incorporation law that would
permit of the carrying out of the du-
Pont road proposition, the calendars
OF both branches are loaded down
with bills that await final action.
These include the bills to carry out
the recommendations of the State
Commission on Revenue and Taxation,
all of which have been allowed to
slumber peacefully apparently be-
cause two of them are Objectionable to
powerful interests" In addition
there are measures affecting the valid
ity If Wilmington's municipal govern
ment, some changes that are advocated
in Wilmington's system of govern
ment. There is the voters assistant
repeater, which has passed the Senate
and is now in the House, and there
is Senator Miller's juvenile court bill,
and there are Senator Monaghan's
child labor bill and the measure to
regulate the hours of employment of
women.
The House is yet to pass on a SEN
ate amendment to Representative
Whites bill to require railway COM
panies to equip cars in winter months
with vestibules for the protection of
the motormen and conductors Rep
resentative Gillis' bill has been re-
ported on its merits that would enable
one railway company in Wilmington
to use the tracks of another company
in order to get cars to a wharf or sta
ton or to reach a terminus in the
| city. At present the general incor-
pOratiOn law prohibits two street car
companies using the same street.
Levy Court Bills.
Then there are the House bills to
authorize the New Castle County Levy
Court to borrow S150,O00 for the erec-
ton of a new bridge across the Chris
tiana river I'm Wilmington between
Third and Fourth streets, to authorize
the New Castle County Levy Court tC
borrow 100000 for an addition to the
Court House at Wilmington, and tC
authorize the borrowing OF $780, ,OOl
by New Castle county for building new
roads.
In all probability the appropriation
for a new bridge will be sanctioned
by the Legislature, but there is pro
nOunced opposition to the $500 .0O(
road loan and the Court House i'm
proyement loan It is contended By
some of the New Castle county mem
bers that Il would be better to devot,
some time and money to the improve
ment and maintenance of the new
roads built In New Castle county
which are I'm sad need OF repairs
rather than to borrow money to builC
? new roads at the present time.
Another Highway Bill.
Senator Drexler also has a bill I,
enable the State to borrow $3.50 .OOi
for the building of State highways
S20O,OOO to be expended in each coun
ty, hut there is not much likelihood o
1t being passed at this session sine
General duPont's offer to build an,
give road to the State has been made
If the DUPONT highway should be wei
under way there is not much doub
but that two years hence the Stat
would authorize the borrowing of
big sum for the construction of latera
roads in the three counties to connec
with the State highway.
Senator Drexler also has a bill Il
create a Public Utilities Commission
for the State, to apply to all utilitie
including railroads This bill woul
authorize the Governor to appoint fiv
commissioners. not more than three T.
be of one political party, to regulat
public utilities corporations and d
hear and adjust complaints and griev
ances of either the public or the cor
porations.
Thus, it will be seen that with s
many important measures pending AM
with but a week in which to conside
them, some bills will fall by the way
side and probably never reach a vote