Evening journal., 1912-05-15
TAXPAYERS
TO DISCUSS
WATERFRONT
Public Hearing Will be Held
in the City Hall
TOnight
REFERENDUM IS SOUGHT
BY LEAGUE MEMBERS

Indications point to large assem-
blage in City Hall this evening Of
persons interested in the development
of the Delaware river waterfront
plan, which the members of City
Council have under consideration. A
public hearing, en- to all, will be
held in Council chamber There also
may be an overflow meeting in front
of City Hall
At a largely-attended meeting of the
Referendum League OF Delaware last
night. a resolution was unanimously
adopted urging Council TO submit the
riverfront proposition to the people
for vote. before that body takes ac-
tion. A copy Of the resolution was
ordered sent to Council 1t fol-
lows:
Resolved. That Wilmington City
Council and Street and Sewer De-
partment have no moral right TO pass
on the proposed river front deal with
the Wilmington Terminal Company,
Edge Moor Iron Company and others
without consulting the tax payers. and
the matter should be put to a refer
endum vote of the citizens of VIII
mington.
il was the desire of most Of those
attending the meeting to make the
resolution stronger. At the suggestion
OF others who held that the principal
object of the league is to have the
Legislature provide the initiative, ref
erendum and recall. so that the people
might exercise their rights on Just
such a proposition as the present river
frafaFa grnIF
! framed as above cited.
As citizens of the city, however
| the members of the League discussed
the proposed river front agreement at
considerable length and there was not
one person present who spoke in IA
vor Of the proposition now before the
members OF Council.
II was made clear that the members
OF the league. which Is comprised OF
men in every walk Of life and Of mem
bers of all political parties are not op.
posed to a riverfront and the advance
ment OF the city as q port. but they
do oppose the private ownership of
the State land under water alonf
the riverfront That. they said
should belong to the city The
! small plots Of ground the riparian
owners have agreed to give the city
the members OF the League regard as
entirely insufficient for the city Il
own, compared with what the riparian
owners will receive.
Letter From Councilman White.
Councilman White brought to THE
EVENING JOURNAL office this after
noon this letter and asked that It be
published:
Editor OF THE EVENING JOURNAL
"Sir-Just why you have singled me
out for Unfair innuendo and ntruth-
ful statement in your paper with ref
: erence TO my position as to the river
front project ! am unable to guess. In
j, your discussion Of this matter several
times you have taken particular pains
10 state that ! am a cousin OF William
G. Mahaffy. AS my relationship is
something involuntary. so far as 9th
er Mr.. Mahaffy and myself are con.
cerned, and as such relationship has
, absolutely nothing to do with the
river front project, I see no reason
why you should mention it i'm this
connection. unless you mean to infer
that because of it, 7 would act as q
City Councilman with regard TO that
relationship. rather than in accord
ance with my duty as city official
Above all things a coward Is despica.
Bile. therefore. if you have any charge
Of any ulterior motive on my part tC
make. be man enough TO make Il Sc
that may have something tangible tC
reply to and do not hide behind mere
insinuations and innuendo.
Nov as to your statement that
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