Evening journal., 1912-06-11
Taxpayers Demand That
Waterfront Exploitation
Be Killed by Council
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owners only
build
providing
title the lands
had been built
HAVING THUS ARRANGED TO GET STATE MOTH.
ING, STEPS WERE AND THE
thought by those inter-
gone
1t cared In the giving the
the I'LL THAT
GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE THAT CONTRIBUTION
TO THE MARSH LAND sPECULATORs, STRINGS WERE
PULLED Federal officials fell for IT, They
build southwark to the mouth Of
the Chsna river where had finished approx.
imate 5000 feet out Everything
srimmingI for time exOters cOngang
themselves
hundreds Of thousands money they
have great fortune dropped into their
Government stopped rumored at the time
and has been asserted repeatedly
che Federal Government stumbled
private exploitation purposes by the waterfront
oxpters but all admit
ceased
1T WAS IMPOSSIBLE EXPLOITERs TO OBTAIN FROM
THE STATE THE TITLE MORE ACRES OF STATE
LAND UNDER WATER UNTIL THE HAD BEEN BUILT
AND THEY HAD NO IDEA SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY TO
BUILD IT. In fact II is doubted persons they
to build situation nut the rernt exploit
srs in hole They could demand
AOrneyGenea and the Secretary been
buIt
Repeated efforts Federal Government to com
peie the bkhead appear pleas
represented great public demand The real truth
that the verfont EXPLORERS agitation and simply crazy
to have the bukhead built state land
The Government refused TO be
ROPING CITY.
expIoi would get the city Of Will
mingon interested the waterfront he Induced
to work. thOught expIOers Jumped nt IT,
They thought they their difficulty the queshan
arose to what the city of influence
The explOer their MANY STAR CHAM
BER MEETINGS THEY AGREED Ia ACRES
or THE 500 OR MORE ACRES OF STATE
CONDITIONAL GRANT and also sys.
tenn Of streets FOR BY THE
TAXPAYERs The city also
tanning whatever Legislation might effective
Then the demand publicity taxpayers they
had right been DOORS The
proposed agreement dragged into the daylight
Trade City Council
spoke its defense then scheme
proceeded TO to use state
land and Federal and city rich group
in addition making hundreds Of thousands dollars millions
ont Of the deal would be able dominate city
Wilmington
TAXPAYERS CALL HALT
upon taxpayers they called halt
and they did in that City city
any future dared TO disregard it,
The rverOnt expOers inspired editorials
Wilmington newspapers vain enor to bolster their
scheme expers
question ownership
the land be submitted the City Solicitor opinion
manifest reluctance
it be DONE and finally was Now THE RyERFRoNT EXPLOIT
COUNCIL ARE HOPEFUL THAT
THE CITY SOLICITOR WILL DECIDE THAT THE RyERFR0NT
PLOITERS OWN THOSE HUNDREDS UNDER
ALTHOUGH ITSELF AND THE FIRST
PROPOSED AGREEMENT CONCLUsvELY
THAT THE TITLE CANNOT PASS UNTIL THE
BUILT. BULKHEAD CONsTI-
TUTONAL, WHICH DENIED.
Tie viii likelihood
City Council will meet and thought the the City Soic
expters
doned hope getting the thing through They think they
Cuncimen
despite the taxpayers aud their protests
Meantime the demanding taken to
the nsutonai Of the Bukhead building the bulk
until viii
the bHkhesd the fill Sentiment in the city Overwhelmingly
against committing taxpayers any scheme
behind which the Wilmington
Wilmington
consider serious proposition instead OF Ocuar
proposal.