Evening journal., 1912-05-07

Those who are behind this waterfront, exploitation
deal think they have enough of these men In leading
strings for use Thursday night to put through
Council of the worst pieces of municipal lesisla-
ton ever proposed in this city.
Il is scheme that strikes at the treasury of the
United States for money needed to build bulkhead
that will cost hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
It is a scheme that strikes at tho treasury of the
United States to make nh back of that buikhead
that will create between 500 aud 600 acres of new
land
Il is a scheme that strikes at the pockets of the
taxpayers Of the city Of Wilmington for money TO
build a boulevard 200 feet wide, the length of that
new-made ground and system of streets through
out the Cherry Island marsh tract from which the
city derives no tax and from which it can derive no
tax because those interested in the marsh property
got through the Legislature act exempting the
property from all city taxes.
It is a scheme that is designed TO turn over to
private interests back of this exploitation All of this
great development cost free, in return for the So
called gift of small pieces of this newy-created
waterfront which do not from the bukhead to
the present marsh bank, but merely back to the
marginal boulevard which the city is to bind itself
to construct with the taxpayers money
We urge the taxpayers of city who do not care
have the treasury Of their nation exploited and who
do not care to have marsh land spectators make
great inroads into the city for the construc-
tion OF boulevards and streets they should for
themselves to keep the above list of names of coun-
cimen and to check them on when the vote on this
outrageous proposition is taken
To the Wilmington taxpayers say that these
arc your Councilmen elected by your votes They
arc not Councimcn of the Wilmington Terminal Com
pany and its allies They elected Council to
protect the interests of the taxpayers in the several
wards and 20 assist marsh land Spectators to
exploit either the national the city treasury.
The spectators think they have enough Council
men bound hard and fast to their proposition
to put their rverfront exploitation scheme through
Council Thursday night, regardless of the
wishes of the taxpayers The vote at tat time
if be taken, will show upon whom those specula-
tors have been placing that dependence. Il also wiz
show TO the voters in the several wards just who In
Council regards himself the representative Of
the taxpayers and who regards himself the con-
seryator of the private interests that seeking
exploit that waterfront for their private ends.
There is phase Of this exploitation scheme
that should condemn H. If il stood alone Tha.
is the proposition that the money of and women
in this city who ray taxes should be used TO build
streets for the benefit Of land Spectators who
pay absolutely city taxes the land through
which those streets 10 be built and only fraction
Of the county taxes they should be compelled to pay
that land
Wilmington has hundreds of places within its cor
limits which OF good streets through
taxes are paid. And yet with these taxpayers clam
orng for good in front properties City
councmen listen with attentive to the pleas OF
marsh land Spectators that the public money be
spent to build Streets ranging width 50 to 1os