Evening journal., 1912-05-09
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912
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=, oAsr has been made by those-who are friendly
ID TO the Delaware River Waterfront EXPLOITATION
scheme that the Wilmington Terminal Company auu
its allies have the members of CITY Council ~
fun accord with their plans and that nolhme Ieans h
now except for the taX-dodging manipulaoFs 10 suoS
their proposed waterfront agreement through CITY
Council at its meeting tonight
That may be true. We trust it is not II would be
nifty for the Republican and Democratic members
of CITY Council TO have the seal Of death placed upon
,heir noIcal future by neglected, exploited and out
RACED taxpayers. That would be too great penalty
for any member of City Council TO pay lot
the sake of doing great favor to the Whining
ton Terminal Company and its allies And yet u may
be said and said truthiuly, that that is the pehaN
any member Of that body will pay who votes Tor that
Waterfront Exploitation scheme in its present shape
and who binds this city to build great boulevard
and street system through marsh land for the benefit
and profit of tax-dodgers, while the taxpayers OF
our city arc unable TO obtain from the same Oounch
the improved Streets Fairgrounds sanitary protection
and many other things which they need and for which
thev have been and still arc clamorng fruiuessly
When taxpayers particularly those who live in the
newer sections Of our city. ask for improvements
including either better streets the reply or
CITY Council is that the money is not available for
them and those taxpayers are compelled to continue
TO nay taxes and to wait indefinitely for the improve
monts they desire. But no such reception as that
e~eets the tax-dodging Wilmington Terminal Com
pany and its allies when they want TO exploit the
Federal and the city treasures for the development
OF their tract marsh land and its enlargement by
fully 500 acres. Oh, mol The representatives OF
those speculative sordid selfish and tax-dodgng
marsh interests are invited into the Star Chamber
in City Hall They are asked to be seated. They
arc toaded to as though they about 10 grant some
great favor to the municipality instead Of being en-
gagged in the enterprise Of exploiting its treasury The
doors are closed. The taxpayers are kept out The
Inns are sealed When taxpayers ask what has
thoqo n
formed for weeks that il is none of their business
Them when this Star Chamber business has become a
public scandal and It is impossible any longer "a
keep the doors of the Star Chamber closed, the in
iquity of the work that has been done is revealed
Those who have been behind the exploitation scheme
know that if the taxpayers have time TO consider Il
and to let its sinister meaning filter through the
minds it will be crushed by the weight Of public
opinion. They plan to jam il through City Council
before the taxpayers realize what il is and then leaV
the City Councmen to bear the burden of public re
proof This is the night nights for those expoiters
They hope TO jam the thing through They know tha
the good sense of the community has been arouse'
and that unless they the agreement signed. sealed
and delivered in few days they never will get tha
done long the agreement is in its present jug
handled form. They don't what becomes Of th'
,ouncilmen after they have put the scheme through
for them. They would stand by with unmoyed anC
unsympathetio faces and watch outraged elector
put the seal Of death the political homes o
thusc founcianefi vino mad assisted them in jackinF
this sordid iug-hardled and conscioness marsh lau'
exploitation scheme through Council
Il action on the proposition be taken tonight th
should be by yea and nay. that the taxpayers
cur city may know just what Councilmen. 10 tn
words Of the boosters, have been roped thrown tie
and branded with the initials wv T c." The nam
Of every Councilman Who for OF against thi
outrageous proposition should be fun upo
the record for the scrutiny Of the taxpayers Nhen
day of reckoning comes. And let member Of Cit
Council who is disposed TO destroy himself 10 pu
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars into the Golfers
the Wilmington Terminal Company and it's allie
hatter himself that this will be forgotten OF tn,
the day of reckoning will come II he does th
thing it will come to him. matter whether he
a Republican a Democrat.
This Waterfront Exploitation Scheme is no par
issue. No party would dare to stand il or to star
sor politician who stands for it, II is fair al
square issue between the taxpayers and the I.
zodgels Of our city and the Taxpayers will win tn
nght through the City councmen whom they elect
their interests thav viii square a