Evening journal., 1912-06-05

TO accept Philadelphia it's standard of what a city
ought to have in the way of puolcly-owned river
front instead Of proceeding northward niney-sx miles
and taking New York city for its standard, going
South and considering the miles and miles Of improved
riverfront owned by the city Of New Orleans. That
stover interview also appeal for hurried action
the false ground that it is in cTder that
the Government engineers may give TO waterfront
the benefit Of the bulkhead and ill
Councilman stoyer probably right when he said
it makes difference to him whether Of the
who land the riverfront are made rich just so
the city is being well cared for. He is the sort OF
who frantically eager the Federal
Government build that bulkhead tho he speaks
of may claim title TO that land belonging TO the State
aud thereby rich and who thinks the city is being
well cared for when those whom he is eager to
assist in becoming rich will receive 400 500 acres
Of State land and you taxpayers will receive under that
proposed agreement only 16 Ia acres Of such land
Councilman stover said he would like get all the
waterfront for the city. but that is impossible If
he and Councilman White and the others who fol-
lowing his lead had tried hard to get that waterfront
for tho city as thoy have to get for the Wilmington
Terminal Company and its associates. the city by this
time would be well the way of owning It through
legal proceedings to test the constuonality Of that
Bulkhead Law Of 1901 and by serving the
Wilmington Terminal Company notice that, instead Of
taking a promise OF 16 IA OF land from those
who do not it, never have owned it and cannot own
IL until the bukhead is built it is Councils purpose
20 ask the Legislature to repeal that law give
all those hundreds Of OF lane to the city Of VIII
mingon IT, and private spectators may obtain the
benefit OF tho Federal bukhead and fill The situation
has shaped up shows you taxpayers just how eager
Councilman stover Councilman White and certain other
Councmen have get that entire waterfront for
the city"
In that interview Councilman stover said he had
consulted lawyers and they had advised him that the
rights OF the riparian must be respected OF
they must in far right Of TO that
waterfront after It has been made is affected. We
doubt however that Councilman Stover knows what
such right Of access would how small part
it would play in big general plan for riverfront deye
opment He says he has been advised that It would
take three years to get litigation through the courts
and that the decision would be against the city, even
IL the city were resort to such litigation Would It
nor be fainrs1you taxpayers for Councilman stover
TO tell ,sHaf lawyers thus advised him and let you
seeal .btl $1ferests The last sentence In the
a tS 8,HrsS Is denied so completely by Major
81 ~. Eta we leave it TO you taxpayers to see for
eses what a monumental line Of misnformation
ncman stoyer has been dealing out TO you.
we now advise you Wilmington taxpayers to search
your minds and and endeavor to ascertain what
you have done that you should be afflicted with City
Councmen who eager to give 400 or 500 acres
Of State land private spectators In exchange for
e IA acres Of that state your city that they
have no consider whether It would not be better
TO devote their energies to obtain all that State land
for YOU II the men who are back Of this deal can
shove it through Council they will do it undoubtedly.
If they do then it will be your TO keep lasting
record of the men who to shove it through for
them and to settle accounts with them whenever p
future they suggest they desire to hold any position
Of public trust no matter whether in the of
the city, the State or the nation