The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-08
REACH AGREEMENT
BY COMP R0M|SE
Eagle Island, in Brunswick, to
Be Coded to New Ham
over County.
BENEFIT TO WILMINGTON
Senate Building and Loan Bill
Passes After Amendment
in House.
rsnecial to The Times-Dispatch.l

Raleigh, n. C.. February 7.-Promi-
nent Wilmingtonians here in connec-
ton with the contest between New
Hanover and Brunswick Counties. in
volving the annexation to New Han
over and Wilmington OF Northwest
township, of Brunswick County. IN or
der that Wilmington may proNlue
free steel bridge across the cape rear
River. declare that the compromise
just reached that Wilmington is 10 pc
ceded Eagle Island, on the west sac
OF the Cape Fear. containing 6,0OO
acres. will mean great things FOR VIII
mington. in that il gives the city water
front on which 10 construct additional
standard dock facilities that viii make
il certain that the limited states gov
eminent will speedily give the city
the much needed thirty-foot chahnci
from Wilmington 10 the sea. Chder
the agreement. Wilmington gets Eagle
Island which she should always nave
owned. and the city will construct a
big steel bridge across the Cape FEAR
and a standard road thence across
Eagle Island to brunswick RIVER
where Brunswick is to erect stanc-
ard steel bridge. and maintain a stahu
ard road as an approach thereto a
bill to include these terms is TO be
drawn for passage at this session OF
the LEGISLATURE the committee Tor the
purpose being Hon. George Rountree
and Hon. John ID. Bethany, for VIII
mington. and c. Ed. Taylor. E. H. Gran
mer and Mr.. Davis. for Brunswick.
The bridge that Wilmington is TO
build will include a dummy line 10
facilitate the accessibility of the pro
posed new docks on the west side OF
ne river. 1t is believed that the pro-
posed act incorporating the terms OF
the compromise can be so enacted that
there Will be no fur,ner slips" TO in
terfere with having both parties TO
the contract do their share IN the
agreement, which was reached around
midnight last night. after it had been
conceded that there seemed TO be no
possibility of adjustment. except
through continued contest in the AS
sembly, in the face of the adverse re-
mort by the House committee for the
bin for annexation Of Northwest
township. and the Wilmington delega-
ton was preparing 10 board the Pun
man for the night trip home TO return
later for a renewed fight before the
Senate committee.
The building and loan bill from the
Senate passed the House to-day with
the williams amendment. fixing the
borrowing privilege of associations at
30 per cent on moneys paid in, instead
of 50 per cent of assets, as the Senate
passed il. the increase to be from the
present % per cent limit. The House
voted down an amendment by Murphy
of Rowan. to leave the limit 20 per
cent.
The House voted to make the bill for
the creation og Aycock County out of
portions Of Gulford. Randolph and
Davidson. with High Point as county
seat which has favorable report from
committee a special order for Thurs
day night.
Five hundred copies of the Anti
Saloon Lague search and seizue act
were ordered printed The bill IS prim-
ed for the scrutiny of legislators be-
fore il comes up on the floor.
Attorney General Beckett reported
TO the House that there are in North
Carolina thirty recorders courts.
maintained at a cost of s20,S90, for
compensation to twenty of the record
ers presiding who are on salaries. and
1856 to ten clerks OF these courts,
and $5.5S0 for prosecuting attorneys.
In the Senate further consideration
of the divorce bills were made u spec
ial order for next Wednesday,
Announcement was given that the
subcommittees to redistrict the State
into twenty districts are as follows:
Senators Mason, Bryant. Watts: Rep
resentatives Bowie. Dunn and Wooten;
TO fix solicitors salaries. Senators
Council. Pharr, Little. Of Wake; Rep
resentatives Warren. Kellun. Fair
cloth.
Among bills that passed final read
ing wa the compromise substitute
agreed upon. requiring the Carolina
Tennessee Southern Railway to com
mence work within two years from
ratification OF act and complete the
road within eight years.