Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-24

thority to borrow $4,000 Milton ask
ed for and got a bill passed for S2O,-
600 bond iscue for waterworks, and
Rehoboth also got legislation to en-
power il to borrow $4,000 for wa
ter works, Just before the third and
most serious fire swept the resort.
Georgetown got authority to borrow
$4,000 for school purposes and $685.
GOO to buy the privately-owned wa
terworks system. Milford was given
authority to borrow $4,000 more for
sewers and town improvements and
frankfort was allowed to borrow
! 10000
Kent county was authorized to bor-
row $685. 600 to refund its floating debt
and Sussex county took forward
view when IL obtained permission to
build a new Court House at a cost
of $4,000 and to expend $4,000 in
( improving its almshouse property,
100000 for new bridges over the Del
aware Bay and Rehoboth Bay Canal
and $4,000 for a new bridge at Laurel
Aside from the usual appropriations
to institutions, the State voted S15.-
600 for an armory at Newark. $4,000
to purchase the armory at Milford.
and $4,000 to establish State Hos
pital at Dover
Representative Cooper's bill, auth
orizing Wilmington to borrow $4,000
for public school purposes, was pass
ed, but the several bills introduced
Iby Representative King and Grant
land to enable Wilmington to collect
outstanding taxes were killed through
/ Democratic influences, they not even
! being reported so they could be called
for a vote. The Park Commission S
bill, asking for authority to borrow
S250,000 for park extensions and play
grounds, was never called to vote,
much quiet opposition having been
directed against it, especially from the
congested southern sections OF the
city which have not been recognized
in the matter of Fairgrounds like
they expect TO be- Two other bills OF
importance to Wilmington that we're
killed were the bill to strengthen the
Public Utilities Commission law for
Wilmington, against which Senator
Reinhardt made q fight and which he
declined to reconsider when i'm
portuned to do so by the Public Utili-
ties Commissioners. The bill TO en-.
able Wilmington to vote on the ques-
ton of whether or not It desired tC
adopt the commission form of gov.
eminent also was killed, manly
through the opposition OF Senator
Gormley. the Democratic Senators fol
lowing him in his attitude against It
Delaware College and the Cohegt
Farm came in for liberal treatment
from the State through bills intro
duced by Representative Hoffecker
Aside from appropriations for i'm
lprovements and the maintenance o
those institutions. the Legislature
sanctioned the establishment OF a col.
lege for women affiliated with Della
: ware College there, which will ado
to Newark's fame as an educationa
centre for Delaware
! Another important bill passed was
J that to authorizes prisoners who de-
, sire to plead guilty to appear before
) the Court of General Sessions and d,
so without waiting fr the grand jur.
to indict. Still another important bill
, enacted was Representative Smith
+ providing for the condemnation o
! land to abolish the concord turnpik
! grade crossing of the Baltimore ant
Ohio railroad
\
branches was that prescribing heav,
I penalties upon railroad corporation
that fail to file with the Secretary o
State in the time specified the inan
cial statements sent out by such co
corporations to stockholders.
Starting out with a great fuss to b
progressive. the Democratic Hous
passed many bills endorsed in tina
party's platform which they knew
would not be passed by the Senat
and which many Democrats hope'
would not be. Some of these reform
measure advocated by the Democrat
in a manner that was so obviousl.
playing politics." we're the initiative
and referendum bill; the investmen
tax, the income tax, the State-wid
D Public Utilities Commission bill ant
D the corrupt practices act with its pos
? sibilities that a man might be de
= prived of an office to which he wa