Evening journal., 1913-05-08


duits in, upon or under any such
road. highway or lane.
Section S.--This grant or per-
mission by the ,aid Levy Court
TO the said Peoples Hea,. Light
and Power Company shall not be-
come operative or effective until
the said Peoples Heat, Light and
Power Company by its proper
officers shall have executed and
delivered to the aid Levy Court
formal acceptance I'm writing Of
tho provisions OF this resolution,
whereby it shall agree to comply
with and be bound by the terms
and conditions hereof
Mr.. Smith opposed the passage OF
the resolution because he feared the
good roads might be damaged by the
oonduits. He favored the payment
of $3.50 mile for the right and dis
liked a blanket franchise.
Mr.. Burris said he would vote for
the franchise as it stood, because he
believed 95 per cent Of the people OF
New Castle county want il.
After Mr. Gooding. Mr.. Fouracre
and Mr. Groves had spoken in favor Of
the franchise, it was granted by a
4 to l vote.
The Court then considered the fran
chise of the Wilmington and Phila-
delphia Traction Company The
resolution follows:
Resolved, That the Wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction Com
pany, a corporation of the State OF
Delaware, be. and il is hereby
given permission to erect poles
and to string properly insulated
wires for the purpose Of conduct
ing electric current along the
public road leading from Will
mington TO New Castle between
the track and the road line on the
east Of said public road. begin
ming at the boundary line Of the
city of New Castle, at such places
as will not interfere with pub
lie travel, or the proper drainage
of said road. providing said COM
pany shall first obtain permission
from the abutting property own
ers along said road. and shall
enter into an agreement with this
court to be responsible for any
accident or accidents that may
happen by reason Of said poles
and wires being so erected; said
poles to be erected under the di-
rection of this Levy Court and
the county engineer.
Mr.. Burris opposed the granting o
Frouchfca cvpIofpfno that ho dir
not think the company had treate,
the Wilmington consumers right il
the matter Of rates.
"If you commissioners will do you
duty you will vote this down" salt
Mr.. Burris.
Mr.. Smith replied that the franchise
is for the benefit Of the people Of New
Castle and Delaware City.
T. Bayard Heisel, who is a membe
Of the Delaware City company. whicl
is known as the American Lighting
Company, was in the court room ant
asked permission to explain to MI
Burris the situation. He salt
that the Wilmington and Philadel
phia Traction Company did not ap
proach his company about the matter
but that his company had approachel
them about it. He explained tha
some years ago several of the resi-
dents of Delaware City started
small lighting plant for the purpos
of lighting the city and the fort. II
said that they we're running it at
loss because the plant was too smal
to be operated 10 an advantage. Las
December, he said, the plant burne
down.
It was then they began to loo
around for some way OF furnishin
= light cheaper than they had bee
able to furnish it. AS they hav
their lines running from Delavar
, City TO Dobbinsvlle, they conceive
: the idea OF having the Wilmingto
and Philadelphia Traction Compan
!, furnishing it. This could not be don
p unless the local company could e
. permission TO string wires from Wi
y mington to New Castle. He said thS
- IL they could not get tho current tn
- way. they would have TO close NJ
> and the people would have to do will
{. out lights
~ A general discussion following an
John f. Neary counsel for the wi
= mington and Philadelphia Tractio
4, Company. was given permission
y make a few explanations and TO col
- rect some statements which he sal
- had been made by Mr.. Burris.
=, said that in the first place the count
:, - was only paying 9 cents per kilowa
= at this time and this would be redu
~ ~ ed to 1-2 cents on July l and III
~ would be subject TO a ) per cent di
count for cash. which would bring
. down TO about cents.
= As to furnishing power 20 oth'
a. concerns for cents and prices love
a. than that paid by the county he sa
5c that these prices were given TO peop
M who agreed 70 take current at hou
I'd when the lighting company's machil
cry was running and il had surplI
IN current on hand known as the ''pes
N load"
in The franchise resolution was the
n adopted by the vote OF 10 l. NJ
No Rurris voting in the negative
a The allowances for the assesso
was not passed as the resolution vi
continued until next Tuesday