Evening journal., 1914-01-13
BURRIS WITH
HAMMER RAPS
MANY HEADS
Park Board and Ferris School
Extravaeant; Hope Farm Not
Charity, Official Declares
Els OBJECT IS TO
PLEASE THE PEOPLE

! Members Of the Ninth Ward Civic /
/ Association were assured that the Wash
ington street bridge across the Brandy !
wine is absolutely safe by Levy Court
Imam Samuel j. Burris. who attended (
the meeting OF the civic association last /
night upon request of its members TO (
explain the condition Of the bridge und /
what should be- done regarding H. At !
the last two meetings of the associa- /
tion the wrath of some of its members |
had hcen turned against the Levy
Court. but last night all was serene and
if there was any fire injected into the
meeting Mr.. Buuis was the man who
did IT,
Among other things Mr.. Burris ex
pressed his opinion regarding the Park
Commission. the Ferris Industrial
School Hope Farm. the 3. q o. bridge
land tie Levy Court itself As sort of
In side line he introduced an original
classification Of the college boy
I'm speaking of the Washington street
bridge. Mr. Burris stated that he had
spent most Of his life in the construc-
ton business and knew when a bridge
needed repairing and Just how much it
would stand. Tie said he was abso
Iutely sure that the bridge is safe to-
.day a. il ever was, md could certainly
stand the strain oi any car of the Will
, mington and Philadelphia Traction
Company's system Mr. Buris stated
tina. every year it requires $4,000 feet
oi lumber 20 keep the bridge IN repair.
The annual cost of the repairs to TINS
ibridnc," he said sis about $500. At
1.-The present time we members Of tine
Levy Court are trying to provide a re-
iuforced floor. and il the county is run
as cheaplv during this six months as it
, was the last six months we may he able
to reinforce the hoor OF the bridge"
He said this work would cost about
$40 OUO. with the necessary bracing. lie
I said the present Levy Court had run
the court cheaper by $4,000 than any
other court.
Mr. Burris said the Park Board spent
{ the money OF the people of the city TOT
' nothing, and while he liked every mem
G ber on the board. he had no use for
the board itself. although he did think
! THE board thought it was right.
o, "KYhv," he declared "they have been
~ spending money on parks in the city
that are disgrace TO MS. Parks never
q derclopa citys; streets do that. They
spend tie peoples money tor park
z guards at Eden Park. which is place
that no. one seems 10 taSe any lnteltst
:, in. They are running a sort OF baseball
, field at what. IS known as Braudywine
: Park, but it is no park at all lie dee
> clared that the $4,000 the board IS %
y receive Tor parks would be much NOR,
pleasing TO the people II spent ON
y streets.
af And Hope Farm" said Mr. Burris
Il have been working ON that thing foi
l I... . 90. q. nGrU IL
Of any benefit to the city or it "a chart
table institution The Boys Industrial
School Is the most extrayagant institu'
ton ever saw he continued. "Ol
course. / went ont there and ate then
dinner with the others and l saw how
r fine they had things, but before | LETT
4 told them what thought OF their ex
y travagance. Private corporations ] cal
these" he averred.
N Mr.. Burris said that some time ago
It no had a talk with Governor Miller
d. and had mapped out a plan for the
IS city to get a riverfront, but 1t had
10 not gone through He said he felt the
al river front controversy was scheme
,e to get some Cherry Island Marsh
Il. land.
ii Again he went after the Park Board
10 and said that in his opinion there Il
10 a piece of string to every piece o'
Il park land in the city.
- Speaking Of the b. and o. bridge
he said: Il went over the properly
around the bridge with a man who
:, knew all about IT, IL did not loob
,, to me like ! was doing right to vote
~ 10 spend $4,000 that would not o'
~ of an benefit to anyone except own
ers OF nearby land" He declared
~ that they would make cool milliol
- - out Of it.
p Mr.. Burris then turned on the mem
- bers of the Levy Court from the
county. He declared that the count
,is assessment should be raised in pro
at portion to the assessment in the city
raj and that the people living in tn
;ef county has thrown him down Il
ds several matters.
tle Mr.. Burris declared that he wa
cir willing TO appear before the associa
ton at any time and tell them abou
the things that were going on an
that all he wanted to do was to pleas
I'D the people.
~ ~ Relative to the college boy Mr.. Bur
~ ris drew a picture slightly wors
"a than the kind usually seen ON tn
~ flaming college poster. If any youn
- fellow with a eye to swinging a pain
brush had happened along last nigf
and reduced Mr.. Burr!s' descriptio
e 70 a series of college posters he woui
~ have been rich before morning.
.os Mr.. Burris declared that in thes
81 days and times of enlightened though
- the modern trend is to educate boy
ey ito become baseball and footba
players, crooks, drinkers habitants
warehouses; and degenerates. Will
. the boy in the country who Is raise
on a farm and never has a chance
the boy that makes good He sal
that the present lawyers. doctors an
successful business men are DO,
from the county who never had
. chance but just went ahead ana mao
L good.
on motion of William T. Metten Il
n II merger Of the Chamber of Commer'
y and the Mercantile Association vi
approved and the aid OF the Min
- Ward Association was offered TO Il
y new bodv in anv work fOr the Denoi