Evening journal., 1915-03-04
WANT TURNPIKE
MADE GATEWAY
TO Wilmington
Delegation Asks Legislature
to Appropriate Money for
Philadelphia Road
believe IT WOULD
Benefit The CITY
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, Del,
March 4.-Colonel Frank d. Lackey,
John j. Raskob. Charles c. Kurtz,
Frank ]. Williams, James H. Meharg
and Court Stenographer e. c. Har-
desty, all well known residents along
We Philadelphia turnpike. in Brandy
ne hundred, and Ernest S. Taite,
ager of the Hotel DUPONT. were
at the Legislature today urging inn
provement of the Philadelphia turn
pike from the Pennsylvania line into
Wilmington.
They were given a hearing in Gov
ernor Millers parlor by the House
and Senate committee on public high
ways in behalf of Representative
Webster's bill authorizing New Castle
County Levy Court TO issue $4,000
of bonds for converting the turnpike
into a macadam highway. The dele
cation spoke of the great traffic over
the turnpike and necessity for its i'm
provement They argued it should be
a model highway, as it is the principal
gateway from the north into the
county and into Wilmington.
The delegation suggested that the
Webster bill be amended to provide
that construction of the road shall
be under supervision of a commission
OF three men to be appointed by Gov
ernor Miller.
During the morning the House pass
ed the following Senate bills:
Amending Newark's school election
law by providing that candidates shall
file names at least ten days before
school elections
Providing that persons financially
able shall be required to pay for
maintenance of insane relatives in the
State Hospital
Changing boundaries of two cleo
ton districts in Christiana hundred.
Comforting banking powers on the
Fidelity Trust and Savings Bank of
Lewes.
The House. by a vote of 16 yeas ia
Is nays. defeated Senator Furniss' bill
providing that the State and county
shall provide for the maintenance and
education of abandoned or neglected
children, the Orphans Court being
empowered to order payment of al
lowances for support of such chill
dren. and also to award custody OF
children 10 relatives or friends.
Senator Furniss explained the bill
which he is fathering.
Protests Are Received.
Another deluge Of kilograms from
well-known Wilmingtonians protest
ing against any change in the Juve'
nile Court law was read in the House
The Senate passed Senator New
tons bill providing for the permanent
Improvement of public highways o.
Sussex county by repeating the pres
ent law and providing for the State
appropriations to go to the county as
a whole.
Senator Joseph's bill with a substi
tute, to appropriate $4,000 to Reho
both for protection of property aloni
the ocean front was passed by th'
Senate.
Deputy Attorney-General Frank N
Jones. of Georgetown, explained tn
bill and advocated its passage, point
ing out that the money would be eX
pended by a commission to be ap
pointed by the Governor. He pointed
out the necessity of establishing
permanent bulkhead to protect tn
town.
Senators Wharton and Hoffecker
members of the committee that Wis
tied Rehoboth last Saturday to vieV
the damage done by the storm las
December, spoke for the bill.
The vote was 13 yeas and 1 nay
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