Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-27
JONES DOES NOT LIKE
SOME CITY OFFICIALS
Wants More Haste in Putting
Through East Side Boule-
ward Project.

Evidently much provoked because
of what hr considers tho slowncss of
the city IN pircins upon the municipal
lower end of the Ninth ward. Holmes
Jones appeared before the directors
" tho stree, and Sewer Department
NJ the meeting today and expressed
himself In terms more forcible than
elegant. In addition Jones presented
n letter announcing that on January
4. iass, he would withdraw an ofcr
made 10 the city some weeks ago
agreeing to let the city have nj
state price certain lands I'm which he
ls Interested and which would he re-
oulr~d hy the city I'm the event the
boulevard project is carried out. In
this ofycr he had agreed 10 give some
land to the city for nothing. This
the directors were frank 10 say they
considered threat and they resented
a..
"you are Just human beings and
YOU do some good things and you also
Do some bad things" declared Mr..
Jones. as he referred 10 certain works
which no thought were good and some
which were bad. lie told them he
Thought they were trying 10 do too
much and II they stop trying TO set
money from city Council they would
get somewhere.
President johnson said Mr.. Jones
wns wrong. that what they were try
ine 90 get was the proper approval
for the boulevard project. MIR. Jones
declared no self respecting man Will
fuss with Council. lie said many
enterprise. In this city are pu,
through because some individual gives
the money for Il ard he thought the
boulevard should be paid FOR with
city money and not with the cash any
individual might put up. Tie said he
believed the city Council wanted the
street and Sewer Department 10 SIT
back like mendicants and wait FOR
donations. lie stated that while
Samuel N. Baynard had stated hs
would dcfray the difference in the cost
between an So-foot roadway and a
iso-foct roadway, he could not say
that Mr.. Raynard would not pay foI
this. Ito charged that two members
OF Council have put up buildings In
the section referred TO which are con
trary to city laws and said that is tho
tvpc OF mon the city has IN Its Council
Nv. johnson asked him II he wa:
swnre that he Is prciudiclng the Who'll,
matter hy hts attitude. lie explained
they had 20 depend upon City Council
FOR the money necessary FOR the boule'
ward work. but he did not think the
remarks mndc by Mr.. Jones woult
be received well by the Councilman.
"As far es | am concerned" de-
clarcd Jones, IL do not csre the snaI
N my Anger for the opinion OF City
Council. No self respecting man would
want their good opinion and II
thcuEht | had II would feel lik,
taking carholic acid. / don't care wha'
thcv DO"
Mr.. johnson took exception to {
hitter ne Understood Mr.. Jones haS
published IN q local ps per in which h,
tAou~ht reference had been made {,
"e,n,ster" motives back Of the whol,
project and ne wanted 10 know wha
Mr. Jones had meant lry this reference
Mr.. Jones read n copy % thc lette
and denied that any reference ha'
{ been made 20 sinister motives"
Mr.. johnson stated the department
had agreed 10 put the boulevar'
through 20 Nandevcr avenue. but tina
Mr.. ion~e and others had opposed II
lie objected 10 MIR. jones having IN
hoerd "puil hts chcstnuts from tn
nrc" and he thought he. Jones. wa
trying 20 do that by poking fun a
those upon whom the department
must depend. He said they are tryinl
20 40 the right thing IN decent way
CITY Council. he explained, has bee
considering the matter but has no
rven them an answer as yet. bu
hone 90 do so this week. We viii &c
around 20 " ss soon as we think W
can decrnt'y." explained Mr.. johnson