Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-01
COUNTY AND CITY RELATIONS.

Editor Every Evening II may ha
proper 10 have n vacation On tho charter
question aud take ~ tho question nf
local hiatory II is often said that the city
should he relieved nf county taxation
that u has a. raddle its own canoe
What does history nhoW Millions ~
county dehia a." piled TIP for Improve.
ments IN tho city district II thia fear
fui burden of II xntlau guca on aorna ~
the unfortuuatoa may hayo to tent on
tho streets and thu htldgeR SIX county
hridgea are built and maintained ~ tho
county within tho city. TITO aHe across
III" ChriHtnna at MaTket street has
boon the cause Of large expenditure. and
III" Rrandywiuc bridge on Market
street first tho old covered wooden
structure and afterwards tho Iron bridge
have added largely To county indebted
ness. who knows exactly the cost Of the
old Third street bridge and the luxury
of recent date Then how much county
funds have gone into the Eleventh street
bridge and its almost constant rtspar4.
tion Then there j4 fhe neglected
Rrandywiue bridge ~ Seventh street
tho wooden bridge donated 10 the COUNT
by the Cherry Island owners and tn
reconstructed ono IF iron which ,ost
In county bonds more thau Sea.0ao Na
one can forget the Washington stra.f
bridge and tho original construction AMI
continual outlay for replacemrntS and
expert charges for plans ard inspef.=
tions. what bonds viii be required -
complete the historic, monumental plIo
thero now being erected Then there
must soon be Il new loan for $500 GOO 10
replace the Eleventh and the Market
street bridges.
The Court House was torn down b.
fore all tho oil debt was paid We ere
told. To eiye the city an ornamental
park and Was it not that thu county
building cost the county S50o 900 or
more Continual annual expense II
added for the upkeep of six bridges.
bridge tenders salaries. &c Take off
the county bonds FOR structures IN tn
city and the county del, would be
greatly reduced
Very large sums are spent By tho
county for leading roads running TO tho
city. All Of these mentioned expenses
are for the direct benefit of state.
county and city. II is "a Joint benelIt.
The city of course maintains streets
out not bridgesl for the same Ioiit
benefit both county Rud city are !a.Ift
agents OF tho State for government.
Then history shows that the city is
not tending wholly to its own business
and that the county is not tending
wholly 10 its own business There is
no use getting on stills about govern
lnent, we must get down to bed rock
County and city are glued together as
part and parcel of that homogeneous
body corporate and polite called tbe
state. 10 part governs for itself nm.
can do SO; all are for one aud on. fer
all. II is time to stop tho tlanu. fo,.
Independence. for it does not ana en-
not exist. The only freedom any can
have, is under the Nisc. parental nra-
lection of the constitution. State ard
Federal All begins and ends th.rt
VIII AmeriCanization teach thar Tho raz
ton is In many ways above the state
that the State is above the county and
balk when it comes TO the city and fail
10 say where il stands2 They might
In levity say that the city stands on the
sIouhu ana the county on the bridges.
George a TalleN.
Wilmington, Feb. IS. 1921.