Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
Commission Government
Proposed for Wilmington
R Providing New Charter for Wilmington Substituting
Five Commissioners for the Present City Council OF
Thirteen Members also Renodeling Our Fundamental
Law Generally.


approved ny the Bipartisan Commit
tee and subsequently approved by the
non-partisan City Committee. COM
posed of representatives OF various
civic orga nizations of men and women:
An act 10 alter and amend an act
entitled An act to revise and consoh-
date the statutes relating to the. CITY oi
Wilmington" passed at Dover, Aprh 10
1883. the same being Chapter 2o'. VOL
ume l.. Laws OF Delaware. being an
act 70 provide a new charter Tor the
City of Wilmington. q
RF IT ENACTED BY THE SEN
ATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENl y
TN.ES or TIE STATE OF della
WARE ~ GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MET two-thirds of all of the members
elected to each house concurring
thereino
See. l. The boundaries Of the city of
Wilmington shall he follows
Il, ginning at point in the Delaware
river on line drawn parallel To front
street. and 1000 feet easterly from the
tttrrst,. ton of the middle line of the
western hank Of the Delaware river
with thu nnrthcrly side of the right OF
NAY uI thu Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company. thence northwest
cry aloUc the said line parallel to
lon irst mentioned. thence northwest
erly alonG the northeasterly side of the
ught of way Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company TO its inter
section with the easterly side Of the
risht of way of the New Castle Branch
of the Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington Railroad Company. thence
northcrly along the last mentioned right
al way to point distant 952 feet 9t4
inches southerly from the center line
81 q street at % feet widel. measured
al right angles thereto. thence north
westerly and parallel to Front street
~ a marked stone set in the bank at
Tho southeasterly side OF the Christi
aoa river. thence northwesterly along
tn extension line of the southwesterly
id, ~ Beech street tat 30 feet wide),
rd perpendicular to Maryland avenue,
t the center Of the main roadway or
tracks ~ the Philadelphia. Baltimore
tnd Washington Railroad Company
thence detecting 70 the left through
an angle OF ll6 degrees, Oh minutes, for
Fl distance ~ oS92 feet 9ss inches along
me center line Of said roadway or
rack to a point: thence DETECTING TO
h, right through an angle Of 124 de-
rees 81 minutes for n distance Of 2223
feet a inches 10 the center line of
Maryland avenue eat 50 feet inches
yyidcl said point of intersection being
distant f73 feet 2ss inches southwest
crly from The center line OF eth avenue,
measured along the center line OF
Maryland avenue; thence along
straight line connecting the last men
toned point OF intersection with the
corner stone az the intersection OF the
southwesterly side OF Beech street tat
20 feet uideD and the northwesterly
side of Union street Cat 80 feet wide).
u a point l5o feet westerly from the
northweeterly side Of Lincoln street tat
90 feet wide) measured at right angles
thereto. thence southwesterly and par
iIlel 70 Lincoln street, extended, to the
northeasterly side Of the right Of way
z the Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail
road branch running from the main
me 10 the west yards Of said company:
thence northwesteriy along the afore-
said right Of way approximately 1910
feet 10 the extension of the center line
II woodlawn avenue tat 60 feet wide)
southwesterly from Lancaster avenue.
thence nor1heasterly along the said
,enter line extension approximately
1910 feet 10 the extended center line
81 Linden street cat so feet wide) as
the latter is established between Adams
and Union streets; thence north
westerly long the extended center line
~ Linden street approximately 1117
feet to the southeasterly side Of Green
hiIl avenue cat so feet wide) extended;
thence norhteasterly along the said ex-
tension OF Greenhill avenue approx
t.lately $50 feet TO the southwesterly
side of Lancaster avenue (at 90 feet
wide): thence northwesterly along the
said side Of Lancaster avenue and its
~aFr- IN
The center line OF Jackson Inn or du
Poat road: thence northerly along the
SAID road center line approximately
20l5 feet TO the northeasteriy side of
Seventh street cat 4e feet wide) ex-
tended. thence sOutheasterly along the
said extension and side Of Seventh
street approximately 1880 feet to the
northwesterly side of Greenhill avenue
at so feet widel: thence northsasterly
along the said side of Greenhin ave
nue. 10 a point distant $50 feet south
westerly from the southwesterly side
If Pennsylvania avenue (at so feet
wide. measured at right angles there
10: thence northwesterly along a line
parallel 20 and distant $50 feet south
westerly from the said side of Pennsyl-
Nania avenue, 10 the southeasterly side
Of Rising Sun Lane extended; thence
northeasterly along the said side OF
Rising sun Lane. continued in a
straight line. to the middle Of Brandy
wine Greek, thence northeasterly, east
eriy and southeasterly along the middle
line of Brandywine Greek by the several
courses thereof. TO It's intersection with
line drawn perpendicular TO the VIII
nlington and Great Valley Turnpike
Road (now Concord avenue), the last
mentioned line passing through the
point determined by the intersection
OF a line drawn parallel 70 and 696S
feet northeasterly from the northeast
erly side Of Front street with the west
erly side Of the BrandyWine Greek !;
thence easteriy along this line perpen-
dicular 10 Concord avenue. 70 its inter
section with the center line Of the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad /;
thence easterly along the center line Of
said Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail
road TO a point distant 1880 feet east
erly from the center line Of concord
avenue Cat 90 feet wide) measured
along the said first mentioned center
line; thence approximately south SO
degrees east. along the southerly side
Of Thirty-fourth street extended, 10 the
northwesterly side of Van Buren street
at so feet wide); thence northeast
,.rlv along the said side of Van Buren
Alreet 1920 feet to a point: thence
aputheasterly along a line perpendic-