Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-29
hARBoR ORDINANCE
PASSED BY COUNCIL
OVER MAYORS VETO
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first to take issue with the mayors
lreasons for the veto. Il was wonder
ing" he said what reasons his Honor
the Mayor, would advance for vetoing
this ordinance. | have been waiting
pa aticntly Every member of Council
who voted for this ordinance and the
vote was unanimous. took great
pride In knowing that at last this long
planned Municipal achievement was to
become reality.
Now we are informed that the city
IL near tho limit Of its borrowing
capacity although the mayer in his
communication states that with every
contemplated Improvement, provided
for we still have "A margin of $1,000
/ 0oo l do not accept that figure and
| believe that when final reckoning
| Is made the margin will he far greater.
out OF the $40 ,o0o. 600 which the mayor
estimates as the city's bonded indeb,-
| edness $3.50. 900 should have been spent
se-eral years ago but the improve
ments ii covered were postponed on
account of war conditions.
This work on the harbor should
have been done twenty years ags and
now when II has reached the poirt of
| reality no obstacle should be put in It's
way If the harhor had heen here dur
| ing the war il would have paid or it,
self ten times over. The bonds must
not be met until 19i7 and the work
would provide employment for hun
dreds Of workers in the city" Council
man Mulvena said Springfield, Mass.
/ with the same population collects
81 900 600 a year more revenue than
we do. II we could do that n ten
years the bonded Indebtedness would be
paid of" An Improvement in ~.
method OF collecting revenue would
probably have the desired result. Coun-
Gilman Mulvena suggested.
Its the same old question:; the
/ Mayor says we cannot go ahead now.
we must hold back" Councilman Nc
| Manus who introduced the ordinance
said. mo Council ever had the cour-
age TO go ahead with the project prior
to the body which has just gone out OF
office. The Sinking Fund Commission
| in its report stated that new sources
of revenue should be looked for. And.
here is great channel for revenue,
realize that economy is necessary
but do not agree with all the sgures
presented by the Mayor. I figure
that between now and the end of the
| fiscal year we win have a margin of
| 81, 500. 900 between the indebtedness
and the borrowing capacity.
Public Wants Improvement.
"All men are in favor of the pro
ject." McMsnus continued. II have
talked to men Of all classes and only
today had conference with one Of
the leading bankers in the city and
q great real state holder and an en-
dorse the project and want ii pushed
now. The old question OF tax is held
up as the bugahoo. No one knows
whether taxes will rise. / don't believe
in raising the tax but b. heve that iG
YOU give satisfaction that there will
be no kick coming from the public. Z
Mr.. McManus concluded.
Now is no time TO step back
Councilman Abrahams said. Ell we
drop the project now il will be set
back generation. ! remember when
was in school our teacher would
show how Wilmington would some
day have harbor and be on the Del
aware River and ] suppose they are
still doing it and if we allow this mat
ter TO drop now they will be doing
the same thing many years hence"
Councilman McNabh stated that as