Year: 1873




Boston has extended her limits again and taken
in all the surrounding towns. New York annex
ed all the adjacent towns some years ago and now
while she talks Of extending her corporate limit,
again, some of her newspapers have given vent
to lamentations that the metropolis cannot eros:
to hOboken, Jersey City and other towns and re
claim the population that has in the many years
past escaped from the crowded thoroughIares OF
Gotham to the rural districts in New Jersey to
erect more agreeable and beautiful homes.


We cannot say that we are IN advocate for such
expansion ON the part of Wilmington, although
we may have good examples in the wealthy cities
named. Our suburbs now are about fourth or
third Of a mile in extent on the south. Eusry
Ersntne some days since expressed the hope 10
see our limits extended TO include New Castle.
while writer in the Dela,oareaR, who grows
warm and sarcastic In his opposition TO the reno
val of the Courts, actually claims that the city
and town are one. He says


"Again New Castle and Wilmington are really
the same town, (pardon me Wilmington people)
she must come this way TO get to the river and
why then, pray, spend Sl50,0O0 of the county's
money merely TO move the Court House from one
part Of the same town TO another. =
Lei wilmington grow In greatness, let her look
more leniently upon her weaker neighbor; let her
foster and protect her let her stretch ont her arm
TO help; yes, even absorb herr


Here then is an invitation to extend our limits
Shall IL be accepted and the controversy settled
thusf We can't see how our difficulties would
be remedied; although there might be some ad-
vantage arising from securing one of the Com
mons" farms, without cost, as a city park, which,
no doubt, Eryy Erening had in view


We uuOfa from ha pVrifar i'm ba M
again. He says:


"But again, in a very short time our Passenger
Railway will be built, and then the County Court
House at New Castle will he within twenty mir
utes OF WilmingtOn's City Hall, and communica-
non every hour or less is certainly near enough
LOT even the gentlemen of the bar residing in
Wilmington


That Is very well. The corporators have been
holding out that promise for good many years,
hut as yet nothing has been done The suCgcs-
tionis a sensible one. But the question arises,
how will the road be kept going afler it is built
liza short road running through the most popu-
lons part Of the city of Wilmington would not
sustain ITSELF how will one running five miles
through sparsely settled country do it, 1t is
doubtful If such road would take enough money
to keep its horses in feed.


Another writer in the same paper, after indulg-
ing In several filings" at the BAR and the 'spec-
ulatoS," says


"lt Wilmington must have courts and jaIis
within her limits, divide the county and make the
Christians the southern boundary line for the
new county, this would give back TO New Castle
hundred that portion of her territory which has
been unlnsty taken from her, and taken in by the
city Of Wilmington"


Thus our irate neighbors do not agree One
invites us TO absorb the whole, and the other
would rend back that which the law ha, already
made part Of Wilmington.