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MONDAY. MAR. 31, 1913.
THAT RATIO OF $11,750,00(1 TO $850,000.
j) ROPERTY values in New Castle county have been
increased almost $12,000,000 by the revised county
assessments. The bulk of the Increase has been made
In the city of Wilmington, which already hears Iwo
thlrds of the expense of the county government.
The understanding is that the Increase for rural New
Castle county will aggregate only $250,000, and that
the city will be approximately
the Increases in
$11.750,000, chiefly upon the larger properties .
The question now arises whether, In this work of
equalizing Iho county assessments, the rural sections
have been asked to pny their fair share of the in
The figures cited above will indicate to
creases.
many that they have escaped and that the burden
has been put upon Wilmington property owners,
ratio of $11,750.000 to $250,000 shows on Its face that
the Levy Court Commissioners and the assessors have
been much more considerate in their treatment of
The
the rural sections than of the urban sections. In
short, although heretofore the oily of Wilmington has
paid two-thirds of the county taxes, we find that
when it conies to increasing the assessments, the in
city properties aggregate forty-seven
creases on
times the Increases on suburban and rural properties.
There is a discrepancy there that Is sure to cause
Wilmington taxpayers to feel that once more the bur
den has been unloaded upon them for the benefit of
the rural dlstricta.
No reasonable person will deny that assessments
should be equalized and that the old policy of as
sessing small properties up to the hilt and permitting
the larger properties to escape with only a fraction
of market values has been wrong. But when equali
zation is Ihe poliey of the hour, It should he done
fairly, not only with regard to the severs! classes
of property In the city, hut also with regard to the
several classes of property In the rural sections.
The ratio of $11,750,000 to $250,000 dors not hear on
Its face the stamp of fairness to Ihe taxpayers of
the city of Wjfminglon.
Many persons deny that the Levy Court Is in such
financial straits as to warrant the extraordinary work
that is proposed under this assessment plan. They
admit that Ihe county should have sufficient revenue
fo meet Us ligitimate needs, hut deny lhai in an ef
fort to obtain revenue Ihe property owners in Wil
mington should he penalized by an over-rldlng rtf Iho
work of the duly-elected assessors to such an extent
as has been done In this instance. If Is pointed out
that the people elect assessors to make the assess
ments and It Is asserted by many taxpayers that the
law does not empower the.Levy Court to employ as
sessors to undo the work done by the elected asses
sors. even admitting that the Levy Court has Ihe pow
er to review the assessments made by the duly-elected
assessors. The chief grievance is, however, that the
Levy Court has unloaded the great burden on the lax
•payers of Wilmington and permitted the taxpayers In
in the rural districts to go practically aeot-froe. be
cause an inerease of only $250.600 in the ten rural
hundreds amounts fo little or nothing when distrib
uted over such a wide area, containing scores of
towns and villages and thousands of farms. Wll
niingtonlans have a valid right to be Indignant at
those who propose an equalization plan w hielt Increases
assessments tu this hundred $11.750.000 and lets the
ten rural hundreds off with increases aggregating only
$250.000.
MORI. \ VS DE ATH AN INTERN ATION AL LOSS.
PIERPONT MORtykN. whose death in Rome is re
ported by eable today, w-as America's greatest
financier and one of its greatest philanthropists and
patrons of art and high-class sport, such as interna
tional yaebt-racing. His Impending death hud been
I.
foreshadowed by dispatches from Europe and the
American public and the financial world were not sur
prised when the news of actual dissolution was re
ceived. Nor did the reception of that news cause any
serious disturbance in the world's financial centres.
Prices were affected to some extent, it Is true, but
Mr. Morgan, who was aware that his long and event
ful career was drawing to a elose. had taken ample
precaution against bis death having a ruinous or even
a distressing affect upon cither Morgan enterprises or
Morgan securities.
Years ago he adopted the policy of turning over to
his son and oilier business associates the active work
of his great banking house and Its branches. By the
time he had been stricken by mortal illness that grad
ual relinquishment amounted to almost his retirement.
No doubt the capable men whom he had assembled
about him have taken adequate steps fo safeguard all
interests and to continue the great financial and In
dustrial enterprises that have been mapped out by the
house of Morgan.
The death of Mr. Morgan bringe with It a distinct
loss to the world. He was an International banker,
financier and promoter of the first magnitude. At the
present time there seems to be on this side of the
Atlantic no one man who can fill his place immedi
ately In the international field. No doubt such a man
will arise as a result of a readjustment of affairs fol
lowing the burial of Mr. Morgan, but. for the time
Being, he is not within sight.
M". Morgan, who is a capable man, will become his
tothcr's successor,
to the responsibilities of the position, because he
•an not hope to attain in a day or a year the world
wide prestige that his father was a lifetime in es
tablishing.
The United Stales Government has issued few coins
that have met with less popular approval than has !
the Indian bead-buCalu nickel. i
It may be that young
If that be true, he must grow up
non.K 1BK NOT TU UK FOOLED.
T is the height of folly for the Wllmingtou Ter
minal Company and tt» »asociales to attempt to
regard to the Wilmington
The people of the city arc fully
I
becloud the issue with
waterfront question,
awake to this matter.
They
that, the real question .involved Is
whether the Terminal Company and its associates
shall be permitted to get away with «00 acres of the
people's land and the Federal bulkhead and fill
the Delaware river
know
Oil
waterfront for speculative pur
poses and for the enrichment of a few designing men,
or whether that land, bulkhead and waterfront shall
be saved for the people of the city of Wilmington
for tiie public benefit.
These speculators and their lobbyists, press agents
and partisans may do whatever they will to attempt
to distract public attention from the one great un
derlying Issue, but It win not avail them. The people
are fully aw-ake to the Issue.
They arc determined
to deal with it in a sensible way and to see to it
that those who expect to get away with the people's
property through the operations of the Bulkhead Law
of 1901 and the accommodating attitude of the Fed
eral Government do not accomplish their purpose.
Lobbyists may talk themselves hoarse; press agents
with more venality than brains may write until their
fingers are distorted by cramp; Reinhardts and Mar
shalls may say all they please In favor of the marsh
land speculators and against the people,' and those
interested In putting the deal through may exert their
powers of Importunity to the utmost with officials
and engineers of the Federal Government, but it will
not avail.
The people of the city of Wilmington arc keeping
their eyes fixed on that stretch of waterfront from
the Christiana River up to Edge Moor, because they
know that Is what the Wilmington Terminal Com
pany and its associates are after, and because they
also know that is what they should not have and
are not going to got.
That waterfront belongs to the people; the pro
posed bulkhead will belong to the people, and the fill
hack of It will belong to the people. And the citizens
of the city of Wlmlngton are determined that the
marsh-land speculators shall not get away with those
things. They are not disheartened by the fact that
a State Senate which showed Its hand In the defeat
of the Granlland bill, the Public Utilities bill, the
Full-Crew hill and other measures has done its ut
most to assist the marsh-laud speculators to get away
with this public property. They will protect it and
conserve it In spite of the State Senate and the
Reinhardts and the Marshalls, and it will not fare
well with those who may attempt in interfere with
that public protection cf valuable public property that
Is threatened by speculative private interests.
lobbyists may run certain other things, but they,
cannot run the electorate of the city of Wilmington,
and It Is the electorate of the city of Wilmington that
will decide this question in the Interest of the public
and to the discomfiture of (hose who are endeavor
ing to get away with this public property.
It is the people's properly, and the people arc de
termined to have It.
AN OBLIGATION TO SOCIETY.
T ■ is highly important that the Legislature, before
It adjourns sine die, shall pass the hill for the
benefit of the Delaware Industrial School for Girls.
It Is a splendid protective and reformatory institu
tion, founded hy noble-minded women, and It exists
for the benefit of all three counties. Every member
of Ihe Legislature who believes In the sanctity and
well-being of Delaware womanhood and girlhood
should vole to give to the members of the hoard of
managers of the school the appropriation they need for
new and adequate buildings. It would he wrong to
defer action for two years. Much harm doubtless
would result from such delay.
When (he hill first was sent to tile Legislature it
was objected to. and quite properly, on Ihe ground
that the managers of'the institution already had re
tained outside architects to design the buildings, and
that there was nothing in the hill which would give
assurance (hat Delaware contractors would do the
work of construction. Amendments to cure those de
fects were made, and from that lime forward there
was no valid objection to the measure. !t simply
seemed to bo overlooked by the members, who failed
to appreciate Its Importance to the community.
They will have an opportunity next week to do their
duty In the matter, as fhey will he dealing with ap
propriations and the bill carries with It appropria
tions of $36.000 fop this year and $35,000 for next
year.
The normal capacity of the present school building
Is thirty. Us present population 1s fifty-seven, or al
most double what It ought to be. The institution re
ceives, for maintenance purposes, only $3.000 a year
from the State. The New Castle County Levy Court
makes an allowance of forty cents a day for the hoard
of each girl committed to the Institution from this
county. No allowances whatever for board arc made
by the Kent and Sussex Levy Courts. That is a
condition the unfairness of "which is shown on its
face, particularly when it la borne In mind that more
than one-half of the normal capacity of the Insti
tution is taken up by girls from Kent and Sussex
counties. Such a condition as that should appeal to
the spirit of fair-play which exists In the heart of
the average legislator, particularly, when it is borne
in mind that the managers of the institution have no
discretion in the matter of refusing to accept way-'
ward girls from Kent and* Sussex. If the courts in
those counties direct their committal to the institu
tion the managers have to make room for them. The
people In Kent and Sussex counties do not even pay
♦he carfare of the unfortunates thus committed.
Even that expense falls upon the institution.
The managers are not asking much of the Legisla
ture. Through the generosity of a wealthy man who
died, they have come into the possession of twenty
seven acres of land. The present desire Is to obtain
from the State enough money to put up two build
ings. One would be for the use of large girls
and the other for the use of little girls. The policy
of separating the old and the young is in keeping
with the approved methods for handling and reform
ing adult and juvenile male delinquents. It cannot
fail to recommend Itself to anyone who knows any
thing about reform work of that sort. The people of
the State approve heartily the appropriation
asked for, and the condition of the State treasury
would warrant such an expenditure. There is no
valid ie«son why the money should be denied. There
is every reason why It should be granted for such a
beneficial purpose. It is an obligation that the
Legislature owes to society, and that obligation should
he met before final adjournment la made.
Two more names have been added to the long
death-roll of aviators who have lost their lives while
operating aeroplanes. The latest victims were
Japanese army officers. They were giving an exhibi
tion flight in Tokio for the pleasure of the members
of Parliament, and had reached an altitude of 1.000
feet when the machine collapsed and they were sent
hurtling to the ground. It merely is another of many
demonstrations that a man who goes up In a heavier
than-air-machine of any make takes his life in bis
hands. There is not one of them, monoplane or bl
plane, In which the element of danger Is not so great
that, while in flight, it doçs not constitute a menace
to its operator and pas enger.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Charles Francis Adams
Managed the Geneva
Tribunal
By Holland.
One afternoon In the winter of 1874
H w as my privilege to have a long
and extremely Instructive conversa
lion with the late David A. Wells. At
that time Mr. Wells was widely
known not merely as a w-rlter upon
economic subjects and as an advocate
of the North wore ample to meet the
as tlje man who prepared, in the sec
ond year of our Civil War, a state
ment which showed that, the resources
ofthe North were ample to meet the
expenses of the war without too heavy
burdens upon the people even though
the war should last ten years or
more.
It was this exposition by Mr. Wells
which served, as much as any one
thing, to create confidence in and
credit for the United States sufficient
to enable national securities in large
amounts to be marketed in London
and on the continent of Europe.
"I believe," said Mr. Wells, "that if
the award of the Geneva tribunal had
been made a year earlier Charles
Francis Adams would have been
unanimously nominated by the Lib
eral Republican party for President
in 1872 and I suspect that he would
have received a great vote, although
1 presume that the prestige of Gen
eral Grant was sufficient to make his
success in 1872 certain."
1 asked Mr. Wells to explain to me
his reasons for holding that view.
"Why. don't you knpw," said Mr.
Wells, "that If It had not been for
Charles Francis Adams the treaty
with AVashlngton and the Geneva ar
bitration tribunal, with the award of
fifteen million dollars made by that
tribunal to the United States, would
have been Impossible?"
1 was obliged to confess that I did
not know anything about these mat
ters of which Mr. Wells spoke.
"Well, I will give you a little re
cent history," he said. "The arbitra
tion tribunal which sal at Geneva in
the spring of 1872
making event.
great principle of arbitration,
the United States it was a triumph be
was an epoch
It established the
Fo i
cause the tribunal held that Great
Britain was responsible for permit
ting the Confederate cruiser Alabama
to escape from the British shipyard.
The commerce that was carried under
the Union flag was practically de
stroyed by the Alabama.
"For five or six years this was the
subject of very serious correspond
ence between the United States and
Groat Britain. There was danger
that war might come as a result of
it. How bitterly our own people felt
is evident from the fact which was
stated to me confidentially Dipt the
British government was told that the
United States would be willing to ac
cept the cession of Canada in pay
ment for the losses she sustained
through the Alabama.
"Well, at last, commissioners were
appointed to meet at AVashlngton for
the purpose of drafting a treaty. I
think that the Secretary of State, Mr.
Chase, and the British minister, Sir
Edward Thornton, were very doubtful
about, the ability of the commission
ers to come to euch agreement as to
make a treaty possible, hut they did.
The treaty was drafted and was rati
fied. and It provided for the subnvs
slon of the Alabama claim to an arbi
tration tribunal which was to meet at
Geneva.
"Charles Francis Adams was ap
pointed by President Grant as the
American representative of that tri
bunal. That was a singularly fortu
nate appointment. Mr. Adams had
been onr minister to Great Britain
from 1861 to 1869. He had shown him
self to he a master of the most diffi
cult features of diplomacy. If he ban
not been such a master, he could not
have decided upon the heroic action
which saved the treaty and. the Gen
eva tribunal from failure.
"I ought to explain to you whatc
the difficulty was. Charles Sumner
and other Americans insisted that the
Geneva tribunal should consider, in
ease the tribunal found Great; Bri
tain responsible for the escape rtf the
Alabama, not only the damages di
rectly caused by the Alabama, nut in
direct damages such as loss of Amer
ican commerce and the increased cost
of maintaining the Federal troops and
navies and various other incidental
and what, are called consequential
damages. One estimate was that
these damages represented a total of
I think, two billion dollars.
"Great Britain would never have
consented to a preposition of this
kind. When It was known that the
American agents purposed making a
demand of that sort the British agent
was instructed to ask the tribunal as
coon as it met to adjourn for eight
months.
"It looked as though the who'; thing I
was to be a failure and it would have |
been but for Mr. Adams. I think there ,
ls a general impression that Mr. |
Adams saved the day for us. but very 1
few persons know how he did It. I ;
was told confidentially a few years
ago just w hat Mr. Adams did ;
"He proposed to those who were toi*
serve with him as members of tht
rs * «V . .. A .. . . ...
Geneva tribunal that the first thing
the tribunnal should do was volun-.
tarlly to announce that It would not
under any circumstances, consider
any claims for Indirect or consequen
tlal damages.
. "That was a bold step for Mr.
Adams to make But he dared take
It. The tribunal agreed to follow his
suggestion. So soon ns It met. it made
the announcement exactly as Mr.
Adams proposed. Great Britain In-1
I
stantly withdrew any possible objec-i
lions which her agent was Instructed I
to make and the American agent I
raised no embarrassing questions
The result was that the tribunal found !
that Great Britain should be held in
damages and give us the amount of
fifteen million dollars.
"That award was made about four j
mont lut after the Liberal Republicans
nominated Horace Greeley for Presi
dent. 1 am sure if it had been made [
four months before the Liberal Re- j
publican convention Charles Francis j
Adams would have been unanimously |
nominated for President."
(Copyright. 1913, by E. J. Edwards. |
All rights reserved.)
I
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards will tell of
"Grover Cleveland's Disregard for
Personal Motives."
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GIRLS' SCHOOL
NEEDS MONEY
Managers Hope Legislature
Will Grant $70,000 Ap
propriation Asked for
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Members of the Board of Managers
of the Delaware Industrial School for
Girls, and others interested in the
school are hopeful, and anxious, that
when the Législature rc-convcncs on
April 7. that the appropriation meas
ure for new buildings will be taken
up, and passed by the legislative
members, and that governor Miller
will sign the bill.
The sum of $70.000 has been asked
for, $35.000 to be appropriated this
year and $35,000 the year following.
The request has been made largely
in the Interests of health of the girls'
as present conditions are extremely
unsanitary and unsatisfactory due to
the over crowding,
Eighteen girls are crowded in a
room intended originally for the in
firmary and arc sleeping in double
decker beds because of lack of floor
space. In eight small single rooms,
where only one girl should he accom
modated, there are two girls each.
The girls continue to be sent in
from the courts, and despite the
overcrowded conditions, the mana
gers of the school feel that they can
not and must not be turned away.
The normal capacity of the building
is limited to 30 girls and there arc
at present 57 in the building, 16 of
whom have been sent from Kent and
Sussex counties, four girls having
been received from Seaford, alone.
Since February 1, one girl has been
sent In from Laurel, one from Sea
ford. one from Smyrna and one from
Dover. More than half the normal
capacity of the school is occupied by
girls from Kent and Sussex counties
—yet no money Is received for their
maintenance from those counties—
not even money for the expense of
bringing them to the school.
The annual State appropriation is
at present $3000. From the New
castle Lévy Court is received the
sum of 40 cents daily for each girl,
for the girls in New Castle County.
Twenty-seven acres of land have been
purchased with a legacy from the
George Lobdell estate, so that the
land will cost the public nothing.
The appropriation of $70,000 has been
asked for the purpose of erecting two
buildings—one for the younger girls
from 12 to 15 years, and one for the
older girls from 15 to 18 years. This
separation Is a system which is re
cognize in penal institutions for men
and boys, where the adult delinquents
are separated from those of youthful
age—and the system has been found
entirely satisfactory—and is consid
ered one of the most essential needs
in the management of the Delaware
Industrial School.
The assurance against being "out
of a job" for man& Is the Want Col
umns.—Adv.
DELAWARE CITY
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DELAWARE CITY, Del., March 31.
—Mrs. Charles H. Hunter entertained
at 5U0 at her residence at Fort Du
Pont on Thursday afternoon. Those
present were; Mrs. Harry S. Purnell,
Mrs. Adolph H. Hugnet, Mrs. Adelno
Gibson, Mrs. Lynn 8. Edwards. Mrs.
Edgar Croft, Mrs. Lewis S, Ryan, Mrs.
Ralph E. Haines, Mrs. William H.
Rcybold, MIsk. Isabelle, Roybold, Mrs.
A. R. Bennett, Mrs. C. Earl Baum, Mrs.
William B. Jester, Miss Usissnor. Mrs.
H. P. Scott, Mrs. F. C. Warner. Miss
Hattie Choairs, Miss Lucy Chealrs,
Mrs. E. d Rcybold and Mrs. F. C.
Hall. Miss Lucy Chealrs won the
first prize and Mrs. C. Earl Baum
won the consolation prize.
Captain Forse left on Saturday for
Fort Williams., Me., where he Is to
command Ihe 107th Co., C. A. C.
He
x. Y.
Captain Frank T. Hines of the
Quartermaster Corps has been order
ed to Fort Mott. N. J.. where he will
inspect the lighting system In course
of erection.
we " at Fort DuPont has been
driven to a depth of about 1400 feet.
A®'" of . coa1 ' , abo " t 18 in
UrL? vein
of 1000 feet. A larger, vein is ex
peeted „ „ fur ,hcr distance,
The sock social given Thursday
evening In the Sunday school room
0 f the Presbyterian Church was large
ly attended,
row are high boat for shad to date,
They caught 92 shad on AVcdnesday.
has been granted a 15 days' leave of
absence, which ho will spend at New
port, Ky.
Lieutenant Earl B. Hochwalt has
been transferred from the 36th Co.,
C. A. C., to the 4th Co., C. A. C.. sta
tioned at Fort Mott, N. J.
Captsin Alfred,M. Mason is in com
mand at Fort Molt, N. J.
First Lieutenant Edgar Croft of the
Medical Corps will leave next week
for the Philippine Islands.
Captain William. H. Mongos will ar
rive next week at. Fort DuPont. He
will relieve Captain Adolph H. Hug
net of the Quartermaster Corps, and
who has been ordered to Port Niagara.
Charles Hall. Jr., and Grover Oar
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EDITORIAL OPINION
PEOPLE SHOULD W IN
1 From the Newark Ledger.
For some time Wilmington Even
ing Journal has put up a stiff tight
against the parties who defeated Sen
ator Grant land's waterfront bill.
The lobby proved too strong, and
the measure was defeated. There is
a strong fight now to save the water
front, and the largest civic organiza
tion ever known, lias been formed.
The people should win against the
Wilmington Terminal Company.
TIIE LAW'S DELAYS
From the Dover Republican.
General duPont stales that he will
not continue work on the Stale
Boulevard until the United States
Supremc Court renders its decision on
the appealed case now before it In
reference to the constitutionality of
the act creating the Boulevard Cor
poralion.
If the Supreme Court lives up to its
moss-covercd record we will all be
considerably older before work" on
that road Is resumed. In the moan
time the farmers of Kent and Sussex
counties are clamoring for It.
I
Newark has fared well at the hands |
of the members of the Legislature,
They made it possible for a summer
school here, lasting five weeks; also 1
The affiliated college for the cdu
bc
NEWARK HAS FARED WELL
From the Newark Ledger.
a sum large enough was appropriated
to build au armory for the military
company here.
cation of young women has been made
possible by the Legislature. One 01 *
more objects we wanted, but as we
have done well, no fault - can
found.
Now the work of securing grounds
for these buildings is the next con
sideration. To have the buildings go
up, those who have charge of these
matters must hustle.
The armory should be quite an or
nament to our tow-n. The sum appro
priated is fairly targe; large enough
to erect a building that will add at
tractiveness to our progressive town.
The affiliated college building will
be located—where? A sight must be
secured. The longer this matter is
delayed the longer the college only
There
The
Is in mind. There should be no rea
son for a lengthly delay,
should be no great trouble in getting
what is needed.
No one anticipates delay,
committee having the location site in
charge should not delay. The build
ing should be rushed—If a new build
ing is needed—and by next fall he
rcSdy for the occupation of students.
Then the students. This matter
should not be overlooked. Literature
should be sent throughout the State
and the number of students at the
start should be large, giving an im
petus to the college.
WEEK OF SELF DENIAL.
The Salvation Army has begun ar
rangements for a week of self denial
which takes place from April 6 to 13.
"Self-denial week" Is a most Im
portant week to Salvationists all over
the world, as It moans some sacrifice
of some kind by every eoldicr or mem
ber of the array, young or old. in or
der to help support the vast and va
ried social uplift enterprises main
tained by it. When it is realized that
there are ninety-two working men's
hotels. 118 industrial homes, 28 rescue
and maternity
homes, children's homes and nurser
ies and other helpful and charitable
work, such as slum work, prison work,
etc., all in this country only, its scope
can be imagined and itg needs real
ized. There is only one rorps of the
Salvation Army In this elty which Is
in charge of Ensign Bessie Kingsbury
and Captain Elizabeth Danley.
open-air meetings are held at Fifth
and Market streets only, and Us In
door meetings at the hall, 102 East
Fourth street, every night at 8 p. m.,
excepting Monday or Tuesday. Sun
day meetings at 10.30 a. in., 3.15 and 8
o'clock.
homes, children's
Us
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STOMACH BAD? BELCHING GAS AND
SOUR FOOD? WANT TO FEEL FINE?
Wonder what upset your stomach—which portion of the food did the
damage—do you? Well, don't bother,
sour, gasssy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented into stubborn
lumps; your head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate
undigested food; breath foul, tongue coated—Just lake a little Dlapepsin
and in five minutes you truly will wo nder what became of the Indigestion
and distress.
Millions of men and women today know- that It Is needless to have a
bad stomach, A little Diapepsin occa sionally keeps this delicate organ re
gulated and they cat their favorite fo ods without fear.
If your stomach is in a revolt; if
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The cost .is small, and if you own property you should not be
without It.
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DEFENDS HIGH RATES
From the Lewes Pilot.
That the pilotage rates of the Dela
ware river and bay are Just a trifle
higher than at most ports on vessels
drawing less than 20 feet of water,
was admitted Tuesday in maritime
circles In Philadelphia, but it was on
a parity with many of the larger porta
on vessels with a draft of more than
20 feet. The rate as it now stands,
according to one agent of a foreign
steamships line, was not sufficiently
high to permit the cutting of them
in half, as the bill introduced into the
Pennsylvania legislature by Repre
sentative Dunn. of Huntingdon
county, purposes to do.
T e induced rate would, it
declared, make it unprofitable for
efficient men to undertake the task
of bringing a vessel in and out the
long and tortuous channel of the
Delaware river, which is unequalcd
along the Atlantic coast for the
difficulties to he encountered. The
driving out of the efficient men would
bring an influx of incompetent men,
who would add to the hazard of
was
(damaging a vessel by either ground
ing or colliding with another vessel,
according to an expert rlverman.
The rates at the Philadelphia port
are $3.74 a foot for vessels drawing 12
feet, If they are spoken by the pilot
boat inside of an imaginary line be
tween Cape May and Cape Henhopen
Lights. For vessels drawing more
than 12 feet the charge is Ç4.50 a
foot. If the vessel Is spoken east of
[Five Fathom Light, north of Here
ford Inlet Bank or south of Fenwick
Shoal Light, 10 per cent, is added to
the charge. The outward bound rate
is in proportion.
At New York where the pilots have
a short and easy channel tj traverse
the rates are $4.13 inward bound and
$3.08 outward bound for vessels
under 20 feet; *4.88 for Inward
bound and $3.56 for vessels outward
hound drawing more than 20 feet.
Boston charges $2 for 14-foot ves
sels. $3.25 for 20-foot and $5.00 for
."5-foot outward: and $3.45. 14-foot;
$4.25. 20-foot, and $5.00. 25-foot, in
ward bouud. This port has a short
channel.
The charges at Baltimore are $5.25
for more than 15-foot, $4.00 from 12
to 15 foot and $3.50 for under 12
foot, both inward and outward:
Captain John P. Virden, president
of the Pennsylvania and Delaware
Pilots' Association, said Tuesday
that the pilots, 80 in number, were
under a big expense at the Philadel
phia port. To maintain the head
quarters at Lewes and the two pilot
boa's, he said cost the association
more than $60,000, in addition to the
expense of the transportation of the
pilots.
ANNULS PARCEL POST RULE.
Burleson's Ortler Makes Ordinary
Stamps Good On Parkasrr«.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 31.—
That section of the parcel post laid
providing for the collection of a dou
ble rate of postage if ordinary stamps
are attached to parcel post has been
annulled by Postmaster-General Bur
leson. He holds that the people should
not be forced to make amends for the
negligence displayed by postmasters
in not seeing that parcels hear ths
proper kind of stamps when they ar*
presented for mailing. Many letters
have been received complaining of
delays in deliveries as a result of this
regulation.
In the future all parcel post pack
ages with ordinary stamps attached
will be delivered to the addresses
without extra charge
HANTS COUNCIL SEAT.
Robert Kramer, a member of the
plumbing firm of Kramer & Hall,
will be a candidate for City Council,
on the Democratic ticket from the
Sixth ward.