Evening journal., 1889-10-30
EAST WILMINGTON.
PROSPERITY HAS TAKEN FIRM
HOLD THERE.

Prosperity is a quality that has made
its residence in the lower end of the |
Ninth ward beyond Eleventh street |
bridge. It's presence is more marked as
the months roll by and the years pass !
away, showing that its career is simply |
beginning
Residents Of the district beyond Elev-
enth street bridge are happy in the con- |
hdence of increased population and busl-
ness. for the district is growing in manu-
factories and homes.
The manu- featuring establishments will
be considered first. The district Is
peculiarly fortunate in these establish
ments for the reason that four of them
are without competitors in the city.
| There is but one terra Gotta works, one
Pullman works, one jute works and one
wire works in the city of Wilmington.
/ The Delaware Terra Gotta Company has
its works on Heald street and Pull
man Place II employs thirty five
white and colored men, most Of
whom live in the vicinity. The bust
ness has been so increased that two new
kilns were added, and now six kilns are
in use. The best quality Of terra Gotta
workais made here. The company is now
filling two large orders for Southern
railroads, and has the contract for pipe
for this city w. Stewart Almond is
the superintendent of the works. A
superior quality Of fire brick IS manufac-
tured, and together with the other pro
ducts large quantities are kept in stock
The firm has a reputation for paying
living wages
The repair shops Of the Pullman Palace
Car Company deserve credit for building
up great portion Of the district. The
shops how employ nearly 500 persons, and
everyone Of that number IS busy There
are no sluggards at these shops; every
body is hustling. The property
occupies ten acres Of ground and there
are three shops, each 9x30 feet long,
An addition now being finished is already
crowded with work. A. j. Drake super
intenden Of the system is the busiest man
to be found. The shops are now repair
ing on an average eighty cars every
month sixty cars fill all the tracks now.
The foremen of the departments are
young men, a proof of the usefulness of
! young blood The upholstery department
} furnishes work for sixteen young women,
the only women employed in the works
The cOlored people employed will not
number more than six. The shops have
facilities for everything in car building
except the heavy metal work such as
axles aud wheels. Most of the workmen
live in the vicinity and the remainder
live on the east side of the city A great
s many of them are natives Of New York
where the shops were located several
years ago. These workmen are now cit.
q izens of Wilmington. Among the cars
recently at the shops is the private car
= Of q. B. Plant president Of the Plant
0 System of Railroads.
y Below the Pullman works on the
J. Brandywine creek is the Vulcanite Wir,
I Works of the Cobb Vulcanite Wire Com
e pany. These shops manufacture a pro
s duct that seems destined to make its in
h ventor wealthy man and its stock
J, valuable investment. The works now
4 employ forty men and will be much en-
u larged in the near future. A siding will
s extend from the p, W. 4 B. railroad tc
!. the establishment providing quick trans
T portation and good service
The Wilmington Jute Works at the
end Of Vandever avenue have recently
been enlarged and improved. New ma
; chinery has been added, and large store
house built. These works make 8
/. product that is second to none The dull
"a season is now on and work is slack, but
n the busy season is looked forward to with
=. expectations. The works employ 15(
= hands, four -fifths Of whom are women
a The siding has been changed to the stor,
a house, and a stone arch is being built
. where the siding leaves the main track
% The Office is now in the centre of tn,
:. building. Like at the other shops, tn,
"a workmen live in the district in which
% they work
The foundry at Heald at Thirteenth
10 streets is busily hammering away, anC
u more than score of men are at work.
a The best statement of the condition oi
n the lower end of the Ninth ward, a
N well as its necessities, is made by F. o
IA Bennett, an extensive property owner
,r and the widest known man in the ward
Il He says: THE outlook for the Nintl
Il ward was never brighter than 1t is now.
n. The year just ending was marked by ex
at tensive building operations, but the yea
to come will exceed it in numbe
90 and value. Property is selling
Il at an advance, and by changing
IN hands has come into the possession
I Of better people. Besides new buildings
u many improvements in present struc
- lures will be made. Our people are con
nd tented and happy and there is very littl
IN sickness. Our growth has been stead
~ and forward There is a reason for this
~ When men built here they built to max
ha homes for themselves, not for speculs
IL tions. 1t is place Of homes and it i
he growing rapidly
an There are two things which we nee
for our further advancement. First-Th
reclaiming of our low swamp land
second, the opening Of Thirteenth street
ay The first of these wants would do us a
x, immense amount of good. The run thS
K comes from above the Philadelphia pix
If, flows by the brickyard and through th
irl district, keeping it most and unhealthy
ng This run could be turned at the oil
it, brickyard and its course changed so this
es IL would flow through the Mendenha
g. property beyond the railroad into IL
Is, marshes. Then the useless land in tn
lid district would be reclaimed and turne
ily into building lets. Upwards Of five hui
he dred building lots would be placed q
1r- the market by this. If we get the ru
It, changed the opening of Thirteenth sire,
1w would be easy.
"The run now makes a ditch on Thil
lid teenth street that would have to
bridged The masonry work would CO..
over 81, 600, a larger sum than the alte
ing Of the run wOgld entail These a
OF our present needs. In few years v
he will want sewer and our populatic
ow shows us to be entitled to a sewer"
YER The above statement seems TO COW
las the ground and there is little more
las say. There is an early prospect of Il
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