Evening journal., 1893-04-15
QUARAN TINE CONTRACT
Hathaway & Co., of Philadel-
phia Will Fit Up Reedy Island
AS A DIsINFEoTINe STATION

Tho Island Found to Be Admirably Lo-
Gated for Fumigating Purposes-High
School Alumni offers Prize to the High
school student Obtaining the Highest
Grammar Average-A Threatening
Cloud.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, April 15-Report comes
from Philadelphia that the new National
Quarantine Station at Reedy Island will
be pushed TO completion as speedily as
possible and will be ready for service by
June. The plans regarding the hospitals,
disinfecting apparatus and nurses quar-
ters have all been decided upon and for
warded to the Surgeon General in Wash
ington.
After careful inspection, Reedy Island
was selected as the most desirable spot
along the entire Delaware river, being
isolated from the mainland and having
deep anchorage grounds, where vessels
may lay in wait fer inspection. Corps of
experienced surgeons will be on hand TO
examine the vessels and nurses to look
after the sick.
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injecting room, warehouse, etc, for this
new quarantine station were opened at
the Treasury Department yesterday.
There were but two bidders. j. II.
Hathaway & Co., of Philadelphia, Of
fered to do the work for 50, $50 and
finish it in 81 days; s S. Leonard, of
Mobile Ala, bid $l6 900, aud wants 10
days TO do it in. As rapid work as we'll
as cheapness is greatly desired, there
is not much doubt that the contract
will be awarded to the Philadelphia
bidders
The contract for the two steam disin-
fecting chambers for Reedy Island have
already been let to the Kensington En-
gine Company. of Philadelphia, at
So, GOO These chambers will be 10 feet
long, feet inches wide aud feet
inches high.
Came Near Sinking the Protector.
The large steam tug Protector, Cap
tain Miniford, aud the British bark
Ethel. which she had in tow, bound up
from the Delaware Breakwater, collided
yesterday in the lower Delaware river,
just opposite this city. The Protector
suddenly stopped, and the Ethels momen-
tum could not be checked until she had
nearly dismasted the tug.
The Protectors masts were snapped
OF, and the bulwarks and pilot house
crushed in by the bark Despite the
fact that the tug was almost disabled
she soon stretched the hawser taut and
hauled away on the vessel until safely in
the port of Philadelphia Il will require
considerable expense to make the tug
again fit for service. The Ethel was
loaded with full cargo of sugar from
Rio
One Of the Protectors men tells of the
occurrence as follows:
1.-THE accident was a peculiar one, the
Protector proceeding under full steam,
when suddenly she struck some sunken
obstruction and was brought to a com
plete standstill. Every effort was made
TO check the headway of her tow, but
before this could be done the bark run on
top Of the tug and tore away large por-
tion Of her afternouse and broke davlts
and stanchions. IL was at first thought
the tug would be sunk, but fortu nately
she escaped injury TO her hull
Many Thought Theira Time Had Come.
At 600 last night funnel shaped
cloud, giving every indication Of ter
rife cyclone, arose in the south and came
up the Delaware directly toward New
Castle. People who have experienced
several visitations Of furious wind,
became greatly excited over this threat.
ening object and began TO fear for pron