Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-10-25
REEDY ISLAND S CABLE.
A Cable Now Connects the New
Quarantine With the Mainland
NEW CASTLES STATION MUST GO

MN OAolbb6 olAllON Mucl w
Electric Railway supporters and Adj
mirers Take Courage on the Results OF
To-day-Ex-Mayo Blacks Estimates of
the Cost Of Lighting the City BY EIec-
tricIty- Scorpions Infest a Vessel and
cling to Her Even as She Comes up the
Delaware.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE, Oct. 25.-Precisely os
predicted in the EVENING JOURNAL six
months AGO, the New Castle Maritime
Reporting Station, which has done such
excellent service for Philadelphia Mari
time Exchange and Delaware river ship
ping men. viii be removed. In its place
there will probably be left an idle Office.
unless the Western Union Telegraph
Company puts day operator in the
Office and causes q wire or two to be left
10 the building In order to do the regu.
lar commercial telegraph work When
the EVENING JOURNAL prophesied last
spring that the station, from which the
flags Of many colors fly at all hours Of
the day, would be taken from New
Castle and established on Reedy Island
many people were inclined to doubt It.
Yesterday the cable connecting Reedy
Island Quarantine with the mainland in
Delaware was laid by the United States
Government. Secretary Sherwood, Of
the Maritime xchsnge, said yesterday
that they intend establishing a report.
ing station at this point, which will do
away with the New Castle observatory
This is the FIRST official statement that
has yet been made Of the transfer. The
officials agree that at Reedy Island the
observer will be afforded a much better
view Of vessels passing mp and down the
Delaware. This change has been made
necessary by the establishment Of the
Reedy Island Quarantine Until to day
there were no facilities for getting the
news from Reedy Island in Philadelphia
except by mail or tug boat. The new
telegraph lines run from Porter's station
via Delaware City.
Trolley People Greatly Encouraged.
New Castle people who have been llv.
ing in hopes of an electric railway being
constructed between this city and viii.
mlngton and put into operation by next
spring, will be delighted to know that
the Wilmington City Electric Railway
Company this morning is operating mile
Of railway ex tending from Third street
bridge to Eden Park or Garasche's lane.
This Is 10 New Castle hundred and now
leaves only miles OF public road be
tween New Castle and the tracks which
the new company will have 20 cover this
winter by It's line. There Is now no
doubt that the railway will be one line
operated by two companies-and that
the New Castle companys tracks will be
laid by the new company up to the vii.
mmgton Citys terminus
Elk Mayor Black, wao has been one OF
the strongest friends Of trolley system
10 New Castle, hiss also been advocating
the adoption Of electricity as q means OF
lighting the city as soon as the new rail
way is built He finds that fifteen arc
lights would light New Castles streets
la a splendid style and that, If some gas
lamps or incandesoent lights are Kept
burning all night. IL would not h
necessary TO burn the arc lights
after midnight. he finds that the
average cost In the cities Of the
East which use arc lights. is
45 cents a night for every night in the
year-365-hurning from twilight until
dawn. For every night in the year from
twilight until midnight the cost will
only be 50 cents s lamp. For every
night until midnight, except such bright
moonlight nights As last night, the cost
-souid he only 80 cents. This woult
bring down the cost Of fifteen splendid
arc lights for one year 20 81 $50 less
than the city now pays
Scorpions Chung TO Her Even ia DeIauar,
The schooner Wallace J. Boyd. Captain
Godfrey, passed up the river yesterday
from Aontevideo. with a cargo Of bones
which we're gathered from the PLANE ol
that locality and the voyage will long be
remembered by Captain Godfrey and his
wife. as well as By all the sailors. Tn,
ship became infested with scorpions and
other pestiierous bugs which arose from
the cargo and penetrated every availabl,
quarter Of the ship. The seamen's resi-
vas disturbed and for weeks at a tim,
the unfortunate men dare not rest them.
selves in their hunks for fear Of beinr
stung by one Of the myriads Of tines
bugs. Every effort TO rid the ship Of tn
plague was unsuccessful, and even OF
Monday nights while lying at the Reed
Island Quarantine the decks and cabin
we're alive with these creeping insects
Climatic changes had no effect whateve
on them and those OF the crew who en-
tertained the belief that they would dis
appear as the northern latitudes wer
reached we're disappointed
Enjoyable Sunday School Social.
The entertainment given by Miss Clar
blackburn's Sunday school class at he
bone last night. was a delightful success
The program rendered consisted of rec
tations and songs by eight little girls {
the class Miss Kate Mcclure rea
"Bllly's Rose, aud Miss Stella Deakyn,
The Mite Box. Dr. aud Mrs T. /
Martindale sang THE Curfew Bells
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