The evening Republican., 1902-04-28
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.

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school are having royal good time
today in Whites Woods. The teach.
ers and pupils are sure to remember
the pleasant occasion.
David w. Elkinton left this morn
ing for Philadelphia with his son
William who enters the service of
Uncle Sam as naval apprentice.
While aparty Of four men from
Wilmington were driving up Della
ware street one of the wheels of the
carriage broke. R. Eben Watts loan
ed them wheel and they proceed
ed home.
Charles Shearer, the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Shearer, is somewhat
better.
Hugh McCaughan, son and daugh
ter Of Philadelphia, visited New
Castle relatives yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stinson and
wife, of Philadelphia, spent yester
day in New Castle with friends.
The New Castle young ladies who
are attending the West Chester
State Normal School returned this
morning.
Miss Margaret Lawlor left yester-
day for Newark where she will
teach for the balance of the season.
Walter Pedrick is threatened with
a fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Off, of Philadelphia.
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Chal-
lenger.
John Carrick and William Hamil-
ton took part with the Delaware
College MINISTRIES in the New Cen
tury Club on Friday night.
A party of ten bicyclists including
Byara Fleming, rode from Philadel-
phia to New Castle yesterday.
Miss Ceal Mahoney is in Philadel-
phia today.
Special devotions will be held in
St. Peters Church on next Thurs
day evening.
City Council should pass an ordi
nance prohibiting the throwing
of paper on the streets. People
should take an interest in the city.
The many friends of George W.
Vantine would like to see him be-
come a candidate for representative
to the Legislature. He is a cool
headed, upright man whom the peo-
pie could trust on all questions. He
believes in abiding by the majority
in the caucas. A movement is on
foot to have A. M. Hizar to allow
the use of his name for representa-
tive. With two such men in the
| field one ticket and an united party
then New Castle hundred can be
counted in the Republican column.
The travel on the trolley cars yes
terday was fairly good. The trees
are looking beautiful and the pure
air from the Delaware river is priz-
cd by the housed up city folks.
Home mission workers in New
Castle County should take stroll
between New Castle and Delaware
City on bright Sunday and see the
need for their missionary services
on account of the playing of golf by
prominent people.
The Haverford. the new twin
screw steamer owned by the Inter
national Navigation Company pass
ed up the river yesterday bound
from Liverpool to Philadelphia.
The Haverlnrd is the largest vessel
that ever entered the port of Phila-
delphia and was watched with won
der as she steamed along. She re-
ported at the Quarantine Station at
l o'clock. The passenger list includ-
ed 7O9 steerage and ~ cabin passen-
gers. Besides these there was a
crew Of i3a men, in charge Of Cap
tain Otto Nelson.
Some idea of the vessels size can
be gathered from the fact that 100
car loads Of outward cargo from the
West are on the tracks in the vicin-
ity of Philadelphia awaiting her az
rival. and several hundred more
cars are east of Chicago on the way
here.
The Hayerfor,l, steel craft, was
built on the Clyde three months ago
for the International Navigation
Company. She is of the class where
claims for large cargo carrying ca
pacity exceed those for speed. and
yet where sufficient speed is main
tained to make it suit extensive pas
senger Accommodations.
The vessel is built in excess of
Lloyd's requirements. She has u
gross register Of 12. 600 tons, and is
$50 feet long, with 50 feet depth Of
hold, and moulded to upper deck 80
feet. The vessel has been doubly
strengthened to withstand the heavy
weather of the North Atlantic
Ocean. There are ten water tight
bulk heads 50 arranged that the
vessel will float even when two COM
partments are flooded. The prone
made deck is 100 feet long. On the
saloon deck t6O persons can he Saat