Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-06
LEWES PR0CLAIMo HER
PROUD POSSESSIONS
Electric Lights, Water Works and a
Fine System Of Sewerage.
BEST LIGHTED TOWN IN STATE
Her Future Predicted in Glow
ing Colors.
A BANQUET GIVEN BY BOARD OF TRADE

Lewes Feb. 2S.-With electric lights
brilliantly cleaning from one end of
the town to the other--making good
the boast of her proud people that
"Lewes is the best lighted town in the
State the citizens Of this old town
of lower Sussex last night celebrated
her advent into the full tide of NUM-
| cipal utilities. A banquet given at
| the Nirden House, under the auspices
of the Board of Trade, the people cele
| brated the completion of the town s
| system of electric lights, water works,
and sewerage. The electric lights had
been turned on for the first time and
burned splendidly, and during the
afternoon the Board of Public Works
| not only raid the bill of Harry A.
Miller Of Wilmington for installing the
water and sewerage system, but adopted
II resolution complimenting him upon
the satisfactory character of the work
done by him.
The character of this work is best
explained briefly by the remarks of /.
Chalkley Hatton of Wilmington, engi
neer in charge of the water and sewer
age systems, made at the banquet last
night. He said that the town now has
an electric ligut plant of As enclosed
NlN iiSih5s NibLi ShBuNlhy CIV tAi' H'"Ni
house for 20 moro lights of this char
acter and 1,600 ineandescent lights of
l6-candle power: over three miles Of
water pipes with $1,000 gallons capacity
and 30 pounds pressure to the square
inch, with provision to increase this
pressure when necessary; the water is
obtained from driven wells; in case of
fire stream lO7 feet long can be forced
to a height of 1872 feet. In addition,
the town has complete system OF
sewerage, and can now justly boast OF
being the best lighted town in the
State.
E The banquet was held at the Virder
. House, and the members Of the BoarC
Of Trade and their guests, to the mum
Der of about 60, sat down at 93(
. o'clock.
y Naturally, speechmaking was tht
!, order of the evening, after the discus
/ sion of the menu was completed. Charlie
IL, Maui, president of the Board 0
e Trade, presided, andsopened the talk
ing with reference to the fact tina
five years ago, when the Board o
Trade was organized, the town hal
:. practically nothing to boast Of Now
as the result of the efforts of the board
If it has two banks, streets paved from
the Pennsylvania to the Queen Anne
t. railroad stations. 100 more houses
IS electric lights, and water and sewerag
s. systems. He claimed that Lewes wa
" now the banner town of the State, an
te predicted that before many more year
Is it would be the great seaport of Della
N ware. In concluding he read lette
ii from Willard Salisbury of Wilmington
p expressing regret that illness prevente
Id his presence at the gathering, and de
& failing many pertinent facts in cor
id nection with the history of Lewes.
II Other speakers were Mayor ThomI
son of Lewes; Gov. Hum, A. L. Blu
ne ton, president of the Board of Publ
as Works, who told how the town ha
is been bonded for $50, 600 for the publ
of improvements and the expenditure
to missioner George w. Marshall Form,
he Senator r. II. Kenney, John r. Sipp
We of Baltimore, DIR. Hiram r. Burton
Lewes, DIR ]. Ii. Hearne of Philade
n. phia, DR.. William z. Orr of Lewe
ty Joseph w. Thompson, president Of Il
he Thompson Coal and Coke Co. of Phil
ad delphia, Merris TAYLOR and Clemel
hit Hallam of Wilmington, Superintende
r. L. Holiday of. the Delawa
division of the Pennsylvania railro;
and Harry A. Miller of Wilmin
ton, the contractor for the wat
,. and sewerage systems, with whose
n,s work the Board of Public Works
highly pleased. Superintendent Hol
,ev day captivated the assemblage by b
i y eloquent remarks portraying what
10 conceived to be the future of Lewt
m and his cordial assurance that t
ms great railroad he represented won
~ ~ ever be willing to do all in its pow
49, ts,f ya tba fI1tI &c 10
a;r most enthusiastic citizens predict
liz for it.
&c 1t was a late hour when the festi
~ and very enjoyable occasion endt
Those present were as follows: Gt
nod Hum, DR.. George W. Marshall, Lieu
red Gov p. L. Cannon, r. L. Hollidt
IA r. r. Kenney, II. A. Miller, Mer
ra Taylor, George Ronmel, Jr., ST
NJ Senator Charles Wright, Robert
a Houston, 2. B. Norman, Jr., Ma,
NJ ;" w. H. Thompson of Lewes, DIR. Hr
T. of r. Burton, Capt. Thomas B. Sch
VI lenger, S. Franklin G. Maull, ex Il
resentative Charles II. Maui, Ha
Lyons, William J. Thompson, A.
Burton, L. Chalkley Hatton, DIR. "
liam p Orr, Robert Arnold, Dr.
rms t%s II. Hall William Teal, Arthur M
shall, Fred Willard, William Ro
prrn Wits Nllldtut 1llTleS hltSun. lJp
~, Willard, Fred Wolfe, John Schelleng
NJ Thomas G. Enos, George Lubl
~ ~ Robert NAPLES, Charles Atkins, p.
r roi,, Vickers, j. F. Supple, Baltimore NJ
Ky ~, tin Short, DIR. }. II. Hearne Of Phi
" delphia, DR.. Hiram r. Burton, G
-, Hail of Milford, ID. p. Barnard, +.
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With ~ g ! ,o,,.as Dill Ed,rara M" No.
the Insa,,b Tha,S,,sa 80 pshatotb M
to 49, pa nnnial 49, lt'
they e'oie 'seoo' '1 ,'i2'-' y. : oeAs'
wing short skirts in Favor.