Evening journal., 1903-03-21
BIC STEEL PLANT TO Be
|. REMOVED TO NEW CASTLE
Will Go From Reading TO
Point on the River--Big
Boom for Town
speoIal to the Evenlna Journal.

Il
New Castle. March 2i.-People Of
this city are rejoicing over the an
lnouncement that the Brylgon Steel
Casting Company, OF Reading VIII re-
move TO New Castle. II will give em-
plovment TO about 250 hands and the
weekly payroll win amount 10 nearly
lisa, 600.
The Board OF Trade has purchased
sixteen acres OF ground with a frontage
OF $50 feet along the Delaware river.
lrhis ground has been presented TO the
Brylgon Company, az the site on which
IA $4,000 building VIII be erected. In
addition to the site, the Board OF Trade
through the Trustees OF the Commons,
guarantees bonus OF many thousand
dollars TO the company, and for ten
E years the plant win be exempt from
. taxation.
q II. Deli. Janvier has offered free
e. ground to build a sDur track to the
a Pennsylvania freight tracks, and a slip
pier win be built for the Reading and
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
n panies
II city Council win open streets to the
new works. A general demand viii fol-
low for houses and as there are about
J. l20 empty houses here. the advent OF
such an industry means much for New
Castle.
10 Several weeks ago Mayor Boyd
le opened correspondence with the Read
%. Ing Company and the officers came
az here and met the mayor City Council
en- and leading citizens. a town meeting
'r was called and the Trustees OF the
by Commons were instructed to make an
h offer TO induce the Reading company
40 locate here. A committee waited
lst upon the directors and they called "a
ne meeting OF the stockholders. They de-
an cided to accept the oger and "A letter
20. was received this morning saying that
the ofrer had been accepted.
nT with the streets opened 10 the new
vi works. which viii be situated oppo-
site the high bridge Of the electric
/ road and along the river, and when tho
or mammoth plant OF the Malleabie. Iron
} Company. at Eden Park, Ia operated
L, there win be between 5000 and 1900
't men employed. New Castle IS surely
e" TO be benefited by these works for th'
W street car fare As only A cents from
w Eden Park 10 New Castle for the work
sne ling men. and there H. no delay In get
ni9 ting here In going into Wilmington
VIZ from Eden Park the Third street brldg
VT land freight trains az the railroad cross
M ling cause delays New Castle street
,,.,,, viii be improved and n general crusad
~ IOf hriHhteuinG up the ichdeHtth WI
o be made. The establishment OF ia
Brylgon Steel Casting Company
100000 plant here will mean new IA
llTV for New Castle.
III John NJ. Hance and son have CON
pleted the work OF building q barn az
f,-. hen house on the farm OF Matthc
Waltz. near ST. Georges
Edward j, Weggenmann has m
. IT, lnounced his candidacy for city asset
ma sor.
and Harry Y. Jemison has agreed TO be
,ciaI candidate for the short term OF Ci
Council.
give The catch OF shad still continues
heir be small. but II IL expected that Il
,nf- nsh viii be more plentiful In a fe
the days. The highest number caught
one boat yesterday was but ten shi
,one and two rock
onth rhere is considerable worrime
ex- among the hsh dealers as to wheth
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa'
local will put on "a shifting engine this se
son. II the railroad neglects this du
Il will no doubt mean a great loss
the fishermen, as they can't pack aw
an the fish caught IN one day by I
sung boats, and have them hauled to {
Ste- depot, and a great many OF them "
m.-r spoil. which will mean a great loss
Mas the fish dealers