Evening journal., 1904-07-18
IT IS UP TO
CITIZENS NOW
Mass Meeting Tonight to
Discuss Better Fire
Service
ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
And Express PublieaIly Their Opinions
on the subjeet-NO Excuse For
Complaining Observation-Disclosures Of
Interest to City.
Special 10 the Evening journal

New Castle. july lS.-One Of the most
important meetings that has been held
in New Castle for a number OF years
win be held tonight In the town hail,
when tax payers and property owners
viii be invited TO express. openly and
above board. their opinions upon the
subject OF better fire protection for the
city.
Ii is an open secret that the fire COM
pany is not an it should be and that.
although it Is of use in cases OF small
fires Il Is not sumcienty equipped TO
cope with blaze Of amy magnitude.
Council has been cognizant Of this
fact for some time and has considered
the situation carefully and is only too
willing to do an in its power TO REM
edy the existing state OF affairs. But
Council is handicapped 10 a certain eX-
tent and desires everyone who contrib
utes 10 the city's finances 10 be brought
face 10 face with the situation and to
have an opportunity TO express their
views on the subject.
1t IS not time for trin'ng nor for
wrangline and airing any differences,
personal or otherwise, that may exist
among the lremon and neither triiers
nor wranglers win be permitted TO hold
forth at the meeting. IL is the time
FOR the honest sober minded and earn
est citizen to come forward ana take
"a manly stand upon the issue before
them.
This opportunity has been afforded
by Council, although il Is not COM
PEELED 10 act in such a manner, TO en-
able the people to express their opn-
ions on am improved fire service. and
those who fail TO take advantage of the
occasion will hnd little comfort here
after in criticising amy action that
Council may take in the matter. It's
up TO the people now.
aBoaed Plenty Of woodooek.
Harry Newlove and Brown Frazer
had a great days cunning on satur-
day. returning home ia the evening
with seventeen woodcock This is the
greatest number of woodcock shot I'm
one day for many years and indicates
that the species is plentiful this sea-
son.
Suction Pipe Of No Use.
speaking Of he hremen.'f said a
former member of the old Good WIN
Fire Company reminds me Of the days
when we handled fires with the old
hand engine. We certainly did make
her squirt water and she'd throw d
stream over the church steeple with
ease"
When the Trustees Of the Commons
bought the first engine, the Humane,
one of them thought 1t would be an ex-
cellent idea TO have a suction pipe Sc
the river could be used. He went "a
Philadelphia accordingly and bought
the pipe. paying 500 or $50 for Il and
had it shipped to New Castle. When
the fremen attempted TO attach the
pipe to the steamer they found that
there was no place for connecting Il
to the engine. as she wasn't built that
way SO the purchase was useless. Yes
he's alive and doing business In the city
today
Child Badly Burned.
Pennsvnle was thrown into a stat,
of excitement on Saturday morning by
the serious If not fatal burning Of tn,
little daughter Of Mrs Milern r.. Davis
Mrs. Davis was handling a pan fun OF
boiling lard when It tilted and the con.
tents spilled over the little one scald.
ing 1t badly Medical aid was summon
cd at once and the burns dressed. Thl
physician expresses but little hope o
the childs recovery. however.
Immaculate Flcaft L. D Lost.
Owing to the illness OF several Of thu
players Of the Bethany baseball team
OF Chester. which was TO have played
the local club on Saturday afternoon
n failed to show u~ The Immaculate
Heart Literary Society was substituted
however. and put up a good game
but went down before New Castle b,
n score of Z to 4. The features of tn
game were Countiss' home run and tn
heavy batting Of New Castle.
The score follows:
R.H.E
New Castle ......O11O21 x-7 z
1mmac. Heart 20 o 10000 o. II
Time OF game-lSo. Umpire II VII
liam Kirk.
Employ Union Men Only.
on Saturday last a delegation O
union bricklayers waited upon official
OF the Baldt steel plant and informe
them that If they wished the briclSlay
crs to remain at work union carpenter
must be employed also. The mel
We're informed that such would be tn
case as it was believed that their elias
Of work was superior to others.
Will Repair Court House.
The OLD court house viii take on
new APPEARANCE within the next week
John Duncan has been engaged TO re
b plaster the building after the style o
Nbe Refs property The railway SUI
rounding it will be Strengthened and tn
coping supporting it reset.
Fort Dupont Victorious.
In an interesting game OF ball play
ed yesterday afternoon on the govern.
ment reservation near Delaware Cit,
the Fort DUPONT baseball team defeat {.
ed the X-Wilmington by a score OF
10 ?. Many New Castle and Whining.
ton people witnessed the game.
Many Visitors in the City.
New Castle was the Mecca OF visit.
ors yesterday and the trolley cars were
crowded all day by persons seeking tn,
cooling breeezes. The naptha launcf
Theresa did a thriving business all da,
IN carrying passengers 10 and from
Pennsville. The heat throughout thi
day was excessive and at 10 o'clock las
night the thermometer registered s
degrees.
New Castle Was Fortunate.
Reports from down the state shov
that much damage was done On Satur
day by electricity and wind and in thi
respect New Castle was fortunate. Tn
nearest approach to a storm was
heavy southerly gale that blew for
quarter Of an hour Saturday afternoon