Evening journal., 1905-04-01
NEW COMPANY
VIEWS PROPERTY
Directors Visit New Castle
and Will Begin Operations
Shortly
FIRST GLASS PLANT TO Be BUILT
Special to The Evening Journal


New Castle April 1-Dlrectors of the
Delaware Water Improvement Company
visited this city yesterday and COM
pleted arrangements for the purchase OF
property along the Wlmington-Ne
Castle road near the power house.
The tract purchased lies along the New
Castle cut on tracks and has "A frontage
on the Wilmington road of il0 feet and
extends "a similar distance along the rail-
road tracks and is admirably located for
! the purpose It IS desired. 1t was bought
from f. Deli. Janvler.
The party arrived here shortly after
noon yesterday and consisted of W. j.
Yeaser, of Readvillc, Pa, president Of
the new water company II. T.. Ahcrns. Of
Reading, Pa; w. b. McClenathen. Of
Roadville, electrical engineer W. II. Mor-
rison Of the company, and Mr.. Jones' rep
resontng the firm from which the plants
engines were purchased.
/ Upon their arrival here they were met
/ boy Mayor Boyd. Councimen Gallagher
and Smith, William II. Cooper, Jr.. at
toney for the water company and r..
| Dell Janvier who accompanied them
over the grounu, In speaking of the pro-
ioct President Ycager said yesterday:
I'VE are not philanthropists but practi-
cal business men and we propose TO build
YOU plant that will not only bo "a credit
to ourselves but win be satisfactory TO
your citizens. We will live up 10 the terms
of our contract and / am satisfied that
when the Delaware Water Improvement
company has finished its work and gets
into operation you will not regret that it
has come in your midst"
The stand pipe to be used will be i25
feet I'm height with diameter of twenty
feet The water is the same as Is used by
tho Brylgon people and shows by analy-
sis 90 be perfectly pure and free from an
intestinal bnctorin. Pipe will arrive nc st
week and the work of opening the streets
win begin. Should no legal complications
arise the plant will be in operation by con-
tract time.
BUSINESS GETTING SLACK.
Magistrate William Terry reports busi-
ness TO bee ON the decline SO far ass legal
matters are concerned as he has not had
la case for trial for nearly two weeks.
Tho magistrate says that the colored
element are bccomins wary of the judicial
doses that he administers and are avoid
ing him studiously. lie added also that
he is known among the coast" darlSes
i'm Wilmington. as while ne was walking
I'm that locality recently he heard one of
them rcmark That's him. that's that
Jedgo from New Castle"
sHAD MORE PLENTIFUL.
Delaware river shad are becoming more
lplonufu and over sixty of them were
Icaught yesterday bringing 81 per piece
upon the streets. Lawrence Connor was
high boat with eighteen fish while VIII
liam Kline John Reagan and Albert
Kirby each caught twelve.
STUB hooks STILL MISSING.
Books contaning stubs for orders is-
sued 10y city Council from 1882 to 1908. are
still missing and City Treasurer John B.
Manlove has no idea as to the financial
standing of the city There is no doubt
but that several hundred dollars Of orders
which have never been cashcd are out
and TO meet which there Is no money in
the treasury.