Evening journal., 1905-04-07
HAS ACQUIRED
SITE FOR PLANT
Delaware Water Improve
ment Company Pays for
Tract Of Land
ALL MATERIAL is ORDERED
Special to rhe Evening Journal.

III. Janvier a check for the amount OF
the purchase money for the tract of
land upon which the Delaware Water
Improvement Company will erect its
electric light and water plant
The tract lies TO the south OF and
adjoining the wilmington New Castle
and Southern Railway Company's
power house. IL covers an area OF
lI-lOO acres. 1t has frontage of
14O feet on the road and broadens 10
the width Of ISL feet inches to the
rear II has a depth of 403 feet
inches on The south side and 2SS feet
on the north or side adjoining the
power plant. The ground was sur
Veyed and marked out by William -.
KINNEY. city engineer.
Mr. Ahrens was accompanied by
George Orcutt OF Philadelphia. who
win have charge Of the boring Of wells
for the company and together thew
went over the ground Mr. Orcutt is
a practical well driver and number
OF years ago sank the arteslan wells
at the works Of the Delaware Iron
Company lie has just completed
similar work on n large scale I'm Phil
adelphia
MATERIAL Is ORDERED.
Although omcials Of the water COM
rany cannot announce definitely just
when work viii be commenced they
say that as all material is ordered that
Il will be but a short while before ac-
tual work viii commence. Early next
week the engineer Of the company,
who is now in Texas, will arrive I'm
the city and begin the task Of laying
1..IN. N4tn
Council as committee of the whole
Will IN company with the officials Of
the water company, go over the city
ana designate exactly where they de-
sire each Of the 45 fire hydrants to be
located The work Of tearing up the
streets viii then begin and the s. ia
nnd 12-inch mains will he laid For
thie work it is estimated that about
cight miles Of pipe will be required.
At the meeting Of the New Castle
Comfy Levy Court I'm Wilmington next
Tuesday Horace G. Knowles, attorney
f,r that body viii give his opinion on
the franchise asked for by the water
eonnany permitting II 10 use the New
castle causeway for the purpose Of
l4ving pipe and erecting electric light
roles. In the work Of constructing
be employed as largely as possible.
a. o. Il. W, ELECTS OFFICERS.
Friendship LODGE No. g. a. o. U. w.
bold its annual election OF officers last
n'rht with the following result. Mas
t-r workman r. J. Ahern; foreman.
Souuel Roberts. Overseer John Wise:
riiide Robert Harrington: inside
watch. George Tobin Jr; outside
,cotch. A. r. Kee Thea installation
win take place on April 20.
HAS RESIGNED AS ORGANGsT.
After continuous service OF
twenty three years Miss Pauline Row
ers has resigned as organist Of ST.
Peters r. C.. Church. Her successor
has not been named.
sHAD MORE PLENTIFUL.
shad are becoming more plentiful as
ihe season advances. boats Yesterday
ranging from n to nearly 70 I'm their
catches. Shad Patrolman Albert Ped
rick netied eS fine shad yesterday.
while Alfred Davis caught IS.
MANY ATTENDED SALE.
Many persons attended the sale Of
We stock and farm implements on the
farm Of J Walter Burris near this
city yesterday. The prices realized
We're good.
VISITED STEEL PLANT.
Quite a number Of business men in
terested IA the working up Of steel
have visited the plant Of The Baldt
Steel Casting Company recently and
-have expressed much interest in the
manner I'm which ~ is laid out Yes
ieraay @. NJ. Morse. Of the Manual
Training School of Cambridge. Macs.
the first institution in the country to
give Instructions In manual training.
visited the plant and made a thorough
Inspection of it, II is expected that "a
beat w'l he drawn at the plant on
Tuesday next.
WANTED TO COMB WHIsKERs.
Magistrate Terry had an amusing
suit brought before him Yesterday az
tcrnoon which. after looking into, he
refused 10 consider. From what can
be learned. two woll-known men. who
had been "out togcthar" became IN
Nolved IN an alteration MS TO whether
one had the right 10 comb out tho
others whislSers with n curry comb
lnsistence upon this privilege led 10 a
sct-to with the result that n fight or
sued and a warrant was sworn out
for the offender. When the men ans
peared before the magistrate ne re-
fused 10 entertain the case and the
prosecutor declared that he would
take the case before n Wilmington
MAGISTRATE where be could get justice
"Ard I'll 20 wild ye and git Justice
too" shouted the defendant. Botr
hoarded the same trolley car later ir
IRE evening for Wilmington. deter.
i.'ned to neht the case out
SAILED FOR EUROPE.
Mr. and AIRS. George Pierce LETT to.
day for New York where they viii sal
fot Europe for an extended visit
N1ie abroad they wiz join the part,
If New Castle women who are n
sent visiting points along the coas
the Mediterranean Sea.
STEAMER BRADY DISABLED.
The steamboat George +. Brady
fsom Smyrna. with machinery prob
a'r disabled. passed up the river lat
Inst night bound 70 Philadelphia. n
i"v Of the steam barge Frankie.
The members or Wilmington Lode
No J. A. O. L. w. ARE requested L
ottend a meeting Ia Workman's Hal
Market and Ninth streets. on Thurs
d1V ovnnino Auril 9Th. +fo ,...,.s g.