Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-22

scarcely got settled back again into his
old homo and haunts at kenton, and GER
tainly had not had time enough to
arrange and plan for a Board OF Trade in
his home city before Honorable David S.
Clark, Of Nenton, was called to serve in
the post of collector of customs of the
port Of Wilmington. When Dr. Cooper
and Mr. Clark can both be spared by vii
mington at the same time, 1 see no rea-
son why a Board Of Trade should not
arise in splendor in kenton and give a
banquet
'Permit me to speak individually of
some Delaware townsi and l choose first
of all the town of Newark; FIRST TO me,
because il is the home of my choice, the
place where I sleep comfortably at night
and eat hastily every morning in order
to catch an early train for Wilmington.
Newark is an ancient and lovely place
IL is also a thrifty and vigorous commun
ity. II is, as You know, the seat of Della
ware College an institution where thD
young men of Delaware receive Thorough
and complete training in the liberal arts
and sciences ! can truthfully speak with
emphasis of the excellence of the various
engineering courses at Delaware Col
leee. In connection with the college
they have at Newark tho agricultural
station for the State I'm that connection
I cannot resist the remark that surround
ing this town there is an agricultural re-
nion which for fertility, for excellent
hushandry, and for delightful residence
cannot be cxcelled anywhere ON earth.
Newark has some large and profitable in
dustlios and concerns The paper mill,
the fibre works, and the wall paper fac
tory are its three large manufacturing
enterprises Not mentioning minor in
dustries, these three give large employ
ment 10 Newark working people. The
municipality owns am electric lighting
plant and water works. The supply of
water is abundant az the present time,
and of such quality and excellence as the
water drinkers of Wilmington shall never
know. 1T is of course manifest that a
supply Of drinking water is OF no per
sonal concern 10 the gentlemen around
this board. 1t IS true that somewhat re-
Gently Newark's supply OF water was
short. / know you are an thinking OF
that. 1 am inclined to attribute that
shortage Of water TO the very general
habit which prevails in Newark Of using
water as q beverage. So firmly rooted
is this habit that in consideration of it
the Town Council of Newark, when
brought face to face with the dilemma OF
ordering the citizens Of the town to give
up water drinking OF give up washing,
was forced by n town ordinance TO pro-
hibit the use of bath tubs. But all Of
that shortage in water is now thing Of
the past, a thing never 10 retmn any
more, and the citizens of Newark are
now an bathed and clothed and in their
right minds. Newark has the best trans
portation facilities of any Delaware town
outside Of Wilmington. lt has the b. &
o. railroad; the P., B. & w. railroadi the
Newark and Delaware City railroad, and
the Newark and pomeroy railroad. 1t
may surprise some of you TO know that
Newark contributes more to the b. q ..
in freight and passengers than the qty
of Wilmington contributes 10 that line.
That fact tells the story Of Newmk's
thrift and enterprise. From the colonial
davs when the old Newark Academy was
this town has been IN a mod
est but genuine way a seat of learningi
and the influence Of a century and half
of GOOD schools is manifest in the COM
munity. It's populace is intelligent, or
DERBY and kindly
.'ihe ancient city " New castle has a
good many things which ethsg munich