Evening journal., 1909-03-03
TO BULKHEAD
AT new CASTLE
City Will Act With Private In
tereStS in Improving Riv-
er Bank

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. Marclr 3-Dr viii
liam Wertenbaker and Andrew Bryson
have taken the initiative in bulkhead-
ing the river front. Both own property
along the Strand north of Harmony
street. and they will build a bulkhead
City Council win assist the work of
filling up the low land, and for a time
the ashes collected in the city will be
dumped OH this property. BY doing
so the Strand viii be brought up to
grade. Mr.. BrysOn recently purchased
the property from Col John Vain
wright. City Engineer William KIM
mey will give the lines in a few days
and tho work OF building the bulk
head will be commenced.
At the meeting of City Council last
evening Dr. Wortenbaker called Mr..
Reynolds to the chair and asked Conn
Gil to assist in the orlS Of bulkheading
the bank. As the object is to bring
up the grade Of the street as we'll as
to bullShead the river front and change
piece Of marsh into a garden-likc
sward Council instructed the street
/ committee TO have all ashes dumped
there for the present.
In order to back up the bulkhead
some grading viii be done on the Wer-
/ tenbaker and Bryson properties and
the material viii help Council do tho
work at a moderate expense.
A letter was read from William II,
! Cooper, Jr., attorney for the sureties
of Charles ". Shearer, asking for a
list of the taxables VINO owed taxes
/ The communication was referred TO the
finance committee.
The deg ordinance was called up af-
ter being pigeonholed since August and
it was once more given a thirty days
rest. Mr.. Wilson said he had the
same objections against the ordinance
now as he had seven months ago.
The Deemer Siding.
Mr.. Wilson reported that the specia
committee had placed it's request be.
fore the Trustees Of the Commons re.
garding the Deemer siding. Council
favors the Trustees bearing the cost
Of putting in a siding to the Deemei
steel plant. City Engineer KINNEY
said that the streets in that part ot
the city were condemned for city pur,
poses twenty-five years ago. IL woul,
be easy to arrange such matter. bu
to fill in the cut would require an ex
penditure OF $500. he said.
County Must Pay.
Mr.. Kee reported that at the inter
section Of Seventh street and the coun
~ road there has been trouble fo
years owing to defective drainage.
new terra Gotta pipe was recently in
stalled at cost of $3.50 and the clerl
was instructed to notify the Lev,
Court that the city would expect TIA
body to pay one-half OF the cost.
Because the Equitable Guarantee am
Trust Company had not placed tn
pavement in front OF it's property oi
Sixth street in order the street com
mittee had the work done and the clerl
was instructed to send the compar,
bill for $3.50
Special Lenten dcvutions were he'll
in st. Peters Church last evening.
The Trustees Of the Commons trans
acted considerable routine business d
its meeting last evening.
City Council will sit as a registra
ton board on the third Tuesday an
Wednesday evenings of March [
register and transfer voters for the cit
election.
Z G. Albert PedriclS is n candidate 70
/ assessor. and Jesse Mckay is bein
prevailed on TO allow the use Of hi
, name for the same position.
New Castle viii have about 200 pee
pie in Washington this week 70 sc
, the Inauguration parade.
Mrs. Manlove's and Miss Davidson
|, classes of the NJ. E. Sunday school wi
hold a Joint entertainment on Frida
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Neal sentman enter