Evening journal., 1913-03-27
NEWSY DOlNCS
OF new CASTLE
Levy Court Commissioner
Smith Works to Have
Highway Improved
ANXIOUS ABOUT
SHAD PATROLMANSHIP

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, March 27-Levy
Court Commissioner Martin E. Smith
has set the people here agog on ac-
count of his proposition regarding the
causeway and the dyke bridge. Having
satisfied himself that the causeway
belongs to the county, Mr.. Smith
wants to put it in proper shape. There
are several hundred men who work
in the steel plants and they go over
the causeway twice daily. Following
a rain the men are obliged to walk
through puddles of water, which cover
the causeway In places. The inten-
ton of the Levy Court Commissioner
Is to scrape the causeway and round
it up so that a coating of about four
inches of broken stone can be placed
from Third and Chestnut streets to
Sixth street Before this work is
done, as welN as a reinforced concrete
bridge built, at the dyke. the city Of
New Castle must assure Mr.. Smith
that the street from Sixth to Baldton
will be built so that there will be no
break In the road leading into New
Castle The city of New Castle owes
New Castle county more than $4,000,
and Mr.. Smith wants the city to spend
that amount on the street and have
the judgment cancelled
Some time ago the street commit
tee got Michael ]. Reedy to haul the
Stag and cinders from the Deemer
plant and place the material on
Washington avenue The work is a
great improvement, and so pleased
had been Henry P. Scott that he or
dered just as much more placed on
the avenue so that the bed of the
street would be wide enough for
teams and autos to pass each ether
Owing TO the bad condition of the
street and causeway from Baldton
into New Castle the automobilists do
not come that way. They 60 out the
Farnhurst road and then come over
the Basin road to Washington avenue
and out Seventh street The city Of
New Castle defaulted some years ago
/ in paying the annual appropriation to
the county and since then efforts to
get il have been futile. Levy Court
Commissioner Smith says such
judgment standing against the city
impairs its credit, especially when the
city wants to sell bonds.
Arrangements have been made by
/ number of young men dancers to
attend the reception OF Division No. 9,
A. o. H., in Pythian Castle, Whining
ton, tomorrow evening
Fishermen caught from 10 to 40
shad to boat here yesterday. The
fish were shipped to New York.
G. Allen Smith and James L. Bacon
went to Wilmington yesterday and
presented their claims TO United
States Senator Salisbury in order to
be appointed postmasted. John p.
Murphy and Peter G. Madden will go
with their delegations some other
day.
Postmaster George W. vantine has
advertised the following letters as re-
naming at the postoffice ror two
weeks Grant Blackston, Mrs. Will
liam Camper, Mr.. and Mrs David L.
Davis. De Lillen Dougherty. editor the
New Castle Star, editor of The Herald,
Samuel Madden, James Myers, New
Castles Hardware and Machinery
Company, Norris Swartz, You Spacek,
Mrs. Larrer Thomas, w. II. White
head.
The editor of The Star died more
than twenty years ago. The publ
cation. like that of the The Herald,
ceased years ago. and the editor OF
the latter paper, which preceded the
New Castle News, is also dead
There are a number of New Castle
people who have relatives in Dayton.
Ohio, where floods have done so much
damage They anxiously await news
from their friends
The six Kleptomaniacs" In the
Opera House tomorrow evening, I'M
der the auspices of the New Castle
High School, are sure to please the
large attendance expected.
There is much speculation here
over the appointment of a shad pa
trolman. The principal candidates
are William Pedrick. William Geb-
hardt and George McKnitt
City Council, as a Board Of Registra-
ton, completed the work of transfers
last night
All names of candidates for the CITY
election must be filed on Saturday.
Mayor Rodney will have no opposition
and Jacob Spiecher and John I.
Stops are expected to be the candi-
dates for president of Council Bur-
ton T. Lank will be a candidate for
assessor
John II. Rodney has been confined
to his home for a few days because
of grip.
]. Harry King is unloading a
schooner load of Maine ice, which ar
rived few days ago and anchored
I'm the river.
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