Evening journal., 1913-08-12
LIGHTNING
FIRES BARN
Manufacturing Contracting
Company Will Install Col
leGe Heating Plant
NEWARK WANTS
MEN FOR MANY JOBS

Special to The EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Aug l2- During the
storm on Sunday night a barn ON farm
owned by General Theodore +. Arm
strong located ON the Little Elm near
Lewisvillc, Pa, was struck by lightning.
The barn and the granery were burned
TO the ground Elmer Lewis is the ten.
ant on the farm and the contents oi the
barn were not insured. The buildings
were insured. Fortunately the live
stock was out in the meadow.
The Manufacturers Contracting Com
pany of Wilmington has been awarded
the contract by the Board of Trustees OF
Delaware College to install new heat
ing plant Tor the college and started the
work today. The plant is TO be erected
on the ground north of the main build
ing and near the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. The trustees at meeting
last week authorized the treasurer to
borrow $1,000, or as much of that
amount as would be necessary TO have
the new plant installed.
A new green house is to be erected
in the near future near the site of
the heating plant An appropriation
of $4,000, was made for the green
house in bill passed by the last
Legislature.
Workmen we're busy all day yes
terday removing trees and branches
that we're blown down during the
wind storm Sunday afternoon II re-
quired several hours work before
Main street was entirely clear and
the wreckage hauled away.
At the present time Newark is pro-
baby the busiest town in Delaware.
There is not a man in the town who
is able to work and wants something
to do that cannot find employment
Contractor l.. B. Jacobs. has 40 or so
men az work on the proposed dispos-
al plant and digging trenches for the
new sewer. The Manufacturers Con-
tracing Company. wants men to
work at once on the college heating
plant When work is started on the
Womans Affiliated College and the
new $4,000 armory. il will no doubt
be necessary to secure help from
other places. In addition to this work
there are numerous dwellings going
up and all the local manufacturing
plants are busy.
The work on the trenches in which
the sewer pipes are to be laid has adj
vanced to the point where it is likely
some OF the pipe will be put in along
Depot Road today. They are to be laid
at a depth of nine feet at this particu-
lar point I'm digging water was struck
at five feet and pump was used tC
keep the water out while the other fouI
feet of dirt was dug out. The steam
sewer shovel which was expected last
week had not arrived last night.
There have been several large cave.
ins where the disposal plant is to he
located in East Newark. which has re-
tarded the work some. Large wells are
being dug TO a depth of % feet for the
disposal plant and il was in one of these
wells where the caNe-in occurred when
nearly that depth had been reached.
Three Delaware College graduates
in civil engineering are engaged on
the sewer work Samuel Knopf, who
graduated in 1912. is an inspector for
the town while Calvin Lenderman and
Byron Foster, who graduated last June,
are employed by the contractor
Professor h. Laurence Smith left
yesterday for a fishing trip to Kits
Hammock and vicinity.
Joseph II. Hossinger, Victor G..
Willis Robert l.. Armstrong and Wal
ter Wollaston were on a grabbing trip
yesterday.