Evening journal., 1914-02-09
new CASTLE
MAY BUY THE
LEA WHARF
Petition viii Go to City Of
fiClalS Ttnlght FavOrinC
The Purchase
MANY IN CHURCH ON
GO TO CHURCH DAY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 9.--lndications
are that City Council at its meeting
tomorrow night will decide to pur-
chase the William Lea and Sons
Company wharf property. Members
Of Council end many leading citizens
visited the riverfront on Saturday af-
ternoon, inspected the Lea property
and discussed the proposition from
every point Members of City Council
two months ago were named as a
committee to see the owners OF the
wharf property and an agreement
was reached as to the purchase price.
Last Tuesday evening when the
time came for considering .he ofdi-
nance, the subject brought on q
vote of > to 4. Since then discussion
has became general
During the inspection on Saturday
afternoon many citizens got into
heated arguments regarding the pur-
chase, but good advice prevented
trouble. It is understood that a
petition signed by property owners
who favor the purchase will be pre-
sented at the meeting Of Council TO-
night The argument is made that
New Castle needs a public wharf and
inasmuch as there is now an inquiry
from parties desiring about forty
acres of land for a boatyard site. the
sooner the committee on the wharf
prospect the better for the city.
City Council will advertise the So
600 worth of wharf bonds for sale.
In this way every one can bid for
the bonds and Lea and Sons can be
among the bidders If they so desire
New Castle people we're In full
touch yesterday with the movement
TO 20 to church. The services in all
the churches were we'll attended,
In tho NJ +. Church yesterday af-
ternoon William J. NcCorkindale, OF
Wilmington. delivered an interesting
address before the Sunday school.
I'm st. Peters Church Yesterday morn
inc mission WAS Qpcncd by two Re
demptimist Fathers to continue for
two weeks The children aud the wo-
nicn will have the first week and the
men the second week.
President Archie Watson and Viii
liam s. Martin aud Frank Maddox OF
Division No. B. 4. o. H., attended the
meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary Of the
order in Wilmington yesterday. when
degrees were conferred on a class. The
committee meeting regarding the cele-
bration by the county board of the A.
TO- H.. TO be held on s.. Patricks day,
Tuesday March Il in the Avenue The
atre. 4 pleasing play will be presented
that evening.
The Citizens building and Loan As
-ociatidn viii meet this evening when
1 officers. and boardsql directors viii
\ hc chosen. II Isl understood that thc4c
lNiIl g. brisk demand for money.
Alexander y. Cooper viii lecture TO.
morrow evening before the Young Mons
Socicty of the Presbyterian Church on
L"Fort Cashmere from 1850 TO 1870.
Mr.. Cooper is the recognized historian
Of this city and bis lecture viii be
Z full of interest.
4 Shad fishermen arc waiting for their
imets. Aboit thirty nets have arrived
tliere 20 far and about twelve more are
lcxnoeteds Owing 10 the dull times in the
4 steel plants it IS likely that a number
of men viii fish this spring who other
wise would nc employed in thc mills
In the Onora House here on Thursday
evening Miss Florence Bayard Hilles
land Miss Mabel Vernon viii be speak
crs ut the snaragette meeting Tho
city .cornet band will furnish the mu-
sic for the occasion.
The Penn Literary Society of the
lNew Castle High School held , delight
/ ful entertainment on Friday afternoon.
/ The program follows;
Singing. by school; recitation. Mary
Gilman: piano solo. Vaughn Lancas-
ter: singing. by school recitation. Eiz-
aheth Bacon: reading. Bessie Leach;
soio. Elva Ferguson; singing. By school
current events. Fletcher Prices singing
/ bv school.
Shad fishermen here VIII be pleased
10 learn that shad in the south arc
plentiful this year. Several thousand
shad were received in Philadelphia on
SATURDAY and tho commission men found
no difficulty yesterday in disposing OF
the shad. Retailers eagerly purchaser
them at 90 cents for bucks and 81 for
rocs. The retailers demand 10000 more
at the same figures.
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