Evening journal., 1915-02-26
NEW Castle AFTER
A POTASH Factory
Board of Trade Will Make
Extra Effort to Get
the Industry
METHODISTS HAVE
SUCCESSFUL YEAR

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 20. The New
castle Board of Trade will max, a spe-
cal effort to secure an industrial plant
for thi, section. 1t Will require individ.
ml efforts TO secure such an industry
for New Castle, and all the memucrs
must be interested iu tbc matter.
GunpoWdrr concern, as well as icltl-
ilcr manufacturers throughout the
country are getting into straits owing
to the limited supply OF muriate of pot
ash Nlwiatc oi potash enters largely
into the manufacture of guupowdcr, and
as Germany is the principal country
where the potash is mined, aud as m
embargo was placed on the expectation
of the material some weeks ago, none o.
the muriatc of potash can be bought at
the present time Baltimore has CON
trollcd the American potash market
and when the war in Europe broke oul
several vessels were ON their way t.
/ Baltimore with cargoes of muriatc Of
potash. As potash is SO essential TO th'
manufacture of fertilizers. careful es
innate was made of the quantity OF pot
ash in this country, and it was care
I fully allotted to farming districts.
Potash was worth $50 "a ton whol
sold to farmers. Recently potash wa'
! sold at Sll5 ton. In Baltimore there
are about 1000 tuns OF potash. and gun
powder manufacturers have been unable
TO secure an option ON the materla
even at m advanced price
There are at present in the Onitc'
States tour plants which manufacture
10y chemical process substitute fo
potash. This potash is manufacture
from drawings which were prepared bl
Engineer Watson, who has been II
charge of the Third street bridge work
But he has now zone further and re-
Gently obtained letters patent oi i'm
proved machinery Ahout that, time an
other pat'nt WAS secured for the manu-
ncture of potash ,uh, iiutc which cal
Ec made at considerable less cost ihu
the price oi the present substitute
These two patentoci have agrccd to poo
interests ann with the modern maciin
cry and latest pateni material vii
manuiactnre The substitute potash.
t. understood HAT q charter will hc ol
tanned al Dover for the machinery com
rauy and that as soon as a size Is 81
fNltu a lilahl VIII n' Hhilts tNNN ~"
tlc i after the plant.
Nictrogs, Records BridgeWatcr.'
In ,hc knights of rythia- Hall %
Saturday evening the basketball team
of the Boy Scouts aud Baraca Class wi
play the first aud second teams of ih
Third Ward. of Wilmington.
District superintendent T.. l.. Ilo
fcclcr presided at the fourth quarterl
conference of the New Castle NJ.
Church last evening The reports wei
encouraging, showing all collection
a we'll up and good work accomplished
e the spiritual department of the churg
The Rev John J.. lon-Qn has bee
. given unanimous call by the onici
. hoard to return To- the pasioratc a
other wear. The usual committees we
named for the year.
IN the High School This evening a
! Parent Teachers \ssociation will mcc
D Mrs. Joseph NJ. Wilson. of philadelphi
will be- the principal speaker.
Anne Murphy. infant daughter of NJ
aud Mrs. Frank Murphy, Sixth stree
died Yesterday afternoon.
, The funeral of Mrs Armitage Bla,
lullcnwidcr will take place tomorro
iaftcmcon. The funeral will he private