Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-14
LARGER ORDNANCE
PLANTFORNEW Castle
Bethlehem Steel Co., Pressed
With War Orders, Decide
to Enlarge Project
ENGLISH OFFICERS
TO MAKE INSPECTION
snecial to NEE EVENINc 1nI1RNA1.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Jan. l4.-A dis
patch from Bethlehem saws:
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, has awarded
the contract for the erection of large
additional ordnance factory at New
Castle, Del. it was learned today. So
stupendous are the war orders obtained
by Mr. Schwab that this step became me-
cessary, and the contract was let yester-
day.
The size of the Delaware factory waa
not given in feet and inches. The only
thing said about il is that it will be
large AT present all products of the
Bethlehem Steel for the allied armies
are sent from here TO Canada. Germany
has not protested against the making
OF shrapnel, and it will he made at New
Castle. close to the DUPONT Powder
factories at spot where II can be
loaded on boats that will quickly pass
down the Delaware River and Bay into
the Atlantic Ocean.
English army officers. who arrived
here Sunday and Monday to inspect the
contract work, will probably go to New
Castle as soon as the plant there is in
operation. They are here for inspection
duty eager TO talk about ANYTHING but
the war and their duties at Bethlehem.
As to what brought them here and what
their duties will be they are appressively
silent. A heavy pail of secrecy also
hangs over the Bethlehem Steel Offices
and plant
ut is said that at present Il is easier
for correspondents to get into the Ger.
man trenches than into the Bethlehem
; Steel plant.
1t is understood that the orders from
/ the English Government to the Betble-
hem Company are so extensive that a
force of inspectors as large as this. and
possibly larger. will be employed for Mt
least year and half and possibly two
years. Most of the men will be engaged
IN the ordnance department inspecting
the manufacture of field pieces and
shells"
There were hunts. homers, fouls,
scratch hits, base stealing, high aver
age hitters and pinch hitters galore
at the meeting of the New Castle Ath-
, letics Association last night. When
( President John NJ. Hance called the
meeting to order there was a large
attendance of the stockholders. Alex
ander McCaughan and Peter G. Mad
den were the associations battery,
while Selden S. Deemer was at the re-
ceiving end for the opposing team.
There were spit balls, curves, terrific
speed and slow balls.
There we're misjudgments. errors
and pick-ups of hot grounders, and
owing TO darkness the game will be
completed next Wednesday evening.
Leaving the baseball diamond the
meeting was a determined and stormy
one. When the Ocean Beach Park
Company started to remodel the park
the association allowed the use offits
fence. The Park Company erected
considerable new fencing. but at the
end of the season the company neg
lected to pay its rent and the dancing
pavilion and small buildings and the
part Of the fence owned by the COM
pany we're sold by Constable Whar-
tenby to S. S. Deemer to satisfy the
rent claim
During the storm on Tuesday night
, the wind blew down part of the fence
and demolished the grandstand. A
force of men from the Deemer plant
went TO the grounds and hauled away
the part of the fence and the grand
stand wreckage in order, according 70
MIR. Deemer. to prevent other people
. from carrying off the LUMBER.
T-non melton of Mr.. McCaughan th'
/ association PASSED resolution instruct
ing President Hance TO take injunction
proceedings against Mr. Deemer to pre-
vent him from further interfering VIII