Evening journal., 1916-08-15
RAZE House MORE
Than century Old
Colmery Dwelling Comes
Down TO Make Room for
Delaware College
Extension
WORK sTARTED
ON BOULEVARD

NEWARK. Aug. t5.-ln making
room for the Delaware College exton-
sions workmen are tearing down the
old house which for forty years was
occupied by the Colmery family, and
which is one OF il not the oldest
house in Newark The history OF this
house can be traced back III years to
1906. and II is said to have been stand
Ing some years before that II was
log house. but ia more recent years
Il had been lathed and Dlastered on
the outside. II stood on the south
side Of Main street and almost di-
rectly across the street from the Ell
llott house, another old property that
The college acquired.
What was known as the COlmery
house, more than a century ago. was
used as the pOstofiice. and at that time
there was but one mail week
brought here on horseback from Will
mlngton. When Hiram Lodge, No. s,
A. r. and A. NJ. of Newark, was first
organized the second door OF the old
( building was used as a meeting ROOM
The lodge later disbanded and when
reorganized took No 25 as It's num-
Der. The old logs with which the
building was erected are stll I'm an
excellent state Of preservation.
Noar the site OF the Colmery house
there viii be built the first Of the
new dormiiories for the college. which
will cost about $4,000 The work on
this building will be started in "A short
lime
The proposed boulevard, which is
TO run from Main street 10 a point
near the Women's College. down the
center of tho now college land with
buildings 10 be erected on each side.
will also start near the Colmery house.
The work OF grading south OF Della
ware avenue for this boulevard was
started several days ago A steam
digger has been put in operation for
This work. The grading and putting
The boulevard in shape viii cost $40
600
While progress is being made in tho
building Of Wolf Hall. the new science
building. the work rs handicapped to
some extent by q scarcity Of skilled
workmen The foundations have been
completed and part Of the first story
is No.
All OF the interior and sections OF
the walls Of the old dormitory building
has been torn down II Is also hard
1 for the contractors to get sufficient
workmen for the work on this build
/ ing. u is not likely that all OF these
buildings that are to be- started this
summer will be entirely completed be-
fore September Of next year
Some Of the laboratories and offices
for various Of tho college faculty have
been removed 20 the Jones and Elliott
houses, on Main street. pending the
completion OF the new buildings.
Another work that has been started
for the college is the turning OF the
Stool house on the southeast corner
OF Delaware avenue and Depot Road
into an infrmary for the college.
This Is a large now brick dwelling
which was only built about two years
ago and is we'll suited in every par
| ticular for the use TO which il will
be put lt only requires a few changes
10 turn IL into q modern inhrmary.
and this work will be completed hy
the time college opens next month.
In addition TO the college build
ings there Is also considerable other
building going on A number OF
new dwellings are in course OF cree
ton and the new additions to tho
Continental Fibre Company and the
Ritter Preserve Company plants are
nearing completion.
The extension 20 the sewer down
Depot Road and across the college
property TO south. Chapel street Is
also nearly finished
Town Council is preparing to start
the work OF macadamizing west Main
street the same as that east OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks.