Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Town Discusses Non-Ass es
ment of Deemer Castings
Co. Plant
WATER QUESTION
AGAIN BOTHERS
specIal 10 THE EYENING IoURNAL

ncse Steel Company, the Bethlehem
Steel Company and the Baldt Steel
Company were raised considerably,
while the Deemer Steel Castings Com
pany, OF which Councilman Deemer
is the owner. is not assessed at all.
was made last night by President
John T. Stops OF the Council. He
stated that under an agreemnet be-
tween the Council and large steel
plants all OF them have been located
IN New Castle with the understand
ing that they would be exempt from
taxation for a ten-year period. Under
this exemption rule the Deemer Steel
Castings Company is not assessed for
taxes because il has not been located
anywhere near that length Of time in
New Castle, says the Council presi-
dent
Just what the assessments on the
various steel plants are cannot be
! learned for the reason that public Of
ncials in charge Of the assessment
lists refuse 10 allow newspaper men
to see the lists. Appeal was made
/ last night TO Mayor Lavender. but he
said that nc did not have the lists
and he had not paid much attention
/ to them this year. Clerk Of the Coun-
Gil G. Allen Smith. in whose posses
sion the assessment lists we're dis
covered. refused permission TO see
/ them. because. he said. he didn't know
whether Council wanted the news
paper men to see them. Appeal was
then made 10 President Stops. OF
the Council. who said he had no OBJ
lection to the newspaper men seeing
the lists. but that he was only one
member OF Council. and he could not
direct the clerk OF the Council to pro-
duce the lists for the inspection OF
an EVENING JOURNAL reporter.
Public officials Of New Castle who
have control of the lists now say
that they were posted for the re-
qulred ten days in May. and that II
any newspaper reporter wanted TO
sec them that was the time he should
have taken hts look. Tho question
now is, "Why don't tho City Coun-
lcilmen want the newspaper men 70
see those lists now, one full month
after the posted lists were taken
down.
AS a result Of the refusal OF Coun-
ell TO pay the June water and light
bills presented by the Delaware
Water and Improvement Company
which furnishes the water and ligh'
10 the city. and following upo.
claims by Councilmen that the com
pany is not furnishing the kind o
r lights its contract calls for and tina
r il has failed TO properly clean tn
! basin that holds the city water,
, well as clean the settling tank. IN
% State authorities have been called d
, TO test the water, and Presiden
-. al
1 sion OF that body for next week {
! thrash out the troubles between tn
city and the water and light company
, some time ago the company wa
q ordered to clean ont the basin an
settling tank because OF complaint
g that the water was impure. Tn
/ work has not been properly done, &C
! cording to President Stops. Of IN
, | Council. who says the basin rs dirt,
T and who further claims that the com
/. pany failed 10 keep its promise I
not turn the water back in tho basi
until Councilmen had chance I
. look al tho basin. AS result OF TN
q situation President Stops has Gale
. on the State health authorities
4 como TO New Castle and test IN
water. A meteorological test Will b
made next week. when all the mr.
Mugs will be opened and ehorl
made TO correct what now appear
10 be a dirty condition OF the vale
\, Recause of the action OF tho Wate
: companv in not letting Council sc
- the basin before the water was turn
. cd hack in. the Council finance con
!, mittee refused to o. X. the bills
- the company presented at the Jul
meeting. 90
- had" with the City Council on IN
- water question. but also on the s'ie'
- light question. according 10 Councl
!" mon II is claimed that the con
a nanv changed its lights without pei
~ mission of Council while the con
=. many saws that Council did give
y nermission to reduce the cand
mower OF the lights. According
Councilmen the old stree, corn'
TIGHTS were 2 600 c. p, but the pre-
emf ones are not over 400 or bOO
70 and il is further claimed that II
company's bill for lights as present'
AT the July meeting showed thal y
IN company is charging the city i'
~ high mower lights and turnlsnlI
lower powered lights. Hence the i
= fusal OF Council to pay the light nill
20 IN ton OF this comes the claim IN
eSi the company reduced the size or y
lights called for in its contract WIZ
raj ont getting the permission OF
his Council in the first place.
49,. New Castle young men VINO reg
in tered for the draft are cup in the al
.es as 10 where 10 go TO md their oi Ut,
81 numbers. In Whining on the lis
oso are posted az the old Court hou'
bpt in this place no lists nave be
rod nosted. Capt. Jesse Mckay, or L
10 National Guard, declared that his
,no Gee has been swamped with inquirl
tbe rcoarding the serial numbers a
,ist NOV New Castle eligibles for I
Of dyaft can find out what their reg
90 ,,ation number is so that they c
.,o t,ou, whether they are drafted
i'm ,,ot These young men are mu
the disturbed for fear that their numn'
viii he called and they will not knit
God l. a,d then find themselves In trC
of HE with the federal authorities
tbe Tr,vo well-known residents ha
nassad the physical examination
.op. adr,isoion 10 the officers resei
nod corns OF the federal army. I'M
.r,,. -, are Francis ID. Janvier and W
Ie9a iior, Rhodes. chief OF guards at
lsed psldt steel Plant DR.. Louis BOOB
gave the examinations ana u
nounced both men in eXceileh- phy
cal condition. ,,..,-s.,.,
ken There IS general dissatisiacu
rht. among the local National Guardsn
ears over what they term is the discrn
END nation against the NeW Nas,ie gu,