Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-07
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Getting Ready for Election Of
Board of Education
Membe RS.
stan Corrcrpondencc of Every Evening

March 2, at the office of Mayor Cavender, |
between the hours of and D. m, TO !
succeed those for terms of three years !
each, one for two years and one for one !
year. The latter two vacancies are for |
uncompleted terms, where temporary |
elections were made by the Board of Edu- |
cation.
Smileage books reached this CITY YES
terday and were placed for sale in the |
hands of Edward V. Platt. Elmer l.. Cross,
James I. Challenger. A number have been
ordered for the past ten days for the
friends and relatives of soldier boys
Chicken thieves are working again and
stole IL fowls from the hennery of Mrs
Edward Deakync at Fourth and South
streets. The thieves left lone chicken and
did not, as IN other cases. make a complete
clearing out of tho coop.
On Monday morning. Negro with
bag on his back was seen at Harmony
street and The Strand by a resident of the
former street. The man was plainly dis
cerned To be a Negro and IL is thought he
had come from the direction Of the
Battery TO The Strand
On Sunday afternoon at o clock, Rev.
J Howard Gray, pastor of Epworth NJ T..
Church, Wilmington is expected to address
the members Of Nazareth NJ T.. Church
Baraca Class. The preacher is known To
great number of persons here and Mt one
time il was thought he would become the
minister of the local church lie is gem
eral favorite with all who have met him
and his arrival here will be welcomed
A number Of persons here are interested |
IN the report furnished al the session of the |
City Council on TUESDAY night by. |
Il. t. Trmhle. To the body relative To |
the light and water conditions in this CITY !
following refusal of theC eCouncil 20 pay the |
amounts charged for the light and water, |
and is shown IN the following copy of The |
report submitted and signed by MIR /
Trimbe.
"In company with Messrs s s Deemor /
and J. I. Stoops. president Of Council. the /
writer visited tho pumping plant supply /
ing the city of New Castle. Del, with
water and viewed one Of the pumping /
units IN operation
The unit III question was operating at
approximately 80 revolutions per minute
and discharglng against head pressure, as
Indicated hy gauge OF - pounds. In ac-
cordanCe with terms Of contract between
the water company and the city Of New
Castle, this pressure should at no time fall
be low 40 pounds gauge pressure.
we also learned that owing To the ir-
regular supply of electric current TO the
motor driving the pump. the speed of
same varied considerably Also that il was
not possible TO operate the two pumps IN
unison owing 10 The supply Of current 10
the motors being inadequate.
From gauge readings taken from fire
plugs at various points, the following
preSSures were obtained
Pressure at fire plug on Ninth street
at Deemor Steel Casting Co
Jan, II, 1918. II pounds at l0.i5 n m.
Jan. II. II pounds al 343 p. m.
Ian. l3, 20 pounds N Q l5a m.
''Jan, l3, 20 pounds NJ 3p m
Jan Ia. 1S pounds at go a. m.
Jan. Il, 20 pounds NJ l Las q. m
Jan IL, 10 pounds at 30 p. IN.
"Jan. IA, l3 pounds at 1 80 p. m.
"Jan Is, II pounds at | so y. m
Jan IL, 15 pounds at 10 =. m.
"Natcr-ln view Of the fact that fall
urc TO maintain pressure as specified IN
contract would prove q serious menace
10 the city IN the events of :rc breaking
out, it is of utmost Importance that i'm
mediate action be taken TO place the
present pumping equipment in condition
to maintain the specified pressure, or TO
replace same with machines Of greater
Electric Wiring Examination of wiz
ing conducting electric current from the
power plant to the city snd distributing
same 10 consumers: also poles and cross
arms supporting said wiring, eviden ccs
that in many places the insulation, cover
ing both primary and secondary wiring has
fallen wav to such an extent as TO prove
a serious fire menace
A number of cross arms arc not fastened
and several are broken, the following
being in exceptionally dangerous con-
dition:
Cross arms at Harmony street and The
Strand on Fourth street Sixth street and
Eighth street.
On Fourth street transformer is
hanging supported by a rope, the brackets
originally supporting the same beng
broken.
The entire wiring system is In very poor
condition, and should have immediate
and replacement of defective
parts. As at present 1T Is serious
menace 10 life and property.
Referring to tests made by the writer
TO determine water pressure at various
points in the city, beg 10 state that com
parison of gauge owned by city with one
calibratcd shows that the ctys gauge
indicates pressure of 5 pounds higher
than actual You viii therefore, deduct
) pounds from the readings shown on our
report
ai tlC ulCetuiE Ol tOlufii t~H1th Lti4ltii
reported having collected $Sl9l7 and had
the receipt Of Treasurer Manlovo for the
same The following bills were received
and directed paid Frederick Fohl, SIS;
d. d A. Telephone Co, SOS; j. j.
5toops, Sl393; Samuel Green, $50;
George /. Unger, s24; G. Allen Smith, 50;
J. L. d l.. H. Eliason, Inc, S4l .43; John
]. Doris, $50; James Morrison, sll.20
Mrs Annie Nipf is in receipt OF an
interesting letter from her son, Charles,
H. Wipf, now al Brunswick, Ga, where
ne is installing new car line for the Stor-
age Battery Co. In the letter he tells OF
he operation Of summer cars
The people Of this city owning gas
toves for cooking, and who have no
'oal stoves for the purpose, will today
find plentiful supply of gas
o use in cooking. Yesterday the gas
mains were frozen up again and last
light after many had eaten their even
ng meals, gas was again obtained. The
eat of the trouble was on the causeway
n South Wilmington, where the ground
5 marshy and the water reached the
,ipes where muskrats had undermined
I and the extremely cold weather irozc
he gas and water in the pipes.
The Holy Name Society Of st. Peter
Z. &. Church will attend the O'Clock