Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-01
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
City Council Considers the Matter
of Additional Municipal Fire
Fighting Equipment.

stat, Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, June City Council met
last evening and discussed the problem
of purchasing a new fire engine Lctters
from the different industrial concerns
were read, urging Council to buy new
engine in order that adequate hre-hghung
apparatus can be had on short notice, IN
case of a serious fire. AS it stands at
present. in case of fire the Wilmington
FIRE companies are called. The three
engines that Council has received bids on
are the Ahrens Fox, Sea Grave ana the
American La France Nothing definite
was done by Council regarding purchase
but next Tuesday evening, which Is the
regular meeting night, has been decided
upon TO purchase one of the three engines
under observation.
The Trustees of Market Square thank
Miss Downing and the Civic Pride Club
for their untiring efforts IN hXng the
mound and painting the round bench ana
urn.
The Civic Pride Club of the eighth
grade. New Castle Public School, assisted
by BOYS and girls of the seventh, SIXTH and
fifth grades, who did their bit as com
| munity boys or junior citizens, thank Mr..
Goudiss and the Trustees of the Green
for their kindness in treating to ice cream
| on Wednesday, May % The signers are
Ralph Duling captain OF team from
eighth grade, Robert Seward, T.. Far
Weggenmann, William King, Joseph Gan
non. Leon King, John Stanley, Paul Kern,
Charles Cannon; seventh grade, john
Holiday, Francis Sentman, Edward
| Truitt. Norman Riley; sixth grade, Ray
| mond King. John Cannon; fifth grade,
Oscar Hardy, George FARRELL and Carlisle
| Tobin
On Monday evening the New Castle
Century Club will hold board meeting
| At 8 O'Clock All members arc requested
to be In attendance. Tuesday evening
| Professor Hay will address the members
of the Century Club, in the club rooms
The Pennsylvania railroad has placed
an embargo on all plants IN New Castle,
| on all irooming cars, until the SITUATION
| is cleared up The freight cars for the diff
fcrent plants that are on the siding at
| Farnhurst are In such a congeHted CON
dition that it il impossible to clear IT up
| with CARS coming in every day.
The services at Nazareth NJ. T.. Church
tomorrow will be go. class; 1890,
| preaching by Pastor Hcking, who will
take for his subject Spiritual Sleep;
y. m, Sunday school and Baraca class.
In the evening chldren's meeting at 630i
illustrated talk by pastor on "Nsaman;
o'clock the Epworth League will meet.
At 730 the regular Sunday evening
services will be held, with preaching bv
Pastor Bicking on The Burning Bush"
The usual services will be held to-
morrow morning and afternoon in the
Presbyterian Church, with DR.. Wyhe
officiating
Yesterday many residents OF New
Castle saw a sight they had never wit
messed before Due to wreck At the
Farnhurst siding the passenger trains
were forced to use the old cutoff Many
people seeing the passenger trains coming
in on the track that nothing but freight
trains have travelled for years wondered
what was happening.
FRIDAY evening marked the end of the
Nav devotions in st, Peters r. {. Church:
John Gallagher, Hughie Ryan and
Andrew Gallagher took the examination
for the navy yesterday.
The Bethlehem Loading Co. has made
arrangements with the Pennsylvania rail-
road TO run a special train from Whining
ton direct 10 the Bethlehem plant. This
train will leave Wilmington at us a. N.
and New Castle $50. This will continue
until the street car situation is settled
Friends Of Thomas Comerford of Parry
Sound, Ontario, have received several
pretty cards showing the wonderful
scenery in that section Of the country.
Due to the car situation the iitneys did |
a rushing business yesterday carrying |
people TO and from Wilmington
Eugene Chase Is carrying the mail until
James " Bacon, the regular mail carrier,
is able to resume his duties.
For Rent-Bowling Alley. Frame
building 24x8O. In quire Hotel Louise
John Refs, proprietor