Evening journal., 1919-07-28
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR SELLING FOOD
Government Goods to be
Sold in Rear Of Public
Building
ALSO AT FRONT AND
jUSTISON STREETS

City Councilman Alexander r. Abra-
lams, who is arranging for the ship
aent to this city, of-a carload of gov
rnment canned foods, received wor0 at
1 O'Clock this morning, that the car
ould not be shipped from Baltimore
iefore tomorrow morning. This VIII
mean that the goods cannot be placed
N sale before Wednesday morning at
he earliest. The shipment Will not
each Wilmington until some time in
he afternoon, and It will require con-
iderable time to check up and move
he goods 10 the rear OF the public
buildings and Front and Justis0n
treets. where they will be sold.
Committees TO preside over the big
ale have been named. as follows:
Receipts and hecking-COiOnel Wei
ler z. Stover, Arthur Johnson, George
;auter. John J. Murray. Herman d.
Faulkner, James Kane and II. ;.
Sreamer
Transportation-John j. Mulvena,
lanes B. McManus. John F. Henry
Iohn O. Hopkins. Edward 5. Cannon
md z. H. Thorp.
Distribution and Dsplay-Acting
Mayor George T. Lyon. Homer c. Sim
mons. George T. Maxwell, Ellis p.
Preston and Edward McAteer.
storage-Alexander r. Abrahams,
Robert j. Foreman and Captain David
Nsrdell.
Sales ,Justison street)-Arthur John
on, John j. Mulvena. John J. Murray
md William Abberger.
Sales Public uilding)-AleXander r.
Abrahams. Charles Forwood. James q.
Nearns. James P. McManus George T.
lyon. Mrs. r. B. Bayner and Mrs. Hen
ierson Weir.
The canned goods expected to be on
sale include roast beef corn beef ba-
ron in crates and tins. pumpkin peas'
beans. corn. tomatoes and also pack
iges Of corn starch.
Chairman Alexander Abrahams put IN
F, busy day yesterday making mp COM
nittees and completing arrangements.
Every member ot City Council is on
one or another Of the committees.
The Wilmington and Philadelphia
Fraction Company. through David J..
1tt. has offered the use Of one Of its
trucks to haul the carload Of goods TO
he Public Building Fred Fleetwood.
NJ the traction company. will be IN
charge Of this transportation.
Colonel Weller r. Stover, chairman Of
NE receipts and checking committee.
8 well qualified for the job because OF
his experience in government commits
sary work.
After the goods have been checked
they Will be placed on trucks and
hauled to the Public Building. with
the exception Of one truck load, which
will be kept at Front and Justison
.treets to be distributed at that point.
This work will be in charge OF the
transportation committee. and a rep
resentative Of the committee will ac-
company each truck load from the car
10 the Public Building.
The next important step Will be 10
get the food ready for the public In
the quickest. safest and surest man
ner The goods will have TO be ar
ranged in separate piles, some viii be
uncased and some left in cases. Some
OF the food will be kept under cover
N the city garages in case 10 is not
an sold on the first day, for safe keep
lne and protection from rain.
Each pile Of food will be plainly
marked so Il will not be necessary TO
90 10 a number Of piles 10 ilnd what is
ieslred. The goods will be sold either
n can or case lots and IL is suggested
hat the purchaser hand the attendant
IS near the amount OF the purchase as
possible to avoid the trouble Of max
ine change as much as possible.
other persons desiring to help with
the work are asked 10 communicate
with Clerk Of Council Simmons who
will see that their names are placed
in proper hands Mr.. Simmons can be
reached at Bell telephone 5000.