Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-03
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE.
Manufacturers of Roof Covering
Paper Look Over River Front ).
Sites for Plant.
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening

| Special Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, March 3.--Several. men
from Wilmington and one from Boston
| were in this city yesterday looking over
a site for paper mill Although not much
information could be learned the men ac-
companied by the mayor and several
councilmen, looked over several sites
hear the water front, which the officials
thought were very we'll located and could
be used. The plant manufacturer paper
for covering roofs.
Last evening monthly meeting Of
1 City Council was held in the Mayors
Office, President Stops and Messrs Poole,
! Weggeman and Walls being present. The
! yearly statement has not been made up
owing to the illness of Councilman Mel
win, who is chairman Of the finance CON-
mittee, who is expected home from the
hospital this week Ii he doesn't get home
this week the other members of the COM
mittee will make up the reports and it
must be finished by the 2Sth Of March.
Permission was granted to the base
ball team to use the diamond on the
Battery on the same conditions as city
council agreed with the Railroad Co, and
council also gives the right for the club
to build fence around the grounds, but
it must be moved on 80 days notice.
The grounds can be used by other parties
for any kind of sports. IT is thought that
definite plans about the building of
fence enclosing the grounds will be dis
cussed at the meeting of the baseball
club this evening.
Howard Wilhelme was before council
representing the Red Men, who have
accepted the daylight saving bill and
asked council to accept IL on the same
conditions that Wilmington has. owing 10
the number of New Castle men working
in. Wilmington. City Solicitor Janvier
was asked TO draw up similar ordinance
and present it to council. Every member
favored IT,
The water and light bill was paid with
the deduction OF n few dollars, owing TO a
number of lights being out.
Again the water question came up.
After making trip to the old water works
the following report was made: Several
members of Council and President of the
Council Stops visited the plant of the old
water works, which they found in a
deplorable condition The engine which |
pumps the water 10 this city was not
running When asked the man in charge |
stated that he didn't have either wood or |
coal to burn, To run the engine or even |
have stove. The basin where the water |
Is stored was nearly dry. 1t Is hoped that |
the Water Company will make use of the |
woods near their plants and cut some wood |
to burn to run their engines. The City |
Council and the committee from the |
Trustees of the Common are going to |
cooperate and see what can be done TO |
remedy the present condition. Several men |
have been looking for site near the /
river front. Anyone owning property near |
the water front, which is for sale, is re- i
Il.
the mayors Office
The regular meeting of the Trustees Of /
the Common was held last evening. The |
following officers were elected: President, /
Frank dell. Janvier; secretary, Richard /
). Rodney; treasurer, Patrick McGrory. |
The following committees were named: |
Public building, James T. Challenger, |
j. b. Lancaster and Frank Janvier; /
auditing, James Challenger, James G. |
Shaw: acting committee, James Shaw, |
John +. Taylor and James L. Biggs. After l
some discussion a committee of six were /
appointed to combine with City Council /
and see what can be done about the water |
question. Sometimes not any water canbe |
had at the farms under the supervision of
the trustees. ? |
John Wilson, who has spent severa
months in this city, has returned to Den
yer. Colorado.
Word has been received that Mrs
Fannie Jacobs, who has been seriously i'll
in Philadelphia, is slightly improved.
An important meeting of the A O. u.
". will be held tomorrow evening. Every
member is requested to be present, as
several important matters will be dis
cussed.
Mrs. James Doris, who has been suffer
ing with heavy cold, is now able TO be
about and has returned to work.
Edward Platt has remodeled the in
terror OF hls grocery store on Delaware
street.
The pool tournament at LAWYERS last
evening between Kern and LAWYER re-
suited in favor of the former by score of
50-47. That between Susie and George
Proud ended 50-47 in favor of the form
,r.
The tournament at Newlyn's resulted