Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-10
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Water and Light Commission
Meets and Makes Plans for
the Future.


sneclal Correspondence Every Evening
New Castle, Nov. 1o.--I.ast evening
the members OF the water and Light
Commission met In special session.
The insurance on the electrical equip
ment at the sub-station, comprising
pumps, transformers, motors and in
suated wiring, together with the
building. was increased from $4,000 |
to $1,000. A check was ordered drawn
Ia favor OF william Easily, the on
gineer employed TO make the survey |
of the two plants. and for making |
several chemical analyses of the water.
| l.. L. Reilly and David l.. 'Ott. repre-
senting the Wilmington & Philadel- |
phia Traction Co., were I'm attendance |
and held q conference i'm reference
to the storing of old cars on the city's |
water plant ground, near the local car
barn. The commissioners decided
that it would not be advisable 20 grant
this request, as they expected to im-
| prove this portion of the property In
| the early spring. Ii was decided TO
have made three maps showing the
location of fire hydrants throughout
the city, one TO be turned over to City
Council. one for the Good WIN Fire
Co. and one to be retained by the COM
mission. The map for the city's use
is TO have attached a map showing the
location of the arc and cluster lights
of the city and the candlepower of
each. The commissioners agreed TO
have a permanent water connection
at Ninth and Washington streets con-
Meeting the water mains of the old and
new companies I'm place of the tempo
rary connection now in use.
The members representing the New
Castle Red Cross have submitted the
following report FOR the years 1920
; 1921: Expenditures for milk, $46.s6;
groceries. S36.70; shoes, $25S95: cloth
ing, $9016; gave TO the Hoover Fund
for the starving children OF Europe
S200 Hope Farm, $40; Sunnybrook
Cottage for tubercular children, $40;
making a total of $652.67 spent dur
ing the year. The new year begins
on Armistice Day, November H., The
funds are nearly exhausted and every
citizen of New Castle is urged to Join
! the Red Cross this year. so that when
the many appeals are made this win
ter, il will be possible to respond as
, has been done in the past. The mem
bership fee costs but 81. Fifty cents
goes 20 the national headquarters at
Washington, 25 cents 20 the state
headquarters and 26 cents is retained
, i'm this city.
At the close Of the meeting of the
: members of st. Johns Lodge No. 2.
A a. L. & a. NJ, last evening. the MEM
o hehrs OF the Temple Club decided to
A postpone their scheduled meeting on
Friday evening until next Monday
n evening at o'clock I'm the Temple Club
a The purpose of the meeting is for re-
; organization and for determining the
r amount of the annual dues. All MEM
bors Of the Masonic fraternity are re-
quested TO attend this meeting.
Mrs. Edward IL. Naylor. chairman
of The local Red Cross drive. has COM
@ pleted the list Of the following cap
/, tains who will make a complete can.
, vass of the city: The following ladies
r have been assigned to the respectiv,
q streets: Miss Mary Shaw. Delaware
n street; Miss Ann DUNCAN, Strand
n Mrs. J. Ernest Phillips, Sixth street
, Miss Marie Smith, Fifth street; Mrs
5 John f. Cloud. Fourth street; Mrs
y l.. Il. Holcomb. Third street and Chest
Y nut street, MIS-. Mary McCauiey
,s Second street: Baldton. Mrs. Edwar'
+. Megginson; Buttonwood and Dob
: binsville. not yet assigned.
NJ a number of students of the Higl
!, School and various other grades hav
+, on display in the windows of the phar
II macy of Z. Challenger & Son, cartoon
: which are attracting great attention
representing English Display Week.
IN Armistice Day win be observed b.
the members of the New Castle Cen