Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-04
NEW CASTLE COUNCIL
ACTS ON PUBLIC WORK
Number Of Improvements Con-
sidered at the Meeting
Last Night.


Special Correspondence Every Evening.
| New Castle, Oct 4.-City Council
! met last evening In monthly session.
| IL was decided TO have Contractor
| Joseph +. Burke, who ls engaged In |
putting In new streets complete the |
westernly section OF Fourth street 10
| the Foundry lane In place of ending |
at Foundry street. az was first figured |
upon and outlined by the Street I'm |
provement Commissioners. The cost !
will be paid by City Council. with the
understanding that all moneys left
over from the street Improvement
work be placed 10 the credit of the
city's bank balance and not held in
separate fund by the Improvement
commission. Joseph Graham complain
ed o Council ha his wife had fallen
over a projecting curb near Foundry
lane. and asked that the curb he
placed In better condition. IT was
decided 10 discontinue the arc light on
Baldt lane. leading 70 the Baldt plant
. OF the Penn Seaboard Steel Corp. A
communication was received from
Superintendent st. Claire Of tho Della
ware Division OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co, as 20 whose authority the
city had placed an arc light on the
Wilmington roadway near the cuton
tracks The superintendent stated
that this matter was talked of several
years ago. but no action was taken by
Council and I'm the meantime day
and night Waterman had been employ
ed and the matter Of the installation
of the light was set aside. The mat
, ter will be referred to the Water and
Light Commission for acton. The mat
! ter OF installation of the 20 and IL
, inch drain pipes on the Battery
r grounds was taken up and IL was
stated that work would begin within
. several days. The estimated cost to
the city will be approximately Sb4o.
{ Treasurer John Il. Manlove reported
the following collections received from
n Clerk George Allen Smith: Taxes
Q for 1920, ss255; 1921. s251.T5: 1922
o s4e7es building permits. SIS; rent
@ OF building ON Delaware street wharf
!. from the Western Union Telegraph
Co, 1866: fines from Mayor Cramer
;. $50 The following bills were ordered
o paid: ]. T. e. l.. IL. Eliason, Inc.
If s34.6O. William Il. kee. IS; l.. JOSEPH
= Higgins. sl5.75; James Gebhart
s24T1; New Castle Gas Light Co. 4
r cents. Simon Chenny, $3.50; NJ. {
10 Rogers. s272o: Harry q. Munsor
l. s27 30; G. A. Smith. 1886.
F. The members of the Trustees z
the Commons met last evening /
IS monthly session. Treasurer Patr!c
III McGrory reported the following re
III ceipts: Balance in bank. s143.6s: reI
from Mrs. Lydia "A. Biggs for 81
months sG4032: w. G.. Abbott. II
r. six months, s339.3S. John Reese AT
J. James II. Jatton, three months rent
IL stores in Town Hall. $3.50 each: VI
liam Steele. two months rent SIG; job
~ Gross. three months rent, $780,
IN Charles Currinder, six months ren
IN s2s13; r. r. r. Clark, six months ren
siG5; Taskey r. Clark. six month
rent. s346.SS; Edward s. Megginso
O. ak months rent. ss15.33; Georr
Rossell. s25. The following bills we
ordered paid: j. T. g. l.. r. Eliaso
Inc. s429.4s: Candy e. Man me
s105.S5: William w. Leach. 81. 81 s
ne John Biggs, $3.50; Farmers Nfutu
nte Insurance Co. s326; Theodore :
e Lavender. ss3.47; Simon Chem
nos s20.s5 New Castle Trust Co. s210.2
ON Bennett F. Lancaster. s25; Abrahf
and Ingram. s254.23; Patrick NEGRO
aro So cents.
lid Plans are being formed by can
ited dates who were elected at the Der
rrv cratic primary election on Septem
,st- %. TO hold a meeting in this city
IN Thursday evening. October 10.
nail Inc irst iaIl meeung OF the chi
tod Welfare Commission will be held
morrow afternoon at the local Hes
ou,. Center, Sixth and South streets.
om- meetings were previously held
and Mondays. The center is open e
,,.es Monday from 9 a. m. until p.
,rts where children are weighed and me
nm ured and their mothers instructed
on to their care.
nov st. AIMS Guild OF Emmanuel Chu
,ha1. Is making arrangements to hold a .
de- lie Halloween party on Thurs
evening. November 2, in the Pa
-. House
reel Yesterday afternoon two sold
ms, were placed under arrest on the s
no road by Motorcycle officer FIR
. 20 Ryan of Wilmington. The men.
90. alleged were driving an automo
while intoxicated. The rear vince
ped. ""' ue"ioi'S"Su' caused
a. driving over the roadway with
-, tire off. The car bore a New .Ie,
- license. The two men were takeI
Wilmington, where they were loC
up.
80, Last evening IS candidates OF A
- phla Lodge, No. s. X. of p, were e
the first degree initiation by the de
y team of Calanthe Lodge Of Win
ton at Pythian Castle.
20 Mrs. John II. Hammers OF
nv Strand, who has been spending Sc,
go days as the guest of Mr.. and
John Blough of Elk Mills. retu
e' home.
~ Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Smick OF I
ton, Pa, spent the weekend as
N"e guest OF Mr.. and Mrs Ozro s. I,u,
mans Third and Chestnut streets.
I'M Mr.. and Mrs William Thomnse
Newark moved TO this city yeste
Mrs. Margaret Atkinson Is con
soma to her home with illness.
every YAK uiiihsrooin SUITE Tor sale.
" ply 521 Delaware street.-Ady.