Evening journal., 1922-02-16
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TOWN COUNCIL
Residents of Delaware City
Circulate Petition for
Five-Member Body
SLEET STORM
DOES DAMAGE
Special to The Evening Journal.

the recent meeting OF the Mayor and |
Council it was decided to place the
renting of the town hall in the hands
of all three councilmen, instead OF
one. Mayor Bright and Councilman
Husefelt were appointed a tree com
mittee. Any person now desiring
to remove trees from in front Of their
residence. must first secure a permit
before proceeding with the work.
Petitions requ esting the increase OF
members in city council from three
to FIVE are being circulated through
the town. This petition will be pre-
sented to council within the next few
days. The election of two coun-
Gilman. under the present method
will take place on Tuesday. April 3
Should the petition be granted, the
election Of four new members to the
town council would be made at that
time.
The Delaware City Ice Company,
Inc, will complete it's new plant, in
short time. The equipment has
arrived for the plant, but owing to
the weather conditions the compile
ton OF the factory and storage house
has been delayed. 1t is said the
plant will probably be in full opera
ton by the first of April The com
pany is composed of local men.
Telephone communication with out
side towns was cut off yesterday eX-
cept by way of Middletown due to
the heavy sleet breaking the wires
Persons wishing TO communicate
with Wilmington, New Castle, and
other places were compelled to get
, telephone connections through the
Middletown exchange. ev er !
rural telephone lines were put out Of
commission. isolating St. Georges.
Port Penn, New Castle, and Kirk
wood from this city.
Considerable trouble was expert
enced by the trolley car men in op-
Grating the cars through this city.
The novel sight Of carman riding
on top OF a trolley car. striking the
wire with a large stick, clearing II
OF ice to allow the circulation of cur
rent through the motor. caused much
surprise. One trolley early yester
day morning. was nearly 2 II hour
late in arriving here.
Several lumber laden barges wer'
. focred to tie up in the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal. near the loca
locks. because Of the weather con
ditions.
Large limbs and even trees wer'
broken down under the weight o
sleet gathered on them and the sud
den gust of wind. A large tree in tn
! yard of Thomas Armstrong. oi
% Washington stree, broke and fel
. across the roof OF his home. Iittl
! damage was done Another larg
b tree on Hamilton street and severa
b large limbs from trees on Clinic
street, were broken of.
p Mayor George n. Bright Is havin
3 electrical pumps Installed at HI
d gasoline station along the canal.
s. Thomas NJ. Armstrong, OF Wash
y ington street. who is erecting a larg
8, bungalow on Jefferson street. has
n nearly completed Mr. and Mri
T. Armstrong will occupy it when fin
ished.
The mid-week prayer service q
+ the Presbyterian Church will be hel
A. at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
lie Cofer, on jefferson street, at 7.3
I'd o'clock this evening.
h. Eugene Dockety, of near Middle
he town. is spending several days wit
IN his cousin. Harry c. Webb.
Id The weekly business session
al Patrick Henry Lodge. No. II, l.
rs o. F.. was held in odd Fellows Ha
on Washington street, last evenin
a Harmony Council, No. 6, daugl
] 1. Ill IL
business session in tie Eagle Ha
tomorrow evening. Plans for SCI
eral social functions will be di
III cussed.
er There are 245 enlisted men at Fo
Dupont at this time, with a daily Fl
nu crease of from one to four. II is @
N pected by the recruiting officers
nu the fort to have enlisted enoul
men to bring the allotment TO 2S
~ the required peace-time strengt
-, within the month.
~ old Glory Council, No. 10, Jr.
U. A. NJ. will meet in weekly bu'
ness session at s o'clock this eve
ing in Eagles Hall
10 wednesday afternoons have be
| designated by Lieutenant Walter
Mccormick athletic director at Fc
-, Dupont as athletic or physical trai
ing day. Several of TIE sold .e
a,,. have begun active training for I
~ squared circle contests TO decide I
ire second corps area championships
the various classes. George j. HUI
mel. premier heavyweight and W
ner Of 1920 championship Of I
area, is putting forth efforts to ]
he's peat There will be men entered
soy all classes from this fort.
40, Major c. p. william, who !
ON been at the fort several years, a
hos was recently placed IN charge of I
10, organized reserve corps Of the s.
tho ond Corps area. left for New YC
,rk yesterday. to begin his work in Il
do department OF the service.
~ Mrs George n. Bright. wife
Mayor Bright, who has been speI
ing the past FIVE weeks with her s.
G. Lionel Bright, and familyin
lentown, Pa, returned home vest
,se- day.
sh- Mrs Anna Armstrong. Of Nc
in ark, who has a large class of pis
uns and vocal students in this pla
the spent the past two days as TIE gu
the Of Mr. and Mrs. Harry c. Webb,
the Clinton street
have purchased the busin