Evening journal., 1922-07-10
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Mitchell and Son Awarded
Contract to Build Con-
crete Basins
AMOUNT OF BID
WAS S4,357
Special to The Evening Journal.

Light Commission Saturday after
noon. the contract for constructing
the two concrete basins and two
suction wells was awarded to An
drew Mitchell and Son. for s4,357.
Engineer Easily was present and on
his advice. william r. Carswel. was
employed as supervisor OF the con-
struction of the system. Mr. Easily
announced he would leave in few
days for Europe and would not be
able to be here during the construc-
tion.
In their estimate, Mitchell and
Son informed the commissioners
they would begin the work in 10
days following the signing Of the
contract and would guarantee the
completion Of the concrete work in
40 workable days.
There were five other bidders,
John Tanning. Marshallton. S4.7O0;
Bader Brothers, Wilmington, $500;
Koline and Company, Trenton. n.
IT,, S5549.96; Harry c. Clark and
Son, Delaware City. $3.50; Charles
II. Tindall and son. $4,000.
The monthly business meeting of
the commissioners will be held this
afternoon.
The weekly business session of
I the New Castle Athletic Association
will be held in the undertaken par
/ lors OF Chandler II. Gebhart, Sixth
and Delaware streets, this evening.
The Seventh Ward baseball team
of Wilmington will play the n. c.
A A DaFlr this
ing.
A special meeting Of the Indus
trial Boom Committee will be held
in the Mayors office at o'clock
tomorrow evening.
The monthly business session OF
the Citizens Building and Loan
Association will be held at the New
Castle Trust Company this evening.
At this meeting the stockholders
will make final disposition Of the
proposed revision OF the bylaws OF
the association.
A special meeting OF the Street
Improvement Commission will take
place in the Commons Chamber
tomorrow evening.
Morrell Thornton, of East Fourth
street. is the first resident of this
city to report the picking OF lima
beans from his garden. on Satur-
day he and his family enjoyed their
first meal Of homegrown beans and
tomatoes.
Arrangements have been made by
the excursion committee of the
Methodist Sunday School to give
about 500 children of that school,
an outing next Thursday. The boat
will leave Delaware street wharf at
s:45 o'clock and all children of the
intermediate and primary depart |
ments will be presented with free
transportation TO Riverview Beach. |
MI Tickets for the excursion will |
be on sale at Tobin's meat market, |
Challeger's Drug store. and John f. |
y. Clayton's grocery store. Those !
entitled to free transportation will |
receive their tickets at the wharf I
The committee has arranged TO dis |
tribute them as the children present |
themselves at the wharf that morn !
ing.
The twenty-two-lnch freman's !
trumpet. which will be presented |
next wednesday to the Robbins |
Hose Company of Dover. by the !
Good VIII Fire Company Of this
city, which on that day will spon-
sor the housing Of the Robbins |
Companys new apparatus has J.
arrived. The local fremen and /
those who will take part in the pa
rade preceding the housing will |
leave here at / o'clock by automo-
biles All those going are request
ed to meet at the Fire House at s
o'clock this evening for special in
struction.
The official board Of the Metho-
dist Church will meet in the Church
parlors at o'clock tomorrow even
ing
Another rehearsal of the Little
Light Bearers. Junior branch Of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF the Methodist Church. will
be held in the churchparlors at
o'clock this evening.
Adelaide. the five-year- r-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Avin 5. Halter,
of Minquadale. was stricken sudden
y i'll at her home last Saturday. with
lpprendicitis. The child was rushed
10 the Delaware Hospital by DR..
Brice S. Vallett. who had been called
N the case. An operation was inn
nediately performed and it was re-
ported this morning the operation
vas successful.
Professor William II. Beacom's
Business College. Wilmington, was
visitor in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Warren. who
iave been residing at Fairview for
ieveral months, have moved to this
'ity, and are with Mrs. Warren's
mother, Mrs. Anna Miley. on East
fifth street.
Miss Virginia Wilhelme, daughter
II Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilhelme.
If Wilmington. is spending several
lays with her aunt, Mrs. Samuel
Farmer. on East Fifth street.
Miss Alice Haggerty. the daugh-
er Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Hag-
yefty, OF Wilmington, who was re-
emily injured in an automobile
accident in that city, is recuperat-
ng at the home OF her grandfather.
he Rev. John r. Hendrix Delaware
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Haggerty
Ind children. of Wilmington. were
he Sunday guests Of Mrs Hagger-
Us father the Rev. John r. Hend-
tx. yesterday.
l.. L. - 80