Evening journal., 1922-10-19
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Protest Is Made Against
Proposed Location of
New Negro School
MEMS CHORAL CLUB
TO BE ORGANIZED
Special to The Evening Journal.

special 10 The Evening journal.
NEW CASTLE. oct. 19.-Protest,
against the erection OF a schoo
building for the Negro children or
the Baraca Baseball field, owned by
- the National Tube Company in the
form OF a petition was received by
the Board OF Education at It's meet
ing last might. The protests come
from residents and property owners
OF that vicinity. A copy OF the pro-
test was ordered sent TO the Della
ware School Auxiliary. which is TO
finance the project and to Frank
deli. Janvler, attorney for the board
The protest presented follows:
"To the Board OF Education.
New Castle, Delaware.
1--WE, the undersigned property
owners and residents Of New Castle
adjacent the proposed site for the
new Colored School. feel that the
erection of a colored school on the
Foundry plot at the foot OF Fourth
street would be a distinct disadvan-
tage TO this section of the city par
> ticularly and to the whole city g0n-
orally
y If the colored school IS removed
from the locality there is an excel
lent opportunity to make the streets
OF Fourth. Fifth, Sixth and South
into a good residential section. The
settlement OF colored people on the
southern end OF Fourth street and
William street have stood in the way
OF this very desrs bic accomplish
ment for number OF years. Should
the National Tube Company raze the
brick row as they are considering
doing it will leave one row Of the
four frame houses OF the south side
OF Fourth street and the William
street houses that will be untenant-
able by a desirable class OF white
people. with the exception OF a few
individual houses owned by above
average colored people.
"In other words any increase In
the desirability OF the Fourth street
locations would increase land values
and such increase would tempt the
owner OF the houses unfit for white
occupancy TO raze such buildinEsl
and make the sights available for
new buildings.
W. AffA AAAaAA IA AAAN ANANA fN - AANHNA
Is removed from its present location
that there IS a very reasonable pos
siblity OF improving Fourth and
South streets as residential streets
and making Fifth and Sixth street
properties more valuable and desir
able.
I'VE therefore. respectfully request
the board 20 disapprOve OF the pro-
posed erection OF the colored school |
on the Foundry plot and request that /
the present school be removed from /
its present location.
signed. T. Eliason. Jr.. Will
bert Meredith. Mary Comerford. Lille I
s. Ellason. VIM. Deakyne. L.. o. Wise /
Mary VI. Campbell. James V. Camp /
bell, VIM. 4. Campbell, Mary G. Rob- |
erts. Howard Davidson. John Geb-
hart. Robert N. Miller. A NJ. Wise
and Jno. s. Wise"
The contract for wiring the two
portable school buildings for light
Ing purposes was awarded TO James
A. Crossatt. OF West Sixth street and
the contract for installing the sani-
tary drinking fountains was awarded
TO John j. Walls
The opening OF the Americaniza-
ton School IN No 3 School building
for this year was discussed in re-
ponse TO a letter received from Miss
Marguerite II. Burnett II was de-
cided TO defer action in the matter
until the present strained fuel con-
ditions were relieved and a supply Of
fuel assured by the dealers.
The four new heaters have been
Installed in the portable buildings by
Theodore W. Cavender at a cost Of
f613.2O which was ordered paid.
A meeting OF the Democratic Hun