Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-20
THE EVENING STAR.
LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS. Sc. ro-sIeHr.


couvrsur, in the play Of " Adrienne, the Act
ress,' which was so enthusiasm ally received
by the large audience present on Wednesday
night The character was Of RacheI's
specislities, and Mrs. Lander is her worthy
successor in the part.
ODu FELLOWS HALL.-To- night close. the
for benefit of st. Dominlc's new Churco
Island. and no better evidence of the excellent
character OF the entertainment can be afforded
ihan ITS continued success for such a long
time. We
The WASHINGTON CANAL--Reriual of T,af,
along ats Banks -Yesterday afternoon nj the
invitation of Mr.. Benjamin Severson, engin aer
IN charge OF the Improvement OF the Washing
Ton canal, a number of members of the eify
press made an excursion from the causewav
at the foot of 18th street TO its mouth at the
Eastern Branch. Before leaving the starting
point, the working of the tide gates was EXAM
lned, and also the new lock gates. The lock
way was opened for the first time on SATURDAY.
last, and already have long boats made their
way IN with cargoes of wood, which are being
discharged along its banks Yesterday there
We're seven OF these boats in the BASIN remind
avg Us OF The days OF yore, when the great
Wooo market OF the city was along the canal
AT present boats drawing sK feet or at high
water, ~ feet, may enter through the locks in
Mr.. Seyerson proposes that to make the canal
most availabie for commercial purposes, the
next step shall be TO narrow. it when necessary
and deepen 1t, say abont tour feet the balance
of the s5.CVo originally appropriated for the i'm
provement of the canal-about S35,Wp-to be-
used for this purpose. Mr.. ). also proposes to
improve the channel of the Potomac or to
change the channel, and also TO reclaim the
marshy ground from Cats wharf 10 the Or
street wharf, near Georgetown, by construct
ing wall on a curved line from the present
causeway to the western terminus at CT street,
and dredging the channel 10 MI in the area so
enclosed and reclaimed; Docks may be made
between the slips. and the ground made yaiu-
able. The amount of land reclaimed nv this
means would be nearly SIX million square feet
which, At 80 cents per foot, would DE nearly
S3,GOC00 and il is estimated that this sum
would be sufficient to make this Improvement
and have handsome surplus to the city. In
course OF time II Is proposed TO continue this
wall as tar as the arsenal, and 10 erect a break
water on what are now the flats, from Analos.
tan Island TO point opposite the arsenal. AT
present the channel is deepest near George
town, gradually Iessening down the stream
and Mt ;. thinks that If the proposed channel
Is made that a current will be created which
VIII keep the channel clear.
In passing through the canal the benefits of
the improvement were very percepube, the
water as far as the Center Market being COM
paratively fresh and clear. but towards the
Capitol II was rather mnrky, owing to the
sewers emptylng into it being more numerous
and the tide being at about stand. This
however, would be carried off by the tide In
this section there are several bars which should
at once be removed, although they do not i'm.
deleterious TO health At Sd streeta gravel
bar was formed by the recent freshet From
this point to the mouth-it being considerably
less IN width than the upper section-the cur
rent was quite strong and no bars or other OBJ
structions were met In this part a few months
since an ordinary row-boat was seldom as
high, as i street, but numbers were found yes
ferday fastened to the banks.
Thus far the improvement has been a suc-
cess and that II has done much IN Keeping
away pestilence no one can doubt, and with
the other proposed Improvement there are bat
little fears but 1T will eventually prove a
source ofreyenue 10 the city.
BOARD OF TRADE The Ne,c Line of Steamers.
Last evening the regular quarterly meeting OF
the Eoard OF Trade was held AT the rooms No
Market Space, MI. >. Bacon IN the chair, and
N. SardO Secretary. Of.
MIR. Elvans saiu IN relation TO the projected
line OF steamers between the District and New
York, that II was at first thought il was to be
a New York affair exclusively. He had been
informed. however, that the District was to
nave FAIR show. The company had been
chartered by the Legislature of New York
and OF the capitals Isl. CUO-So0,OOJ was 10 be
taken here, and the President and Treasurer
were 10 be located here. Theeharter provided
that majority OF the directors should belong
10 New \ ork, and in order TO give the District
that the District stockholders should select a
resident of New York TO represent them 1t
Is propo~ed 10 place two steamers on the line
1mme dlately; and more If the necessities of the
trade demand. Two steamers will cost sl20.-
600 TO SiS0,OJ0. Some Of our business men mad
taken the matter IN hand, and over $4,000 had
already been subscribed, New York had taken
all the stock TO be sold there except about
SH,0c0, and that would be taken in a day or
two
A conversation was engaged in by several
merchants, in which il was stated, that with
no regular line of steamers Washington will
be greatly crippled the coming winter, the
freight now coming through tine Chesapeake
and Delaware canal, which usually closes
about December I, and then will be az the
mercy OF inc rai!roads, II we have no outside
Mr.. Eivans offered a resolution cordially in
dorsing and recommending the new line; which
was unanimously adopted, - T. +.
In some debate in regard to the lines OF COM
muncanon TO this city, the Point of Roc KS road
was spoken of as one which would be OF the
greatest importance 70 rs; but IL was doubted
whether il would ever be built as long as the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had control of it,
IT was urged that the influence Of that road
with Congress was on the Wane, AID that the
Board should lend its influence TO the air line
project, to fight Mr.. Garrett
Mr.. Elvans and others spoke of the impor.
tance OF dredging and widening the channel of
Inc Potomac from the Arsenal to the Long
Bridge. estimating that it would cost about
$1,000: Messrs. ). Bacon, ]. X. Elvans, and
j. L. Barbour. were appointed q committee to
memorialize Councils 70 make an appropriation
Tor that purpose.
HANDSOME SToRE.-One OF the very hand
soonest business establishments on Pennsyl-
wanna avenue Is thar OF Mr. Charles H. Lane,
gentlemens furnishing store, which has re-
Gently been thoroughly refitted, beaufifed, and
adorned for the fall and winter season. Both
the store and the stool OF goods are well caIcu-
lated 10 do credit 10 the city: and we doubt not
that Mr.. Lane will receive, as he deserves a
handsome return for his lioerality and enter
PRISE he stOTe as RENTED Is some seventh
feet deep, affording room for the display OF
perhaps the finest stock Of furnishing goods
ever brought TO this city-a stock SO large and
varied that any customer Is sure to find what
be wants, and at a price agreeably low. Mr.
Lane buys for cash, and he is not burcaened
down oy the enormous rent paid by other
avenue dealers, he can sell At prices ex ceedingIy
low for Washington. We recommend an in.
sPection both of his handsome store and of the
stock of goods contained in such tasteful auar-
tiers. His place is No 42I Pennsylvania ave-
nue., between u aud 9th streets.
THE COLUMBIAN COLLEGE entered upon its
10th year of instruction on the 26th Of Septem-
Der. The mum Der of students has been greatly
reduced during the last five years, but the
present session opened with about seventy in
the collegiate, one hundred and ten in the pre-
parafory, and one hundred and thirty In the
law department. The trustees have commen ced
The erection Of a new and commodous build
ing for the preparatory department, which
has just been completed at cost OF $4,000,
and II Is their desire 10 raise fund sufficient
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