National Republican., 1878-05-17
GEORoETOWH NEWS.

THE NEW STREET RAILROAD BUILDINGS.
Tho Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company has accepted the plans Of Messrs.
james P. Sims and r. Roney Williamson, of
Philadelphia, for tho erection Of their new car
buildings on the site recently purchased by
them Of the Butchers Market Association. It
Is the intention Of the company to erect on the
Butchers Market House lot, fronting on Bridge
street, q two-story mansard roof building for
offices, aud In the rear car-houses, with Iron
truss roof. the structure to be 20 by $50 feet.
On each side Of the car-house will be stables
Of sufficient capacity tn accommodate nearly 400
horses. On the wharf on the south side Of the
canal, recently purchased by the campany, will
be las heretofore stated In THE REPUBLICAN,
erected workshops, mill for grinding their
own feed, and hay barn. This building will
be three stories high and IS by 305 feet.
turbine wheel Of forty horsepower will be in
trodrced to run all the machinery Of the
building An engine aud boiler Of the same
capacity will also bo introiuccd,s so that In case
the water is drawn out Of the canal tho ma
chinery can be run by stcam.power. Since
the architects drew the plans tho company
has purchased additional ground fronting on
Bridge street, and new plans will be drawn
for larger and more extensive structures. The
estimated cost of the buildings, together with
the ground, is between Sl25,ooO and $l5o,000.
ARRIVAL OF CEMENT
BY river-Schooncr Richard Hill, Smith.
New York, with 1000 barrels Of cement to J.
q. & J. NJ. Waters.
FISH wHArF.
Arrivals-Tcn thousand herrings, 100 shad,
and 200 tailors. Herring sold at So per 1000;
shad at $40 per 100, and tailors at sixty cents
per 100.
GRAIN AND HAY ARRIVALS.
BY canal-Boat Helen Brooks, with $500
bushels of wheat and seven tons of balcd hay
to J. g. & J. NJ. Waters; boat J. N. Thomas
with $500 bushels Of wheat aud fifty barrels
of -four to same.
By rail-Ten tons of balcd hay to J. G. &
]. NJ. Waters.
RIVER FRONT.
Arrived-Scbooncr r. II. Shannon, Wilson.
Danversport: J. NJ. Harlow. Harlow, Jersey
City; II. A. Tabor Benson, New Bedford .
Julia A, Crawford, New York Occanns New
York; Moonlight, New York; r. I. Carlisle.
New York Constitution. New York Ira Bliss,
New York Clara Now York; all to load coal
Ceared-Schooners B. II. Jones, Smith,
Bridgeport, with 335 tons Of coal Shannon,
Wilson, DduveSport, with 2iO tons of coal /;
Emma F. Hart, Hart Boston, with 5O5 tons OF
coal +. !. Lockwood, st. John, Groton, with
$50 tons Of coal J. $. Terry, Rayner Newark,
with % tons Of coal; 4. NJ. Baxter Fall River,
with $50 tons Of coal NJ. Z. Lyon, Young,
Boston, with i3J tons Oi coal.
GEORGETOWN PARAGRAPHS.
w. Lewis and z. Manlove, Of Baltimore, arc
at the West End Hotel
The interest in the revival meetings at the
Dunbart0n Street VI. L. Church seems to be on
the increase Last night the church aud gal
lerics were SO filled that there was not stand
ing-rUOm.
Mis' Howell, one of the Oldest residents of
Georgetown, disd yesterday moraing vt the
residence of II. d. Cooke, jr, on Stoddard
street, after n lingering illness. Miss Howell
was sister-in-law oil the late A. II. Dodge.