Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-12
THE CANAL PROBLEM.
Georgetown More Hopeful Of a Satisfac-
tory solution.


A HEroRrrp orfER OF CAPITALISTS TO RECON-
srnucr THE woRK-LooKrNe 10 THE MEETING
or THE BOARD OF prREcroRs-srEcuIArr
AS To THE future OF THE WORK.
The people Of Georgetown and great many
other people whose habitat extends from the
Aqueduct bridge all the way up the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal 10 Cumberland are wait
ing patiently to know what tomorrow will
bring forth so far as the board OF canal
directors can bring il. Generally the
feeling il more hopeful than IL was two or three
days ago, and quite o number OF people who
felt assured that the canal would never be re-
paired are now little more easy in their minds.
1t was originally intended to have a committee
Of representative Georgetown men so over to
Annapolis tomorrow TO plead Georgetown g
cause and to offer such suggestions rs might.
to them, seem reasonable and proper. The
committee will not 90. 1t will STAY at home
and wait to hear from the canal management
On Tuesday night next there will be a
meeting at Georgetown, called by the canal
company, and at that time the committee or
any other interested people will have ample
opportunity to make all the suggestions the
company will be able to consider for some little
time to come.
cRITIcIsING PRESIDENT aAMBRrLL's FrGuREs
As general thing the business men who
want the Georgetown level repaired are in
clined to criticise the action Of President GAM
brill for using such large fignres in
connection with his estimates of the
cost of repairs. They say that contractors
are using Mr.. Gambrilrs conclusions
as basis on which to construct their bids, and
the result viii probably be an unnecessarily
large proportion of profit for the contractor.
ANOTHER CRITICISM
Another thing Mr.. Gambrill did, or rather did
not do, has evoked numerous comments. The
president was up at the Chain bridge when
the water started to climb up. He had with
him several workmen, and the complaint ID
that he made no attempt to cut the canal bank.
Had this been done the great body Of water,
the critics say, would have sought
the river, leaving nothing in the canal
but the back water. The cut would then have
been the only place which would need to be
closed up
In this matter Mr.. Gambrill excuses himself
by saying that he would not risk the lives OF
any OF the men by ordering them to cut the
bank.
REPORTED OFFER OF CAPITALISTS.
Among the many rumors as to the recon
struction of the canal there is one very SUBJ
stantial one, which, in substance, says that
three well-known capitalists have offered to re-
build the canal and pay the interest on the
$500. 900 worth of repair bonds if they can only
secure sufficient title from the state and the
corporation. In this same connection fire.
quent mention is being made of the name OF
ex-President Clark, whose management of the
canal has been SO highly commended. 1t is
said that Mr.. Clark would like to represent
Maryland in the Senate, and that he will en-
deavor
TO SECURE CONTROL OF THE WATERWAY,
SO that a grateful people would have reason to
bless him and afterward reward him by send
ing him to the upper House. Mr.. Clark is
rich man and ambitious and there
may be some foundation for the story. 1t il
not improbable. If he does get hold of the
canal he will certainly have the enthusiastic
support of Georgetown, and that means men
and money.
THE MEETING OF CANAL STOCKHOLDERS.
This evening number of stockholders in the
canal will meet at Annapolis to discuss the sit
uatlon, and on the conclusion arrived at there
the decision of the board of directors who
meet tomorrow morning at the Maryland cap
ital, will probably hinge.
A SURPRISE HINTED AT.
1t is limited that a surprise may be in store
for the stockholders and the public, and that i;
will come n the shape of wholesale resig-
nation-the entire force of the present COR
past) administration going out.