Evening star., 1893-12-04
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
The Section Organized to Look After the
Suffering Poor.
Company Organized to Furnish Power
on the CanaI-The Mule I'm
Bad Way.

Georgetown is now thoroughly organized
for the systematic caring of the poor.
Most every church in the place has some
charitable society connected with it, Mir.
DAVIS. the secretary of the Georgetown
branch of the Associated Charities has mis-
hands full receiving calls and investigating
cases. AT the regular monthly meeting OF
the first subdivision of Associated Chari-
ties, held on Friday evening last at the res
idence of President f. l.. Moore, seven new
and prominent citizens were added to the
board of managers. They were Messrs w.
ii. Dougal, Archibald Greenlees, S. Thomas
Brown, John Marbury, Henry +. Blount,
ii. 9. Winship and John ID. Mcpherson.
The condition of the treasury was shown TO
be encouraging. Since the last meeting not
only liberal amount of cash had been
contributed, but much fuel and clothing
THE only inconvenience the association has
had to contend with in the past" said Mr.
Davis the secretary, "has been the lack of
workers. not the lack of funds. BY the ap-
pointment of these new officers, though,
this will be done away with.
The association has entered into an ar
rangement with the principal fuel dealers
here through which the poor on the pre-
sentation of tickets issued by the society,
VIII be given coal and wood for half price
the association making up the difference
monthly, or whenever a settlement is asked
for
I'VE cannot but believe that many worthy
people have been Kept from starvation and
others helped through temporary difficult
ties by this association" said a member of
the subdivision to the reporter. 1T is to be
hoped that ii will be with us this year as
II has been in the past-that when the need
for funds comes IL will be supplied by this
public. which has always shown itself so
generous"
Attaching the Mule.
The movement looking to the introduction
of electricity on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal has now begun to take definite shape
Ever since the practicability of the power in
canal navigation was demonstrated to the
satisfaction of its promoters on the Erie
canal about one month ago those interested
in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal have been
bestirring themselves to secure its introduc-
ton here.
As the first step toward this, articles OF
incorporation have been asked for and
granted to the Chesapeake and Ohio Trans
portatlon Company of Washington county.
Should the system now under consideration
by the Erie people be perfected, it is the in
tention of the new company to go to work
AT once. In the trial trip which was made
on the New York waterway in November
a boat loaded with 10 tons of sand
The amount Of the capital stock of the
new company IS s250,OOO, divided into = 800
shares OF 500 each.
The charter is a broad and liberal one
The Erie people have plenty of money to
back their experiments and will not stop
until their efforts are crowned with the ut
most success.
The new Chesapeake and Ohio cornora-
tion will endeavor to make arrangements
with the canal company to furnish the
motlVe power necessary in transporting
cargoes on the canal s..F a.'.4 y :
1he trolley system is the one under active
consideration. the boats to be furnished
with two street railroad motors OF twenty
five horse power.
Those who have been selected to repre-
directors are Charles X. Lord, Alex Shaw.
IL. G. Block, Lloyd Lowndes j. Clarence
Lane of Hagerstown.
All are said to be largely interested in
the coal Industry of Maryland.
Canal Movements.
Boats arrived on Saturday as follows: J.
Bryan Capt. Hewitt; No. ll9, Capt Price;
J. h. Shaw, Capt. Runkle: Consolidation
No. 4. Capt. L.apold; No 100, Capt. Stride:
Little Walter. Capt Zeigler; Judge Cox.
Capt. Shaw; No. lO4, Capt Benners yufe,.
Hagner, Capt Hine, and Alcedo, CAPT. Ma
gruder.
Boats cleared Cumberland for GEORGETOWN
on Saturday as follows: W. T. Callahan, Capt
Woodard. lib tons; Nc. l29, Capt. Bowers.
l2O tons; No. 12o. Capt Cramer, 115 tons:
J. b. McLair, Capt. Price. l24 tons; A. p.
Beale, Capt. HUFF. ll5 tons.
Boats left yesterday as follows: Ivy City,
Capt. Linburg; j. Spencer, Capt Baker;
Consolidation No. 3, Capt. Colbert; Morning
Star. Capt. Baker, and Granite No. 2, Capt
Magruder.
Real Estate.
Charles G. Spaulding on Saturday last
conveyed to l.. G. Shepard all right, title
and interest in a tract of land west OF the
Rockville turnpike, containing eleven acres
and three roods; also a tract on the Powder
house lane. near by. .-ar,.. p.
Lot :, block =, of Cleveland Heights
changed hands on Saturday, Charles Early
selling to Sam'l Porter for so0l5
Much Dissatisfaction.
Much dissatisfaction Is being expressed
by Georgetown merchants over the incon-
veniences they are subjected to by the slow
delivery of their goods by the railroads.
They are often sidetracked and kept in out
of-the-way places for days and sometimes
even weeks. So annoying has this become
that delegation of citizens are consider
clpai oficials of the roads and entering a
formal protest.
Tobacco stolen.
A box of tobacco valued at SIS was DUMP
ed OFF an express wagon on Saturday in
front of the grocery of Mr.. John A Giryin,
corner Both and VI streets. When the owner
went out to bring il in little later he
found it gone. The thief has not yet been
arrested. ~.
DEATH OF PAULINE CUSHMAN.