Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-16
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.

press, 81.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Activity in Real Estate-New Houses Going
Up.
There is activity in Georgetown real estSs
circles always, no matter how light the money
market may be.
Yesterday C. B. Bailey sold to Vim. H. Ma
nogue part Of square Ill. This block Is bounded
by 3lst, Valley road and Q street.
Elizabeth C. Selby sold to Henrietta Enrich
for ESQ part OF Browns sub Of Lees Hill, and
in Wesley Heights properly.
j. W. Potter became Yesterday possessed OF
lots 10 to 10. block IA, through a deed executed
by W. P. Lockwood.
In the property Of the Palisades Of the Poto-
mac Company Richard Ough transferred to
Edgar Allen for $3.50 the east one-haif Of lot IL
In block IA. the same having been transferred
to the party Of the first part by ]. p. Clarke.
At public auction yesterday Ratciiffe. Darr
4 Co. sold to Geo. W. Wise the old twO-story
brick dwelling and store situate on the north
side Of NJ street near the corner OF Green and
numbered 2907. The price paid was S3, 900. 1t
| is the purchasers intention to improve the site
| by the erection Of a handsome and modern
dwelling.
W. H. West Yesterday sold to Wren & Gu
precht, for $500. sub lot IS, in square IS.
being an improved piece Of property on the
east side Of saith between NJ and Prospect ave-
nue..
| NEW HOUSES
Detweiler's eighteen brick houses. to cost
CSC, 900, are now in the hands of the stone ma
sons and bricklayers. and C. r. Newman's
10000 houses on SD street. on the site Of the
| old Bohrer wreck, have begun to assume SUBJ
| stantiai aspect
The demolition Of "Chinch row. on street
1
being made for the erection of several fine
/ dwellings, on the site.
| little to the west on the same side Of the
street Mr.. ]. J. Lyons has begun the construc-
ton OF dwelling to cost about $4,000.
| CHURCH MUSIC BY ELEcTRIcITY
Electric power will shortly run the organ at
st. Johns Church, skillful mechanics now be-
ing employed in making the improvement.
Electric lights will also be placed throughout
the edifce, new carpets put down, new
window put in and many other improving feat
ures introduced. The ivy that for years has
covered the exterior Of the chapel has been
dragged from its clinging place and paint will
hide the plain bricks from view instead.
| NOTES.
Miss Eva Sewell Of 2712 o street died yes
terday after an illness Of one month. Tho fu-
neral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. Geo. Birch and family leave today for
ing the wonders Of the fair.
The first Of the Poto nae Boat Clubs hops Of
the summer season of 80 will be held tonight.
Mr.. John Worthmiller, a gentleman we'll
known and highly thought OF, died on Wednes-
day at his home near Bethesda. Deceased was
sixty-seven years Of age.
Albert Estridge was arrested this morning for
driving several cows through the streets Of the
town in violation Of the police regulations
A Pension Puzzle.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
i Pension Commissioner Raum in his report
for 1892 sets forth that from July 1, 1891, to
October 81. 1892, he allowed, under the
old law, to invalid soldiers Of the later
war 2l,69l original pensions. averaging tc
each monthly pension Of 1855 During the
same period, to the same class Of soldiers, but
under the new law, or the disability pension act
Of June a, 1890. he granted 10000 pensions
whose monthly average was 1857.
What puzzles me is how his examining boards
discovered that each new law pensioner was
disabled s. 81 per month, or over so per cent
more than the old law pensioner, who had to
| prove that his disabilities were Of army origin.
Are the disabilities of civil life 30 much more
disabling than those of military life3 II so, the
cline Of duty" IL the line Of safety. On the
, face Of it it seems that tine new lew claimant
. were favored at the expense Of the old law
. claimants.
October 81. 1892. there were 3,5O3 invalid
pensioners on the new roll. exclusive Of ''addi
tionais those old law pensioners who OBJ
, tanned an increase under the new law. Hat
,, the new law claimants been rated as low as thu
old law claimants the annual pension roll would
be $40. 535, 1856 less than it now il.
first payment Is the amount a pensonel
, receives from the date of his application to thu
= date Of the allowance Of his pension. and tn,
Official reports show that that period averages
, little over fourteen months. Hence 1t follow
that II the new law pensioners should not have
been rated any higher than their old law com
!, rades, each Of the former has received So q
: per month too much, which, multiplied b,
fourteen. shows an excess In 'hrst payments
to each Of the 273. 500 invalid pensioners o
> 9A4.4. or an aggregate irrecoverable loss o
12.291.22i
|; We have detailed statistics of the operations
. Of the new law from Its inception. July 1, 1890
to October 81. 1892. and they establish that tn
new pensioners who were on the roll at tina
latter date had been on that roll an average O
fourtes IN months, drawing during that perio,
, $3.2i month or 81. 81 in pensions more tina,
!. their less-favored comrades. thus exactly du
: plicating the loss incurred in first payments
. This unexplainable preference for new Law
4 claimants has caused the recoverable loss o.
ga. 5s2.44S in twenty months. beside
fastening upon the pension list an annua
. burden Of $40, 535. 1856.
. 1t will be hard to make the old law claimant
= who proved their disabilities to be Of army org
believe that the law claimants disable
4. since discharge are entitled to so per cen
. more in pensions than they are. and surely the
J, will follow with their appreciation Commits
sioner Lochren's new board of revision.
< A VETERAN.
Commander woodward's Retirement.
Commander E. 7. Woodward has been de
a tached from duty as inspector of the tent
!, light house district on the reporting Of his r.
. lief and ordered to settle accounts and AVA
9 orders Commander Woodward has been r.
| ported for retirement.