Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-16
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
A Prosperous Season Evidently Before the
Big Waterway.
Chevy Chase Railway Loan a Big One
"A Hard STRUGGLE Between
Rider and Horse.

Canal authorities hope to open Maryland's
great artery of trade on March I, about ten
days before the usual time The dredges
will therefore be put to work about Feb
ruary 15 The canal will be dredged as
deeply as possible. in order to allow the
free passage of heavy cargoes. Boatbuilder
Mertins is being swamped with orders for
new boats. as are others along the line Of
the artificial river. The dockyards, too, are
all activity. Things. the canal men say,
are going to have a boom next season in
shipping circles. 1t Is believed here by
some Of the leading ones interested in the
canal that the oil trade is going to become
extremely significant in the commercial
business Of this section. The new boats Or
dered will be constructed, ii Is said, with
the view Of converting them into electrical
propellers at almost a days notice
Over 100 men are now spread along the
canal making repairs and improvements,
and at every turn private parties are seen
calking the sides Of canal boats and i'm
proving their outward appearance with
paint.
Chevy Chase Railroad.
The Chevy Chase Railroad Company have
borrowed from the Chevy Chase Land Com
pany 100000. and given a mortgage on all
the corporation possessions to secure the
payment of it. This S4U0,0D is a part of
the N,OOO.OUO borrowed by the land COM
pany from New York capitalists few days
ago.
Labor Complaint.
The Georgetown citizens say that some
of their laborers should share In the laying
or the main on sd street. At the present
time over 100 men are employed on the
work, all of whom are from the eastern sec
ton of Washington. Certainly, the citi-
zens say, Georgtown's work should be part
~ done at least by Georgetown laborers
Many, II is said. have applied for work on
the main. but been refused. Plumbers say
too. that to their own knowledge the appIi-
cants, or most of them were some of the
hardest working and most steady laborers
optalnabie anywhere.
The Horse Conquered.
The Chevy Chase Clubs success in the
world of sport has had the tendency to
make many young men here aspire to
eauestrianism. Yesterday a new owner Of
an animal started out in a neighboring
subdivision to astonish the building sites
and sign posts with his feats of horseman-
ship. knowing that he wasn't quite ND to
the marx attained by some old regulars in
by an audience that would not jeer He
was an ambitious fellow, this one who
started out, and deserved to shine brilliant
Iy before the trees, the muddy roads and
u l..
Somehow the horse and the man had not
know each other long enough to become
friendly. At any rate they didn't get along
beautifully over hurdles and bitches. The
animal exhibited on every occasion his dis
like for his attendant. a dislike that was
both disagreeable and hurtful. One hour
later he who started out to become q cir
Gus rider was seen to come slowly toward
town with bent head. vanquished looks and
bedraggled appearance. The clothes he
wore looked as if they had been dragged
through the slough of despond." Sticking
from his pockets were noticed a pair of
broken and knotted stirrup straps.
One hundred feet behind this wreck Of
ambition came a grinning colored boy lead
ing triumphant looking horse: At every
step the boy stopped and jingled on the
nearest stone a shining silver dollar.
Some Notes.
A colored man named Cole while engaged
in an alteration last night in the section
known as Boston" was badly injured
about the head by three colored boys, aged
about fifteen, seventeen and nineteen.
Officers Hall and Maher arrested them
all on charge of being disorderly.
Cole will probably charge his alleged at
tackers with assault and battery.
The concert given at Mt. Zion Church
last night was an event of artistic value.
A chorus of sixty splendidly trained voices
rendered Millard's Gloria" and "Kyrie' in
a manner that brought forth spontaneous
applause. The Aeolian Glee Club the En-
erald Quartet, Charles Champ, the tenor,
and Prof. John T. Layton, the well-known
basso, did the rest toward making the pro-
gram one of excellence.
Mr.. j. w. Harry of Tenleytown has lost
his wife, mother and daughter all within
q. week. The latter was Mrs. Andrew ].
Riley. Death came to all suddenly, though
it's cause has been attributed to grip. MIR.
Harry himself is but just recovering from a
serious stroke of paralysis and Is scarcely
able to get around yet. Mrs. Riley leaves
several small children.
Mr.. John Beall, son-in-law of Maj. Geo.
HILL and father of Mrs. Matte Jackson,
died this morning at the home OF his daugh-
ter on Prospect avenue. Mr.. Beall had been
in poor health a long time. For long time
he has been employed in the commission
house of ]. G. and J. NJ. Waters and was a
man who was widely known.
Edward Townsend, a white man. was taxi
en- suddenly i'll on SD street yesterday, fell
to the ground and was conveyed to his
home, 1912 Prospect avenue, in the patrol
wagon.
Ex-senator Henderson has bought 100
acres of land near Balls cross roads. which
he proposes to subdivide into building and
villa sites.
Mr.. Jerry Tickling has gone south to see
brother-in-law, who was seriously injured
a few days ago In q railroad accident
Bargains.
From Harper's Bazaar