Evening star., 1894-03-26
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
The First Canal Boats Commencing to
Come In.
TWO Wortmen Are of the Opinion
That Dynamite is Dangerous
The Water supply.

The Seneca, the first canal boat OF the
season, came into town on Saturday. 1t
was laden with Lap bushels Of wheat, 6Oo
bushels of corn and 13 tons of hay and rye
straw. j. g. and J. NJ. Waters were the
consignees. This morning the boat Unex-
pected came In with 1850 bushels of corn
Tor the same parties. Wheat Is worth from
u cents to CO cents, corn from AZ cents to
43 cents, hay from s12 to s14 and rye straw
from 50 to 800
This is the opening OF what commercial
men here say will be one of the brightest
seasons the canal has ever had.
Coal VIII be down either this afternoon or
tomorrow and the local traffic ON the wa,
terway commenced
Water supply.
All the churches which were inconven-
fenced by the supplanting of the high usta-
service by the low have adopted such t,n-
provements as have once more nut them in
reach OF all the water required for the r,,n.
ming OF organs, etc. The affected sect,on
was That lying north of Prospect avenue
and South of p street THAT 49, os -.
south Of Prospect is supplied fbroDs,, = ~. ~ !.
sraVitation scheme. The Completion Of The
recenlng reservoir improvements tbroneJh
Wh!ch, II Is said, Georgetown will get p1,-s
,MaWf an poth rainy and dry weather Is be-
~ II looked forward to with impatience
SeSrsetown's water is at times disgustinelv
eIIty, ana Col Elliot's plan TO provide a
proper ana adequate supply OF pure water
is one that Is lauded highly here.
Dynamite Is Danserou..
oh saturday morning two colored work.
heA Whlie engaged in lowering TO the .eyel
OF ene surrounding streets the northern
portion of Fenwick's hin by the means %
dynamite, forgot the dangerous nature Of
the eXDlOSfVa haip.r
one OF the cartridges The first s9Ud b,ovv
exploded the affair and threw quantities of
ulT IN the air. The men were struck hut
snshty and sustained injuries compara-
,Fey =. small Both men were burned severe
~ about the wrists and torn about the f,ce
by the gravel In the dirt thrown up
No Biil Pending.
The following has been received hyi an
interested Georgetowner in answer % a
communication sent to the War Depart-
ment in which the construction OF q bridye
across the Potomac below Georgeto Sn ana
near Analostan Island was strongly pro-
tested against:
Sir: In reply 10 your letter OF The os,h
uitimo. protesting against the approval bv
tne W ar department OF the plans ana To-
cation or a bridge to be constructed by the
washington. Alexandra and Mount Vernon
Railroad Company across the Potomac riv-
er at Observatory hill in this city. / have
tAie HOnoT 10 ADVISE You mat there have
been several bills introduced in Congress
during the years 1898 and 1894 granting tie
above named company a franchise TO con-
struct a bridge across the Potomac river.
but no one has vet become a law There are
no plans pending before the department.
Very respectfully.
''DANIEI. s. LAMONT.
tH Secretary of War"
40 Notes.
AT Trinity Catholic Church yesterday the
Rev. Father McGoIdrick OF Georgetown Col
lese preached the Easter sermon. Rev.
Father Scanlon conducted the services.
The Davidson houses at the corner OF 31st
and . streets are assuming showy propor-
tions.
Inquiries for short loans, financial men
and institution representatives say, have
begun 10 fall on considerably. showing a
more encouraging condition OF things
1t has just leaked out that Mr.. John VI.
Allen OF this place and Miss Julia A Nc
Ca-thy OF III street, Washington. were mar
ried on January 23 last. The ceremony took
place in Baltimore. Md without the knoWl-
edge OF either the relatives or friends Of
the contracting parties.