Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
A BOUT GEORGETOWN.
Cost of Horse Power on the Canal Com
pared With Electricity.
Inc coming Prize Fight md the West
End Champion-Other Matters
OF General Interest.

IF the canal were newly equipped today
with boats and mules. two hundred of the
former. and the number of the latter n.c-
essary to run them. it would require an
expenditure of si50,0O0. II IL were eouipnad
with an electrical plant sufficiently large 10
transport the same amount of coal 10 town
that these boats would bring, according to
the hgures OF the projectors. combined with
business experience, IL would cost lust e.
oooooo" These were the words OF a man
this morning who has given the canal more
thought than perhaps any one ever con-
nected with it. Then he began to demon-
strate. by figures the advantage from a
financial point of view the mule system has
over the proposed electrical one mo mai
Ter. ne said. what the power on the
canal is, the waterway can accomplsh but
certain amount of work. Ii boats come
down the canal bow to stern and throug0-
out the entire boating season of 300 days.
but ID, iVO boats could pass through the
locks These could bring but an average
cargo of ITO tons each, or under the most
favorable conditions possible about l5pOgUo
tons year. To bring this amount through
not minute, day or night, could be lost 81
the locks, with three boats an hour carried
through from sunrise 10 sunrise. This has
never been known in the history of the
canal. and Is next to an impossiblity. Tn
der conditions that would be looked upon as
pleasingly favorable, but 1OOOOOO tons a
year can be sent through the locks This
would employ 20 boats
The capacity Of the canal no matter what
KIND or power Is used, is but 800 boats and
hardly any but infinite machinery could
properly manipulate successfully that num-
Der. Each boat makes generally three trips
a month; Its cost OF running averages 81
a day. This amount secures the labor OF
the entire family of the boatmen, who work
as tow boys, steersmen, cooks, &c, and in
cluoes the cost of maintaining mules. IL
Va he frrar. rsCrsl1
at this figure, skilled men would be re-
CURED Their wages at the lowest caicu-
lation would amount to SO a day, and the
cost OF maintaining the plant would be pro-
portionately as great. Certainly, il was said,
more money can be made in bringing TO
town 1,OVO0Oo tons of coal with a plant that
cost but s4oo.ooo originally and 81 per day
a boat TO maintain than can be with
plant that cost S3.O00Ooo and costs $40 q
day per boat to maintain"
The West End Champion.
Naliy of Georgetown. who tomorrow is 70
meet Mike Radey at Henry's Theater, Alex
andria, is undergoing constant training be-
meath the eyes and with the assistance OF
Joe Bateman. Jack Delaney and Charlie
CAME. Every day for the past two weeks
the West End candidate for the middle
weight championship has been busy. In
the morning he runs ten miles out on the
roads, rows four In an outrigger and is then
strongly rubbed down. In the afternoon ne
skips rope punches the bag and then puts
on the gloves His wind is good and his
muscles stand out we'll He will enter The
ring at las pounds. Radey is taller, has a
longer reach and will weigh much more
than Nally. The match is made at catch
weights. Both men feel confident of winning
and IT will no doubt be one of the best fights
that has ever come OF between local men.
The fight is for a purse of $50. the winner
to take all. An unusual amount of interest
Is being manifested in the approaching
event by Georgetowners and a large num-
Der Of admirers of the manly art viii 20
down to see the fight.
On the Professional stage.
Miss Daisy Hammack, whose clever work
with the ''Linthicum Students" has won for
her ccmmendable recognition. has accepted
a fattering. professional offer from the
management Of The Private Secretary"
now playing at the Academy of Music. She
will probably make her first appearance
with the company tomorrow night. assum-
ing the soubrette part of Eva In MIXED
PICKLES. which the company also present.
MISS Hammack will assume the leading
female character. On leaving Washington
the company will tour the Canadian PROV
hces, opening Monday night in Toronto.
Annlostan island and the c. A. e.
1t Is limited that there is a possibility OF
the {. A. c. again getting possession OF
Analostan Island for their athletic grounds.
If not the island. then Van Ness Park will
be negotiated for. IL is said. The eyes Of
those having power TO select a site IL is
known, have been on both these places for
some time, and an authority states that
the former appears to be regarded with
most favor.
Notes Of Interest.
The new route of the Washington MI
Vernon and Alexandria Railroad Company.
as asked for in the companys amended bill
will give them the right to cross the United
IA foc mr. he - NJ.
The Georgetowners will wage war against
those who attempt to take possession OF
any part Of the Potomac flats.
Next Tuesday the ''Linthicum Students"
Will appear at Gaithersburg, in conjunction
with the Imperial Mandolin. Banjo and
Guitar Club. The entertainment will be
given under the auspices OF the leading lit
erary society Of the place. The students"
peareap.
The surveyors have finished their work on
the proposed new Rockville turnpike. and
the actual work Of construction will be be-
menced simultaneously on four equal Sec
tons of the pike. 1t will be macadamized
for a width of thirty feet
Mr.. James Smith of Williamsport. on the
canal, has entered suit against Mr.. Leo
Thompson for $1,000 damages. alleging as
sault and battery, false Imprisonment and
malicious prosecution. Smith was arrested
last fall for shooting at Constable Thomp
of this affair.
Chief Engineer Harrie Webster, u g.
navy. will lecture on next Monday evening
before the veterans of @ go. L. Morris Post
@. A. r., on the Samoan disaster Of sew
eral years ago.
The Affair Cycle Club will have a hare
and hound chase tomorrow, Washington's
birthday. All wheelmen are invited to
| participate. The start will be made at
| 1 80 from 32d and NJ streets. Messrs.
Weaver and Barr will be the hares.
Iaxy nsacrhr and
per bushei Hay brought sl4.5O and sl5 a
| ton.
At about O'Clock last evening the mills
along the Georgetown level which We're
| forced to shut down by the drawing of of
the canal water resumed operations
| Things in milling circles will be rushed
| for some time.
| Catharine Weaver and others have, by
Messrs. Worthington and Head, filed a
| bill against Joseph T. Weaver et al TO
vest title. &c, of certain real estate in
| Georgetown.