Evening star., 1895-06-15
HYATTSyILLE.

The corporation which is about to build
| the new electric railway between Washing
| ton and Laurel, which is now understood
| to be in the hands of the construction COM
| mittee, and will be rapidly pushed to COM
pletion, does not eXpect,as was first thought,
| to do much cutting or filling of the road
| Led, but will be more likely to lay tracks,
| as most other electric roads have done,
upon the surface of the country through
which it passes. If this be the case, it is
| thought that one of the strong objections
| to the passage of the road through this
! village will De overcome, since the main
| opposition upon the part of the people to
| its passage through the town was the pre-
Sumed necessity for the unSightly cuts and
| embankments.
The marriage of Mr.. John T. Barnes and
Miss Edith Burgess, both of Chillum, will
take place at Rock Creek Church the even
| ing of the Goth instant.
| Miss Gertrude Ray, a student of the
Valley Female College of Winchester, Va,
has returned to her home at Chillum for
| the vacation.
At a recent meeting of Eureka Grange
of Chillum there was a discussion of the
subject Poultry Raising" The construc-
ton of poultry houses, care and feeding of
poultry and the relative merits of differ
ent breeds OF chickens were fully discussed.
There also discussion of the subject
Insects Injurious to Vegetation" Justice
Arthur Carr of Hyattsville was admitted
to membership
The people of Hyattsville are awakening
to the Importance of having a reservoir
and system of water works established,
and it is highly probable that the next
legislature will be asked for the privilege
Of having the town bonded for a sufficient
sum to pay for these improvements. The
Citizens Improvement Association has
been discussing the question for some time,
and has caused considerable interest to be
manifested in 1t by the people Justice
Carr of that association and the town
commissioners have received a report from
hydraulic engineer and constructor of
water works, who has made an examina-
ton of the surroundings of the town, in
order to ascertain what could be done in
the matter of constructing water works
to supply the town with water. The re-
port states that he had found on the west
side or the town several springs, which
when collected together formed a stream
averaging twelve inches in width and three
inches in DEPTH and flowing with a velocity
of about twelve feet in ten seconds. These
streams would furnish about $4,000 gall
Ions of water In twenty-four hours which
If they would not fail, would give a greater
supply than the town would require
Another stream which might be considered
good-sized creek. is near these springs,
and contains good water which could be
improved by filtrations. The waters of the
stream and springs could be brought to-
sether by gravity or suction and forced to
an elevated reservoir placed on the hill
near the town. The examinations Of eleya-
tons from spring situation in lowlands
west of town show that from the hill
spoken of to be 116 feet elevation above
the spring, and that Wine avenue is 54ls
rect lower than the reservoir hill, and the
railroad track at the depot is S9Ib feet
lower than the reservoir hill. The depot
at Riverdale is Q feet higher than the depot
at Hyattsville, the reservoir hill is SO1s feet
higher than the railroad depot at River
dale, and the reservoir. hill Is feet higher
than Baukhages hill. Water works could
be constructed that the town would be
proud of, and which would also be a great
protection against fire. The proposed
reservoir could easily furnish water for
Riverdale and the adjoining country. The
town commissioners and committee from
tne Improvement Association will shortly
confer in regard to the matter.