Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-25
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Bids Opened for Granite for Aqueduct
Work.
Serious and Perhaps Fatal Fall Of .
BOy-Other Local Notes Of
General Interest.

Bids were opened yesterday at the WASH
ington aqueduct office for supplying granite,
which will be needed IL raising the old dam
at Great Falls. according to the recent act
OF Congress providing for the same to in
crease the water supply OF the city. The
lowest bid received was that of Thompson
L. Gill 4 Co. OF Philadelphia who offered
dimension stone at sl4.49 per yard and cop
Ing stone at slS99 per yard. A. B. Cook OF
Petersburg submitted bid of SIS for dimen-
sion stone and s27 for coping. To raise the
dam to the height contemplated will require
l,loO yards OF dimension stone and 100 wards
OF coping. making altogether 200 yards of
stone necessary. If Gill & Co. secure the
contract. the cost Of the stone will amount
altogether to sl1.S3S, exclusive of hauling
10 the Tails and the cost of erecting the dam.
1t may be, however. that, on account of the
limited number Of bids received, the pro.
posals for supplying the granite may be re-
advertised
The work of raising the dam will-not bs
an easy task by any means. For a greater
part OF the year the water flows over the
present structure. and il is only in the mid
ole OF summer when the water is low
enough to permit work On this account
the aqueduct officials are anxious to award
the contract for supplying the granite an
soon as possible, and have the material on
me lieia' SO that the masons may start in
Work AT the earliest opportunity, and conn
pIete the work. When the dam is raised the
water supply of the city will not only he in
bfsaSeo' ~, out: on account Of its increased
In the houses In this city
Serious Accident.
James Pryor, q twenty-year-old coIorea
Coy. met with serious and parhaps fata,
injury yesterday at the store of Enrich
BIOS, at 3Oa7 NJ street. The youth was en-
moor. CT attic. handling boxes Instead ~
descending to the second floor by meana
OF inc stairway he jumped through an
open trap, landing on a trap door on the
second ss moor. which had been closed up.
HIS weight on the trap door in
landing was sufficient to dislodge il from
place, the door turning and allowing tine
ooy 10 faii to the main floor Of the build
lg' the door falling on him. His sudden
descent scared the people In the place. Ha
was unconscious when picked up. and was
Immediately taken to the Emergency Hos
p..ai, where efforts to revive him were
unsuccessful Tor a long time This morn.
ng he was in a comatose condition Tha
physicians fear he is suffering with CON-
cussion OF the brain.
For Charity.
There was a very pleasant sociable given
last night at the home Of Mrs. w, q.
Stearn. BAL NJ street. by the Willing
Workers Circle of the Kings Daughters,
Aot tne Ueiieiit OF the needy. Every one
attending brought a package Of groceries,
or had previously ordered their groceryman
10 deliver a sack of flour, bushel of pota-
toes, ETC., SO that during the evening q
large supply of eatahles had been collected,
which will be distributed today to worthy
people known 10y the ladies of the circle
10 stand in need of little help Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles TriiDy, the Misses Davis,
beaI, Hunter and t'ischel entertained the
guests with music, and refreshments were
served to all.
Two Funcrals.
Two funerals were held this morning at
Trinity Catholic Church. solemn requiem
mass being read in both Instances. The
first service was held at . o'clock over the
remains OF Mrs Cotter. the wife of ex-
Policeman David j. Cotter. Rev. Father
Aloysius Roccofort, S. j.. officiating. The
second mass was read over the remains of
Miss Cecilia ODoLoghue, whose sad death
was announced yesterday In The Star The
interment in both cases was at Holy Rood
cemetery.
Miss Alice Dale Of n street. who has been
seriously sick. is on a rapid road to re-
covery.
Mid-week services will be held this even
ing at Congress Street NJ. p. Church.
William Dodson and Susan Trammel coli
ored residents well known to the police,
were arrested yesterday under the vagran.
cy act.
Mr. Robert Dick Douglas, manager Of
athletics of Georgetown University, left
today to attend the convention Of the Inter-
collegiate Athletic Assoc. alton OF America,
which meets at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York city.