Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Complaints Of Citizens in Regard to I'm
provements.
Movements of Shipping at the
and Especial Interest.

The expressions of the citizens here rela-
tive to the condition of affairs in George
town, and the claims that the section is ne
elected by the authorities. are made in
vigorous language. Here are some Of the
things that are being said:
Mr.. r. A. CASTELAR,: The sidewalks in
Georgetown in many places are as uneven
as a rough sea. There are streets here
whose condition is a disgrace to the Dis
trict. The Commissioners apparently have
forgotten that our section is supposed to be
under their care. We pay taxes, but get
very, very little in return
Mr.. Chas. H. Trunnel: THE existence of
a graveyard in the center Of a population Of
% 900 people, half of the graves of which are
open and filled with water and the whole
square covered with a reeking vegetation. is
an evidence that Georgetown is very far
from the careful eye of the Commissioners.
In fact. it is a glaring proof that George
town is ignored by them
Mr.. W. A. Cunningham: There are many
improvements needed here. 1t would take a
large appropriation to put our streets in a
presentable shape. Many of the most i'm
portant streets are gu1ltless OF sidewalks,
notably r, and T..
Mr. Geo. W. King: There is a crying de-
mand for much mere. We need sewers in
the western part of the town, sidewalks,
public hydrants for the POOR people, a west
ern outlet to relieve the present crowded
Canal road, and other things too numerous
for The Star to print. One would think.
from the lack Of official notice we get, that
Georgetown contributed nothing to the gen.
eral supporting fund. yet they ran the as
sessment on some suburban land that i'm
proved at a personal expense entirely from
one and a quarter cents per foot to twenty
cents per foot. There is a general remark
against the Commissioners taking the $50
600 appropriated last year and spending it
on NJ street, street that was torn up sole
ly by the Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company, and put back mis-
eraby that horses slipped continually on
the dangerous grades, rendering the second
expenditure a necessity. According to plans
the street will be torn up In week two.
This should either come out of the rail-
road company the general fund"
DR.. A. B. Shekell: "R street is in a very
miserable condition. On one side there Is
no sidewalk. and when it rains the road
way is almost impossible. The improve
ments of the neighborhood are worthy of
the best character Of streets. The property
holders are among the best of the citizens
and the most prompt Of the taxpayers. The
street calls for immediate attention"
Mr.. Calvin Payne. a large owner of real
estate, hopes that the authorities will at
once take heed Of the peoples cry. I'm
provements are being greatly retarded by
the condition of streets. A blind man. he
says, can see that Georgetown every year
out at the little end of the horn. The West
out at the little end of the horn. The West
Washington Citizens Association was dis
banded because 1t was thought that the
Commissioners would take heed of George
towns needs in the future voluntarily. 1t
Is now seen. Mr.. Payne says, that moth
ing can be secured unless the authorities
are dunned A united effort is always nee
essary to the attainment of Improvements
that are given to other sections often with
out the asking.
At the Wharves.
The following schooners are in port and
engaged for next weeks loading: Schooner
Agnes E. Manson, 1,4OO tons, for Boston;
schooner Chas. n. Simmons, 1900 tons, for
Boston; schooner George Clark, 500 tons,
for Lynn. Mass; schooner Clara Goodwin,
] 400 tons. for Boston: schooner Bertha
Dean, ], 200 TONS for Boston; schooner Hen
ry L. Peckham, !, 400 tone, for Boston. The
following schooners left this week for the
designated ports: Chas. N. Patterson, LOO
tons. Portsmouth,; schooner Rose Olavari,
LOO tons Boston; schooner Robt. /. Car
ter 200 tons. Boston; schooner Louis H.
Coward, 1900 tons, Boston; schooner Ed
win r. Hunt. ! 100 TONS Boston; schooner
Annie M. STEELE. stone. to Hampton, Va;
schooner Oakland, bricks. to Norfolk; Alice
Hodges, plaster, for Norfolk. The princi-
pal shippers Of the coal are Agnew &. Co.
and the Meredith-Winship Company. The
present heavy shipments are likely to keep
up all during the month of August. Coal
Is arriving by way Of the canal Just about
as fast as 1T can be carried away.
Notes.
Camp Georgetown at Colonial Beach will
break tomorrow.
Mr.. David L. Reynolds leaves today for
two weeks at Colonial Beach.
A new house, to be known as the Hotel
Kaiser, has been opened here, on 32d
street
The Knights Templar of the Georgetown
commandery already making arrange
ments for the pilgrimage to Pittsburg on
the occasion Of the twenty-eighth trien-
NAL conclave Of the Grand Encampment OF
the United States. "Pittsburg club" has
been formed.
A sick and tired-looking colored woman
came to the station last night and asked
for lodging for the night. She stated that
she had walked from Rockville In the past
day and was on her way to one Of the
| Washington hospitals, where she was 60
| ing for treatment. The unfortunate was
accommodated
officer Anthony Fennally has obtained
| leave of absence and gone to Ireland for a
months stay. He lie in bad health and
| there hopes to benefit Ireland is his old
| home. his mother still residing there.
officers Seymour, Connor and Ward OF
| the seventh are also off duty. Two Of them
are on sick leave.