Evening star., 1897-04-06
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Repairs to the Canal Have Been Com
pleted.
Street Railroad Movements - Local
Notes of General and Especial
Interest to All Concerned.

The repairs to the canal due to the re-
cent foods have about been concluded. ac-
cording to the statement of the general
manager Mr.. G. L. Nicolson. The crib
work which was put in at dam No. was
completed Saturday evening. and as a
result the water has backed up to the river
four or five feet, and is now flowing over
the breast Of the dam The construction
of the solid stone wing wall has been
commenced and will be interrupted only
by high water. With this completed the
repair work will be practically completed.
Preparations are now being made by
the boatmen for the reopening of the
waterway, and the boats at this end of the
line win shortly begin working toward
Cumberland. 1t is calculated that the
traffic will be opened about the 18th in
slant, when the loading of the boats will
be commenced. This will make the ap-
pearance of the first boat in Georgetown
with a cargo somewhere around April ~.
possibly sooner, or perhaps a few days
later.
Street Railroads.
The Commissioners have ordered the
Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad to
ballast the tracks on 32d street between
33d and 35th streets to a level of the plane
of the rail surface The road is also or
dered to make other repairs to the tracks
so as to permit the most successful work
ings of the wheel guards. and reduce to a
minimum the liability Of manning or in
jur1ng any one.
The Glen Echo railroad has now COM
pleted its double track for the entire
distance of the road, extending from Chevy
Chase to Cabin John bridge. The service
on the road is better than ever before. and
the rolling stock much superior to the cars
| used on the old line The road expects 10
| do a rattling business this summer max
| irg a speciality of pleasure parties and
will be formidable competitor of the
| Great Falls road, the latter line charging
two fares, while the former only charges
| one fare for the trip.
The Temperature.
The meteorological summary for the
| month of March, from observations taken
| by Prof NJ. F. Burrows, at Braces drug
store, corner of Both and NJ streets, shows
| that the mean monthly temperature was
| 45.4 degrees, while the monthly range of
| the thermometer was IS degrees. The
! maximum temperature was 81 degrees and
! the minimum "a degrees. The total rainfall
| FOR the month was 2.S3 inches and there
| were fourteen days upon which 1-11th or
| more of an inch of rain fell. The snow fall
| for the month was too small to be meas
| ured. Frost occurred four times during the
| month, and hail fell on four days. There
| were nine clear days, twelve fair ones and
| ten cloudy days during the period The
| prevailing direction of the wind was from
| the northwest.
The School Closed.
| The death Of Miss Anita Ulke, the talent
| ed teacher of German in the Western High
| School, Is mourned by all Of the pupils OF
! Curtis building, who admired her greatly
| The news of her death proved thunder
| bolt to them An entertainment, the fifth
| musicale of the season, was to have beer
| given yesterday at the school, bat the
| event was postponed. The school was
| closed today in honor of the memory OF
Miss Ulke, to allow the pupils to attend
| the funeral. II Is expected that bic
| resolutions will be adopted by the school
| upon the death of the young lady.
Lost and Found.
A. BerwanSer, a drummer for Richards
! & Co. Of Washington, lost an envelope con.
tanning s66.63 yesterday afternoon. He
| had been visiting a number of stores in
this section of the city, among which was
| that Of Mr. Robert Poore of 1880 sd street
| Mr.. Poore found the money lying on a tray
| of vegetables, and surmiSed that ii be
longed to Berwanger. When the money
| was turned over to the drummer he was
the most surprised man imaginable, having
reached the conclusion that he had lost the
| money and would rever recover it.