Evening star., 1898-10-05
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
District Engineers Inspecting High Service
Reservoir.
Opening of Night SchoOIs-Meteoro.
logical Summary for Month of
Septe mber-Personal Points

District engineers We're yesterday en-
gagged In examining the base rocks of the
rorth wall about the Ugh service reservoir
at 5Zd and Z streets, with the object of
seeing what reconstruction would he neces-
sary on the cuttirG down OF the grade of
the sidewalk on the south side of L street.
At present there is an abrupt desce,t Fl. ~,
U street to 32d street at this point If wac
found that the wall at this corner extends
tour feet beneath the surface II will
therefore not be necessary to provide for a
wall reconstruction, the grade being not
quite steep.
Inc engineer department is also about to
Improve long-neglected T street The side
walks Will be widened and parked and tho
curbs reset
Horse Runs Away.
Mr.. Chas. Hume's horse, attached to a
buggy, ran away on Prospect avenue to-
day at IL O'Clock, throwing him out But
1or skltiful handling the horse would have
Worked serious dar .age. MIR. Hume eecaped
with an injured knee. DIR. Rich, who wit
messed the accident, turned his horse and
buggy over to the injured one, who drove
to the College Hospital for treatment:
The Night Schools
The Curtis Night School opens at this
Linthcum Night School opened Monday
evening. Already rearIy one hundred boys
have enrolled themselves. For many years
the Lnthicum classes were conducted tr.
tie Curtis building, on the opposite side Of
the hall from the Peabody Library rooms
The Linthicum classes were removed on
the erection of the handsome institute
building, which cost nearly StO,Up0
The trustees of Peabody Library raw no
rent to the District for the use of the rooms
occupied in the Curtis building, but they DO
pay the gas bill of the entire school. The
school pupils have free access day and
evening to the books of the library
AS the property of the Lnthicum Insti-
tute has not been remunerative enough for
the past two years 20 support the school,
there has been some talk. unofIiciany of
giving the District a certain control Of the
institute in consideration of a yearly an:
preparation. the trustees retaining a voice
IN Its management.
Weather Conditions.
Meteorological summary for September,
1898. from observations taken at corner of
10th and NJ streets northwest, by NJ F.
Burrows:
Mean temperature, COG degrees; maxi
mum temperature, 81 degrees, occurred on
the I'd and Sd: minimum temperature, Al
degrees. occurred on the 18th; monthly
range of temperature. So degrees; greatest
CURED on the 18th; least daily range of
temperature, Is degrees, occurred on the
10Th; number of clear days. IS; number of
fair days s; number of cloudy days, 4; to-
tai mcnthly rainfall in inches O97; mean
daily rainfall in inches, .03; number OF
days on which .01 more of rainfall, 6;
tEunderstorms occurred on one day; pre-
vailing direction of wind was northeast;
temperature reached 80 degrees or above
on nine days: unusually small rainfall and
unusually small number of clear days in
September; high monthly temperature
Brief Mention.
Lieut.. ". r. Doores is recovering from
his attack of fever. AS soon as his health
permits he will go to Porto Rico.
Mr.. VIM. G. Collins, son of the late VIM.
R. Collins of The Star, has gone to Ecuador
to engage in railroad engineering
Mrs. Forrest, owner of Forrest Hall and
one of the oldest residents of Georgetown.
is lying very i'll at her home, 34th and n
streets.
Mr.. Chas. A. Spates of 34o3 street is
lying very i'll of typhoid fever.