The evening times., 1899-04-20
signs OF PROGRESS
IN old GE0RGBq0KH
Increased Activity in Real Es-
tate Circles.
Heavy Traffic on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal.
Prospect Of Employing Electricity
as q Motive P0wer-A Church
Reception.

The traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal since the opening of the waterway
for the season has been heavier than for
some years past. The shipment Of coal,
cwins to the increased output at the mines
In the Cumberland and Georges Creek dis
tricts and the lack of facilities Of the rail-
roads which form the outlet for that Sec
ton to carry all the fuel produced, is some
what more than in former seasons. AL
though 1t is rather early to form an ac-
curate estimate of the amount of business
for the year. the outlook is very encour-
aging and the canal officials think the close
of the present season will demonstrate
that the canal traffic instead of decreasing
as has been predicted by many will show
decided gain. The canal is in better
condition this year than at any time during
the past ten or fifteen years and less money
was needed last winter when the repairs
were being made than at any previous
time. Now that the talk Of building a rail-
road along the route of the waterway has
been abandoned it is thought that ar
rangements which are said to have been
contemplated for installing an electric sys-
TEN for propelling boats will be completed
in the near future.
number OF leading real estate men in
Georgetown when seen today by a Times
reporter regarding the business conditions
in the sale and purchase of Georgetown
porperty were unanimous in the opinion
that the increased activity In business
throughout the District Is more apparent
in the direction Of the West End than in
other sections. Scarcely day passes that
at least half dozen transfers do not oc-
cur Building has received a decided i'm
petus and activity in every department has
been apparent ever since winter passed
away. This is attributed to a number OF
changed conditions. The property on the
river front which has showed unmistaka-
BILE symptoms CT reviying values Is re-
ceiving its boom from the fact that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad intends to
run line into Georgetown in the vicinity
OF the river. On the heights the prospect
of better railroad facilities is having its
effect. The purchase OF the Georgetown
and Tenleytown road by the Stevens syn
dicate and the determination Of that body
OF capitalists TO re-equip the road and give
transportation to the heart of the city for
one fare is acting as great stimulant
The increased activity in all parts of the
town may be attributed to one or both of
these causes. 1t is the general opinion that
the advance will prove substantial. and
that the present increased prices and val
ues will be maintained permanently.
The ladies of the West Washington NJ.
E. Church, South. held a reception last
night at the church, on Thirty-third
Street, between Q and r Streets, in honor
OF the retiring pastor. Rev. ]. W. Beall,
who, at the conference recently held in this
city, was assigned to a church in East
Baltimore. incidentally, the reception was
held to welcome the new pastor, Rev. F.
l.. Day, who entered upon his duties last
Sunday. The reception was largely at
tended. and pleasant evening was spent.
Special interest was attached to the event
on account of its being the first social
meeting held since the establishment OF
the separate church of the Methodist de-
nomination, South. in Georgetown. Before
the last conference the church was a mis-
sion OF the Mount Vernon Church, in
Washington. The church is in flourish
ing condition. and the members express
the belief that it will continue prosperous
now that it is an Independent organiza-
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