Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Demand for Coal on the Canal Extremely
Lively.
Boats ut Cumberland Unable to Get as
Much of n Cargo AS Desired
Other Items of Interest.

The traffic season on the Chesa peake and
Ohio canal IS now at its height and all of
the boats on the waterway are engaged in
| hauling a portion of the product of the
mountains to the Georgetown terminal of
! the waterway. The business this season is
reported to be so brisk and the demand so
heavy that 1t is impossible to obtain an
Unlimited supply of COAL and vessels at
Georgetown engaged in the coast trade
have to wait for the cargoes to come down.
I his is i'll marked contrast to the condition
of things last season, when boat after boat
was tied up waiting for vessels to appear
at Georgetown for load The same con-
dition applied the season before last and
at one time last year there was a string
of boats moored to the canal extending
Gear 10 the Chain bridge.
The coal output of the Cumberland re-
gions. it seems, was bought up at the be-
ginning of the season, and while the sup
ply is as great as in previous years, it is
hard to ill the orders already booked The
Consolidation Coal Company, which owns
Its own mines and operates its own rail-
roads from the coal region to the canal,
has not suffered so much from the scarcity
of coal as other concerns.
The Meeting Postponed.
The meetings of the Georgetown Citizens
Association have been discontinued during
the summer season, it being regarded by
those in charge the wisest plan. Mr. B.
T. Janney, the president of the organiza-
ton, and several of the other officials are
out of the city and enjoying their vacations,
not expecting to return until some time
next month In view of this the meetings
OF the association have been postponed and
the next regular meeting will not be held
until the first Friday in September, at the
usual place the hall of the First Co-Opera-
tive Building Association, on sd street.
Repairs to Public Schools.
Since the closing of the public schools for
the summer vacation the annual repairs
that are needed in the respective buildings
are now being attended to. The appropria-
ton for the purpose is now available and
has been allotted to the different build
lngS, according to the needs of the same SO
Tar as repairs are concerned. The plumb
ing arrangement of all of the schools in
this section has been examined and attend
ed to, while other repairs will be made
later. AT the Curtis School some minor re-
pairs are being made. As a whole the
Georgetown schools are regarded to be in
pretty good condition, so it is said.
Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs Charles p Stohlman left
this morning for Detroit, Mich, from which
place they will proceed to Put-in-Bay for a
stay of some days, going from there to the
Thousand Isles, in the St. Lawrence, for
another stay. The return will be made
through Boston and home by sea
Mrs Chris. Hager of sd street, accompa-
MED by her children, is enjoying Il vacation
in Maryland.
Mr. Ernest Jett and Miss Winnifred E
Williams were married last evening at
Grace Church by the rector, Rev Edward
Johnson.
In the pistol practice of the police depart
neht held Tor the first time yesterday, at
the National Guard Armory, Sergt. lydia
and Policeman Minor Fur made the best
showing of any Of the Georgetown men,
each scoring fourteen points out of a pos
sible thirty