The evening times., 1899-02-24
NEWS FROM GEORGETOWN.
Citizens Complain of the Condition
Of The Streets

Of The Streets.
The work OF refloorng the Aqueduct
Bridge was commenced Monday. The work
has progressed rapidly and the floor on one
side of the bridge has been replaced as
far as pier number 1. The contract for the
work was let several months ago. but the
contractors were delayed in getting the
lumber. which is Georgia pine The bridge
before the work was commenced was the
source of much dissatisfaction from those
who were compelled TO drive across il. II
was so rough that horses were constantly
stumbling and falling, and on numerous
occasions, il is said valuable animals were
injured
The condition of the streets OF George
town since the recent heavy fall of snow
has been the source of much dissatisfaction
among the citizens and business men A
very small portion of the money appropr;-
ated by Congress TO clear away the snow
from the streets of the CITY has
been expended in Georgetown. A few
days after the storm several gangs
OF men were sent 10 this section of the
city 10 remove the snow from the cutters
Aside from this. nothing has been done
The snow in the business streets where the
traffic is heavy has been left TO melt. This
has been and still is a source of serious in
convenience TO the merchants who have 20
deliver goods in wagons There is still a
sufficient quantity of snow. notwithstand-
ing the rapid thaw. 10 make the pavements
slippery in many places. Where the snow
has entirely disappeared the streets arc
covered with coat of slippery mud which
is quite as bad as so much snow and ice
This tends TO make the surrounding atmos-
phere damp and poisonous and there has
in, hn
sickness which the physicians attribute to
the condition of. the streets. At the
last meeting of the Citizens As
sociation attention was called to the neg
lected condition OF the streets and the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
streets. II is expected that action will be
taken by the committee either tomorrow or
during early next week. The Street Clean
ing Department has serious task before
it 10 get the thoroughfares into good con-
dition.
Arrangements have been made for the
holding of a union meeting of all the
churches of Georgetown next Sunday after
noon at the West Presbyterian Church for
the purpose of devising means to aid the
congregation of the Gay Street Baptist
Church whose ediffce was destroyed by fire
several weeks ago This step has been
made without solicitation on the part of
arations were being made by the building
committee of the church to raise funds for
the erection of new building and it had
been about decided to commence the cree
tion of a Sunday school building on the
site of the old one now standing in the
rear of the church. 1t is now thought that
the Sunday school building will be left
standing and the work commenced on the
site OF the building destroyed by fire. 1t is
expected that the other churches will
pledge themselves generously when they
are called upon TO subscribe funds.
President Janney, of the Citizens Asso-
citation has announced the appointment of
the following standing committees:
Executive-F. l.. Moore, NJ j. Adler
Thomas Hyde, sr, r. ID. Weaver, S. T.
Brown, A. B. Jackson, ~ Greenlees. ]. ].
Dclan, w. Ncrdlinger. Albert Stabler, and
]. T. Collins. Lcgislation-H. F. Blount.
j. H Wilson, p I. Moran, John Leetch,
and ]. Hite Miller Finance-A. B. Jack
son, W. F. Gibbons, and E. p Berry. Com
merce-G. G. Boteler. H. W. Fisher. jr.,