Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
OUTLET LOCK on CANAL II ON
FIRE.
Street Car Arrangements Complained
Of-LOcal Notes of General
Interest.

The outlet lock on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. about midway between the
AQueduct and Chain bridges. is on fire, and
has been burning for about nine days. A
good portion of the lock has been destroyed.
and It Is expected that the whole thing Will
be completely wrecked before the fire burns
out. No attempt is being made to extin-
guish the flames, which smouldering
and raising Fl great cloud OF smoke over
the place. The lock is the property OF the
canal company. but no representative of the
corporation is present at the fire and no
attempt Is being made to put It out. Just
how the fire originated is not known. but
when first discovered about nine days ago,
so 1t is said, the residents of the canal road
who live near by attempted to extinguish
the flames. without success.
The lock itself Is not in use, and has not
been in operation for some years. 1t is
massive affair on the south side of the
canal, and originally constructed to
permit loaded canal boats to pass from the
canal to the river and be towed to points
which could not be reached by the canal.
The usefulness of the lock has been done
away with by the erection of dam at the
mouth of Rock creek and also a lock gate,
this means being much cheaper and more
satisfactory than the operation Of the out
let lock- which required the constant opera
ton of a steam engine.
The outlet lock, while built of steel. has
wooden supports inside, and these are on
fire. The other exposed woodwork has been
burned to the ground. The lock at the time
of its completion was regarded a great
engineering triumph solid foundation
runs on steep incline from the canal to
the river and some distance out. On this
foundation several heavy rails are laid, and
on the rails an immense steel car was run
by means of cables. The car at the top of
the lock was level with the canal. and the
boats would float into it. Once inside, the
cd no h,lf tha
boat and a large quantity of water and by
means of the cable gradually lowered
to the river, when the gates We're
opened and the canal boat float ted out.
The lock itself was constructed about fif-
teen years ago. and on its very first trial
there was some slip, resulting in two men
being killed. 1t is said. Other fatalities
also occurred during the operation of the
lock. and the danger in its operation is said
to be one of the causes of its non-use.
Street Car Arrangements.
As a result of the dissatisfaction that has
been caused by the running of through cars
to Washington, the railroad company has
car is kept running continuously on 32d
street from street to the southern termi-
nus. carrying passengers from the lower
portion of Georgetown and transferring
them to the Metropolitan and other roads.
The car is small box conveyance, former
- III use OIi lHe SIlen Echo ROAD, ana is
with conductor, fare being collected and
transfers issued by him
While this arrangement is better than no
car at all, 1t does not satisfy the business
men in the lower portion of the town. The
county trade which comes in dislikes to
make the change at 32d and Dumbarton
avenue, on the downward trip, or at 32d
and P streets on the north-bound trip. The
petition. which is in circulation. and which
VIII shortly be presented, will request that
through cars be run from the county to
Georgetown. The one car now running Is
operated on the east track on lower 32d
street and is kept going continuously no
stops being made at either end.
Pastors Resignation.
Rev w S. o. Thomas. pastor Of the West
Baptist Church. formerly the
Gay Street Baptist Church. has been called
10 the pastorate of the Waynesboro Baptist
Church, in Virginia, and will present his
resignation tomorrow morning to his con-
gregation to take effect on August g. His
farewell sermon will be delivered the first
Sunday In next month, August ). Rev Mr.
Thomas has been the pastor of the West
W ashington Baptist Church for about five
years past and has during that time built
up the church wonderfully. He enjoys the
greatest confidence of the members of the
and the severance of his con-
nections will be regretted by all. During
the time he was in charge of the church,
stroyed the old wooden structure formerly
occupied for divine worship, the dimensions
OF which were too small. and as "a result Of
MS endeaVors magnificent new building
has been erected, not yet thoroughly COM
pieted, the equal of any church in the city
In point of architectural beauty.
Badly Burned.
A little six-year-old girl by the name of
Sears, residing with her parents, who keep
a small store at 30 and @ streets. is recover
Ing from the effects of severe scaldng re-
ceived Sunday evening. The mother was
bathing the child and the water in the .ub
not being hot enough, the mother without
poured additional hot water in.
the steaming fluid striking the little child
on the lower limbs, between the knee and
ankle and scalding her severely DR. A. B.
Sheken was called in and afforded relief
Death of r. l.. Amery.
Robert L. Amery died last evening at hi.
residence, 1924 Pennsylvania avenue south
east, after illness of three weeks The
deceased was well known in Georgetown,
and prominently identified with the Ma
sonic fraternities of the West End He was
sentinel of Potomac Commandery, No. 3.
at the time Of his death. and was also a
member Of Potomac Lodge, No 5; Potomac
Royal Arch Chapter, No. s. and of the
knights of Pythias The funeral will be
Masonic hOnors. Worshipful Master F. W.
Daw being in charge. The interment will
be at Congressional cemetery.
Short Notes.
lgnatus Belt and Martha Belt have sold
TO j. w. Wallace part of their old home
place on the Conduit road, near the receiv-
ing or Dalecarlia reservoir. The piece con-
veyed Is of triangular shape, lying between
the Metropolitan Southern railroad con-
demnation and the United States property,
being improved by a small frame house
The dumping of refuse from the old Will
lard Hotel has been stopped on the east
bank of Rock creek. The canal company
entered a vigorous objection, so 1t is said
that the material, entering the
stream, was washed downward and filed
in the portion which they use for boats.
The dumping of the mortar dust and
broken bricks is now made in Virginia, the
teams crossing the AQueduct bridge
$40 To ChautnuQua and Return $40
Via Pennsylvania Railroad
Tickets on sale for 7:45 I'm. train from
Washington July p. good to return, when
properly validated. within thirty days. Last
low-rate excursion to this popular resort