The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-24
news FROM GEORGETOWN.
Installation Of a Heating Plant fer
School Buildings.
Work Not to Interfere with the
Routine of the CInsses-A New Sub
division to BE Put on the Market.
Personal Paragraphs Of Interest.

Personal Paragraphs of Interest.
The installation OF a new heating plant
TO accommodate both the Addison and
Curtis school buildings. now in progress
of completion viii not interfere with
school work. II is hoped To have the ap-
paratus in position by the time the
weather demands that the buildings shall
DE heated. The furnace house Is en- the
rear Of the main buildings The Coutrac-
tor anticipated having the work finished
by the latter part of September. but ow-
ing TO the fact that n large sewer was
discovered in digging the foundation for
the furnace room, considerable time was
lost in turning its course. 1t appears that
the existence Of this sewer had been com
pIetely lost sight Of
Superintendent Jauncy was unable this
morning 90 approximate even the number
Of pupils who were enrolled yesterday.
rs reports from the various teachers
have not yet reached him. and the contin-
ual demand for admission cards will de-
lay reports until the rush is over
There is every reason TO believe. how
ever. that GoorEetowu's schools will
prove inadequate to accommodate the pu-
pills desiring to attend 1t is believed that
there Will be ut least 300 new appIica tions
-A fA'AAALAn0l'4A 10 the l1DS Glasses WnlIe
in no manner have the Georgetown
schools been enlarged. The rented schools
which formerly relieved the pressure have
been surrendered by the District Efforts
viii be made at the coming session Of
congress 20 secure an appropriation suf-
hciently large TO replace the antidtiated
frame building at the intersection Of
Ihirty-secOud and Thirty-thiTd Streets
and To provide such other BUILDINGS as
the authorities may decide upon.
A new subdivision is to be put on the
market. 1t is the tract lying Immediately
north Of the McLean tract having the
Loughborough Road as its northern
boundary. Tho land has already been
plated and the usual preliminary steps
taken. The promoters Of the subdivision
had two tracts under consideration, one
on Connecticut Avenue extended and the
property finally decided upon.
The Connecticut Avenue property would
nave required much grading 10 make IL
. an5ptah.e u building purposes, while the
w lSceuSlu Avenue tract IL ready for the
. house builder.
DR.. and Mrs. \. 3. ShekeHs have re-
turned from three weeks trip g. Buff
falo and western New York towns and
watering places DIT ShekeIIs reports that
the activity in oil circles has CAUGHT the
I
there is much prospecting Near shorts
VIE the people are boring extensively for
Salt with more or less Success DR. Sbek-
] els says the people of that section are
shreWd and bUsiuessiike. Owners OF
I farms. he says. are entering only into
such contracts with syndlcates and can't
ldllsls as VIII enable them to share in
/ profitable results
/ At the request Of his neighbors. John
| r Mclean. has muffied the bell Of the
| big clock put up at his country place. on
! the TenleytOwn Road for the benefit Of
/ the public. This clock cost. exclusive OF
Z the tower, over 81 1g4 The strokes of the
/ bell. when -nCfiled can be heard for over
/ a mile
The Home, Land, Mining. and Mauufac-
/ turing Company, has sold TO William
I Montgomery lot % IN block 4. of White
/ haven subdivision OF Harlem. and 10
I Frank AlcCampbeil lots I. 2 and }, in
I block .. az the same subdivision. The con-
/ sideration for the four lots was Ss25-
/ John Dufief. son OF Louis b. Dufef. Of
} 1924 Thirty-ffth Street northwest. fell
/ from a bicycle Sunday. and broke his
I arm in two places below the elbow.
/ Susan ". WiHett yesterday transferred
\ to Isaac f. Shoemaker part OF lot 3.
county, fronting on Wisconsin Avenue.
I near Tenleytown. reserving for herself a
/ life interest to certain parts Of convey
! ance.
/ Lewis Hoffenmaier. through Richardson
I & Burgess. Is making general repairs TO
( the property, 33O1 y Street. recently pur-
/ chased by him Of the Dyer estate.