Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-02
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
IMPROVEMENTS DEMANDED BY
WEST END CITIZENS.
Work Begun on the Foundation of
University Hospital Addition
General and Personal News.

At the next meeting of the Georgetown
Citizens Association, Monday evening,
resolutions will be presented for adoption
calling the attention of the Commissioners
of the District to the imperative need Of
street Improvements in the westerly section
of the city. During the past month, in &C
cordance with instructions, the members Of
the committee on street improvements OF
the association have been conducting a tour
of inspection of the various thoroughfares
within the corporate limits Of the town, and
have. it is said. compiled an interesting re-
port bearing upon the conditions which will
be submitted to the association Monday
evening.
The major portion Of this report it is I'M
derstood, will be devoted to the improve
ments needed On the roadways Of T street
between 33d and 35th streets and 32d street
between NJ and K streets A petition rela-
tive to the f1rst-named roadway, and signed
by every merchant and business man on
sd street from NJ to T streets was several
days ago submitted to Commissioners, as
was stated in The Star at the time 1t Is
recited in the petition that through the i'm
provement of the roadway large amount
of trade coming into the District from the
adjacent counties of Maryland and Vir-
ginia which is al present being diverted to
other sections of the city. could be brought
to the central part of Georgetown, thereby
beneffting the merchants and business men
of that section. The committee in its re-
port recites that the 32d street roadway is
full Of holes and in such a condition as to
renter traffic most difficult
Stonework Begun.
All excavating in connection with the lay
ing of the foundation of the annex to the
Georgetown University Hospital having
been completed, the stone work of the new
building was begun this morning by large
viz, $ho
ton has been finished a force of carpenters
WEI be put on the job and work will be
pushed rapidly as possible. it being the
desire of the contractor to have the build
ing ready for occupancy October l next.
General Matters.
A lighted match dropped in a bundle Of
clothing padding by small child caused a
slight fire in the tailoring establishment of
Max Hellinger, at 3240 NJ street, about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Hellinger
was in the establishment at the time, and
extinguished the flames without the as
sistance of the fire department.
The funeral of Mrs. Lottie A. Crusoe,
widow of Collins B. Crusoe, and
mother of Dr. c. B. Crusoe, who died yes
terday morning at her.hone in Georgetown,
will take place tomorrow afternoon from
Ebenezer A. NJ. E. Church.
Bertram Wells, the four-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wells Of 1881
5oth street, while playing in front of her
home last evening, about O'Clock, was
struck and knocked down by bicycle rid
den by Stephen Gaffney, colored. of 29O9
Dumbarton avenue The child sustained in
juries about the head and left leg. Gaffney
was thrown from his wheel and received
cut on his right knee.
Mr.. Cecil Hyde. who has been confined to
ward at the Georgetown University Hos
pital for some time. suffering from an at
tack OF pneumonia, is reported to be recov-
ering.
Mrs. Mary E. Hardy. eighty-five years
old, living at 2047 SD street, suffered an at
tack of vertigo this morning while cutting
grass in the yard at her home. She fell
and received slight injuries