Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-16
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
GROUND BROKEN FOR ADDITION
TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Reopened
for Trafic-General and
Personal Matters.

The ground for the new addition TO the
GEORGETOWN University Hospital was
broken early this morning without cere-
mony by a force of workmen. The con-
tract for erecting the building was award
ed to John S. Larkin who has assured the
directors of the institution that he Will
push the work toward completion as rapid
ly as possible.
The present facilities at the University
Hospital are declared to be inadequate
the need for more. room having been ap-
parent for many months past. Inc in-
stitution is very popular among the resi-
dents of the western section of the DIS
trict, and in consequence the demands
made upon 1t have steadily increased. Inc
new addition will greatly reileve the p pres
ent congestion and place at the disposaf
of the sisters in charge twsnty rooms, pc
sides the additional operating rooms; Inc
site Of the new addition, which Is ioo Ieet
deep and 80 feet wide; was ooha'eu E 10 uus
hospital authorities by MI L. riahei'
Riggs. x~.,.,
enlarge the hospital building at iater
date It is their desire that the sessions
of the medical and dental departments OF
the university be held in the hospltal pullo-
ing. and vt is with this view that erection
of additions is being considered.
Reopened for Traffic.
It was officially announced this morning
that the Chesapeake and Ohio canai mas
reopened for traffic, and that II nothins
unforeseen occurs soft coal Will De re-
ceived in Washington from Cumberland
over the waterway next Friday. All the
old boats Of the canal have been remodeleo
and are in first-clasS shape, ana d iaI Sc
number of new ones have been placed IN
commission, all of which are the property
of the Canal Towage Company, which re-
Gently purchased the interests OF the sou
coaling shippers Of the waterway. The
company also owns the controlling inter-
ests of the railroad which operates from
the coal mines to canal terminus: Although
not officially known, 1t Is stated that the
new company contempiates ins!aaang MOI oa1
at the Georgetown wharves 1t may De
said that the company will control the
soft coal market of this city hereafter;
since 1t Is backed by the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad Company.
Alleged Obstruction.
There has been considerable complaint
from parties owning property on the river
front west of the Aqueduct bridge from
the obstruction offered by the Baltimore
and Ohio trestle, which. it is stated. bars
ready access to the property from the
river The trestle work, though constructed
over ten years ago, has never been used.
1t was intended to carry the tracks OF the
Metropolitan Southern branch of the Bal
timore and Ohio, connecting with that road
at Linden station, Md.
The Potomac Boat Club was DESTROYS Of
purchasing property west Of the Aqueduct
bridge as a site for their prospective boat
house. but were confronted by this trestle,
which, it Is claimed renders useless for
their purposes the property that would
otherwise be available.
Surveyor H. B. LOCKER has Withdrawn his
force of men from Georgetown. They have
- f1n p 10 q l..
ton. for the purpose Of unrayeling title en-
tanglements that have existed for several
years Mr.. LOCKER got for this work a spe-
cial appropriation from Congress of $4,000.
He Is now preparing his work from the
field notes taken.
The District of Columbia Paper Manufac-
turing Company is preparing Its plans for
the new five-story addition to the manufac-
tory to front on Water street.
Preparatory to the grading of the land
acquired by the District, as an addition to
the Western High School site, the house
which was formerly located on the land
posite side of U street by Mr.. H. w. Huide-
koper, who is remodeling 1t.
The Old Dominion Railway
There are no definite developments, it II
said, in the matter Of the financing OF the
Great Falls and old dominion Electric road.
The proposition of Mr.. John r. Mclean to
required under conditions named. Is under
consideration and conclusion viii be as
rived at In day or two. 1t Is understood
that the proposition of Mr.. Mclean carries
with 1t the construction of a large hotel at
the Great Falls on the Virginia side.
Joseph Small. forty-six years OF ge. In
charge of the work Of installing the Dis
trict of Columbia hay scales Tenleytown,
fell in the excavation made for the weigh
ing apparatus about / O'Clock Saturday at
ternoon, sustaining fracture Of the spinal
column. He was treated at the Georgetown
University Hospital. from which place he
was removed to his home at Woodside.
Nd, last evening.
Thomas Oconnor. thirty years old, living
at 1911 18th street. tripped and fell on the
pavement on NJ street between 32d and Po-
tomac streets late Saturday night, eprain-
ing his left ankle He received medical
treatment at the Georgetown University
Hospital.
During game OF base ball in Valley
street near q street yesterday afternoon.
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