Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
BUSINESS MEMS PROPOSITION
REGARDING ROCK CREEK.
Part of Stream to Be Given Under
ground Channel-Lutheran Church
Pastorate-Personal.

The project of tunneling a new bed for
Rock creek at the 23d street bend, so that
the stream may be put underground, is a
proposition now claiming the attention of
prominent Georgetown residents, and as
result of a recent conference of the citi-
zens the District Commissioners will be
asked to secure a sufficient appropriation to
meet the cost of the project. The matter,
1t is understood, will be urged upon the
Commissioners as of the most needed
suburban improvements for this section. 1t
is viewed by many conservative business
men of Georgetown to be an excellent plan
and it is confidently hoped that the Com
missioners will make the necessary recon-
mendation.
The Commissioners will also be petitioned,
1t is stated, to secure appropriations to i'm
prove SOD street from U street to its inter-
section with 33d street, as well as the
opening and paving of Prospect street. 1t
is regarded as improbable that any action
will be taken on. the latter proposition in
the immediate future, as a recent report of
Assistant Engineer Richards recites that
the District of Columbia never had a legal
title to this thoroughfare and that adverse
possession within the lines of this street
would give the District authorities consid-
cradle trouble in obtaining a right of way
within it's extension.
Lutheran Church Passionate.
The question of choosing a successor to
the Rev. Stanley Biliheimer. who recently
rendered his resignati as pastor OF the
Georgetown Lutheran Church, after ten
years of service, was considered last night
at special meeting of the church council.
No definite action was taken at the meet
ing, and a Star reporter was informed this
morning th'.t a final decision of the church
council in the premises will be deferred UNI
til the several candidates have been heard
by the congregation. This will probably
postpone the selection OF a permanent pas
tor for several weeks.
The names of those who are candidates
could not be learned. 1t is understood,
however, that Rev. Luther Warning of this
city will deliver the sermon next Sunday.
and that the following Sunday the pulpit
will be filed by Rev Miller of Letters
burg, Md Mr. Rillheimer has accepted a
call to the Lutheran Church at York
Springs, Pa. and will leave shortly TO take
charge.
Death of Mrs. Mary J. Lowe.
The sudden death of Mrs. Mary J. Lowe,
for MANY wears a resident of Georgetown,
occurred yesterday at the residence of her
grandson, Mr.. A Lee Lowe, 34O5 Holmead
avenue northwest. Mrs. Lowe was in the
eighty-seventh year of her age. She had
won the love and esteem of wide circle OF
participation in outside affairs she always
took an active and personal interest in
matters of a charitable nature. The fu-
neral. it is announced will take place from
the family residence, 3405 Holmead avenue,
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 1nterment
will be made in Holy Rood cemetery.
Horses Run Away.
An accident in which two persons, man
and woman, escaped serious injury, oc-
Cured Wednesday evening about dusk on
Beach drive near Military road. The par
ties. whose names could not be learned,
were driving a two-horse trap down the
drive when the animals attached tool
fright at some obstruction in the roadway,
and before they could be brought under
control by the driver, colliaed with stone
breaking the pole and dashboard of the
vehicle Mr.: David Dudley resident II In , the
c.cded in catching the horses and holding
them until help could be summoned, The
occupants of the trap escaped without III
Jury and resumed their journey after The
vehicle had been patched up.