Evening star., 1905-11-06
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
Extension Of Prospect Street
Desired.
BEN EFT OF TRADE
BUILDING OPERATIONS ACTIVE
IN THE WEST END.
Presentation Of Scholarship Fund Of
$4,000 to Trinity College-Gen-
eral and Personal.
BENEFIT OF TRADE

The agitation for the extension and Inn
provement of Prospect street In Georgetown
has resulted in the writing Of a communica-
ton by the Commissioners, addressed to
tie Georgetown Citizens Association to the
effect that will devolve upon the citizens
to draft a suitable bill to be presented to
the Congress at Its next session. In some
quarters this is regarded as encouraging
The Commissioners have promised to lend
whatever assistance they can to further the
proposed Improvement. 1t is proposed to
extend Prospect street from 3Sth street
westward to its intersection with Canal
road or NJ street extended and to create
two entrances to Georgetown from the
country beyond. The principal argument
advanced for this improvement is the pres
ert congestion of NJ street on week DAYS
Accidents and collisions are reported d3iIy
because of what is said to be toe much
trathc in limited space and the extension of
Prospect street is designed to remedy the
trouble
Building Operations.
Building operations seem TO be on the in
crease in Georgetown and Tenleytown. Dr.
w. j. O'Donnell, the druggist, is improving
ard remodeling his property at 323s 32d
street. DR.. O'Donnell will expend SG,e00 In
repairing the structure and will convert it
stories. The Capital Traction Company has
bought property along NJ street, just to the
west of one of Its large ear barns upon
which Is now situated several small teue-
ment buildings and stores. The company
has served notice on the occupants that
they shall move at certain date. and will
it is said tear down the structures now
standing on the ground and improve it i'm
mediately.
Alleged Theft of Horse.
Officer McGiN Grove of the Georgetown
police brought James Summerville to the
seventh precinct this morning upon infor-
nation furnished him by d. ID. Volentyn of
University Park, who is brother-in-law of
Jahu Willett. Mr.. Willett was the owner
OF a horse stolen some weeks ago. The
horse which Volentyn alleges was stolen
! from Mr.. Willett was being driven by Sum-
mervile this morning along M street Sum-
merville told Desk Sergeant Goodwin he
purchased the animal from man in Ar
lington whose name he did not disclose
The efforts of the police to get the name of
| this party were fruitless and Summerville
| will be held pending an investigation by
the detectives. It is alleged that the horse
was stolen in Maryland just across the
District line and it is said was then taken
to Virginia and Secreted.
The police believe Summerville can tell
The story as to the identity of the man re-
sponsible for the stealing.
Presentation of Scholarship Fund.
Trinity College is to be made the recip-
lent of a gift of $4,000 from the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans of America. The presentation exer-
cses will take place next Wednesday after
noon at o'clock and there will be present
a number of prelates in the Catholic Church
as well as many representatives OF the
clergy and heads of educational institutions
in w aShington
The movement for the $4,000 scholarship
fund was begun about three years ago at
an assembly of the national auxiliary held
in the city of Denver, Col. The fund is de-
signed to establish permanently four-year
course of instruction. the provision being
made that contestants to ;be members
of the society making the donation
At the presentation Wednesday nearly all
of the national governing bodies will be
represented together with many of the
state officers and others Interested in the
cause of education Mrs. Mary A Quinn
of Illinois, national president of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, A. o. H, will present a check
for the money to Cardinal Gibbons Ma
tional President J. e. Dolan, Archbishop
Farley, President Patrick T. Moran of the
District Hibernians. and others prominent
in the order will be among the speakers
An elaborate program is being arranged by
the students at Trinity under the direction
of the Sisters of Notre Dame
Increase in Postal Receipts.
Superintendent Birch of the GEORGETOWN
post Office department In conyerSat ton
with reporter of The Star YESTERDAY
spoke of the large increase of postal busi-
ness in the west end in recent years The
records Of the Office show that the re-
ceipts during the last quarter represented
in the aggregate a third more than for
the corresponding quarter a couple of
years ago. During the past year addi-
tional clerks and carriers have been added
to aid in the conduct of the business. Su-
perintendent Birch expects to see Congress
provide during the approaching ses-
sion for another government build
ing in Georgetown, designed particularly
for the customs office. which will neces-
sarily afford larger space for the increased
demands of the post Office business A
recommendation was made some time ago
for an appropriation for an addition to
the present building on 31st street between
M and N streets northwest, but the matter
is still undecided.
Howard S. Nyman. collector of customs
for the port of Georgetown, also belfyes
that the government will make sufficient
appropriations to build either another
building or increase the present structure
to larger proportions. The present gov
ernment building constructed at a
cost of something like S250,000. and is of
freproof and granite construction. At the
present time it is mostly used for the post
Office business.
Oppose Sunday Sales.
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