Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-25
CARR0LLSBuRG SITE
Early Attempts Fail to Estah
lish industries.
SUGAR REFINERY FAN en
Wharf Property and Breweries Inv,
Hard Struggle.
BUILDINGS R0TTED Awsy
Section Of Southeast Wash,r....
Now Covered by Pumping st..
tion-Near Old Canal.
BUILDINGS RoTTED Awsv

uon-N0af Ola Canal
In colonial days a little stream fynu
q spring near the corner Of F and ~
streets southeast meandered to the pre..
ent site Of the District pumping station
entering an inlet of the Anacostia ar
Eastern branch. which became the BASIN
| Of the Washington city canal Not far
to the west Of the inlet was the northeast
corner Of the town Of Carrollsburg. laid
| out in I'LL in the lands of Charles Car
roll. lot IS forming the corner.
About the mouth OF this creek Thomas
| Law, James Barry and others in the In.
| fancy Of the city essayed TO build up
! trade and make improvements, Capt Bar
ry taking up his residence east Of the
| inlet. While around him there was some
building. and trade grew up on the
| wharf on that part west Of the inlet, a
heroic effort to expand was made but
| failed.
Wharf and Refinery Fail.
The wharf there from 1893 went in,s
disuse The sugar refining enterprise
was turned into a brewery. This, too.
failed Of support.
West of the inlet were located squares
| IA and STA in the lines OF n. IL. and
Canal streets. north OF the Anacostia, q
sixty-foot street separating them. and
| and on the latter the wharf. In after
years known as Forests or Wharton's.
which, about 1910, fell into disuse and
| rinally rotted away.
In square IA but two lots were plan.
| ned of 63. 400 feet each. In the division
with the proprietor. Daniel Carroll. in
| 1877 the government retained title TO both
Priorly, however. Morris and Nichol.
| son, and, in 1875. Thomas Law and W.
| Mayne Duncanson were the owners. Mr..
Law was interested in the sugar indus
try and James Piercy, from Plymouth
| Dock. England, started a sugar refinery
| on the south half Of the square, Mr.. Law
taking a mortgage for the purchase
| money, over ], $50 pounds. the rate be-
| ing about IA cents per foot
| Piercy covenanted to erect sugar house
| at least forty feet square in one year
| from April -, 1891. With the aid Of
| Law and James Ray, who gave cash and
| Carroll, with half a million brick. the re-
| fnery was erected and operations COM
| menced. 1t was an eight-story structure
| with wing on the southeast corner OF the
square.
4 MT. HlGTcN entered BUSINESS III ltSS anu
| the following year, mainly Tor wharfage
! purposes contracted to purchase In the
| square south lots ! to 4, fronting Eth
| feet on 1st street. at SIG per front foot
| for water lots, and for q. 4 and :. on the
alley, 8 cents per foot. or $3.50. II was
on the former lots the wharf was puiiI
Percy Does Not Make 1t Go.
Percy was assisted by Henry Tietjin.
who had been a sugar refiner in Germany
| and England and had settled nearby In
| 1898. Though backed by Law and Others
he was soon in financial straits.
In May, 1900 Pierey decided his prop
erty here to secure payment of Sl4,sss, 10
| to James Ray and in 1S0: the lots neaf
| the wharf were sold to Thomas Cooke OF
| Georgetown for 81 il5 and decided TO wal,
| ter HELEN. The sugar house was hsleo
! at $1,000 and the ground at ) cents per
| foot to Thomas Law and the square SCUM
at cents to Walter HELEN.
| Piercy Law & Ray had dimcutles over
| the refinery. and business was mace lo'
the courts for a few years. rms, NOV.
ever, did not prevent the leasing OIL .ns
sugar house property, including nre llame
| houses on y street. to Corhehus eu.'
ingham for fifteen years. from octooer =
| 1905, for a nominal sum. with the CON
dition that he should complete the houses.
Business was then that OF pTe"eis.
Cunningham Sells Out.
| Mr.. Cunningham did not make sue
cess. He sold his effects with the tease
| in 1911. and the same year lot went os
tax title to Catherine Conneh.
In 1911 lots to 4, and a. IN SQUIRT
S744. were sold to Joseph Forrest ana .
Law for $1,000. and the sugar houss
wharf became known as Forrest
The sugar house wharf became Aho CI
as Wharton's in February, 1870 co wU
FRANKLIN Wharton Of the Marine 80 oi ~,
purchasing the lots inciuding !. 81
| from f. Law and Joseph Forrese ,.,;,as
/ About 1arsO the banks of the lhis 3,
States and Washington were o"heia coss
| IuIv 1917 David OFT and Thomas 49,
bought 1000 feet at the norlaesse ...sh.
| ner OF IA fol 81 100. Here "a a., ras
lished a brewery. In 1873 inls r T.
dissolved and became Ihoiiias a
In 1876 Barton Mnstead bought par r ~
| LOT souare 755 for about j. Gents -
foot. In 1873 w. A. Maddox poue"'
adjoining piece OF LAND. od in Laws
| In 1890 the sugar mouse ,Das reduced
name. The appraisement Wa i'm
| go, % 5Nl n $1,000 To Coote were III
| nrn,-aments listed at $s.Wo. reouceu
e. 0n1 While 5 and s cents was the s 81 IL
| assessed and the water iots a.
| front foot. 49, antrit of de-
Though for some years the sp,,. condd-
cay was evidenced by the Ia . few old
frames about 1910 house anu ~ o. an0 M
street bought by e simms for 81 ga. Sisap-
dictated the optimism. Win III. and the
| pearance of the old structures r,ck bust
| decline Of commerce came inc
ness. occ,Ipied By
the Siins ana yard Of Kelly b ..r s are
| Two sides of 744 N and Cana, ,s "a listed
solidiy built up and the gTouWU- smiths
at from s to Is cents. T, =" sis4 and
lumber yard is on the squah y street
the District having cut III front south
on reclaimed land. me ,;t M under q lease.
is now used by the THa ,niEs CRoGGoN.