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q oagnt at once to Be graded and

-. .n,n,on ought at once to be graded and
and which In my opinion 0'e"
;,hsr nayed or grayelled A. ;mnrovements recon-
either Csnitoi street Is among the ,nsn The
mendsd in my last report Sni No Is. ct Of the grade ay
by the government that the street noisn
ing been anDot be used Superadded TO s e9nsue .
o. ~ u as wide as any avenue ana LEADS n ~ -
non nIaware avenue has also been leit IN d veg
Capitol Sio from the same cause and think that me
rasgsu ought in justice grade and gravel rom
,ss rV avenue hOr of the CPto has been fully
I'D ana travelled TO ID street. ana lroa .na' POM ~
gfaoSv senne II has been only graded ana graseitd
fehsI,ss width Il certainly was not lnleIueu 70 DC
~ In s present unfinished state ana especiaIy as -
"mos as much used any other avenue OF street IN 'he
city. ... l. immediately in front and in full
- r liz Presidents House Ii is one hundred aud sixty
, ds as laid down in the map OF the CITY out beyond
street. TO which point mas Oeea 4 zgrsg
49, NJ il was opened and graded to boundary street
b5es being one of the largest and hnest streets In the
METROPOLIS Il would greatly tend to relieve the barren
nect which meets the eye from the north front OF the
bost,5enLs House. between aud Boundary streets
There are other avenues and streets that deserving
.. ,ha favorable consideration of the government which
will no doubt hereafter and at the proper Time De Drought
N the attention of the department.
hill was reported TO the Senate by the chairman OF
the Committee on the District Of Columbia at the last
op Of Congress- for the protection and preservation OF
Pennsylvania avenue Some such law Is aosoiutey neces
ali avenues and streets which have been or may be made
N mart or in whole by the government They ought not
"a s opened for pipes sewers other purposes unless
under the authority Of officer who is responsible to the
and could be held accountable for any injury
hey might sastah from his neglect partiaty to ihdivd
oals or other cause
beg leave again to call your attention to the import
ance OF having permanently attached to this office civil
engineer of such character and attachments de-
scbed in my last report AS acquire experience in the
duties of the Office convinced more and more Of the
necessity of such appointment and SO far from being
an expense the government satisfied TINT 1t would
be the of annually saving vastly more than the sal
airy OF the officer
The office continues to feel the embarrassment occasioned
BY the want of another clerk Undue labor Is imposed
upon the Commissioner and the clerk in the Office and
the salary Of the clerk is totally inadequate for the services
rendered.
hope an additional clerk, at a salary of $1,000 per
num- may be allowed the office which will scarcely be
performed by the principal clerk and with the present
salary Of $1,000, the services of good copying and re
oordng clerk be obtained which will greatly facilitate
business and enable the Office to be placed in such condi
ton ta all inquiries for information touching any of thu
interests conded to its charge may be promptly and salts
factorily answered.
In closing this report cannot withhold the expression
of the just appreciation entertain of the fidelity and intel
gence which have characterized the discharge of duty BY
commendabe zeal has been manifested by them for the pro
motion of the public interest which am happy to beev
was only prompted by proper sense Of serespect ant
patriotic duty.
Very respectfully S your ob ed aNs servant c,
Hon. RoBEnT McCLELLANp,
Secretary of the Interior.