Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-18
District Imprnyemenfs

District improvements.
Seventh street from Pennsylvania avenue 10
Ii street south. will soon be entirely paved. The
curbing is set, the grading completed. and the
sire on one side OF the track has been paved.
The side xalk and parking of MARYLAND avenue,
from : to eth street, has been finished. The
pavement is TO be of bluestone, and it i under
stood that 1t viii be covered with asphalt in the
spring.
The chief engineer was informed that certain
changes have been ordered 10 be made in
Chase's sewer traps. He was directed to examine
into the matter, Tx upon the cost, and report
The chief engineer was TO directed to cancel
the contract made with Mr.. p. Brennan
for laying sewer in Maine avenue
II was decided by the board to have sewer
laid in a street south, between 1st and %
streets, TO relieve the filthy condition of sal
street., and when compile ed the subject &c paw.
ing the street will be considered. The chief en-
eineer was directed TO cause contract 10 be
made with Mr.. Leondss Scott to Law
side of A street southeast from 2i street east 10
the entrance of the alley. extending along said
a., F eIe mnIe dength OF the square, including
A contract was directed TO be made with Mr.
Lewis Ctephane for laying the Miller wood
pavement on 18th street from south side F TO
10 street northwest; to park terrace, furnish
and set Seneca stone Gaping and steps as nav
be directed by the CHIEF engineer or A lolf
Cluss. park commissioner, and for grading
setting curbs, paving sidewalks, and laying
water mains, services and sewer lat-rais on
said street from NJ to 7 streets northwest. also
pave carTisgeway on II street, from Sd street
west TO the Baltimore and Ohio railroad cross
ing, with Phillips rOund-bOck pavement.
MI Albert Gleason was informed that tue chief
engineer had been directed 10 draw a contract
WIN him for grading, setting curb, paving side
walks, and lowering tracks of railroad on n
street, from Sd street west 70 the Baltimore and
ohio railroad crossing. Mr.. Thomas NJ. PIow-
man, IN response TO An inquiry, was in
formed that the board see no neces-
stfy for having doors made in the open
lngs on the north side OF the temporary
sheds Tor the western market as requested BY
the butchers and hucksttrs, but that the pave
ments may he reiaid on the space between the
old market sheds on 10Th street.
REAL ESTATE 'SALRs.-Latimer & Claarv
have made the following sales of real u gats
since october LIST Lot IL, in square 23S. and
improvements. to Thomas III. Calian, for "a "a.
north half of lot :, in square 2l3, aud improve,
ments, to A. Lewis, for - $50; part of subdy is
Ion OF lot ii, in square 1871, an 4 improvements
10 M aonng, Tor =, 500; parts of lots % and 80,
In subdivision of square 3I5, and improvements
to Thomas III. Callan, for 8. $50.
Green Williams, auctiOneers, northwest
corner OF 10th and ID streets. have made the
following sales of real estate since the sd uIt;
Lot q, in Holden Il FOrd's sub division OF
square 3l2 west side OF 18th street, between y
sisting OF brick dwelling house, to Thomas c.
wilson, LOT Sil3O; part of lot 7, square 1913,
northwest corner OF 2lst and G streets with i'm
provements, to John K. Kendall for AZ .O25; lot
Zlo, IN Gllbert's recorded subdivision of square
bi5, near st. Aloysius church, with improve
ment, consisting of "A brick dwelling house 10
b. +. Gilbert, for $500; also, lot 2I7, same
square, with improvements, to Il. II. Gilbert
Tor $3.50, lot 81, in Browns recorded sub
DIVISION of lots in Hughes and Carriugton's
sub-division of square "a. with improvements,
consisting of two-stJry brick dwelling house
TO Dr. y. +. Snodgrass, for $685. building on
lease ground rent known a. the national dining
saloon, situated Oh 18th street west, between 2
aud streets north, to Thomas Dudman for
$40: lot Is, OF subdivision OF part of square 23S
fronts II feet on Ohio avenue and runs througr,
with An irregular width to ID street imnroveJ
by brick dwelling. TO Pat. Curtin, for 81 200:
south - feet OF lot Il, square 34S, on 10th street
west, between ID and l. streets north. with i'm
pr0yements, consisting OF substantial brick
building. TO G. W. Ctermehle, for 800: part
lot 5, square 461, on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween 9th and 9TH streets, improved 10y a brick
building o. some 20 rooms, with a storeroom of
90 feet 'sp, in front OF Metropolitan hotel to
John +. Kendall, for $50 800; all OF lot IL i'm
square S6l, to Dr. n. Neff, for 30 cents per foot
total 81 oy62S; part OF lot 8, in Kelly and Thomp
SONS SUBDIVISION OF west part of square 1}3, cor
ner or LIST and ID streets southeast, TO Margaret
McHenry, for Il $50; part of lot L., square 5li
being premises 44s NJ street, near 5th street
northwest, with improvements, consisting of a
3-story brick dwelling house, with back bui!d-
ing, to w. Behrens, for So 600; lot 1O2, in Gill
berts recorded subdivision OF square 615 with
improvements thereon, consisting OF a 3story
brick dwelling house, to j. Stanley Jones, for
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