Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-27
Distriee improvements

A contract has been maize bv toe hoard of
public works with Peter Grantune TO extend
stanton avenue f-om said avenue to the HAI8ii-
ton read, inciUdi-k the construction of one
stone CulveTt, with plank f3oOr. five feet span
ana tW enty-fve feet long, near the intersection
CT sac stanton a.E. Sheridan avenues and tao
eiettteu-iECH pipe. Cu,vtTts. twenty-Scven tCet
lorg, on the Lne c. said Stanton avenue 20
beard rates.
IiEe-- yer ia l. street. from -+th % 2Ist stree,
has been modified 30 - 70 have tha twenty-iach
IortiC1 thereof terminate ~ the upper end a.
the tg1-toOt portion O. Slash Run sewer. OF
about two hundred al nifty feet east of 2l,f
street.
The CHEZ engineer wss yesterday directed by
The brart To instruct the contractor not % lsy
sewer lateTals AMI water connections on ~
street between Il aud streets, IN front OF
square west OF o..
Tx BOARD CF PCRLT0 WORKS TO-DAY
directed ". r. Wallace, inspector, to sec that
the improvements on SOuti Carolina avenue,
betWt y 9TH and 9Th streets west, are completed
without delay. The chief euCi Beer was directed
10 car cei the contracts with VIM. A. Wilson for
scwgIIug Al P-stTeet bTidge-6-c. and for put
ting al sever traps, his work proving unsstis-
factory 10 she board. Tire contract OF William
Fletcher Tor Improvements cn 1Gth street was
amer ded % a 10 include the construction Of
area walls in front of certain h0Eses between X
and l.. Rhode Island avenue and lI street, aud
the same avenue and . street; also, between X
and / streets. Robert POrtner. OF Alexandria,
has been Informed, in reply 20 his inquiry as TO
whether the board Of public works have any
secondhand curb and Tagging for sale,
that a considerable quantity Is on hand,
which will be disposed of, provided
the price be agreed Upen. y
contract was awarded To Messrs. sands Il
Apple nan for the construction OF q I'll ree-foOt
brick barrel (tB0 ring) sewer from u street
north TO eth street west and a twenty fcCr-inch
PIPE sewer from. sth TO 18Th streets west, on
Rhode island avenue, with all necessary man
holes. traps and lateTals. contract wa ;
awarded - Joan Chapman for the cOnstruc ton
OF q tve-f6Ot brick barrel sewer on the south
side Of X street, from Sbl to 10th streets north
west, and H. putting N twelve-inch ripe
sewer on south sige OF said street from 10Th to
1ith streets; also, a tweiSs-ineh pipe sewer On
the north side or said street, from stu to 18th
streets northwest. Mr.. AGSlf Cluss, inspector
OF buildings, &c, was directed to have the
N. W, completed without unnecessary delay.
In response TO the protest OF Conrad Basner and
NiCEOlss Eckardt against the parking in X
street. IN front of their places or business and a
request that brick pavement be laid instead,
the board have directed Inspector Cluss that il
cannot be permitted, a. a pavement would have
10 Be laid some fOrty-th-ee feet IL width, which
would interfere materially with the general plan
OF improvement Of this s:-eet. A contract has
beer awarded 70 Robert BOyd for furnishing
- GO feet OF = Inch three bar composite pipe
for water purposes. In response 10 a request OF
MI Chester NJ. Colt that permission be granted
him 20 erect light iron fence on the coping at
the = tom OF the terrace in frcnt Of his house
on 18th street, the board haEs granted the
reuq eSS. provided il be done uRSsT the suDer-
vision OF Inspector Ciuss.