Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-30
IMPROVEMENTS OF WASHINGTON,
street Work now i'm Progress.

fuiiy realizing the character and extent of the
improvements in progress, which are TO make
Washington one of the most beautiful and
beautiful cities in the country. In order that
the readers OF TIE STAR may know whse the
board OF public works is doing ali over the Dis
trict, We have been at some pains to prepare the
following report of street work now in progress
under their direction. One has only 10 note the
improved appear rance OF the city where the work
has been finished and the increase! valuation
Put uion by the owners, 10 realize what the
effect Will be in those directions when all the
Improvements mentioned below shall have been
completed. Tie work already finished is not
included in the following summary:
First street northwest, from Pennsylya a
avenue TO h street, being paved with wood;
grading Of LIST, from L TO o streets southeast;
IngeTsoll wood pavement on 2d street. from
fehnsy wanna avenue to ii street; grading, curb
Ing aud laying foctwalk on 2d street. from
Maryland avenue 70 Virginia avenue; Ballard
wood pavement, curbing ana laying new side
walks on 81 street, from Indiana to New York
avenues three-fOO sewer on 3D., from T. 70 III
streets northwest; grading 81 street northeast
from Massachusetts, to MARY land avenues: IRA
Cing, setting curbs and laying foOtwJlks OF 81
street east, from MARY land to Virginia avenues,
Parisen wood pavement, curbing and laying
fcOtwalk Oh 18th street nOrthwes from Indiana
to New York avenues; laying :ootvay, curbing
and gUttering on 18th street east. from MarvlsuI
TO Georgia avenues; twelvc-iuch sewer in An
81. southeast, from East Capitol Sc. 10 Pa. ave-;
grading, curling and LAYING foot pavement oa
nues; matchmaking, curbing and laying loot
ways on \ street southwest; LAYING footwaIk
grading and gravelinC 9TH street northeast rom
Mary land avenue to street; laying toOtwavs
sewers and laterals on 9Th street south west from
Maine avenue TO the river; grading, paving and
setting curbstones on same street; grading Mary
land avenue, from Capitol to Boundary street
northeast; laying Finch sewer pine ia 9th street
west, from north to south; same 9th street
northwest, from Nj TO street; gradirir = and Law
ing sidewalk on 9TH street, from Maryland ave
mug 10 II street northeast; sewering Sth street.
from Boundary to Grant avenue; laying Il inch
sewer pipe in Sth street northwest, from ID TO +
street; grading, setting curb and laying tO0tway
on same; laying wooden pavement on same;
laying Finch sewer pipe in Sth street, from q
10 L street southeast; laying Is and Is inch
sewer pipe in oth street, from / 10 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue southeast; grading, curbing, and laying
footway on sth street, from Pennsylvania ave.
nue TO navy yard, southeast; macadamizing
same; grading Sth street, from MARYLAND avenue
10 I'll street northeast; laying footway and curb
1n 9th street, from PENNSYLVANIA avenue to
Boundary street northwest; grading, setting
,uro, laying footway and parking 10th street,
rom TO NJ street northwest; grading setting
curb and laying fOot-pavement on iOtn street.
rom II 10 Water street southwest; LAYING side
walk on leth street, from East CAPITOL street TO
" ary land avenue northeast; grading 10th
street; from Maryland avenue to ID street north
East; laying cobble-stOne pavement and setting
'urb en- 18th street, from Pennsylvania avenue
70 IL street northwest; putting water service
aging Pinch sewer pipe both sides 18th street
rom n to o streets northwest; setting curbs
ND laying foot pavements on 18th street. from
to \ northwest; resetting curb and relaying |
ootways on llth street, from to Boundary:
aging cobble stone on 18th street, from \ TO |
street northwest; grading 18th street |
last, from Pennsylvania to Maryland avenues; |
grading, setting curb, laying foot pave |
nents and sewers on 18th street, from + to |
VI streets northwest; laying f. DOT sewer in 10Th
treet, from i street to Pennsylv suia avenue; |
aging concrete pavement, setting curb and |
aging tootways On 18th street, from Pennsyl- |
ania avenue to Agricultural grounds; grading,
,urbing and laying footwalks on same; layinr
Abbott concrete on 18th street, from X to |
treets northwest; laying l2-inch sewer pipe on |
9Th street, from y to . street northwest: layino
ootways, parking and sewering 14th street from |
a to BOundry street northwest; setting cur s and
aging 1ootWays on same, from n to Boundary; |
aging Finch sewer pipe on same: LAYING
? Jenny wood pavement on same grading. curb.
ng and laying foot pavements on 18th street, |
rom Pennsylvania avenue TO Ii street north
west, and paving same with wood AMI asphalt: |
aging foot pavement, sewers and par king 10Th |
street, from III to Boundary streets northwest
md paving fifty feet roadway with the Hilbert |
md Taylor wood pavement; paving around |
sarragut square with the Evans concrete; grad
Dg, setting curb; putting in water and street |
ewers, and macadamizing 18th street, from
New YORK avenue to ID street northwest grad
Dg, curling and laying fO0tways on 18th street,
rom street to Massachusetts avenue. and
ayiDg II and lj-inch sewer pipe in same; con-
sewers. iaIe1ais, and putting water
eIvice pipes in 18th street, from PENNSYLVANIA
venue to * street; grading, setting curbs and |
ty ing foctWalks On 18th street, from Pennsylya-
IA to Massachusetts avenG:e; laying Finch
ever pipe on 18th street, from / - ut streets; |
$50 laying sewer pipes from nj to BounGs-V
'reets; laying foot pavement on east side Of
sth street, from street to Massachusetts, ave-:
radng carrlageway, resetting curbs, RELAXING
'Ct-laNernents, laying sewer pipes, laterals and
ater services on 18th street, FROM X street to
he intersection OF Connecticut and Mas. acbu-
etts avenues; constructing sewer on 10Th street,
rom j. TO NJ streets; grading carrareyay and |
lying sidewalks on 10th street, From 70
boundary street. and resetting curbs on same:
rading and laying foot pave ments on DIST street
6ouIoafy street, constructing sewer,
!. - -. L., "ot pasereDts, and park '
10 5sd strea. from p SIRE, D." pennsylvania |
venue northwest, and paving with the Il ans
Dncrete; grading, setting curb, laying foot |
avements and paving with cobble-stone 25t
rect, from Pennsylvania avenue to T. street
oIthwest; grading, setting curbs, laying sewers,
-ster services, laying foot pavements. and paw |
% " itb cobble-stOnes oath street, from Penn
yiyanis avenue to NJ street; grading 25th
rect from G to / street; construct
treet northwest, from eth to Eth streets;
iying WOOD n@-,-ment On 3, from lst 10 81
iSets '.tnvest, and grading, S-'''J ''''
nu saying footway on same; constructing
ever, later ais, and laying water service on
treet IRON 9th to 18th streets northwest: set
ing curbs, laying foot payemsnts, and LAYING
obble.stone pavement on Z street, from CT, 10
ith streets southwest; draining u street north
asst, from 4th to 10Th streets grading, setting
GTbs. laying foot-pavements, and paving with
Tood u street, from 4th street TO New Jersey
venue; grading ID street from 4th 10 18th streets
.Ortheast; grading, setting cuTbs, and laying
oot-pavements on ID street, from 18th to 1ith
tIeet southwest; grading street southeast,
rom New Jersey avenue to Attn street east; |
constructing sewers, laterals and LAYING water |
eTvice pipes on T. street, from 81 to 4th north |
vest; setting curb, laying foot payements and |
'aTkng T. street, from I'd TO 4th, leaving road |
way SIS feet, and paving same with IngersOll |
wood pavement; laying blue rock pavement on |
Z, from "a street TO New Jersey avenue; gra-
ling. setting curb and laying foot pavement on
/ street, from 18th to 10Th, northwest; laying
ewers, sewer laterals, water services and pa
wing street, from I'd TO 4th, northwest; laying
blue rock pavement on l. street, from "a street
to New Jersey avenue; grading, setting curb,
laying footways and paving with cobble stones
street, from 9TH to 18th, southwest; setting
curbs and laying foOtways on q street, from Sd
to 18th, northwest; laying the Scrimshaw pave
ment on q street. from 9Th to 18th, northwest;
rnacacamzDg g ST., from 2ith to q Tn, northwest;
grading. setting curbs and laying footways on
u street, from oath to 9th streets northwest;
laying l5-inch sewer pipes on G street from Az
to Sd streets, southwest; grading, setting curbs
and laying footwalks on street, from 9th and
10th streets southwest; grading G street, from
Maryland avenue TO 9th street northeast; LAYING
sewer pipes on G street, from 9th to sth streets