National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-30
GROWTH OF THE CITY,
IMPROVEMENTS IN TIE NORTHWEST.


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The uslnshe.. uioomipa Into Beauty aud
Loyeliue-s-A Magnificent Record OF
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pubilshed IN the hkrusiaVAS VI oa.u ,y, sn'
18th instant, we followed the march OF improve
mani AZ made by the Board OF Public Works,
Id, n. conacopsnt dsve,onment of nriyats en-
WIN " ~ 49, ~ -. :, .,o.I,h
terpnso ~ nas upiooheu Nho sonot' " 49,, a..
and poured forth the boarded treasures IN
streams Of beauty and channels Of usefulness,
!. ~, no,,n :. /, $50, ami ve.t az Fourteenth
49,.
Il 10 our purpose In the present notes TO con-
time our four In this section OF the city as far
nor,h =. p,,naarv street TINA completlng our
Io pou, ''H.',..s -, ,o,,a,cb streets
CONCENTRATIONS on the avenues auu Wv. -,
In the West End, oil OF which run east anu "es,
reserving the numbered streets from Fourteenth
N asorgata,rn a. thp interestinp scene OF q fu-
Dos,'sosn '"s
lure opscrNauon. - -. =, II .,J
The section OF our Guy NlhR nofth " %,
west Of Fourteenth street was known 10 resi-
dents Of Warrington up TO the date Of the late
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war as the ..,
and cona,sted NJ an cSpsIsc o. waste land, un-
suited 10 agricultural purposes by reason OF Its
mafsy oondllion MY no,e,gsovih ~ Will
brier. thorn. myrtle and other stubborn shrub
pey. tnIVusn wa sa.i acona,ntoi Win M mr.
De uaoeu W 'ho'e "e'' a"fAA''" WV" ''' NV
s,. ,,.,s,ve tract NJ land M lv ada,tcd IN
the purposes aud usaa Of city life, was employee
until lew yys snyS iot we depos a a, sse
AZ ,his CIV the centre Of whose great heat Of lie
was then so far remote that the pulsations Of Its
being had not been seen or felt In SUFFICIENT
proximity TO render these deposits Inconsistent
with the sanitary interests Of the community.
How changed The scene OF to-day can best be
attested by those familiar with It's former condi-
ton. inc elegant carrisgcway OF Sixteenth
street covers the very centre OF this useless sec
tion, while TO the east and west OF it the ground
has risen to an inviting grade, and the several
adjacent squares are sklrted and bounded by
foolwAlks OF modern beauty and convenience.
The marshy underground has entirely disap-
peared over most Of this area, so that but faint
traces Of Its former self can be discovered, and
those only in Its more westerly sections; but
these are no longer consecrated TO the foul pur-
poses Of the garbage collectors, but are over
looked by the tutelar saint Of our modern civii-
zAt,on from her residences OF elegance and case,
whose press-brick fronts, Mansarli roofs and bay
windows, as will be seen In tho afterpart Of this
communication, front upon IT, and render II no
longer q repulslye sight, bnt place OF inviting
beauty
In his section Of the city the squares are
u.
by the conversion OF the main alleys as laid
down In our city plat Into streets or "places. y
This has been done In the interests OF economy
and In keepinp with the example of the great
marta OF CIVILIZATION In our larger Northern
cities, where the accommolation Of a deuse
population has dictated such course.
leaving street and Continuing northward
We approach at once one OF these streets made
from an alley, namely,
..sAMsoy srREEr-
which runs east and west, parallel with p street
lyt. en- 49,, Is n
streets. This ia 30 named only FOR two square,
west-thAt Ia, to Slxteenth street--wnere it as
sumes the name OF Madison street, or place, fol
one square westerly to seventeenth street
This street IA so called after Dr. a. w. samson
the esteemed president of Columbian Colleg. 10
q long series OF years, and a popular preache
and citizen OF WashlnRton The ground on mi
street aad q portion OF Madison street was IN,
properly Of the Columbian college. and In Al
transfer the small street which grew upon
naturally took the name Of Samson.
Il Is occupied at present by q Iaoorng class O
people. mostly cooreJ' the ghaIactsr ~ who's
rail tenemen,s rather impede than enhance n
value OF real estate along il line Ground her
Is, however, IN demand az prices ranging fror
twenty to twenty. i've cents per foot, a yaIn
which it had not attained upon the larger street
In this section Of thc CIV hTinr IN me ,nIzs
lion Of our territorial form Of government. %
MADISON STREET,
lion a. SAMSON strest ny .shsrat. Ion ny W.
housed aud residents make real estate niue
more valuable, and ground cannot he obtaine
for less than from thirty 10 FORTY cents per suuar
foot, This street has already paineJ prominenc
from the select character Of IA reslJents nearl
every one Of whom Ia the owner of 6is ow
dwelling. Between Fifteenth and siXteent
streets the three-story press-bricE front an
Mansar,i. roof residence OF Mr. Yates Of the In
OF Yates A selby dry vooIs merrhants add
greatly 70 the beauty Of the street. while h,
tween Sixteenth and Seyenteenth stregta m
handsome brick cottage house OF Mrs. Uoyt.
poetess OF repnte whose last volume OF poem
"A inst from Miii,r 1 70 = nress mssas y ne,
ami comfoIiabie home This street h.s moi n :,
extended west of seyenteenth street
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iaroe force NJ ma, "a nou, n, uorp ,royi
ing this street with a concrete carriageway. Il
which the Abbott PAVING Comnany ma me ,o
tract. The carriageway' as originSIiy I,iJ ont
being cons,tlerably narrowed. AMI tSe SAVING
SPACE IA beng converte5. an eiiher s,is III n
street Into "a hanJsama Is,raraS ra..ry,t 4,
betweeen Inc badny line ana ths fnotwaiSs
on o street. between Fourteenth and N
teenth The nriyate resilencpa ar. airealy
Keeping with The nroyrcss of The civ MeSsr
Pant and Riggs INV, ZEN fnnrstnSy nre.. m,
residences win white marhi, 1hrrnes a,
trimmlngs bniIt IN ave- sectinns n tSxn eac
win interysninu snarsa lar yant,,otinn H.,
and s,Is entranc.s Ip"I H. ~ N,raet rnos, n r
deuces are pecullariy OF The phIlai,Inhis styIa
omitting the Iarge white Mjnln,s'sbnf nt n
city al RrotherIy InyeNanJ ,y,ro nntIt a. AL
Thev contain len rnoms sscb Win h.,s' rnn,
and water-ciosets. THESE whi,b nave mi v,
been soiI ara rsn,eJ Inv I'M. nxn.ra ~ tsp a.
per month. We are lnformeI ihnt a. Nm na,
nbie an EASY terms Will nnr,n.sa sny ~ ~ ~
assilenoes Heieng,g ~ tbs orisn, an n os tues
ADJOINING these IA me west ~. ma hr,cE co
tAre homes Of MIR Wilsinson, general nni.dn,
snnerintandent az ina WSstinna,nn nas IL,
Ijomnnny ami Mr. Curry nainiss I,hs ,nrn,