Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-18

yess. sslAss; ssyess saA D street, s.slsee. The
ethsr streets are sssssssd yhen ncv vort hes been
s sssss sis - .. H.S rars .Ss ss sTse on
s.rsst, eo.: 2. oon,sstisut avsaue, sa 600 On
Tie Sisssss assessment per front cot appears to
s1..s So; .;::s 8; - - :sr.::
sessed ss low ss e.as. There are q hslseee. re.
sIp,iys e b.l.nc. Jeff over fram Eoyember .,
yided thus: Tirrict q ooiugbia, $3.50; .uaited
s.tss s,sls7s ,si,,,csas s s7s emerged to IL.
water service Sc sis: property holders, si,ssis;
The number offrcnt feet Of property 90 specially
:s,es,sd for improvements during the year has been
INJECTIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT.
e, ig q, 81 So, M orse
Iect n ~ hf. efiee to November l. IL since IN
Let Of November. IT2.
Considerins the stnpendous work in which the
seseed is large, amounting "a SIG W. and the
liberal, nearly 90 per cent The supsTintendont has
been surprised at the ready chcerfulness with which
With but few exceptions, DO complaints have been
paae but the ge ersl expression hiss been Of salts.
aud the beauifi Of the city, compisih.s nays
Teen 'he exception TO the rule These fats oueht
der and peration so literally bestowed upon the
. ard: very enrsnry analysis Of the figures Will
have the cordial support of the OF the tax
PAYERS.
From August u, ls72, to November ], of the same
year, the hoard Issued assessments amounting TO
s4s4 ,929 80; amount paid TO November l. Is77 s2c-
amount remaining unpaid has not yet bee Sne due
Those which have fallen due paid up to fully 20
from month to month, are being paid in the sans
prorortion, sreept Ih street ssuthwrst ~hieh 10
paid, clearly showing that in the absence Of unaue
influence, the people are willing to pay for these
The s.ses,ments made since last November are
coming in At about the sane rate:
sessmepts IL covered by United States asassnI -nts
AID cetthoates Of indebtedness which we're issued
The smoq9t Of certificates i.snss from
August ~, 1871 20 April Il, 1873 ....... ssOo5so 10
Redeemed to this date. 81 ...,......,..., l5O7S 81
Balance 6f9 s2A q
still cut aud unredeemed. On the certificates re-
deemed interest has been paid amounting to about
MI Cosr OF The IMPRovENEyTs:
The report OF the Auditor OF the DIetrict Of Column
amount Of certificates of settlement issuad by the
Board Of Pablc Works frsm its orgsniI alton TO the
hundred and ninety thous and and one dollars This
represents the ost OF ali the work done AMI nad snr
to that date and NAV be Considered n ds6nite 81 .te
ment of all the expenditures made in the Distriet
since June ls7l: OF this sum the cify Of washing
ard twenty Thousand dollars, and for sewers, more
thousand doars Tie city Of n.y.
four hundred and seventeen thousand dollars for
streets and sewers, and the county OF Washin oton
the rural part of the Dstrict REQUIRED for roa3
improvements, bridges; cuttings, &C. three hundred
and eighty nine Thousand dollars ~ W
The above figures, added together, make the cost
of the special prov ements in the District little
more than all .lel OOO Then como a class ~ ex
pendituTes other than special Improvement and
payable by special appropriations, OF SI,l63 OOO
This class Of penditures is charged to Cleaning
and he Construction OF two fine bridpss cyer RI
creek Of which, at Nj street, cost $40 900 and
another, at street, cost above e3l,ON The re-
pairs Of streets and sewers aud the constant clean
ing Of them for nearly two years and a half, have
cost 1857 coo Market houses fonr in numher