, 1873-11-07
WASHINGTON.
What the Board Of Public Works
Has Done.
Vast improvements in tho lTay Of Sewers,
Paving, Bridges, &c.
Tho Debt Of tile District Of Co.
ltlsnblu.
,f'otn Our O.rn Correspondent.

June l, 1871, and has, therefore, been in exist
enco about two years and three months.
TIE ExTf:NT OF IT'S woHRs.
In that timo it las lail Its miles OF pipc.aow-
orago f40 milos Of sidewalks, 1870 nilos OF wood,
concrete, gravol, or Belgium block pavement, 80
milcs Of watcr-rnain, Al of gasnain, and 40 mileH
Of main Sewerage. Tlfis
MAIN SEWERAGE
las been N stupendoua work; throughout tho
cntiro length Of 1t, o buggy Gun bo driven with
enso; 1t Ia all archcd brick.worl, lnil OH stono
wherever tho foundation In exposed, mud on
heavy timber where there III no exposure. In
essentials, it consists OF ono groat culvort COM
ing down from tho northern part Of tho city to
tho Potomac, tapped 1,ohr ita Rotlrco by second
oulvort Of abont oqual length, which discharges
into tho Eastnrn Branch, whilo q third Bower,
beginning near the sanlo source, carries tho
wator around tho back Of tho city into
Rock Creek. Into these n,aif,s the yast Beg-
tom Of pipo-soworage dschargos,-tlie object
being to retiavo the middle part of tho town
from an unhealthy and a1lsightly cnual, which
was dug in tho carly days of tito Capital, "a we'll
as to prevent such frcslcts ns tito Baltimore
people suffer from. almost annually, from tho
overflow OF Jones' Falls. Baltimore aud Wasll-
ington art very much alie III tlieir topography
both arc bisoctetl by streum ordinarily ins9nif-
cant, but, after hcary rans, liable to turn fnto
riyct. 1n tho time Of Mr.. Jefferson, bodies Of
H.; nGn Gna nnaa H. uscu 20 @ na seen wha,g aowh
itol to 60 tn Georgetown. Tho possibilities Of a
froshet have in no wise diminished, but rather
increased, since that time and hence tho sys-
.hm .h IT,, u sewerage s noM devlaea Is 70 fonovo
from tho source Of tllia creek boforo the whole
Drainage Of SONG thousands OF acres can collect
III o''e e'amne.: 1.1' ...,,,, ...
,,,,o or,al, unm stakls ia.1 1s. or WAsn!SnroN Va!
III, ISt. .au oa'e oll Wy lnpst eAt.a'tPuut
pna,.,, ., Ions " to Wnoio gaty ~
Iu.aiS Wn.;a ~ cuusnns" ~ nneso highways; %ie IN
raras, .he bareess occupy GlY " pee cont ol tne
rha .n.s1d ml9n' aa. ~ ltiauelPillN, only ~
as ..o ~ tas a peo nom
nrot,ortv nr tRo 1,"cn s,,oni,ord 4,,st III. rrah
,ri " ooo ,o aa - s % es als p1JD-
amsHi 'au u.ses w,eao'n oi vIasa 81 these me-
,.a,1sa ~ ea ~ a.o ~ uAaeu .i nhe" n.uo-
NJ liz straet - o,I i1" ",,,, ~ ts t
frnota1 .,'o esrn,+ " ~ -, -. to H., '
t dHrapia o,, rniil o g. ~ VIII ~ unol
o,,t hv a,,v fnnnr ;nrb 10 H ~ mrst
aim,t az feot hn riti, ao, pys.s, isn
n,e' XII nainteI ey rint,'reanua oa mn;torn,n nu
ttv T. tho atroats at' i,aa;ti"s inno nuarv
es1 w " green yard hef10 his his doet II
ti,or;taa eHtoavorni tn pcehtn1,n1ss H. TN aI;onao
nT ariin ~ ;nil;rif1ais hnt +his ,ses T 9o,nd -
H. ~. o,,t1, .I ,t .;es..tn. ~ IT, sIt ~ ~, ~
1,narjI rraw ssrn,.er l., ;ta nwn coui'erca a m Il
hecan,s m rhsmaofor II ,er"a,,s n+s ,,,,,t5 ~
{. rrno San.apr i1a,,r a. eant ,,t, liz
.,s "uG ,nsaa J,,i,>a raTY,ar .;ts IVY ~ 'o ,a3 so
~ tnn s,o11a, snno ~ H. 49, ...o;1;.s,, .u '' 1aa
bran vorv cnsi1v ioa.,aa tho4 t,,a ,o nts.dima a
tn nto uy asa ~ s ,x " are e' rnnn rt a
roi1;n,i h;,'a mi 1acI, t,nirIaa bnt ia nnard
Ina iea1, vors a,s ~ I'll NV s1 n,'1 WIN
iIu an,rie re;yrn fo;ce l@s uot Esstate % th leyol
atoileti,ierry or to fiji M If, al holder bottom '
m oo,n.,t lin .t.a,1aa nn'aeS' ~ n,,.t, ,r,,;o,
ato,,,s ~ 1eft1, e@;[,,,+ H. ; 1!iae
fn,, hss hoa,, };;c,s}t ,t atro";, arfnr
o,,oa n1 to,;, ,nn h;dn 1sana 49, tt..
nnroa ~ c, o Hraar " ~ 3I, pno I,a ~
nraiss a ~ GsJn.tia. a.t;. ~. siu4 a omm
r. ',nI, ar,,st u ~ t,ap p1usasa. ass oycr
cojyos That ho as 1eft to sfrast LeI l,}np p01
RE enor,nos No M areas @ I ieft oncn v to 'espor
Of tnE ,ea es{ Ut tue y Of the avenues
- arna,aat ~ 49,. su 9ts.Is otes
h.nn1 ,.; Nv oI 5nstapi, m ,a t'e nsu
at. naHulea VIII olua! aexteslsy ~ tneae Young
eha, raneIs ar when hsa M Deen ~ applied to tue
n.,a;,' r. Aiu o sleoa Gtass
uRa'n 1 nouaeiu n.u ~ Inc cehtle,-ht wlla1
ae. Ie n.e''o ", ci & ta efGaqloa ans ios wieh We
s,e III. no utneE MoFee snan !olns.oi: }unotlon,
al ulpIotohulng !nn3sala, susronhaeM %itn gas
laslaps, nns sellerally peeli placed. Inc Tnole
Atots ~ VIZ ts"u fo sa"o noo' u A1AoAoliAeu a!so
s.us as.iuts4nfl,arA, WHERE Wunan need not hoii
WILLY VIII hnuI, ai'u 1 ~ .au can .o pnsgy NJ
'Ao' tnlo"5u luo t1ts at11tunt IN ensuJ as Aotse
AGelssoEx H. pIrAhT1AsIs. ls1 ~.
Inc operations o. TUG Local Itosoiiimenr !laFe
been cotncitlent wIth ILL., the Ioadjtiutmcnt Of the
sfaues ot Gaplt9l I'll Ml'ch to ateuatece mere
o. lss'Nneu, ana VIII Tue 81, re4n1htasto'i ot sne
otner a9iiG ef1nhuH " 1he nnaId OF A[hly w
pohses; m1th shose WorRs Tue Local uoVefsl-
1n,a a.Sai naa Mteie 20 ~. AZ tne sane lime, tno
no1ta,ats ho!no-a regular army 1nsttnsioi1,nas
aade.l t. tho coreoren farm of !" Hnvenwood to
w. w. lpi!uot eTea, ara the OH plke-roads out to
tho patkos lmlts nhyo ga9n nacadanllzeu 10
fnut te country pnrt oi thn District IL Improved
hke Tue town: torty miles 81 iinear stoanl-
t ,u va, eet W ~ luz" mat 90 onn nao oofmg
;nu p"Ss ss. nt ~ eS!e,:se u ;o1e uae
inetsnso 1n VI po!aaoi Det%eon i5Go a,ic Ivy "
,,nr mas 10 per eot, a'n pet"een ialu an iofn. oo
per cent more. There aro now i'lety-ntno
chuIcns cl III lss nity: The roal-eatata transfers
lnr @ i8ti were s7,l7 ,'loD, againat '92I 'Wjn III
aam ,a,m; tla!s year thof WI 20 3iu,o9o,oo. me
salte O. tlis properly Ill no plFtriet y nayor,
tlE6u i'll EUROPE, NlIGFe tito UtlIiuH EfG EOH.