Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-14
Improvemens Of the CITY.

ORDERS By THE BOARD OF PUBLIC w.,pxs
gas main has been ordered, with .,v,s.s
on both sides of L street, from 10Th to "A strset
street southwest, between AZ and Ilsn streets
southwest, has been ordered, as sol,ows. 10
inch pipe sewer on north side, ,.esveer in and
e,a 70 ~ ,ncn on no s % between 9Th
10th; and IL inch on north SIDE hefween ioth
and 18th streets southwest. with the necessity
c mshso, nS snd aps. for grading, setting
to sth streetsouthwest,spdf for LAYING an asphalt
pavement or carriageway of such patent As the
board may determine on said G street, between
AZ and 11tf streets southwest; ana LAYING water
servfces on said street between the points named
The work OF grading, setting curbs, LAYING
Iootweiks, water services, necessary sewers and
paving the carrtsgeway with Perry wooden
block treated, has been ordered on 9Th sire ct,
from p to Boundary street north west; also, for
laying inch pipe sewer On east side of 9Th
street east, from South Carolina avenue to
Pennsylv anna avenue, and an 1s-inch pipe
sewer on east side of 9Th street east, from South
Carolina avenue to Virginia avenue southeast.
and Finch pipe sewer on west side of said
street, between Pennsylvania and South Caro-
Ina avenues southeast, and between street
and virginia avenue southeast, with the neces-
sary NAH holes and traps. The water registrar
has been directed to have a 6-inch water main
lad IN 18th street east, between B street south
ana Penna. av., with fire-plugs and stop valves.
"A 10 men PIPE sewer has been ordered on the
east side 14th street, from to ID southwest:
ana An Is inch pipe sewer on east side said
street, fr0m ID street to Maryland avenue. with
me; tne necessary man holes and traps; also, Is
10 ID street southwest, and an Is inch pipe
sewer on east side said street, from ID street to
Marylsnd avenue, with the necessary man
holes ana traps; also, 10 inch pipe sewer on
west side said street, from L to q streets, and
along the north side OF G to 9TH streets south
west with the necessary man-holes aud traps.
FoOtwaks have been ordered TO be Land on
street, between and eth streets southwest
ne Work OF setting eurbs, laying footwalks,
and paving the carrlageway with blue rock on
Maryland avenue, from It'll street TO the Long
Bridge, has been ordered to be commenced at
once, and completed in forty-fiye DAYS Messrs
Whoiley a. Brainard have been awarded the
contract for constructing the sea-walls for
james creek, from the head of James creek
canal, near Virginia avenue, to the Arsenal
grounds. A wall is to be constructed on each
side, distant 90 feet between them, on pile
foundations, the front row five feet from center
TO center, the piles not to be less than twelve
inches in diameter, straight, bark removed and
70 De driven home with a ram of not less than
nve hundred pounds weight, the last ten
blows of such ram, of not less than ten feet
iali, must produce no further perceptible
sinking of the piles The same to be driv en-
Whatever number of splicings may be re-
CURED. After being driven home they are to be
sawed OF one foot and six inches below mean
low water mark to a uniform level, ready TO
receive the stills. There is to be an anehorape
row OF piles in the rear of the above described
row, twenty feet inland, fifteen feet apart in
piles are then to be driven Immediately in rear
OF the front piles, of white pine, six inches at
the butt end and ten feet long, TO be driven
after the plates have been laid OF the front
piles, and are to be sawed off level with the ton
OF the plate. The sheet piles are to be driyon
close together to prevent any wash of the earth
between them. The front piles are to be five
rect from center TO center, the anchor piles fif-
teen feet from center to center and twenty feet
IN rear OF mont piles. On the row of the front
pies sllis are to be placed, of white pine Inn
Der, lGxi2 inches. to be trenailed TO each pile
Another slll OF the same dimensions is TO be laid
fIont piles, TO be level with front sill. These
stills are to be anchored to the anchor piles by
means OF iron rods one and a half inches in
diameter, secured together by proper washers
and nuts. No excavation Is allowed for uniting
IN these tie-rOds, the object being to disturb
the ground as little as possible therefore an
anger OF sufficient size will have to be used TO
bore through the embankment to admit rods
A floor six inches thick and five feet long of
sound white pine, is to be placed on the stills
ana spiked on to them. On this flooring, the
top OF which is to be level with mean low tide
water, is to be built of blue rock, Seneca, or
treestone, in cement mortar, the walls to be five
feet wide at the bottom three feet at the ton.
and SIX feet and nine inches, to be laid at least
ohe-fourth OF bond stones, extending through
the walls, the front to be pointed. on the ton
OF this wall Is to be a blue-rock coping NOT less
than nine inches thick and three feet wide
with none of the stone less than nye feet long
and Gil the joints filled with cement This
work IL TO be commenced at once. and finished
within four months under penalty of one hum
dred dollars per day for each aud every day IL
shall remain unfinished.