Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-19

credit or he tpersy Of the respecttys eontra.tors
6.rt. Ii Is ali viriasiiy eomsisied oos. The
changes ureaeht BY I'll. e irpro1sm.n,s in the ap-
0fio- buildings and the great improvement in the
GRADES of these streets cannot fail to impress favor
By resue.t Of the honorable Secretary Of the In
,sI.r IN. Bead !. nsh,ns the n.es SAL and in1
srouno the Patent Office bulang, q. veil Is Of the
msnsss on both ssr.s.s q II he same 1'
~ sns %sDy othsr streets nov comsssed ySue
sis. Sssaty and
=, street 10 h1sf srssn Vermont avenue
nue., from Lsf.s esss ss a. 70 Bo1ndsry; assss
sr.es aSsnse from Me- Jerssy avenue to s
nsstout avenue 10 7ih street New jersey
svebne; East Capitol street, from Capitol ground- 70
sSSsss s.sSs to ssa
rcfk avenue; New forh avenue, IRON 18th street TO
e.mpie.ed urdsr isc Board With the
OF the Commissioner Of Public Buildinss:-Farrssut
square, on ts
ysnis avenue, between 4th and 9Th streets;
street. square on Ms..sebnsetts avenue seswee s
80 and eth streets northwest circle at intersection
intersection Of Rhode Island and Massac husetts sv
ehnes; circle az intersection OF Rhode Island AID
APPROACHES TO HOUSES AND Ratings, AND RAILS
ING .sp INDERsINSlNG
thus:-Rsisns houses and under pinning, slsl S7I ~
s,eps and railing slcS 5si The stoops ana
streets were q course adapted the old system,
terra. ali along the line. we're therefore necessa
~, The .ysiem Of tsrrseing, which has added a
of red ready expedient wher. by the difference e.
tween the past and the new era could be bridged
Bile These terraces were faced by low rubbie stoue
walls or curbings in various ways
western part Of the city, which required amIle fl
ing for technical and sanitary reasons having been
wdrs IN
propping up and underpinniDg, and filing In of such
habltaifons, notwithstanding they were, in many
cases, hardly wor the care, labor and expense be
The raising of Bridge street, east and west Of the
Georgetown arket house, with the intersecting
streets to maximum height Of fourteen feet, has
10 great extent Improved by diispdsted and rotten
brick structures which only could be kept together
stone wOik further nss With earth brought ~ from
sHa s
e .rSs the
Of which had heretofore mostly been monopolized
81 snd po. ps
or posts and ornamental rode, and this system has
nOtony being broken by inircd ucing various light
patterns OF wire work and wrous ht iron. These i'm
The right direction, since, left to the indiS idua
property ovners, the noble stretch of the green lawn
ion, by transverse fencings into aiming patches
OF green swsrd, with no other merit than that Of
To carry out this system fully was not within
Ieach, and we have therefore confined ourselves
light wood posts and rail fencing 1t is hoped that
b. the time these have rotted the growing genera
ton will have been trained into respecting those
sheets Of green which are refreshing to the eye
SEWERAGE.
ne system oil drainage and sewerage of W ashing
ton city is far adv anced that before long the
drsiLsge Of surface, subs.il, and sewage proper,
district and the district Of the street interce ptng
sever all main sewers are completed and outlets at
fntnp ha NH
The great sewerage system Of the Tiber basin is
ssRGy progiessi.s and with its completion the
rs mainly comcleted map showing the several
BY T is ns a Sas ivdei
Inc main outlets OF two OF our main sewerage sys-
street ping sewer are partly tide locked fr
acpnsldereble length-Over one mile each-as both
OF lai ge drainage areas, md supplementary out
n"ws could De provided tor the same the size OF these
unsteIy the topography Of the city is such that the
drainage and stoim water Of the subsidiary sewers
storms will thus not oIiy puffy the air and wash
The streets, but they will also act scavengers of
the large size Of these main cutie NAV produce de
posts which have to be overcome by frequent aud
abundant application Of PO Omac water and coca.
si9nal cleaning by manual labor.
pnIlng the current s. ason Two Of the three main
sewers u the city have been entirely completed,
VIZ: the street intercepting sewer and the Slash
b street sc W. has now been in success
full opera ion for over ten months Some of the heavf
est rain storms on record in this latitude. in VIII CHI
iis capacity and proved It to oe s1ficiens 'I The
board has ALREADY decided that the introduction of
street and sdJscent stGeets be made obiiSstory'
With this precau'ion ell damage from back water,
Slash run sewer (msln stemi has BEEN compietsd,
storm Waters number n Complaints e of a aS A.
cheney o. sewers are made, however, in This drain
VIZ: The construction Of pipe sewers in sdvan of
which were never designed. to Garry =" tie
large large s TS;. Of sewage thu. thrown on
degrees IN sSis and o ssSn .es to
,OEs Of the city for the purpose of dating
s sySded a. much as possible, il not vigorously,
is sey sss5 b and mo sewers laid unless
proper outlet designed for them. This has been
eesrs By
ing, thus reodeIins it unnecessary to put in the
change Of location Of tbs piping simuitaneousIs
drains the subsoil OF the street, along their most
bordering our dwsllipgs thus rendering the latter
more sslnotiSrs and dIy To aehieye the latter OBJ
laid fourteen feet below the surface on an average
in ell places except those low regions affected By
duce more drops and traps than done last year,
water The tendency Of proved street pa ave
with pretty sharp gradients is to she'd the storm
case in the former condition Of the stree wbsre
besides large per csntsge was retained by Absorb
ton.
TlBER CREEK BASIN.
The board decided in June last ert the dr. AIM
sge from nearly two thousand acres Of ground out
side OF the city limits and which form sriy found its
wsy through Tiber creek to the riverl BY means of
large intersecting sewer along Boundary street,
irsm "a street 10 18th street northeast and thspce
scross the ground known as Isherwo9d farm to the
Eastern Branch. The entire additional work is
CURED. S'
The main stem Of the Tiber sewer has been COM
pleted 10 II street northwest. The Eastern Branch
has been completed between North Capitol nd 81
street northeast and between 9Th and 9 n streets
northeast. The northwestern branch on street,
street. Sd street, and streets is ted and
IN readiness to make connections with the main
stsm as soon as the latter will reach street
from Maryland avenue southwark slonR the Ii ne OF
the old w Washington canal to Virginia ayopue and
thence 10 form a junction with James Greek canal
the latter TO be completed by supporting its banks
with rubbe. stone walls laid in cement mortar n non
pile foundations. Both works we're let BY coptrnct
but SLOW progress has been made thus far
The following statement shows the amount of
las: W No'en'o'i d
MAIN SEWERS.
SLASH run sewer, 10 feet span q, outlet 200 lneaI
ietu Bereet interceptfng sewer, IL feet at outlet
oSIz do Tiber creek, main stem, 81 feet at outlet
ZaS 40. Tioer creek, main stem, % feet at outlet
a90 90 TIoer creek, eastern stem, feet di ameter
~ oo.i Tiset creek, northwestern stem, 9 feet
tba