Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-18
IMPROVEMENT or wAsnENeroS.
Facts and Figures ~ - work Dsne.
Cost Of the 0a3e. &c.
Annual reports Of 0neers Of the Dis
frfct and Of the Board Of
Public Works.

the Boar of Public Works, have prepared their
reports to the board, of operations for the past
year, the facts to be embodied in the annual
report OF the board. As matter Of general inter
est We print the following synopsis Of these
sub-repOrts, and o. the reports of various Dis
trict officers bearing ON the subject Of the i'm
provement OF Washington.
WORK ON COUNTY ROADS.
the folioTiDg suns npon roads: AnacSsss road,
SO; Bowen road, sslsi Bensinsi. road, .sIG;
sssope, 81; Good Rope road e hs.yy SssY, Ss,ias;
LiyI1sstSns road. siOS Z, lsI road; SIS; SisSoi.
The arch, and $40 5Iict. IL ai and q esrr.is q
CEMENT 9e.s ,eflla Queer Seags! road; s.I' Ridge
81 :s:s i $ ,ssS Il; ia
Greek briage at shosnak eI mill, 0i6 saa road
ss and ss scu s591s masanr
DaLielt read, S2,e73; "A street, z40 Grant rad
aS s .as i.s f T 4s. GS
rd marsocs ra.s s, So oas sn,sy
s1on. S9ys59: Pinsy Branch rosd, S2O63 PJmerey
6. RsS:' iS. I s s Gbn MI
road, e52S; k.ek Greek Ford road, $50; Sandy
rs.d rs sd r. S $s f5:s S:1:
are 100 cubic yards OF stone masonry and Gas yards
paved Tss cost stta SsT gar f iSr
sdamizine was s. "a; breaking and laying stone,
work on roads has been done on Nichols avsaue,
WHICH leads to the insane asy lum, the Coed ope
Chain BIRDS fs street road 70 silver spripss fSe
CclunbIs turnpike, and 18th street extension toward
the ffih bridge over Rock creek.
The approximate length of brick sewers con-
tie Of WSne % sm 10
stei i,a Sttseen 70 inches and inches ~ this add
total, II miles. The Board ii Public WORKS Ia.
lsid 10 miles of brick sewers and 60 miles Of pipe
William u. Chase. superintendent of sewers, re-
ported on the LIST Of November, las, that the sewer
on the liDs of the old canal gave no trouble except
q the sediment being b,cked up occasionally By the
tide; but these dsadv Jay in the fairness Of
charging the sewer. The main sewerage of George
town had been completed. There had been laid ilO
anhOis during the year OF %aiefi.i. there q had
cement and 294 loads 81 sand.
CLERICAL WORK.
Charles 5. johnson, secretary Of the board, at
tested its enormous clerical work by the following
figures Letters received and recorded In the year
ending . S9y: !, ISIS, 1881; number Of letters an
1910.
G. w Balloch, superintendent Of streets, had
spent sI3Sss1, Of which s9ieCo went for cleaning
i iS mG, ihg iSpans and eTeStnT psmPs over all
pumss had BEEN srScteS ss neS
or removed; the street sweepings tuI ned over
sum Of $50 . week wa, paid t. sprinkle the Aveaue
and sauare each way from it from the Capitol gate
= The cost Of new footwarks mot siiewalks) for
Washington city in the twelve months preceding the
ssSo En- report f,a Tas lust snort 81
the footwaiks OF the county S39. The plank road
poTsry wooden sters and trunks the cost was siio
There have been twenty four small bridges repaired
over the canal, the branches Of the Tiber, Rock
k.A n nf
S@s, and the repairing Of alleys has cost $500.
WI Bailey. superintendent Of lamps and gas,
reports thst the expenditures Of his paTment have
lamps lighted by thr District; there are 636 lamps
IN ashington, and SIS in Georgetovn The Wash
50 miles Of main pipe. The District has erected Ia
The some time 3I lamp posts, il4 new lamps, and
moved 70 the new curbs 5is I'D lamps, besides paint
WATER SUPPLY:
The report Of Mr. Lubey the Registrar, for the
twelve months preceding there had been aid twelve
miles and a quarter Of water mains which made the
grand total Of distributing and pply mains in the
blstrIet Of Columbia nearly lsS miles, Of which the
in two years, half the amount Of pipe laid 10 as
many as twelve years preceding. By laying these
Where they can be easily reached there Is saving
on service pipe alone Of from twenty-five to thirty
tearing up the wood concrete, or granite roadway.
There have been lowered in the course of regarding
pipe al cost q &c., the srre.t sI psSduSe ' for
this purpose being Oh, 18th, Y, L, lst, 7h, 18th
cost lowering pipes 9Th street about 81 500
on street, s. 500.
During the same year fifty. seven new frs-plugs
were erected, forty eight moved TO the new curb,
and sky three repaired. There have been ssveaty
ard eighty two new iron boxes set and lis old boxes
taken up sixty seyen new public hydrant. have
taps made, aud twenty seven miles Of service pipe
lsd-makns In all q little short Of sixty miles OF
cleanliness q the peope, in only two Years. -Four
bowl shaped drink ing fountains have been erected
ara the Ievenues OF the ONCE in the twelve months
In ORDER &c enable the peOpl. on the high grounds
the whole pressure Of the great So Inch main was
thrown for their benefit by closing the connecting
time the are &c complete to lay
to o STREET tree and d3wn street to sth street This
and then a large volume Of water will be carried
Ground and over the high grounds Of the city ans
and body The s..essS & ths ss to-
haiorsina BY the rapid increase OF villas and villa
four or i've years Increased service, as the desct Of
cur sqSeduct system Is imperfect pressure. The
highest point Of ground within the settled limits Of
Washington, namely. back Of Massachusetts ave
pgs where the knoll Of the city is iO' feet above low
The fsrts in the rear Of washinrton are consider
rust behind the soldiers Home, is ,2i feet above
mean tide; the tower Of the Soldiers Home is 33s
",
reliable supply TO tse high points of the city
and its billy margins, high service reservoir will
town, TO be placed the height and fed from Rock
creek, or from = force pump operating from q sepa
rate supply main. II will also be necessary before
long to cOntinse the 81 inch main along New Jersey
ayense TO Capitol Hill. The high service reservoir
OF Georgetown now furnishes 200 900 gallons day,
and new Pinch main is to be laid to the force
pump, which viii double the present supply. The
wster service and the expenditures TO be chArR
ed upon 1t amount to nearly three hundred thousand
dollars the minus forty-nine thousand dollars
chargeable TO other funds. The people of Ashng-
ton now have the largest supply Of water per head
of population OF any city the giobe-namely
l2S 90 gallons. Zach N sw Yorker has but loo gal
Ions Phisde phians btAin IS gallons, Baltimoreans
40 gallons. Cincin attans 90, Cievelanders 90, OhicA
soans IS, Bostonians 81, Londoners n. 6iasROwites
50, Dubliners IS, ParisaRs S, Berliners 20. London
Is supplied with ater by eight different psnies,
which give It 5000, 600 day, which Is interatte emit
and not steady.
SHADE rREEs.
The parking commission, consisting OF william
Il. Smith. John Saul, and WI liam Saunders, rsp port
.1Ss trees planted last spring alone mainly silver
leaved maple, Norway maple American sms, Amer
lean and European lndens, sugar maple, tulip tree,
American white ash, scarlet maplsvarious poplars,
Is Intermediates and ssh,leayed naples. In this
list are the trees most available for streets and
nues, thossthat grow most rapidly and resularly.
and yet give diversity Of form. in foliage and
branching The natural soil Of Washington Is poor.
original soil with still poorer clay and refuse.
hal rsA haia have 20 ha ~ lar