Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-11

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and from south b street 10 the river, theme
along Water street 10 eth and south streets
along street 70 South Capitol street, making
center Of the city along the principal wharves 70
the new canal and largest brick yards in the city
Thirteenth street, from north B street 30 Penn
sylvania avenue; wood. From north F. 20 and
around the circle at north street; concrete
Fourteenth street, from north II street b. the
city limits; wood. From Pennsylvania avenue
south, TO north B street, and from south b
street to the river; stone. Fifteenth street.
from north b street b Pennsylvania avenue:
wood From Pennsylvania avenue, 70 and
around Scott square to north X street; concrete.
North, 10 Rhode Island avenue: wood. Fiji
teen-and-a-half street, from Pennsyivania ave-
Hue 30 II street; concrete. Sixteenth street,
rom lafayette square to the city limits; wood.
sixteen and "a half street, from PENNSYLVANIA
teenth street, from New York avenue IN and
around Farragut square, thence 20 north l.
street; concrete. Also, from New York
avenue south, to north f. street; stone.
Eighteenth street. from north z street 30 New
York avenue, concrete; thence 10 Pennsylvania
avenue, wood thence TO north X street. and
from north d street to Massachusetts, avenue,
concrete. Nineteenth street, from New York
avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, concrete:
thence north 10 the Circle at street. wood:
tieth street, from north Estreet 20 Pennsylvania
avenue, concrete; from the avenue % north l.
street, wood. Twenty-frst street, from north r
the svenne N norts s ssrae9 SeHcres from
second street, from Virginia avenue ~ Pennsyl-
vaRia avenue, concrete. Twenty-t and
Twenty strecte. from Virginia avenue 70
Pennsylvania avenue, stone; from Pennsylva-
MIA avenue to north N street. wood
Norfk.-B street, from 10th 10 18th, street
ION S,ii TO 1917, ID street. from 18th % 14th, 4
street, from 18th 20 18th, from 18th 10 18th, and
from 18th to Virginia avenue; with stone ID
street, from New Jersey avenue 10 18th street,
and from 18th to 18th; wood. E street. from Isl
to 18th, from eth to 18th; wood. From 18th 10
nue. to 4th street; wood. From 18th to I'D; con.
rete. G street, from New jersey avenue 10
ed concrete. street, from Sd street west t.
18TH streeteast, or the city limits; wood. From
l street, from New York avenue to 18th, and
nom 10Th to 9Th; concrete. From 10th to y ia
or the canal; stone street, from 9th 70 sd
10th TO 10Th; concrete. From 18th TO 18th or
Pennsylvania avenue; wood. ii street, from 81
to and around the Circle at 18th street. and from
New Hampshire avenue to Georgetown; wood.
z street, from the Circle at 10Th street 10
Georgetown; wood. street, from 9TH to 18th;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS avenue, from sth
street east TO Georgetown; wood. Massachu-
sets avenue, from LIST street TO the circle at l4th
street; wood, and from the 18th street circle 70
From 18th street to the city limits; Stone. New
York avenue, from North Capitol street 70 It'll:
stone From eth, including the square recently
occupied by the Northern Liberty market, e.
18th; concrete. Vermont avenue, from I.afayetto
square, through Scott square, TO the circle at
18th street; concrete. Connecticut avenue, from
a1o. .ySt, he sq s1s through raIs9a su.Es
limits; wood. Rhode Island avenue, from sth
street, around the circle at 18th, 10 Connecticut
aCyenue; wood; Maryland avenue, from the
Capitol grounds east 10 the city limits; stone
Louisiana avenue, from the City Han 70 9th
street; wood. From 9th to 10th streets; stone
Ohio avenue, from 10th to 18th streets; stone
East Capitol street, from the Capitol grounds
70 nth street or Lincoln square; wood.
SEWER AND WATER MAINS.
Reform unlike reform generality has been
extended beyond the surface, for underlying
the vast extent of pavements is q complete ret
work Of sewers, water mains and gas pipes. To
attempt to trace these underground wonders
lin this city, in all their tedious winding, would
simply be an impossibility, but 90 far, in the
n,Ainc have received their FUN share of stsrn-
ton, a. win be seen from the following ex-
tracts, taken from the report Of the board OF
ization, about 1s months, Is $50 uneal feet or
about miles OF main sewers, and in addition n
this, about 20 miles Of tile or connecting SEVER
have been laid in the District, as follows
2,473 hneal feet Tiber sewer, so feet span: 8 2lo
lneal feet b street sewer, ~ feet span: 2 $40
lneal feet Slash run sewer, 10 feet span; n O,,
hneai feet brick sewer, from to feet.
WATER MAINe.
water department from its organi cation july.
1889, to October, 1871, i. about 3S7 ,5S feet OF
nearly 20 miles.
From October, ISL, to November. 1872. there
was laid: OF inch main 1928 feet or 49,
miles; OF inch main rs, IFS feet or * miles
total. 20 ,3S6 feet or Is miles. \
More than one-fourth much has been laid
during the past eleven months a. for twelve
years before.
Under the chief engineer OF the Washington
aqusduct there has been laid: OF 80 inch water
main Il .stS feet or over miles; OF 20 inch water
main 1,750 feet or over o., miles; Of % inch
water main 100 feet or over 0& miles-total.
n ,S13 feet or over 8 i miles.
With q united purpose on the part OF our citi-
zens in pushing forward improvements ana
identifying our city, the more generous win the
government be in its appropriations for the
sdornment Of its own property; more rapid,
viii capitalists seek investments in our aids
and thousands win gather here - enjoy the
many and increasing attractions of the naston's
eei"ti. Arc ashi6gton will sooH ss the pgid
Of every American citizen.
Very respectfully, KILBoURS & LATrA