Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-04

claimed form themselves into three natural d.
visions: 1st, the portion lying below Easby's
Point and above 18th street; ID, the area be-
tween nth street and the causeway of the Long
bridge; Sd, the fiat extending from the Long
bridge to the Arsenal Point, and included be-
tween the two proposed channels.
Each of these divisions will require different
treatment. The immediate object to be attained
is to put the flats in such condition that they
will no longer be the sources of maarial disease
With this great end in view a bulkhead line
should be carried from Easby's Point to the
Long bridge. The area above 18th street
and within the bulkhead should be filled to a
height of one foot above mean high tide. and
drained by automatic tidal gates in the manner
usually practiced in the reclamation of other
tidal marshes. 1t would then remain in the
condition of meadow until by the growth of
the city it is required for business purposes.
The portion lying below 18th street and above
the Long bridge should be filled to extreme
high water. and added to the public parkings.
thereby securing to these grounds a river front
age and including the open lake and ornamen-
tai ponds which form the slucing basins for the
inside channel.
The reclaimed lands below the Long bridge
should be filed to the height of two feet above
ordinary high tide. forming meadows which
would only be overlooked at long intervals dur
ing extreme high water In this condition they
might remain until required for business pur-
poses.
The inside channel should be bulkheaded on
the Washington shore, and along the flats simply
secured by slight embankment with footing
of rough stone.
The main embankment extending from Easby's
Point to the Long bridge should be secured by
a footing OF rough stone and rip-rap. The pre-
sent width has been taken at fifty feet for the
purpose Of forming driveway along the river
front.
The system Of sewers emptying at 18th street
should be carried out to deep water through an
open canal nine feet in depth, with revetted
Tanks to prevent the Judgment of sewage at low
tide. The total area of lands reclaimed will be
about six hundred and thirty acres. of which
One-third will be thrown into the public park
ings.
On revising the above there are certain modi-
fications which l would now recommend. AS
originally proposed the portion of the fats lying
above 18th street and Easby's Point. and in
Guided between the present shore line and the
Virginia channel, was to be raised to the height
Of high tide and drained as tidal marsh It
would seem, however, that as this land would
have an immediate marketable value, probably
exceeding the cost Of the reclamation it would
be advisable to fill to its full height of four feet
above the flood line. and thus bring the prop.
erty at once into market.
Under this suppostion the entire cost of the
I'LL above the Long bridge, which, excluding the
area to be occupied by the ponds, will be about
PA acres, would be SS55.000. TO this must be
added the cost of the sluice ways at the head OF
the inside channel S40, ZOO; at the outer channel.
O,OOO; and at the canal $4,000; also for rip
rap on the outer channel. SAC, 500; and for the
interior lake. $4,000, giving a grand total OF
1856. 500. Adding ten per cent for contingencies
the total cost of the Improvement above the
Long bridge will be 81. OS5. $50.
Below the Long bridge the expenditure NAV
be regulated by the future demands of the city
At the present time, as the flat is not out OF
water for it's whole extent, even at extreme
low tide, fill of one-half of the total area
would be sufficient and could be executed fol
900, or adding ESQ. 600 for rip-rap, 1916 600
The cost of the cutting at Easby's Point Ii
estimated as follows:
$4,000 cubic yards at a. .... $500 OOt
1900 $50. O.50(
$1,000 earth excavation, at 20 cents 7,2O(