National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-05
CAPT. GREENE's REPORT.
Progress Made In Paving Streets and Alleys
and Continuing the Sewer System.

Progress Made In Paving Streets and Alleys
aud Continuing the Sewer System.
The report Of Capt. Greene of the progress OF
district work for tho month OF August has
been submitted. OF the street improvements
he says that out Of tho appropriation Of $685. 600
for Replacement of payemcnts and work on
sundry streets and avenues contracts have
now been made for 5g191 yards Of asphalt,
II, S36 yards of asphalt blocks and $4,000 yards
of granite block pavement, and for grading
and regulating certain streets and avenues,
the estimated cost OF the total being S2j3, 70D.
Work is now progressing under all the CON
tracts. Under contract with II. l.. Crawford
the asphalt payemcnts on a street northwest,
between Second and Fourth; street north
cast between Second and Fourth northeast,
between North Capitol aud Maryland avenue,
have been completed,
The contract for paving street from I'If-
teenth to Eighteenth strcest, and Lstrcct from
Pennsylvania avenue to TwCnty-sixth street
has been completed and pavements are now
being laid on New Jersey avenue from J. TO NJ
streets Grading and curb setting arc IN pro-
gross on II street northwest between Sixteen
and.a.half and Nineteenth streets; street
northwest, between Second and Fiith streets,
and street northwest, between New jersey
avenue and Ninth street. Under contract with
Maloney " Knight for asphalt block pave
monts, Fourth street northeast. between East
Capitol street and Maryland avenue, has been
completed; G street southeast, between New
Jersey avenue and Fourth street, has been
partly graded, and the laying of block will
begin during the present week. Under con
tract with Andrew Gleason for granite block
pavemcnts, u street southwest, from First to
Missouri avenue, has been completed, and
Missouri avenue, between Third and Four-and-
a-half streets, will DO completed during tho
present week.
Under contract with j. 4. Blundon for
granite block pavemcnts street northeast
between Third and Fourth street, has boon
completed, and work Is now III progress on
Potomac street, in Georgetown. Under con-
tract with Cudinorc & Hines, the granite block
| pavement on Water street, between NJ aud o
streets, has been nearly completed on the east
side OF the railroad track and the west side
has been graded and Is ready for the blocks.
on 7 street between Thirty second and Thirty
| firth streets, IN Georgetown, one side of the
street is graded, and the laying of blocks will
commence this week. Under the various con-
tracts for furnishing granite blocks, ,5Og; 295
blocks have been received and issued. Tho
| balance required amounting to 100, I05, have
been shipped from the quarries.
The material used has been 1900 yards of
asphalt. 1900 asphalt blocks, 1900 granite
blocks, and payments have been made to the
amount of 81, 70l.5l. The work in the east
ern part of the city was begun and all of the
above work is to be completed Dec. /.
Contracts have been awarded under the up
! preparation of 100000 for completion of main
sewers, and Of sl00,0O0 for the Boundary sewer
as follows: For 3,750 feet of sewer pipe, Of
various sizes, to the Akron Sewer Pipe agency,
/ MCMhnOu, fOrter " Co.. BOtOmaC Terra tOttn
company, and A. Lamond. For 100000 stone
| blocks for inverts of brick sewers, to the Wash
| ington Granite company and Richmond com
pany. The bids for brick sewers, of sizes Axe,
| i.5x6.75, 5.25xTS7, 5.6XS25, were all rejected,
and 1t was found necessary to change the .
street sewer in the northeast section from the
egg.shape S5xl2.15 TO circular sewer 10 feet
diameter. Now proposals have been invited
| Tor this sewer and for the brick sewers of the
sizes Just mentioned. Under these various
| contracts 3o033 feet of sewer pipe and "a 1903
| invert blocks have been furnished; work has
been commenced by S. Courtney on / street
southeast between Ninth and Twelfth streets,
and by Mr.. O'IIara on the main sewer in
| Georgetown the other contractors, are ready
to begin work during the week.
The pipe sewer on the north side Of P street,
| in Georgetown, has been completed under
contract with Mr.. Shea, and work on the pipe
| sewer on the south side of the same street is in
progress. A pipe sewer has been laid on the
and Fourth, in connection with the paving Of
that street. Total payments to date for CON
struction of sewers, $3.50.
The work on the county roads, he says has
been pushed, and the culverts washed out In
June at Roab road and Smiths branch have
been repaired. The abutment walls near Ben.
nings are nearly completed.
| AT Plney branch, on the road from Benning'
to Bladensburg, the new culvert is nearly com
pleted. In Hillsdale the retaining wall ha.
been rebuilt and two small bridges have also
been rebuilt. Repairs have been made or
Seventh street road, Queens Chapel road
Prospect street, Park street, Sixteenth street
extended, Fifteenth street extended, Military
road, Brentwoodroad, Rock Creek Church road
Brookville road, Chain Bridge road, Tennal
lytown road, Piney Branch road, Pierce Mil
road, River road, Whech road, Howardtowr
| road, Livingston road, Sherman avenue, Ben
nings road, Fort Stanton road, Harrison street
Monroe street, Giesboro road, and Contra
avenue. The extensive repairs TO the Seventh
street road and the Tennallytown road are boil
In progress The talexpendlturesf for county
roads to date are 81, 500.
The cobble'stone pavements on the variou!
streets between Pennsylvania avenue and d
and Ninth and Fourteenth streets, have al
been repaired where necessary and the pave
ments have been repaired in eleven alleys
i The cobble-stone on Eleventh street northwest
\ between and streets, have also been re
A paired. Pomeroy street, between Fourth ant
! Seventh, Is now being repaired with cobble
stone, and many alleys have been improved.