Evening star., 1884-07-26
Proposed Street improvements.


WORK TO BE DONE BY THE CHAIN GANG IN EAST
WASHINGTON.
Among other Items In the act OF Congress ap,
proved July 5th, 1884, making appropriations TO
provide for the expenses OF the government OF the
District OF Columbia for the current year is one
"for dumpcars, iron rails ties switches joints and
spikes TO construct $500 feet Of movable track for
the purpose OF grading streets and avenues in the
eastern portion OF the city, and for filling in marshes
adjoining the asylum grounds" and appro-
priating $3.50 for the cost OF the same. The
Commissioners have for some time past had
this purpose in view, the plans being 10 utilize the
laborers of the workhouSe TO reclaim the marshes
contiguous to the jail and workhouse and 10 grade
streets in the eastern section OF the city. making
use OF these marshes as dumping ground The
iron for the tracks, dump-cars &C, have already
been purchased by Mr. Stoutenburg, who has
been north for the purpose, and the FIRST work
to be undertaken will probably be the grading
According to the established grades in the eastern
section OF the city there must necessarily be much
surplus earth removed and the marshes OF the
ASYLUM grounds is just where IL is wanted This
viii add many acres to the grounds, which will be
improved as soon as the work OF grading is COM
pleted Ihe chain gangs are not likely to be Idle
PERsoNAL-Mrs Langtry sailed from New York
for Europe this morning senators Miller, OF Cal
ifornia, and Pendleton and Representative Morr1-
son are In New Yerk.-Mrs Whitney, wife OF the
Chief Clerk OF the Bureau OF Statistics Will leave
Tuesday, for q short visit TO Watkins Glen, after
which she Will go TO Onondaga lake for q stay OF
couple OF montha-Alexander Ashley, Chief Clerk
OF the signal Bureau has left the city sick leave
with q view to rust1cating at his old home I'm west
ern Pennsylvania--The Misses Topham, Eleanor
Darcy and Sallie and Katie Morgan have gone to
ocean View to spend q week.-Rev w. r. Thomp-
son, OF the First Presbyterian church, Charleston
S. c., will visit his brother NJ. s. Thompson OF this
city, the coming week.-Mrs.. Capt Clapp and her
son, Henry, will leave the LIST OF August for Har-
pers Ferry and the Shenandoah valley, to be absent
several weeks.-Representatf Dorsheimer Is en-
gagged 70 deliver the address at the dedicating Of
the OriSkany battle monument August a.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID. Barr and their little daughter
will leave on Monday for Concord. n. H. where
they will visit relatives and afterward 90 TO Beth
lehem, for protracted stay.-General and MIS-.
Hancock are passing q vacation at Sharon Springs.
Mrs. Alice b. Curtis, or this city, and her cousin,
Miss Minnie Fortescue, OF Germantown, Pa, are
spending few weeks at BroOkside Farm, near
Aurora, West Virgfnia--Miss Victoria lie Compt,
Mrs W. N. kckett and family, Mrs. NJ. B- Haul,
and Mrs Campbell Darlington are guests Of the
Atlantic Hotel, Ocean City.-Among guests re-
Gently registered at Chapel Point Hotel, Charics
county, Md, were the following named Washing
tonians; Thos 7. Kent and family, w. A. Hdgiey
and family, Dr. @. II: J; Colburn and wife, Robinson
Colburn and wife, John G. Judd and wife, Benz.
@. Addison, Chaa j. Scott, Mrs N. A. Brooke TH.
Oren, Mrs Morgan and family, q. L schubert,
Laura Patterson, T. X. Chapman and wife, W. Bis
chof and son.
MARRIED AT EiGHTY-FIvE.-Mr. John +. Curtis,
OF Greenland, Camden county, Pa, aged IS years.
has inst married HIS third wife. a Mrs. Louisa