The Washington critic., 1888-08-04
IMPROVING THE STREETS.
The Comm issioners Complete the Final
Schedule,

Inc comm issiOnerS Complete the Final
Schedule,
The Commissioners Yesterday afternoon
adopted a schedule of streets and avenues
for improvement during the present fiscal
| year to be paid for out of the $61j, 900 ap-
preparation. The Commissioners sub
mitted schedule of streets for improve
! ment to Congress and asked for $S00000
with which to improve them. The APP
preparation was cut down to $615, 900, but
the schedule was left intact. The Com
missioners consequently had to scale Off
about 100000 worth of improvements.
General Schedule.
The following streets and avenues.
without regard to the section of the city
or county in which they are, will be
| paved
| street (southwest and southeast), from
New Jersey avenue, partially, 50, 422 81; Sew
euth street northwest from Q to Boundary
streets, $40, Sc; Eleventh street southeast
Bridge, $452Ss59; Fourand-a-half street,
from II street to Arsenal, $S15, 81;
Brghtwood avenue, from Grant avenue to
Princeton street, $24, 1862; street on the
south and west side of the Treasury Building,
from Fifteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue,
and removing gates and other distractions,
| $14.l125.
Total cost Of improvements, S141, ,419.70.
| The following streets that were in the origi-
nal schedule were omitted: Pennsylvania ave
nue. southeast, from Eleventh street to the new
| bridge, and Four-and-a-half street from ID
street northwest to Pennsylvania avenue. G
street southwest and southeast, from First to
| New Jersey avenue, can be only partially i'm
proved.
Pennsylvania avenue southeast was stricken
from the schedule because the bridge across
Eastern Branch was not to be finished this
| year, as the contract term has been extended
until July l, 1889, by Col. Hams.
| West Washington.
! Thirtieth street. from p to Q streets, $3,-
| OIL; q street, from Twenty-eghth to Thirtieth
streets, So, ,445,54; Q street, from Twenty-ffth
to college gate, $S,257S3.
For grading and regulating the following
streets and avenue, namely:
Thirty-third street. from p street northward,
| SS,9l9.99 Thirty-fourth street, from NJ to N
streets, $2,91S,S0; Prospect avenue, where nee.
essary, from Thirty-third to Thirty-siXth
streets, So, 731.74
Total cost of improvements, $3S,504.99
No streets left out.
Northwest
New York avenue from Seventh street to
New Jersey avenue, 33,057.55; Fifteenth
street (west side, from Pennsylvania avenue
to New York avenue, $1,000; Twelfth street,
from Il to S streets, $7,6G090; II street, from
Seventh to Ninth streets, S4236.47; s street,
from Seventh to Eleventh streets, $1,000. So
Fifth street, from O to Q streets, $4,000;
Rhode Island avenue, from Fifth street to
New Jersey avenue, $5,Sl3.13 o street, from
Twenty-frst to Twenty streets,
| sB,029.9O; Twenty-second street, from o to p
streets, $1,000; Boundary street, from Seventh
street to New Jersey avenue, $20,976.77; q
street, from Fifth street to New Jersey ave-
nue., from Seventeenth to Nineteenth streets,
aud from Rhode Island to Vermont ave-
nues, $25, 10907; Thirteenth street, inter
section to b street. 81, ,724s0; Eighth street,
from s street to Boundary, S9,110.2S;
Seventeenth street, from q to r streets, So
2B6.59; New Hampshire avenue, from Q to
r streets, $S,626.7l; Corcoran street, from
Elite NTH street to New Hampshire avenue,
$12,Sl2S6.
For grading and regulating the following
streets, namely: +. street, from Twenty
third to Twenty-ffth, S6,3O3.00; n street,
from Third to North Capitol streets, S5,
014.6S.
Total cost of improvements, $lss s,645.79.
The following streets have been Omitted:
i street, from Iwcnty-siXth to Twenty-seventh
streets, and Twenty-ilfth street, from X to
New Hampshire avenue.
Southwest.
G street, from Third to Four-and-a-half
streets, S5,1277l; c street, from Twelfth to
Fourteenth Streets $l0,93457; Thirteenth
street, from Maryland avenue to Water street.
$6225.T.
For grading and regulating the following
Streets namely; | street, from First to Water
streets Sl2,49S,6O; G. street. from Third to
south Capitol streets, $5,095l2; l. street, from
First to Four-and-a-half streets, 1857. n;
Canal street, from b to First streets, S4,943. 40
Total cost Of improvements, S50,6729l.
The only street omitted IN this section was
IL street, from First to Third streets.
Northeast.
G street, from Sixth 70 Eighth Streets
3,7510l; Seventh street, from to ID streets
Massachusetts, SfNsth
TO Eighth streets, 80; Maryland ave-
nue., from Sixth street to Eleventh street, and
intersection at Fourteenth street, $45,-
376.6o; Eighth street, from East Capitol
street to Massachusetts avenue, $3.50
Eleventh street. from North Carolina
, avenue to Massachusetts, avenue, 81, 775.49;
, street from North Capitol to Third streets
$ls,Ool 90 For grading and regulating the
following streets, namely; G street, from
Eighth TO Eleventh streets, 81 l,367 q street
street, from Eleventh to Fourteenth streets
{ $4,697; Third street, from to II streets
. $6,5SS; Second street, from + to II streets
Z $4,000,
! Total cost of improvements, $l27, ,53O57.
1 Streets omitted are North Capitol street
from l to X streets; Sixth street. from II to X
/. Ninth street, from street to Maryland ave
nue..
4 Southeast.
q Seventh street, from street to Virginia
avenue, SlS,1ll,29 South Carolina avenue
from Seventh to Ninth Streets 50, 745; Sixth
street, from street to Virginia avenue, Sll,
s 1884; Pennsylvania avenue. from Eighth tC
a Eleventh streets, $ll ,56S0s. For grading
and regulating the following streets, namely;
II street, from First TO Second streets, 81, 700;
= street, from Seventh 10 Eleventh streets,
3 50, 26S.
d Total cost of improvements, $50, ,O13.sl.
The streets omitted are @, from Sixth tC
Seventh; ID, from Third TO Sixth; Ninth, from
z East Capitol to & street; south side Lineoll
square.