Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-15
COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS.
Work which the CitiZens' COMMITTEES
Has Recommended TO the Commits
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The commissioners to-day gave o hearing to
the County Citizens Committee, represented by
Gen. Ellis Spear, j. b. johnson, h. A. Griswold Jo-
seph Paul. A. NJ. McLachlen, B. p. DAVIS and Geo.
Truesdel. The committee presented a petition
which they asked to have considered, and spent
some time going over the several items in the pc
tition with the Commissioners, explaining the ne
cessity OF them, and arguing the good It would do
to include them in their annual estimates The
Commissioners promised to take the matter under
Amusement The following is the petition In full :
The undersigned members Of the citizens coun-
county OF Washington, ID. c., would respectfully
submit the following schedule OF the needs OF the
county, and request that the honorable Commits
sioners consider said needs in their recommends
lions to Congress, as follows, VIZ:
That the Bunker Hill road be widened and i'm.
proved from Hardwood avenue TO the Queens
That 4th street east be graded and regulated
from street to the Bunker Hill road.
walk from Lincoln avenue to the Brentwood road
That BrtghtwoOd avenue be restored TO 90 feet in
width, and that all innocent purchasers OF land on
said avenue, within the original 90 feet in width
be awarded damages
That Brightwood avenue be improved with curbs
and sidewalks TO the Rock Greek Church road.
That the following named streets be graded and
regulated: LIST street northwest, from Boundary
70 the soldiers home; Linden street, from Bound
airy 10 the new reservoirs; Roanoke, Irving, Kenne-
saw and Wallach streets, from BnghtwOod avenue
10 14th street.
That Kennesaw avenue be macadamized and i'm
proved with gutter, curb and brick walk from l4th
TO 10th street.
That Brown street, from Howard to Laurel ave-
west side. and the surface Of the roadway grav.
elled.
That 18th street, from Columbia road to Grant
street, be graded and gravelled.
That a sidewalk be provided on the north side of
Park street, where needed.
r, That 18th street be graded and regulated from
Park street to Piney Branch.
That Columbia road be widened tn the uniform
width OF 81 feet from 10th to 14th streets and i'm
proved with curos, sidewalks and shade trees.
mat 10Th street be graded and improved from
Boundary street nOrthward.
That 18th street be extended from Boundary to
WMt2ey avenue, and that Sherman avenue be
That l4tn street be widened from Kenyon street
7, That the following-named avenues be graded
Connecticut avenue extended, from California
avenue 10 Woodley Lane road.
squares
That Connecticut avenue extended be widened
ny h uee. souGa OF Ksiorama avenue and that
Columbia road.
1t is recommended that the water supply be OK.
Isnoed 70 MI Pleasant from the 16th-street stand
Also that plans be devised for supplying the high
ground north OF the city with water As soon "a
It Is urgently desired that general plan of ex-
tension OF the streets and avenues Of the city Of
washington Oo a0Opte0 AZ an early date.
sewers are recommended for Howardtown and
lie Droit Park.
Also sewers from corner OF Jefferson and Taylor
streets, Anacostia, TO main sewer
Inc pan Tor establishing q park In the Rock
Creek valley Is heartily endorsed.
Also for the Anacostia district: Pave Nichols
avenue from point TO which current appropr1a-
lion reaches TO foot Of Asylum Hill Grade and
streets Grade and gravel Adams and Taylor
streets from Harrison 70 Jefferson. Grade and
and High streets from Maple avenue TO Waller
street. Grade Jefferson street extended TO flrX
angle. Grade Franklin street from Nichols avenue
70 private road. Grade Howard avenue. Open
pennsylvania avenue extended from Bridge Il
bowen road. Improve Mayor road from new
Dridge TO Good Hope road.