Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-22
CAPT. ROssELL's ESTIMATES.
Money Asked for Suburban Roads and
for ResurfacfnC Streets.

The suburban street schedule has been COM
pleted by Capt. RosseIl, and, together with the
city schedules printed in TnE STAR Of Saturday
last, have been submitted 10 the Distric. Com
miSsioners Following is the schedule: Bright
wood avenue, paving with granite blocks,
30, 600; 18th street extended, paving with as
phalt, $4,000; grading and regulating streets
in Todd & Browns Subdivision and Columbia
Heights subdivision Crowded streets are
widened by donation to 80 feet), s2s, 900; 4th
street northeast extended, grading, s5OC0;
Kenesaw avenue, from 18th street extended to
Geological Park, grading. provided the street is
donated. 0,oe0; Mt. Olivet road, grading and
graveling. 81, sou; Linden street, paving with
asphalt through LeDroit Park grade and regu-
late to College, $4,000: Nourse road, grading,
5000; klingie road, grading, s2,500; Bunker
Hill road, from Queens Chapel road to District
line, graveling. $4,000; Rock Creek Church
road, grading and regulating, $4,000; Fillmore
street, Anacostia, between Harrison and Jeffer-
son,grade and regulate. 81 900; Pierce street, g.,
600; Pennsylvania and Branch avenues, grading,
$25, 600; Naylor road grading and macadamiz-
ing. 5000; Minnesota avenue, from Pennsyl-
yania avenue to Bennings, grading. provided
land Is donated along line approved by Com
mlssioners for a width OF 30 feet, $4,000;
Nichols avenue, paving with granite blocks.
$1,000; total siG9 600; current repairs to county
roads and suburban streets, $4,000; grand
total, S2ii.000.
1t will be noticed that there is no recon-
incubation for improvements on Meridian Hil
and 1t 10 stated that no improvements will be
scheduled there by the authorities until the
streets OF that neighborhood conform to the
plan of the city.
Capt. Rossells idea in asking for $4,000 with
which to create a new avenue across the
Eastern branch is one that will touch a sympa-
thctic chord in the breasts Of horsemen. The
captain says there should be q road OH which
owners Of horses could speed their animals
without violation of law, and this Minnesota
to Dennings grading, would be just the place.
REsURFAcISa STREETS.
schedule OF streets to be rcsurFaced is also
before the Commissioners. Many streets are
beyond repair and Capt. Rossell says they can
be resurfaced for less than half the amount it
would cost to lay down q new pavement. Tho
resurfacing schedule is as follows: b street
southeast, New Jersey avenue to I'd street east,
S5,7O2 50; LIST street from b street north to A
street south, S5,l9G.36. Northwest section: +
street northwest LIST to I'd street. S3.359: 4th
street northwest, q street to Indiana avenue,
S5,S54 IL; 5th street northwest, Massachusetts
avenue to New York avenue, S4.59S; X street
street northwest, Sd to 5th street. IS, l26; Mas
sachusetts avenue, New Jersey avenue to Sd
street, So.07S.78; Massachusetts, avenue (south
side) 4th to 7th street, S4996; L street, New
Jersey avenue to 4th street. S3,02l; + street
(south side). 9TH to 9th, 50, l62; street north
west, 5th to 18th. Sl3. 6S3.65; q street north |
west, 18th to 18th, S7,547; 18th street north |
west. G to Massachusetts avenue 80. so; 18th
street northwest least side), New York avenue
to boundary and around thomas Circle S46,-
SLAP; 14th street northwest (west side) New
York avenue to H street, S1,084; 1 street north
west. 18th TO 18th streets, So 46i; 9Th street
northwest. y to streets. 4.3Sl; street north
west. 4th TO Sth streets, IS, 5S0.S0; q street
northwest, 14th to 18th streets, S3,075; 3 |
street northwest, 18th to 18th streets, 1928;
Vermont avenue, Thomas Circle to Iowa
Circle, SI.7057e; 18th street northwest Rhode
Island avenue to Q, $3.50; NJ street northwest,
10Th street to Connecticut avenue, s1,52S; 18th
street northwest, to Massachusetts avenue.
:9.17954; L street northwest 10th to 18th
streets, S5.202.87; N street northwest, Connect
icut avenue to 2lst street. S5,216; 10Th street
northwest, New Hampshire avenue TO Connecti-
cut avenue. 81; Goth street northwest, NJ
street to n street. 81 563; Goth street north
west, street to l. street. S1,942.sl; 10th street
northwest, X street to street, S5,O74 q street
northwest, 10Th to 2lst. 4,849.44; 22d street
northwest, G. to Pennsylvania avenue. Sc, 1852;
Pennsylvania avenue (north side) Washington
Circle to 26th street, IS, 257.42; X street north
west, 18th street to Connecticut avenue, Si,372;
h street northwest, Vermont avenue to 9th
street, .19 l42; l. street northwest, 14th to
10th streets, $500; 18th street northwest
Pennsylvania avenue TO T. street, S4,562; 18th
street northwest, b to C streets, S3.04S; 9th |
street northwest (wcst side), d to E Streets |
1892. Total, s272,47893.
OVER MILLION
The complete estimates, summarized as to
amounts, are as follows; Streets and avenues,
:6s5, $50; suburban avenues and roads,
:l69. 000 repairs to county roads, S75, 900; re-
surfacing city streets, s272,47s.93; total,