Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-28
The Streets Which Will Be I'm
proved During the Year.
SURFACE WORK CONTRACTS.
Activity at the District Building in Pre-
pairing the Years Campaign-Big Cuts in
the Schedules Necessary-The Question of
Streets, Sewers and Lighting.

pairing contracts and making ready for busy
season.
Perhaps the greatest activity exists in the
surface division, where the clerks are busy
preparing contracts for street work The con-
tractors will start in promptly on street work.
The engineer department has found it neces-
sary to cut considerably in the estimates and
few of the streets upon the schedule will be
improved during the year. Congress it will
be recalled. WAS asked to appro-
PIRATE 800, 900 for the improvement Of streets
and county roads, but this sum was cut down
to 5000, 900 by the conference report of both
houses and passed. So, instead of paving
twenty-six streets in the northwestern section
Of the city, but nine will be improved. The
lucky ones are:
street from North Capitol to Sd, $40, 1000;
North Capitol from d to E, 1000; North Cap
itol from NJ to New York avenue, 1000; F
street from 22d to New Hampshire avenue,
$50. 900; U street from 10th to 14:h SIS 600; 8
street from New Hampshire avenue to Goth
street, GIG. 900; d street from New jersey ave-
nue. to North Capitol. $1,000; s from It'll to
Florida avenue, $4,000; Missouri avenue from
~ to 9Th, $4,000.
In this section the estimates of the Commits
sioners called for An expenditure Of $94, 800,
and included the improvement of seven streets,
but the meagerness of the appropriation made
it necessary to strike off Ave streets and i'm
prove only South Capitol from Canal to H,
$4,000; street from South Capitol to LIST,
10000.
NORTHEAST.
The Commissioners estimated that this Sec
ton Of the city required an expenditure Of
S156,95 in the improvement Of its
streets. but the great reduction in their
estimates has made 1t necessary to strike from
the list Of streets to be improved thirteen,
which they are Of opinion are sadly in need
Of repairs. This leaves only four that
will be improved this year, namely:
Tenth street from Maryland avenue to H,
5000; North Capitol from New York avenue to
o. 81 1000; I'd street from to F, $4,000; NJ
from North Capitol to I'd, $4,000.
SOUTHEAST.
Another big cut made necessary in this
section owing to the cut in the estimates, and
instead Of improving seventeen streets as orig
inally intended but five will receive attention
These are street from South Capitol to LIST,
$4,000; from 18th to 18th, SIS. 900; 5th from
to E. $3.50; 18th from East Capitol to Penn
sylvania avenue, $40, 900; 8th from North Caro-.
lima avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, $4,000.
GEORGETOWN.
From a percentage standpoint this section
fares we'll Out Of seven streets estimated for
improvement three will get it. They are: Road
street, from SD to 35th, 80 900: High (widened)
from NJ to Canal, $1,000; 2sth from NJ to P,
$4,000.
A total Of Ell, 900 has been deducted from
the estimated amount to be expended
upon the suburbrn schedule, and but
ga 900 will be spent the next fiscal year in the
improvement Of the streets and avenues in The
county. The streets to be improved are:
Champlain avenue from Florida avenue to Co.
lumbia road, $4,000; Brightwood avenue
from Irving street to Rock Creek Church road.
$50 600; Jefferson street (Anacostia), %, 600;
Massachusetts avenue extended, $4,000.
1t is stated by Capt. Fiebeger. who has the
direct charge of the improvement Of streets.
OF this schedule will be given precedence next
year.
PERMIT WORK.
Under the head of permit work, which is a
system incorporated several years ago whereby
citizens, by paying one-half tho cost Of certain
work. are enabled to have it done long
in advance Of the government, S165, 900 will be
available. This is the same amount
appropriated last year. Already there are many
applications for work under its provisions on
main or this Spnd Tha adv;ca tm th"sn ~
contemplate having the District do work under
this system il to file their applications at once.
so as to insure the completion OF the work
during the fiscal year.
One of the most important improvements
under the provisions Of the compulsory permit
system VIII De the removal OF the parking on
New York avenue and the rcpaving of the space
improvement will not be DELAYED another wear.
One-half of the cost of the work will be assessed
against abutting property
MATTER OF CuRBs
Ever since the advent If the nerm;t ,vster,
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'"e,0 Ia. 0eo" eo"''"ei"oio eo"Pt'int apou'
Gurus. lhere are many cases where the District
would lay sidewalk and curb under the permi,
system, and later when the sidewalk was reaid
take up the cub and Law new variety, assess
ing the abutting property accordingly. This
| was manifestly !nequltable, and there is q pro-
vision In the appropriation bill for the next
| fiscal year which reads:
| That abuttlng property shall not be liable
to such assessment when sidewalk and curbing
have been laid by the District authorities in
front OF the came under permit system within
two years prior to such assessment. and all
such charges and assessments shall be refunded
or abated.
| EXTENSION OF HIGHWAYS
| Inc most important work IN the surface de-
partment ID the extension OF highways. Con
gress appropriated out S3,000 for this