Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-26
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
Want the Areas.


Superintendent Davis Of the street clean
Ing department has requested the engineer
department to furnish him with the srea
or the following streets. in order that they
may be added to the schedule for cleaning:
3 street from 7th street west to Florida
avenue northwest: S street from New
hampshire avenue to Florida avenue north
west; + street from sd street west to the
river; I'd street from street north to y
street north. northeast.
Underground Wfrcs.
FOR the purpose of ascertaining 10 what
extent the ducts Of the Chesapeake and
POTOMAC Telephone Company's underground
conduits may be used for putting the Dis
trict wires underground Superintendent
Niles OF the telegraph and telephone SER
VICE mas requested the Commissioners to
furnish him with a map of the city, show
ing the entire underground system.
The Washington Traction Road.
The Commissioners this afternoon gave a
public hearing to those persons interested
In Senate bill SIS, to incorporate the WASH
ington Traction Company. which includes
the privilege of laying the underground
trolley system, similar to that used on U
street. The route of the new road, as asked
for, Is down 18th street to / street and then
down i to 18th. along which street IL goes
until street northwest is reached, thence
TO 9Th street, up 9th to G and along c and
I'VE" avenue the 1afltOl. ACQi-
uonal outlying lines are proposed, to none
of which objection was raised. Several
property owners entered objections to the
route of the road as proposed The incor-
porators showed that there was strong
financial organization back of them, and
MIR. Wheeler, who is the inventor of the
system. met all objections raised as to the
successful operation of the system. The
incorporators of the proposed road are r..
NJ. Batchelder, Z. w. Rollins, +. o. Nc
Neir, S. w. Curriden, ]. r. Baldwin, A J.
Warner. H. S. Cummings. C. p. Williams.
N. Is. Sweitzer, H. NJ. Earle and A. @.
Wheeler. letter was read from T. w.
Iyrer advocating the proposed road.
To Alexandria and Mt. Vernon.
bill known as Senate bill 2s3 to author
lie the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Electric Railway Company to con-
Columbia occupied the attention OF the
Commissioners at a public hearing In the
board room this afternoon.
The representative of the road, Mr.. A.
ID. Anderson, stated the route OF the road
TO be across the upper corner of the re-
claimed fats to a point where New York
avenue extended crosses the lower portion
Of the Observatory Hill, thence along New
York avenue 10 c, along c to Virginia
avenue. along Virginia avenue to B street
thence to b and along 18th 10 the south side
of pennsylvania avenue opposite the Hotel
Randall.
Mr.. Anderson stated the bin was iden-
teal with the one favorably reported by
the committee and the various COMPRESSION
al committees last year, with the exception
OF a small amendment in the shape of a
branch from the intersection OF 3 and vir-
ginia avenue, along Il To the river. This
was asked for the reason that the general
public was anxious for immediate trans
portation. A steam transfer across the
river would be temporarily provided. The
company however. proposed to build a
bridge as soon as the same was authorized
by Congress