Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
The Extension Of Streets.

the suburbs Of the city, will be Joined to the
capital city.
The Extension Of Streets,
Now that the German cemetery case has
been settled the condemnation proceedings
In the case of the extension of North Cant
tol street can go on. and In other respects
this matter, which has been rather compli-
Gated In several ways. will be expedited.
one reason why so much public atten-
tion has been given to the opening of this
street is Its connection with the problem Of
furnishing work for the unemployed In
dependent of this consideration, however.
the work Is of considerable public conse.
auence. for the reason that 1t furnishes an
important avenue of connection between
the city and the Soldiers Home and the
suburbs generally to the north.
When the street extension bill which is
still In the hands Of the Engineer Commits
sfoner OF the District, Is carried out n is
believed that not only the beauty of the
greater Washington will be very much en-
HANGED. but the growth Of the city will be
stimulated. Next month will be wear
since this important measure became n law
and. while apparently but little has been
done to carry IL into effect, yet a good deal
OF the doubt which injured properly IN the
immediate neighborhood Of the bounds Of
the city has been dispelled and property
holders feel easier. OF course there IS a
good deal of interest in the details 10 be
adopted In carrying out this law, but all of
these will be made known when the plan
Of the extension. as prepared by the En-.
glneer Commissioner. is made public.
The Percentage Of Home Owners,
Some time ago the results of statistics
gathered by the census office were published
In one Of the bulletins. which showed, as
stated in The Star at the time, that In the
District OF Columbia Of the home families
or those occupying separate houses amount
Gnx-n -Gxre
the balance own them in part or in whole
1t seems that under. the favorable condi-
tions that exist here and the Inducements
that are offered to people to start on the
road that ends in the ownership Of a home
the percentage of people who own
their homes is rather small II Is pretty
safe to say that there are not as many peo-
pie who own their homes as could be In
that class If they saw fit and who ought
to be there
Since the publication of this bulletin an
other one has been issued, which shows
|, that in this particular the people of the
District are not so far behind the residents
of other parts of the country as the figures
might seem to indicate, although this con-
Sideration Is not very substantial one
The statistics now gathered together apply
to the conditions in twenty-five states and
territories, and It is shown that Of the en-
tire number of home families in all this
territory, including those living in the coln.
try as we'll in the cities, only S3 per
cent hire their homes. In nine cities in
this section having a population of more
than 100 600 about rs per cent Of the home
families hire their homes. In Baltimore
for example, the percentage Of people oc-
cupying hired homes Is about "A per cert
which Is about the same ratio exists
in this city. In Boston the percentage is
somewhat higher, as II Is put down as s.
per cent.
Building Prospects Brighter.
The dullness which has characterized tn.
building business for many weeks took or
brighter aspect this week and gave evi
dence that the spring business will be good
Perhaps the most important feature Of tn,
week was the preparation of the recent
amendments to the building regulations, FOL
the purpose Of Incorporating them into s