Evening star., 1895-10-24
What the Commissioners Ask of
Congress.
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS WANTED
Proposed Expenditures for Street
Work and Sewers.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

ity during the fiscal year ending June 80
1897. and sent the same to the Secretary
of the Trea sury, together with statement
of the estimated revenues. exclusive of the
receipts of the water department. These
estimates. the Commissioners say. do not
include the amounts of salaries Of the JUS
tices of the Supreme Court Of the District
and the justices of the Court of Appeals,
although one-half of the same is payable
out of the revenues of the District.
In all the Commissioners ask for an ap-
preparation of s7,4962574I. one-half of
which the general government is to pay.
The most important feature of the new
estimates is the list of improvements the
Commissioners contemplate making next
year. This includes the streets to be
paved and other important matters.
improvements Recommended.
Following is a complete list of the streets
recommended for improvement:
Northwest.
Virginia avenue from G to f streets,
pave estimated cost, $4,000; 1st street from
o to P streets, pave, $1,000; w street from
18th to 18th Streets pave, $500; Florida
avenue from 1st to North Capitol streets,
pave, $4,000; T street from 1th to 9th
streets, pave. 5000; Riggs street from New
Hampshire avenue to 10Th street. pave, &c.
u street ITOHl lOtH " lotl SlicclS,
pave, $4,000; I street from 23d to 26th
streets, pave, $4,000; street from 11th to
10Th streets, pave, $1,000; 10Th street from
H to K streets pave, 5000; L street from
7th street to Florida avenue, pave, So,OOO;
Rhode Island avenue from New Jersey to
Florida avenues, pave, $1,000; X street from
1st to North Capitol streets, pave, $1,000;
Florida avenue from Connecticut avenue to
18th street, pave, $1,000; 1st street from
Pierce street to New York avenue. pave,
$4,000; 22d street from F street to Virginia
avenue, pave, 5000; 11th street from to
D streets, pave, $500; 18th street from Z
to B streets pave. s1,700; 11th street from
C to streets, pave, $14O0; North Capitol
street from o street to Florida avenue,
pave $4,000; = street from 9th to 18th
streets, pave $4,000; 18th street from NJ to
streets, pave, $1,000; Cedar street from
18th to 10Th streets, pave, S4Ooo; y street
from New Jersey avenue to lst street
pave $1,000; Sd street from P to Q streets.
pave $500; oath street from Nj street to
Pennsylvania avenue, pave, $4,000; w street
from 18th to 18th streets, pave, $500. Total
for northwest s1SO,OOO.
Northeast.
NJ street. from I'd street to Florida avenue,
pave $4,000; Florida avenue, from 9th to
NJ street, G. and NJ. $4,000; B street. from
9Th to 9th street, pave, $500; D street,
from Maryland avenue to 9th street, pave,
$500; F street, from Sd to 9th street. pave,
$4,000; G street, from Maryland avenue to
14th street, pave, $1,000; Florida avenue,
from NJ street to Brentwood road, G. and
H., $4,000; 10th street, from East Capitol
10 c. street, pave, s., 900; 4th street, from X
70 l. street, pave, $4,000; l. street, from
North Capitol street eastward, G. and R.,
$4,000; Florida avenue, from North Capitol
street to New York avenue G. and R., $751;
900: d street, from Massachusetts avenue
to Maryland avenue, G. and R., 10000; 11th
street, from Massachusetts avenue to
street, G. and R., $500; F street, from 9th
street to Maryland avenue, G. and R.,
$500; total for northeast, $133,OOO
Southeast.
Tenth street. from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to I street, pave, s1O,OOO street, from
Sth to 18th street, pave 10000; South Car
olina avenue, from 7th to 9th street, pave,
$1,000; street, from 11th to 18th street,
pave, $4,000; Kentucky avenue, from Lin
coin Park to B street, G. and R., $4,000;
18th street. from East Capitol to D street,
G. and r., 5000: l. street. from 4th to Sth,
G. and R., 5000; E street, from 18th to
14th street. pave, $1,000; 4th street, from
Z to Virginia avenue, pave, $4,000; 9th
street. from Pennsylvania avenue to South
Carolina avenue, pave, s1,5OO; South Capt.
tol street, from H to K street, pave, $40, 600;
E street, from Sd to 4th street, pave, 81, 500;
9Th street, from E to G street, pave, s., 600;
South Carolina avenue, from 9th to 11th
street, pave. $4,000; 4th street. from Vir-
ginia avenue to N street, pave, $4,000;
North Carolina avenue, from E to street
pave, $4,000: 1st street, from G to street.
pave, NTSlllld avenue from 80 to
9th street, pave, $1,000 Total for south
east, $3.50
Southwest.
d street from 7th to 9th streets pave,
$1,000; F street, from 7th to 10th streets,
pave. $4,000; I street, from Sd to 9th
streets, pave, $4,000; Sd street. from H to
X streets, pave, $4,000; 6H street, from D
to E streets, pave, 5000; Virginia avenue
from South Capitol to Delaware avenue,
streets, pave, $1,000, Van street, from Sd to
AZ streets. pave. 5000; Delaware avenue,
fro m X to l. streets, G. and r., s., 900; 14th
street, from street to alley, pave ST 500:
Water street (widening). from street
ncrthward, pave, S1O,000; Sd street, from K
to N streets, pave, $4,000; N street, from
Sd to AZ streets. pave $4,000; Virginia ave-
Eue In. 81, from Delaware avenue to I'd
street. pave, $500. Total for southwest,
$4,000.
Georgetown.
NJ street, from 35th to Beth streets, pave,
5000; NJ street, from 3ith to 35th streets.
pave. 5000; NJ street. from 33d to 34th
streets. pave, $1,000; VI street, from 31st to
32d streets, pave, $1,000: 9th street, from
NJ to p streets, G. and R., $1,000; Olive
street. from 18th to 3oth streets, pave,
$1,000; street, from 9th to 18th streets,
pave, 5000; Dumbarton avenue, from 9th
to 18th streets, pave, 5000; 30th street,
from M TO Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
streets, pave. S2,OvO Total for Georgetown.
$54.UoO.
Construction of County Ronds.
For construction of county roads and sub
Urban streets, as follows.
For grading and regulating Columbia
road, 10th street northwest extended, Pros
pect street, Crescent street, Superior street,
Erie street, Central street, Meridian and
Ontario avenues, Meridian Hill, continuing
Improvement, 5000.
Fer paving Connecticut avenue and Co
lumbia road between Florida avenue and
Wyoming street. $4,000.
For grading and regulating Sherman ave-
rue, Roanoke and Irving streets, $4,000,
continuing Improvement. Provided that
this appropriation shall be available for re-
moving buildings, terracing banks and re-
placing fences of Garfield Hospital grounds.
and other premises abutting on Sherman
avenue between Grant and Princeton
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