The Washington times., 1895-03-09
RETAINING WALL DISCUSSED
Orders Issued Respecting the Introduction
Of Car Tenders distractions to Wheel
the Easily Point sewer-List of Streets
Designed for Immediate Improvement.


Green, the latter consulting engineer,
were in conference with the board for several
hours, talking over plans and diagrams.
The new station will occupy about half of
the square, bounded by Thirty fifth,
Thirty sixth, and NJ streets and Prospect
avenue The south portion of the structure
fronting on NJ street will be three stories
high, with a mansard roof, and on the north
side story will be added with the floor on
level with Prospect avenue. The cars viii
have entrance and exit on NJ street, the Wash :
ington and Georgetown tracks occupy :
ing the ground floor, the Arlington elevated
tracks the second, the Great Falls the third,
and the Metropolitan the added story with
approaches via Prospect avenue.
TOWER ONE HUNDRED FEET HIGH.
The building will include a center tower
100 feet high, with public clock dial on
four sides. A flight of stone steps Will be
built on the east side of Thirty sixth street
as means of passage from Prospect
avenue to NJ street
After an exhaustive discussion OF the
proposed retaining wall, the representatives
of the railway withdrew, and the Commits
sioners ultimately decided to make personal
inspection of the premises, at an early date,
when a conclusion will be announced as TO
the thickness required for the wall, and
as TO other details President Dunlop is
anxious to be advised as to this matter at
the earliest practicable date, as the work to
be done involves a large expenditure of
time and money, and it is 10 the interest Of
the companies TO know as early as possible
just what will be required.
The Commissioners desire it to be stated
that there have been no notifications or
dered in the order relating to the placing
OF signs and to the admission of certain
classes of advertising thereon. There have
been a number of suggestions made, but
none has been adopted, nor is there likely
TO be q change in the order until the Com
missioners have time TO consider the matter.
Each of the street railways received
notice from the Commissioners yesterday
TO remove all distinctions that interfere
with the successful introduction OF the
prescribed fender and wheel guard, the
order to be complied with by April i, 1896,
THE INTERFERING PROJECTIONS.
The Washington and Georgetown Com
pany must remove the projections caused
by the hinges of the grip matches, while
the Rock Greek, lexington and Soldiers
Home, the Brightwood, and the George
town and Tennallytown are required TO
level the balasting even with the rails.
The Brightwood company is also required
to reset all Belgian blocks as now project
so as to interfere with the working of the
guard. ~,
Attorney Thomas, in an opinion returned
to the Commissioners yesterday in the mat
ter of the application of ID. b. Gottwals for
the approval of a subdivision he proposes
To make in square 65 of the Georgetown
plat, says that section 4S1 OF the revised
statutes does not apply to Georgetown, not
withstanding the city is now part or
Washington. He says the application the
statute to that part of the city, formerly
under an independent charter, would be to
disturb and unsettle titles.
The section relates to the apportionment
ofthe aggregate frontage of lots, the custom
in Georgetow having been to add the excess
to or deduct the deficiency from the highest
numbered lot in the square in which the
excess or deficiency occurs, whereas the
statute quoted requires that the frontage
shall be apportioned equally.
The Commissioners yesterday addressed a
notice to the Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Sec
retary WAR TO the effect that the construc-
tion of the Easily Point sewer had so far
progressed as to require excavations through
the White Lot, and request was made for
permission to proceed with the work.
STREETS LISTED FOR PAVING.
The engineer department. Of the District
government has listed the following streets
for immediate improvement under the late
appropriations for that purpose:
Northwest-Fifteenth street, from n to
| Y: Tenth street, from T to Z; T street, from
Fourteenth street to New Hampshire ave-
nue.; Oregon avenue, from New Hampshire
avenue to Eighteenth street: Florida avenue,
| from O to streets; Twenty second street,
| from p to Massachusetts, avenue: Florida
avenue, from intersection with Connecti-
cut avenue to S and Twenty first streets,
all pave; First street, from o to T, pave;
Virginia avenue, from G. to Z, grade and
macadamiZe; n street, from Thirty first
to Thirty second, pave.
Northeast-Fifteen street, from East
Capitol to E, grade and gravel; Cstreet, from
| Twelfth to Tennessee avenue, grade and
regulate; Massachusetts avenue, from Sec
ond to Fourth, pave: Eleventh street, from
Maryland avenue to Florida avenue, grade
and regulate: Massachusetts avenue, from
Eighth to Eleventh, pave: Eleventh street,
from East Capitol street to Massachusetts,
avenue, pave.
Southeast-Eghth street, from East Cap
tol street to North Carolina avenue, pave;
First street, from d TO +, pave: + street,
from South Capitol to Third, pave; Tenth
street, from Pennsylvania avenue to l
street, pave.
Southw est-Eighth street, from E to II,
pave; Third street, from TO II, pave;
Delaware avenue, from G to X, regulate
and macadamiZe.
SUBURBAN THOROUGHFARES.
County-Grade and regulate Sixteenth
street northwest extended, Prospect street,
| Crescent street. Central street, and Meridian
and Oregon avenues, Meridian Hill; grade
and gravel Sherman avenue, from Grant
avenue northward; pave First street ex-
tended. from S to w streets; grade
Massachusetts avenue extended, grade and
gravel Kenesaw avenue, from Fifteenth
street to Geological Park; grade Albemarle
street. from Connecticut avenue to Thirty
eighth street: pave Florida avenue, from
Connecticut avenue to Eighteenth street.
Building permit was issued yesterday to
F. S. Carmody for the construction of four
two-story dwellings at Nos. 511 to 517
Thirteenth street northwest, Sc, 500.
Emmons s. Smith obtained permit also
for general Improvements to store at Nos.
I'll and 713 Market Space, S4, 400. Per-
mits were also issued to S. c. Mcdowell 6
Sons for repairs to warehouse, No. g street
northeast, $500; to Elizabeth r. Riley,
repairs to store, Nos. 437 to 439 Ninth
street northwest, $500.
The lease for the Walker building was
formally signed yesterday. 1t covers
term of five years.
Officer Acted Without a Warrant.