The Washington times., 1895-05-18
ONE-HALF FOR ROADWAY
Graceland Cemetery Traversed
by Five City Streets.
STREET EXTENSION PLANS
Commissioners Considering Parts of
Two Suburban Sections-Hearingo on
Third Plat Set for To-day WASH
tngton Coal Exchange Booked for
Conference on Weights.


The tentative plan OF the first part of Sec
ton 2. of street extension, embracing all
of that territory east of the District line
and to Bladensburg road, is now about com
pleted and discussion Of the same with
property owners will soon be in order.
The greatest mutilation occasioned by the
plan to any one tract viii occur in the case
of Graceiand cemetery. The cemetery con-
tains thirty acres, and under the system OF
continuing the city streets it will be
traversed by Maryland avenue, 160 feet
in width, and by Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
ii and l streets, respectively, each of the
latter being ninety feet in width.
A computation made yesterday shows
that quite one-half OF the ground will be
occupied by these thoroughfares and many
OF the blocks are so fashioned as to be
practically valueless, should it ever be
determined to dispose of them for build
ing purposes. Five hundred and twenty
feet of roadway, in the aggregate, are con-
sumed, Maryland avenue going diagonally
through by way of the longest angle of the
plat
The territory embraced in the second Sec
ton as laid off originally, is SO large as
to render it necessary to sub-divide it into
three parts, although in all calculations of
the course of.streets uniformity will be OBJ
served throughout the section. The first
part is now being considered.
sKETCHING THIRD SECTION.
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UNDER the provisions of the appropriations act,
are assisting in the work of sketching the
third section. They were assigned to the
preparation of the plan and sketches of that
part oftbe tract north of Massachusetts, ave-
nue., and west of Rock Creek to Tenally-
town road and Thirty street, and
bounded on the north by Pierce Mill road.
AS in the case of the second section the
territory of the third section is sub-Cii-
vided, and the bounds given are of the first
part.
The plan of this portion embraces n large
number of curved streets. The topography
OF the sectionis such as to make curyilinear
work more desirable in this than anywhere
else, SO far discovered, In the general
plan, and the result will be that change
Will be made from the course of the city
streets.
To this end the Messrs. Olmsted & Elliott
have prepared from the large maps fur
nished them number of sketch maps,
small and easily handled which were
submitted yeste rday for Commissioner
Powell's inspection.
There will be conference to-day, at 1
O'Clock. between the Commissioners and
citizens interested in the third section,
invitations having been issued for the
purposes of exchanging views. Mr.. Ohm
sted Will be present with his sketch maps,
and Will make full explanation of his plans
A special committee called at the Dis
trict building yesterday and personally
invited the Commissioners to attend COM
petitive drill of the High School Cadets,
which will take place at the National
Baseball p ark, Thu rsday and Friday, May
% and "a, at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Building permits were issued yesterday
as follows: NJ E. Church. frame edifice,
lot 8. square IA, Brookland, $4,000;
Joseph r. Johnson, two stores, 1888 to
1885 Seventh street northwest, $1.05o;
Daniel HartDett, dive Hing, No. S13 E
street southeast. $1,000; j. S. BigeIow,
to build back addition, three stories, and
cellar, to dwelling, No. 1903 Eleventh
street northwest, So, 500.
LAMPS AND GLOBES.
Sealed proposals were received at the
office of the Commissioners yesterday
for furnishing street lamps aud globes
for the ensuing fiscal year.
For supplying globes, J G Miner was the
only bidder His sproposal was: ForNo. /
So; No. 2, S6; No. 3, 1915, and No. 8,
81 each.
For lamps, there were three bidders, as
follows: Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight
Company, S435; H. 1. Gregory, $4.44,
and Coleman & Son, S4.65 each.
The total OF deathsreported to the Health
Office for the tweDty-four hours ending
at / O'Clock yesterday, was as follows.
White-Castalia Hosnier, aged seventy
six years; Abram Slough, aged eighty-five
five; Isabel Ann Stover, aged eighty: Kate
Simmons, aged forty-eight; Martha /. Potts,
aged one day.
Colored-Mary Williams, aged fifty
years; Lyster Somerville, aged seven;
Agnes Coleman, aged three; Roscoe Moor
man, aged two.
Sealed proposals will be opened at the
office of the building Inspector on the ed
instant for the erection of a low pressure
steam-heating apparatus in the residence
of the intendent of Washington Asylum,
ON Nineteenth street between Band G
streets southeast.
The Commissioners will grant hearing
on Thursday, the 23d instant, to COM
mittee of the Washington Coal Exchange.
The conference will have reference to the
establishment of more uniform system
of weights and measures.
Representatives of the Fuller & Warren
heating apparatus were before the Com
missioners yesterday and made long
argument in favor of the introduction Of
the system into the public school build
ings OF the District.
Steam engineers licenses were ordered
to be issued yesterday as follows: Second
class, Geroge NJ. Posey; third class, Wiley
Mitchell.
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