Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-08
officials Getting Familiar With the
New Appropriations.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDULED
New School Houses Provided for
and Needed Repairs.
T IR E D E P A r T M E N T

of the District appropriation act as signed
by the President. and the heads of the diff
ferent departments have been busying
themselves today making an exhaustive
study Of the act, so far as its terms relate
to matters in which they are particularly
interested. Appropriations in a number of
instances are made available at once, and
this will result in considerable addition
to the work of the District authorities in
different parts of the city.
The act carries with it provisions for the
erection Of quite number Of new public
buildings, notably those for the use of the
schools and the fire department. Plans for
these will be prepared as rapidly as posi-
BILE in the office of the building inspector.
and their construction will be begun with
as little delay as possible.
Besides these the matter in which the
public generally is probably most interested
is that of street improvement, for every
property holder is anxious to know whether
the streets in his immediate vicinity are
included in the schedule of work to be
done. Capt. Fiebegeri the assistant to the
Engineer Commissioner, in charge or the
surface division, has the matter well in
hand, and mis- department is ready to go
| ahead with the work as fast as the funds
become available and the weather permits.
Schedule of Streets.
The schedule of streets that are to be i'm
proved this season has already been pre-
pared. and is as follows:
Northwest-15th street, U to "; 10th
street, T to U; street, 14th to New Hamp-
shire avenue; Oregon avenue, New Hamp-
shire avenue to 18th; Florida avenue, to
R; 22d street, P to Massachusetts, avenue;
Florida avenue, intersection Connecticut
avenue to S and 21st; Virginia avenue, G
to E. graded and macadamlzed; LIST street,
o to P.
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graded and 81 aveled; c street. 18th to Ten
nessee avenue, graded and regulated;
Massachusetts avenue, I'd to 4th; 18th
street, Maryland avenue to Florida avenue,
graded and regulated; Massachusetts,
avenue. Sth to 18th; 18th street, East Cap
itol to Massachusetts avenue.
Southeast-Sth street, East Capitol to
North Carolina avenue; LIST street. ID to e;
E street, South Capitol to Sd: 18th street,
Pennsylvania avenue to l street.
Southwestern street, E to H; Sd street,
F to H; Delaware avenue, G to K, regulat-
ed and macadamiZed.
Georgetown-U street, 31St to 32d
County-1Gth street northwest, extended,
Prospect street, Crescent street, Central
street and Meridian and Ontario avenues,
graded and regulated; Sherman avenue
from Grant avenue northward, graded and
graveled; 1St street extended, S to w;
Massachusetts, avenue extended, graded;
kenesaw avenue, 18th street to Geological
Park, graded and graveled; Albemarle
street Connecticut avenue to 3Sth street,
graded; Florida avenue, Connecticut
avenue to 18th.
Except where it is otherwise stated these
streets and roads are to be paved.
New School Houses.
I The act carries an appropriation for the
following new school houses or for addi-
lions and improvements to those already
in use: New eight-room building and adj
dition to present site, fourth division, Az
hat
$4,000; reconstructing the Stevens building,
seventh division, S29.O0O; new eight-room
building and site. eighth division A, north
west $4,000; new four-room building, sixth
division b, Giesboro, 5000; new two-room
building and site, sixth division A, Ivy CITY,
$1,000; four-room addition to present build
ing, sixth division A, Tenleytown, $1,000;
four-room addition to present building,
sixth division A, Brightwood, S12,000; new
eight-room building and site, eighth divi-
sion b, southeast section, $4,000; four-room
addition to present building, sixth division
| A, Brookland, $1,000; new four-room
building, sixth division A, Conduit road,
| 5000, provided that this sum shall not be
available until a suitable site for said build
| ing shall have been donated therefor; two
room addition to Garfield school Qaamilton
road SCHOOL, sixth division B. Sl,5OO; five
room building and site, to replace the school
| near the Soldiers Home, $4,000.
Fire Department..
Provision is also made in the act for the
erection of two new buildings for the use
of the fire department. An appropriation
of so, 800 is made for a new site and build
| ing for Engine Company No 2. and $4,000
for site, building and furniture for pro-
| posed truck company in the vicinity of
New Jersey avenue, NJ and n streets, to be
| Immediately available. The act provides
| that $2,5U of the uneXpended balance of
| the appropriation for the fiscal year 1894
| for engine house, lot and furniture in north
eastern section of Washington be used for
| inclosing, grading and paving the lot to the
| chemical engine house, Mount Pleasant,
and building a storehouse on rear of same.
| The equipment of the fire department is
| to be increased by the addition of a steam
| fire engine ana a hose carriage. appropria-
| lions for which are made Immediately
available, and an aerial turn-table truck.
The work on the construction of the new
engine houses will in all probability be be-
| gun in short time, as the appropriations
| for these are made available at once. The
site of the proposed truck house in the
vicinity of New Jersey avenue and NJ street
is one that the chief of the fire department
| has long favored as being particularly well
adapted for the purpose. 1t is on a slight
elevation, SO that whichever way the truck
would be called upon to go it would have
the advantage of an incline in getting
started.
This is no small matter when the weight
of a truck is considered. Moreover, this
section of the city is quite remote from
the truck houses as they are now located,
Notwithstanding the fact that it is thickly
populated and exposed to big fires. This
was clearly demonstrated in the case of
the Stumph fire last summer. At present
there are but three truck houses in the
District-truck A, North Capitol between
B and c streets; truck b, New Hampshire
avenue and NJ street. and truck C, Ohio
avenue and 14th street.
Engine house No. = is now located on D
street between 18th and 18th. 1t is right
in the heart of the city and is probably
called upon to respond to more alarms
than any other company in the city. Its
location is fairly good, but the house is
by no means adequate to its needs. No
site has as yet been fixed upon Icy the
Commissioners for the new house, and 1t
is not easy matter to secure Il desirable
location within the amount at the disposal
of the Commissioners. The ground upon
which the present No. 2 engine house
stands besides being too small is govern
ment property. 1t is desired to locate
the new building east of 18th street and, If
possible, north of the avenue, although
suitable site south Of the avenue would
be acceptable.
To Exempt Industrial Enterprises.
1t is learned by the bureau CT
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