The morning times., 1895-10-16

The Engineer Department. by direetion
of Commissioner Powell. has submitted
TO the board its estimate for street light
ing for the year 1896 81, which foots up
as fellows:
Absolutely necessary gas lamps, ap-
preparation required, S1d4 -Sod 90 :
absoIutely necessary arc electrlc
lamps, S"3, l $3.50. Total, s26I ,S93.4o.
HIguiy desirable gas, S2O9 % 90; are
same as quoted, the total being S3U2.-
l2i 40.
The aggregate number of additional gas
lamps actually required TO properly light
the streets, inside the city, is S4O. Inc
estimate of lights to he established in
1867, calls for 71o of naphiha ana
$50 OF gas, located as follows:
City streets, 100 gas, 2OO naphtha' :
city alleys, DO gas, so naphtha; Benniiigs,
60 naphtha, kanuaii ana lsherw9d, 10
naphiha; Ivy City, 90 naphtha; King 5
SUBDIVISION on BadensDurg road, lo hapil-
tia; Twining Guy, q napnlna; Lalgdon. ~
nupnlha; Winthrop Heights, 10 IiapiStha.
Avalon and Avalon Heights. 20 naphiha;
Brigntwood, 10 gas; Anaeostia, ~ gas:
Takona 80 gas; Cleveland Heights, 10
gas; brookland, 10 naphtha: washington on
Heights, % gas: Columbia Heights, ~
gas; HiilsuaIe, 2 napntha; county, scat
Iering, 80 gas, 80 papntha.
Lamps or the napIrna pattern are also
recommended on roads, as follows: w WoOu-
ley Lane, from bridge 10 Tenlcytown road,
30, Tcnlcytown road, from Georgetown TO
Tcnlrytown, 2i; same from Ienieyiown 10
District line, 10; flney branch road, from
brigiitwoud to Takoma, 10; Bright wood
avenue, from last lamp TO District line, 80
gas and napbtha lamps.
NAPHTHA LAMPS LOCATED.
Naphtha lamps are 10 bc placed on Roch
Greek Church rC.Id, from Seventh street TO
Soldiers Home grounds, 80; irst street
northwest, from Florida avenue 10 SOL
diers' Home grounds, 20, whitney avenue,
from Seventh street to Soldlers nome
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line, s; Harrison street IN AnacoStld 10
Good Hope, 80; Minnesota avenue III Anacos-
tia, from Harrison street 10 pennsylvania
avenue bridge, 20.
The ccneral estimates for gas nd Daphtha
lighting for the year are: For maintaining
5000 gas lamps, as lighted August /,
.U6I naphtha lamps, at $50. 20, 81, ST.
for 30 gas lamps TO be erected in 1888,
S6l5. Total, Sli6,042.
The item for the Introduction OF the 'aD-
solutely needed" gas lamps is placed at
S37 ,359. 20, with an addition of $3.50
for the purchase of designations, copper
lanterns and other requisites.
The cost of introducing the $40 gas lamps
and for maintaining them Is estimated at
S3l ,3I4, and the grand total, less de-
ductions, at sos, ,04U.5O.
The deductions are those to be dlSCon-
tinued along the street railway lines and
those at present maintained by railroads.
Electric lights are to be established IN
ISg6-97 as follows: On Metropolitan rail-
way from FOur-and-a-half and . streets
southwest to Tenth and Florida avenue
northwest, 6S; Metropolitan electric line,
east and west, to be in operation August
l, 1896, from Thirty-fifth and o streets
to Fifteenth and East Capitol streets. l16;
Columbia cable road, from Fificenth street
and New York avenue northwest TO Fir-
teenti and II streets northeast, 57; from
Florida avenue to Whitney avenue, on
Fourteenth street cable line, 20; on Eighth
street southeast, from poennsylEy;ania ave, ave
north west from tbs Peace monument to
Baltimore aud Ohio depot, B; on u street
north west. from Fifteenth to North Capitol
from Seventh to North Capitol streets, 70.
COST OF THE SERVICE.
The present electric light service is main
tained at an average expenditure of S46.-
$1,000, exclusive of inspection and test
ing. The 322 additional lamps, 1T is es-
tifnated, will cost S44, 40, and the
total expense therefor, as estimated, less
three lights maintained by railroad, is
stated at S93, 1880.
Cement sidewalks were yesterday or
dered to be laid as follows: On east side
of Riggs Bank, in front OF No. 1883 -Four
teenth street northwest, and in front of
No. 1926 New Hampshire avenue north
west.
The board of assistant assessors has com
pleted its work OF reasseSsing property in
the northwest and is almost through with
| the southwest. The members were engaged
yesterda on square 5I3 between Third and
| Four-and-a-half and and L streets south
west.
George T. Wood wa S yesterday appointed
| an additional private of the Metropoot an
police force. to serve at the Buchanan pub
| lie school building for a period of three
years.
| RAILROAD GETS PERMIT.
The Commits sioncrs yesterday author
lied the Engineer Department to issue per
| NIT to the Georgetown and Tenleyto WI
| Railroad Company to extend its line from
/ its present terminus to the Potomac River,
in accordance with the letter of request on
file. The permit is to exclude the priv .lege
| of using additional overhead wires over any
public street or thoroughfare. As the com
pany VIII traverse no street, but W i'll pass
| over private property, as heretofore stat ed
| in The Times, the absence of the clause from
| the official permit will be no bar to the
| strincing of the electric appliances, and
| the trolley will therefore he the method OF
| propulsion over the short extension pro
| posed.
Steam engineers license of the first
class has been issued to John b. Wallace.
james ]. Hampton obtained a permit yes
| terday FOR the construction of six three
story and basement brick dwellings, al
| Nos. 2111 to 212l Bancroft place, Con
| necticut avenue heights. The aggregate
cost of the buildings is given as S54,5OO.