Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-11
INSTRUCTIONS TOGO
Commissioners Having All Projec-
lions Leveled.
CONSIDERATION FOR PEDESTRIANS
Work Soon to Be Begun on a
Big Intercepting Sewer.
OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS
CONSIDERATION FOR PEDESTRIANS
OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS

The engineer department is conducting a
| quiet warfare against Instructions in the
| sidewalks of the city All over the city there
| are small Instructions which project a few
| inches above the sidewalk, and form danger
Gus distractions to pedestrians. This is par
| ticularly SO along the business streets, where
iron cellar doors, with their heavy hinges,
| extend above the surface of the street and
trip the unsuspecting pedestrian. All of
them must be removed, or rather all must
be altered SO there will be no projection
above the surface of the street. The old
wooden cellar doors where several years ago
! children were wont to slide are rapidly dis
| appearing, to make way for the new and
more approved appliances Nor is this all.
| Where iron doors are used for openings into
| vaults or cellars, their upper surface must
be corrugated, or otherwise arranged to do
| away with the smooth surface and give
| pedestrians foothold in slippery weather
The authorities have gone about the matter
quietly in order not to excite any opposition,
| and the property owners are complying with
| the requests of the Commissioners promptly.
| An example of the work Of the Commission
| erS may be seen along 7th street, where q
complete metamorphosis has been wrought
| in this respect. The old wooden cellar doors
| have disappeared. the projecting hinges of
| iron vault covers have been sunk out of
sight, street washers which stuck their
| dangerous heads above the sidewalk have
| been lowered, and last, but not least the
| illegal carriage blocks have all disappeared.
| Capt. Fiebeger has had immediate charge
| of this important work, and is pushing mat
tiers. Every street in the city will be visited,
and before many weeks the sidewalks of
Washington, which are the least attractive
| feature Of the city, will be partially i'm
| proved.
| To Begin n Big Sewer,
The District authorities will shortly COM
| mence one of the most important improve
| ments Of the year. 1t is the constructing of
| a new main intercepting sewer from near
| the intersection of street and Florida
avenue to near the intersection of 18th and
Water Streets with lateral branches on NJ
and 9th streets. The Importance of this
sewer lies in the fact that when completed
| 1t Will divert most of the sewage which now
empties into Rock creek, polluting that
waterway, and it is claimed, breeding dis
| ease in the section of the city along the
| creek.
The outlet at the foot of street will be
known as storm water outlet, but used
| temporarily as a sewage outlet until the
system for sewage disposal is completed
The upper part of this line of trunk sewers
| is now under construction and rapidly near
| ing completion. 1t will extend from the
| Rock Creek Church road along Spring road
| to Piney branch and Rock creek along
Rock creek to near street, connecting with
the Rock creek and B street nterceptor now
| about to be commenced giving a continuous
sewer of large capacity from the Rock
Creek Church road to the Potomac river
| and WILL as stated above, divert from Rock
creek the principal part of the sewage
| which now flows into it. All of this is in ac-
| cordance with general plan of the engineer
| department, which has been under con-
| sideration for over two years.
| The Easily Point sewer, lately completed
| to Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street from
| the Potomac river, is now in use, and d.
Nerts most of the sewage which formerly
| emptied into the 18th street canal The es-
| Inmates this year provide an appropriation
| for commencing the Tiber creek and New
Jersey avenue interceptor, with authority to
| contract for the completion of that sewer.
which will divert the most of the sewage
| from the James Creek canal, thus anchor
ating the condition in very large degree
of the three open cesspools in the city of
Washington, namely, the 18th street sewage
canal the Rock Creek and the James Creek
canal
The Extension OF F Street.
The street committee of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association, consist
ing Of Messrs. H. H. Martin. chairman;
Evan Tucker, w. B. Evans, S. Sowerbutts
| and ]. B. Algate, appeared before the Com
missioners this afternoon to urge the ex-
tension eastv ard in a straight line of F
street rs far as the Benning road.
The Washington Channel.
The District authorities will shortly con-
fer with Maj Davis Of the engineer corps
relative to the approval of a map giving the
harbor and bulkhead lines of the Washing
ton channel.
No Moro Exhibitions.
The Commissioners today ordered that
hereafter no permit license shall be
granted for athletic exhibitions in the hall
at the corner of 9th and C streets.
Physicians to the Poor.
In accordance with the recent civil ser
vice examinations the Commissioners upon
the recommends ton of Health Officer
Woodward and the medical examining
board today made the following appoint
ments for physicians to the poor: DR.. +.
o. Roman, vice c. w. Pettys; DIR. j. r.
Shands vice DIR. T. Clarke; Dr. L. B. Jar
Wis, vice DIR. ]. r. Deveraus; DIR. D. G.
Lewis, vice DIR. H. G. Goodal. DIR. Charles
NJ. Emmons reapponted to date from May
/, 1895. for three years; DR.. G. w. Wood
vice DIR. c. w. Bordall. Appointments will
take place within a short time for the re-
| manning three vacancies.
Removal Approved.
The Commissioners have approved the re-
moyal of w. Mahoney Of the girls reform
| school and appointed in his place F. A.
Booth.
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