Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
NEW SEWERS NEEDED
To Replace Those That Are Now
Useless.
WHAT THE IMPROVEMENT WILL COST
A List Prepared by the Engineer
Department.
TOO SMALL

Throughout the entire city are located
INSTRUCTED sewers, laid during the regime
of the old board of public works, that are
not only of no use, but positive menace
to the health Of tine city. These sewers are
Of faulty construction, laid in many in
stances without any regard for grade with
open joints, through which the roots of
trees forced their way, growing with such
rapdity that in short time the sewer be-
came clogged. Then the sewage, meeting
the obstruction, escaped through the open
ings, polluting the SOIL and when in close
proximity to a we'll finally finding its way
to the water. There is little doubt among
physicians that these sewers have been re-
sponsible for many deaths.
Some time ago the engineer department,
under direction of Capt. Beach, who has
charge of the sewer department, COM
menced an examination of the old sewers of
the city, and the results were startling. So
list was prepared showing the sewers
that should be replaced, estimat 81 TO cost
$lol,O69. Congress has been asked to APP
propiiate S25,oOO to start the work, and the
subcommittee OH appropriations, realizing
the Importance of the matter, has not cut
the estimate But the amount is wholly in
sufficient, as the following list of sewers
that should be replaced will show. This
list, as stated above, was recently pre-
pared by the engineer department after a
careful investigation of the subject
Sewers to BE Replaced.
Third street southwest between b and c
| streets, 81 40; AZ street between II and
streets, S5l2; C street northeast between
LIST and I'd streets, $500; c street north
east between 4th and 9th streets, $3.50; II
street southwest between 9th and 9Th
streets, $1,000; o street southwest between
AZ and Water streets, S,710; 18th street
southeast between and c streets, $3.50;
18th street southeast between ID and L
streets, $l,OSo; 1917 street southwest be-
tween B and streets, 1886; 131a street
northwest between q and streets, s1,5SS;
l4th street northwest between n street and
Rhode Island avenue, 500; Nth street
northwest between and L streets, $500;
Virginia avenue northwest between I'D and
23d streets, $500; Virginia avenue north
west between oath and G streets, $3.50; 24th
street northwest between Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and l. street, $500; 18th street FORTH
west between Dumbartcn and o streets
$3.50; 18th street northwest between Dunn
barton and o streets, S52S; Both street
northwest between Canal and NJ streets,
1914; I'D street between NJ and Prospect
streets, S415; K street between 32d and 33d
streets northwest, $3.50; n street rcrth-
west between sd and Bath Streets 1,lG0;
18th street northwest between Massachu-
sets avenue and street, $500; 18th street
northwest between r and S streets, $40;
18th street northwest between and O
streets, S52; 10th street northwest be-
tween r and S streets, s720; street
northwest between 18th and 18th
streets, slGG3; Q street northwest be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, $40;
K street northwest. between 18th and 18th
streets sl,296; S street northwest, between
18th end 18th streets, Sl,1SS S street north
west, between 10Th and Goth streets 81, 12S;
1 street northwest, between 18th and 18th
streets N'S2s; 10Th street northwest, be-
tween 1 and K streets, $52S; 18th street
northwest, between L and NJ streets, S627;
18th street northwest, between X and L
streets, $500; 18th street northwest, between
ID and E streets, $I9S; 21st street northwest
between Virginia avenue and Z street 5000:
oath street, between 1 and K streets, SLIGO;
10Th street, between K and l. streets north
west, 5! 400; F street northwest, between
18th and 18th streets, 81, 12S; F street north
west, between 10Th and 10th streets 81 Dos.
street northwest, between Goth and 2lst
streets, SSS; G street northwest, between
18th and 18th streets, $1,000; G street north
west, between 18th and 18th streets. $500:
l. street northwest, between oath and 25th
Streets $l536; L street northwest between
10Th and 18th streets, $50; New York ave
nue.. between 18th and 18th streets north
west, 1852; 4th street northwest. between
NJ and N Streets s1,iI2; 4th street north
west, between n and streets. s124: 9Th
street northwest, between and o streets.
Sl,V,S; 9th street northwest, between @ and
X streets, $500; Sth street northwest he
tween s and streets. 1852; sth street
northwest between street and Florida
avenue; 1914; eth street northwest. between
K and l. streets, $3.50; 9th street
northwest, between S and T streets
80; II street northwest, between
a aIIn so and .,5 18th J, o.o streets. oso;
| west between 9th and 7th streets sa5o. n
street northwest between North CanItol
and 1st streets, 81 1883; o street northwest
between lst street and New Jersey ave-
nue., S2,O40: . street northwest betvee,,
New Jersey avenue and 9Th street 81 5ps.
| N street northwest between 9th and nh
streets, $,2o4; p street northwest betwae,,
Nortn capitol and LIST streets. 81 ,2SS; p
street northwest between 18th and I4fh
streets, s646; Rhode Island avenue north
west between New Jersey avenue and 6t,
street, Sl76 North Capitol street between
| . ana streets, s6I2: c street northeast
nue., Sol3; Z street northwest between
North Capitol street and New Jersey ave
| nue., $96o; street northwest between 18th
and 1872 streets. S120; New Jersey avenue
northwest between b and c streets se;a.
II street northeast between 9th ana nh
streets, 1928; H Street northeast between
l'tn ana l4th streets. $S4S; 1st street north
east between d street and Massachusetts
avenue, 81 ,43': LIST street northeast between
massachusetts, avenue and street, s1lSS:
% street northeast between j and G
S.reets' $50; I'd street northeast between
Massachusetts avenue and Il street 81 $50.
I'd street northeast between T. ana q
| streets, 81, 4S5; 4th street northeast no
tween Massachusetts avenue ami J. street
Carolina avenue and street $500. y
street northeast between 1st and % streets
| $3.50; 9th street southeast between f and
q streets, $40; street southeast be-
| tween 4th and 9Th streets 81 800: ~ street
| southwest between Maryland avenue and
c street, $40; AZ street southwest he
| tween Virginia avenue and Z street, $500:
| a. street southwest between f and =
| streets, s1o40; 9th street southwest he
tween d and f streets, $3.50: 18th street
| southwest between B and c streets,
Sl,4I2; 14th street southwest he
| tween and &C streets s1S4.
4th street northwest between r street and
| Florida avenue, 500; Sd street northwest
| between p and Q streets, $500; 1lth street
| northwest between 7 and U streets. sIno:
| 10th street northwest between l. and Nj
| streets, S,17S; street northwest between
9th and eth streets, $1,000; G street south
west between 9th and 10th streets $500.
| Sth street southwest between B and G
| streets, 1892; Virginia avenue southwest,
crossing AZ street, $500; Az street south,
west between and d streets, $3.50; A street
| southeast between Sd and 4th streets, S5l2:
| Sth street southeast between ID and q
| streets. LOO; D street southwest between
7th and Sth streets, $516; Maryland avenue
southwest between 9th and Eth etroa+.