The morning times., 1896-07-18

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preparation for street lamps and slight
decrease in the cost Of lighting, the Dis
trict Commissioners have been enabled to
make substantial extension u the serv-
| ice.
Additional lamps FOR gas, electric and
| naphtha lighting, respectively, have been
ordered in sections where the citizens have
been pleading for an extension for months,
but which have been heretofore denied
the luxury because Of the lack Of funds.
| In the matter of the lexington street
lighting, of which there has been consid-
| eraDle discussion, and which was the SUBJ
tect Of special legislation at the late session
OF Congress, the Commissioners have solved
all pending problems.
Under the terms OF the order issued yes
terday the District assumes the cost Of
maintaining ''one hundred incandescent
electric lamps in lexington formerly main
tained by private partics," and the Con-
| tract for that branch of the service was
awarded to the Potomac Electric Company
at the rate of $50 per lamp per annum.
Five Of the twelve incandescent lamps on
Tstreet, between nSecondand Fourth streets,
were ordered to be discontinued and erect
| ed elsewhere, as follows: One on the west
side of First street, between @ and Quincy
streets northeast; one at the northwest
corner Of First and Q streets northeast;
three on the north side of @ street, between
North Capitol and First streets
Lamps were ordered to he erected and
lighted as follows, the naphtha lamps not
be put into service until the contract for
the current fiscal year shall be ratified:
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
Nortnwest-Twenty incandesccnt lamps
on Tenleytown road between WoOdley
Inn and Tenleytown; fifteen incandes-
cent lamps, between TenleytOwn and the
District line. and the following gas lamps:
One on l. street, between Twenty fourth
and Twenty fifth streets; five on Willard
street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets: one, corner Seventeenth and U
streets; two on Seventeenth street, be-
tween L and U streets; two in front OF the
new engine house, on ID street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets: one in
front OF the engine house, at corner of NJ
street and New Hampshire avenue; one on
corner OF Thirteenth and Kenyon streets;
one on Kenyon street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, one on KeneSaw street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets;
one on Thirteenth street, between Kenesaw
and Columbia streets; three on Columbia
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets; TWO on Thirteenth street, bet ween
Harvard and Princeton streets: one at the
corner of Thirteenth and Princeton streets:
Two on Princeton street, between Thir-
teerfh and Fourteenth streets: one
on Princeton, between Twelfth and Thir.
teenth streets; one on Thirteenth. between
Yale and Princeton streets: two on Thir-
teenth. between Yale and Roanoke streets:
one at the corner OF Thirteenth and Roanoke
streets; one on Roanoke. between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets: two on Thirteenth,
between Clifton and Roanoke streets; two
on fale. between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets; two on Belmont avenue, between
Eighteenth street and Columbia road: one
at the corner of Eighteenth street and Bel
mont avenue: one on Eighteenth street, be-
tween kalorama and Belmont avenues: one
at corner of Eighteenth street and KaIo-
rama avenue: two on Kaloraina avenue
between Eighteenth street and Columbia
road: three on c street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets: one at the corner
OF p and Marion streets; one q I the corner
Of @ and Marion streets: two on Cedar
Place. between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets: five on University Place between
Yelling and Huntington places: one at
the corner Of University and Euclid places:
two on Morgan street. bet ween New Jersey
avenue aud Kirby street: two on New
Jersey avenue, between NJ and n streets:
one at the corner of Third street and New
York avenue; one OIL Oregon avenue, be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets:
three on Huntington place. between Four
teenth street and University place; fifteen in
Takoma Park: ten on Brightwood avenue.
SUBURBAN NAPHTHA LAMPS.
In addition to the foregoing, fifteen
naphtha lamps are to be erected on Ptney
Branch road, from Brightwood avenue 70 |
Takoma Park; ten naphtha in Brookland
and South Brookland: twenty -four naphtha |
lamps on Nichols avenue, Anacostia; FORTY |
eight on Benning road and in Benhnig; two |
in alley of square 76: ten naphtha lamps |
IN LanGdon; and fourteen naphtha lamps !
on Bladensburg road. Also two gas lamps |
on Tenth street, between F and G streets |
southwest.
1t was ordered also that gas lamps be |
substituted for naphtha at places and in
number as follows: Ninety-six in vari- |
GUS alleys abandoned under orders dur |
Ing the past fiscal year: forty-three in |
the section south of Virginia avenue and |
west OF Twenty-secOnd street; forty-four |
on N street, from Four-and a half street |
southwest to Third street southeast.