The evening times., 1896-02-14

and he atene seny q as esTs ana
| streets go ma ked from East Capitol street TO
| Florida avenue. and all of the streets fur
ther .ea east, ineiading Tweniy-rifth; are more
The east and west stxects Se many
thousands OF square yaris W hout I'M
Tg silees Mass
chusetts avenue TO the Eastern Branch,
"a, 4SO: Park street: short thcroughfare
rcsidences. /. 10: c Street. from Tenth to
the Eastern Branch. traversed as far as
Firtccnth street by street car line, 10. 1875;
ID street. also ;raversed by street car line,
and totally without paving from North
Capitol street. near the Baltimore & Ohio
deDot. to Della aware avenue. and from Mary
Sregate of II ,9s3 square yards: f, street,
from Fourth TO Fifteenth, and F street.
from Third to Fifteenth. contribute $1,000
square yards of dust in summer, and the
same amount OF mud in winter.
BRICK BUILDINGS HERE.
These streets AL have brick residences
OF a substantial character built "n them,
With but one side OF SQUARE built acre and
Railroad through 10 Eleventh street and
beyond. street is paved between Sixth
and Seventh streets only. ami is on par
with its neighbors for the remainder of the
distance. from First street To Fifteenth.
One square away. on II street is located
leading street railway, and between that
street aud Maryland avenue the territory
is covered with dwellings and busin.s $
ho,ses, built OF brick, IN nine cases out OF
ten.
railroad, and that section is in many
places bare of buildings. The Columbia
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is
located in that section. however, and very
many squares in It's vicinity and beyond
have a good array Of substantial brick
structures. Yet in three of the streets run
tlt.r.. 10
an area OF mud roadway amounting to
81, 80 square yards, and il begins AT North
Capitol street and extends out to Florida
avenue.
There is a part of this semi-s uburban
section In which there is not a square OF
any street paved, but that is In The east
Not a street leading to Kendall Green,
nor any that intersect in all The territory
between II and 7 streets and First street
street and Florida avenue. is paved FOR
any considerable number OF squares, con-
secutiveiy or In gross. This statement in-
cludes short streets, as Well as main
Deld ware aven, from To Florida avenue.
and Florida avenue, from North Capitol
to Ninth street, have together Il mud
roadDed equal To 53.li5 square yards.
LEADING AVENUES NEGLECTED..
Mas -achusetts avenue is shown by the
Commissioners rcrcrt TO lie ''unimprpvcd''
from Eighth TO Eleventh. street: North Car,
DINA avenue, from Lincoln square 10 e
street, ard Tcnncs see avenCe. from Lin
coin square TO Fifteenth street. Good,
brick buildings. some OF tham modern and
DretcDtiOus, are to ic found on each, and
the aggregate of country road area ioots
up "a ,I43 square yards.
The GeOrgetown showing embraces pOr-
tons OF Oilve, Prospect, n, @. DunihaUon.
Bank, North, X 10 L. Twenty seventh to
Twenty ninth aud Thrty-fourh 20 Thirty
Seventh streets. As stated in The opening
yards of ''unimpUvcd' Georgetown thor
oughfares is 5T,Os0. in portions of this
neglected section, as in some other parts
OF the city, the character OF the buildlngs,
if that De the only consideration. does not
call for paved streets: hut IL is only few
OF them that are not OF convenience 10 the
business man for the transfer al the various
commodities and hut very few that remain
pas.able for three fourths of the year.
The demand OF the times is for good
roads. and OF how much the less cOnsc
quencc are good streets? The taxpayer
VINO helps 10 maintain the public revenues
at the high tide mark expects his lust
proportion of the returns. and since he has
the oldest ana therefore the best claim, his
demand is that his street, laid out and Opcn
To travel years ago and still without =
solid and durable carriageway. shall be
preferred, in the distribution OF IA vors. over
Inc suburban street, where land can be
bought and is assessed at unc-rorrth and
one-tcnth what his is valued at.
The suburban. he claims. shall first earn
recognition, as ne has, by years Cf tax
contributions. ana he demands that paving
shall be completed in the city that is, be-
fore cXpcnding his taxes ON the city hat is
yet i'll the embryo stage.
total. COST OF IMPROVEMENTS.
The cost OF supplying this deficit in paw
ing. exclusive OF the sidewalks. is. under
the present contract. at the rate of S2.19
per square yard for siN-incn hydraulic base
ami s "a per square yard Tor four-nch base
asphalt paving.
In the case of other material. the price
varies according to the grade. but an APP
Proclamation OF the Total may be obtained
by an example i'll arithmetic, with S2.07 rs
the average price per square yard: the
aggregate upon conservative estimate for
paving only will be shown to be above So
OG0 zoo.
To lay sidewalks and set curbs will in
volve another expenditure ranging from
- TO S2.5o per running foot, One-haif
aSSesSabic against the abuttng property.
II is readily seen, therefore. these figures
being correct, that this outlay Will exceed
the other the cost of material being in
cluded.
approximately the cost of putting all
OF the unInpruyci streets in good condi-
ton viii amount 10 at least ST. 900. 600 or
Sb.1UO,OuU. There are sections. however,
where improvements are now impraC lea Bile
so much being in this category that the
earliest expenditure might not be in ex-
cess of So,O00.0OO.