Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
The BEST REMEDY for GRIP! DR.

easily transformed into a park of great
beauty and utility, provided a small Gp-
| preparation could be obtained and author
| ity given to lay it off into a park which
| could be used by all persons and would be
enjoyed by them for the most part of the
| year.
| Long Bridge.
| 1.-THE committee on bridges no doubt will
| take up the question of the removal of the
| present Long bridge and the building of
| bridge that will be of sufficient strength
| and height and beauty to be in keeping
| with the general character of the city of
| Washington. This committee, however
| must call attention to it as a menace to
| navigation and to the lower portions of the
| city of Washington. The bridge and the
| causeway leading to it cause the flow of
water to be backed up in sewers and our
| streets and avenues to be flooded. Mer-
| chants property on Pennsylvania avenue
one OF the nneSt avenues in the world, is
| injured to a very considerable extent every
| time there is an exceedingly heavy storm
Ihis committee renews the recommended
ions made by its predecessors, and urges
upon the board of trade the necessity for
| the removal of the present Long bridge and
| the building of a new bridge
Ihere has been much complaint and
| theEe Is present cause for complaint, be-
cause OF the fact that the Georgetown
| channel has not been dredged to any con-
SIDERABLE extent during the past two years
1t Is shoaling, and it will not be MANY years
oe1ore vessels will not be able to reach
Georgetown drawing over 16 feet of water.
L quote from c. B. Church, chairman's re-
| port of November IS. 1897;
Inc amount appropriated in June 1896
Tor the s,el h ; Improvement of Washington
was $4,000. A contract was made in July
| last for the dredging of the Georgetown
channel. but the contractor has not vet nut
IN ms appearance, owing. 1 believe to some
| N hs,r to h
| therefore. the only work of any importance
has been in raising the sea-wall around part
OF section 3, and the removal of the old
| sGnken steamer Mary Washington from the
W washington channel. There was no appro-
priation for the Improvement of the Ana
costa river, but We trust that we NAV be
more successful a, the coming session of
! Congress-
the Georgetown Washington channel
within the last two years. This neglect on
the part of the officer in charge to carry
| out the viii of Congress- and the furt her
Iact That much dredging is necessary to be
core In the channel to tie south of Alexan-
uria ana from there on to the mouth of
the river. is producing considerable stagna-
tlOn IN shipping interests. and has nrevenf-
| ed Washington and Georgetown from re-
ceiVlng the profits that should have been
| us share during the late unp]easantnass
Wlth spain, the bituminous coal trade in
georgetown being crippled because heavy
draft vessels have not been able tn reacb
| the wharves there
Anacostfa River.
by the appropriation of $4,000 Septem
Der IL, 1871, for improving the channel of
the Anacostia river, from its mouth 70 tba
Navy lara bridge, Congress recognized the
iact that the Anacostia river was a nayi-
sapie stream between the points above
| IA congress, by placing a draw in
the 10y iara bridge; further recognized
| 1he naVlsability of the Anacostia river
from its mouth to points above the NJ
YARD bridge. The recommendations mada
| by the engineer officers of the army and
| NE actlon OF Congress on their recon-
iheiuatlonS with reference to bridges crnSs
| ing the Anacostia river above the Nayy
YARD bridge, whether intended for steam
OF street railroad purposes shows that
congress is looking forward to the use Of
| the Anacostia river as far as Renning
| prldge as navigable stream
IT Is true that the bridge crossing the
Anacosua river on a line with Pennsyl-
wanna avenue Is an impeachment to naviga-
tlon, because 1t has no draw. BY reference
| to the reports of engineer officers it win he
| s lou mat the meager appropriation made
| TOT the pennsylvania avenue bridge was
the only reason why 1t was Impossible to
| nave a draw in it, and rather than have
no prldse at all, and in view of the then
brnunh =. OF commerce on the Eastern
All OF these facts tend to show that il
| Is tne intention OF Congress to continue the
Ahacostla river as navigable stream as
lar north as Benning bridge Deductions
from the above facts place the burden of
the deepening and widening of the Ana
costa river below Benning on the govern
ment, as a river and harbor improyen emf
The filling of the flats on both sides Of tba
channel and the retention of the filled Area
WITHIN boundaries to be determined by ex-
canf stre engineers and by walls of suf
course for the reason that the cheanest
method for the disposal of the dredged ma
teritl is by the filling in of the adjacent
| flats.
What Should BE Done.
Above Benning bridge the deepening and
widening Of the channel and reclamation of
the mats cannot be considered a river and
haroor Improvement, but it is a measure
| so Intimately connected with the health of
the District OF Columbia, in which reside SO
many of the country's national legislators
ana tnelr constituents, that the commence
n.ent and completion of the work can be
and OF right ought to be, considered na,
tional in its character
therefore, in furtherance of the whole
project, any legislation affecting the Ana
costa river should be single in its purpose.
that is to say, the completion of the widen.
ing, and deepening of its channel and the
| the Maryland line
An appropriation of 81, 900 was made by
the present Congress at its second session
TO De expended in the survey of the Ana
costa river, report on it's condition a
project Tor Its Improvement and disposal of
the dredged material, statement as to the
ownership of lands, and the channel of the
river from its mouth to the Maryland line
work upon which has been in prog ress dur
Ing the past summer. and 1 am informed
by Col Allen, engineer in charge of the
work, that it is about completed. and that
on the reassembling of Congress in Decem-
Der he will make full report.
1T Is very gratifying to all the citizens
OF the District that this appropriation was
MADE and the thanks of fha GARD n trad