The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-21

John a. Merritt. Postmaster OF Washing
ten. recently wrote TO the Commissioners
requesting that the houses, streets, and
avenues OF Anacostia. Garfield. and the ed-
joining localities be properly numbered
The free delivery or letter carrier ser
vice of this Office he writes, having
been extended TO the villages of Anacostia,
Hillsdale, and Garfield, beginning On Au-
gust i, 1860, l have the honor to ask that
steps be taken by your Board with as lit
tie delay as possible to have the houses
there numbered.
This win be of great advantage not ocly
to the citizens OF the villages named, and
those who have occasion to correspond
with them. but TO this office
The letter of the Postmaster having bsen
referred to the office of the Inspector of
Buildings for consideration and report
Snowdep Ashford. Acting Inspector, re-
Gently submitted statement in which be
said that the present numbers in Anacost a
local, meaning that they are not con-
nected with the numbering in the city.
The streets, he says, 90 not run with the
points of the compass, as in the city prop
er. but at an angle of II degrees. In this
view IL appears impracticable to connect
the numbering at present across the river
with the cardinal streets and lines running
north and south and east and ives. from
the Capitol. Continuing Mr.. Ashford says:
Outside OF Anac8stIa or Uniontown, in
Barry Farm, Garfield and other localities,
not IN conformity with the street extern
sion plans, X seems almost impossible TO
number houses under the law or system
prevailing in the city. I would, therefore,
recommend a reference of the matter to
Mr.. Richards, Assistant Engineer, to as
certain how long time il VIII be before
l beg TO state that, in my opinion it Will
require the cons -ant services Of one man
for at least month to arrange a service
able system of numbering for the localities
mentioned. l would therefore recommend
a committee TO include, il possible a rep
resentative OF the Postoffiee Department,
the Engineer Department. or Street Elk
tension Commission, and the Inspector Of
Buildings to number the streets and then
the houses"
Y. p Richards. in reporting upon the
matter at the request OF the Commits
sioners, has submitted his statement. TO
the effect that the naming OF streets for
the entire District of Columbia has been
held up awaiting the mapping and 18th
o6raphIDg Of the Fourth Section plans
Continuing Mr.. Richards says:
The map for remaining portions of the
District north OF the city has almost been
completed and the entire District may
be finished il five or six weeks. II does
not seem TO me advisable to attempt any
numbering in Angcostia and vicinity until
this remaining has been finally settled. /
would therefore recommend that action
on this matter be withheld until maps
can be furnished by this department
showing exactly what is intended in the
way OF numbering and naming streets.
II viii not then b difficult matter to
assign proper numbers to the houses, as
the city system has been extended 20 ad-
jacent portions OF Anacostia. ard this viii
aid IN selecting proper numbers at the
street intersections.
The recommendations Of the Assistant
Engineer Commissioner were approved by
the Commissioners