Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15
WASHINGTON DIRECTORY

WASHINGTON DIRECTORY.
The Sunday Globe is now mailed to
many States and Territories. 1t is
also the fayorite Sunday morning pa.
per of visitor and residenter alike. In
/ view Of these facts, The Sunday Morn.
ing Llobe will keep standing the fol.
lowing useful information, both as a
guide TO visitors and an advertisement
Washington city As divided into four
sections. viz Northeast, Northwest.
Southeast and Southwest.
The four streets which run due
North, South and East Cthe West line
being imaginary from the center Of
the capitol and named respectively
North, South and East Capitol c..eets.
and these Capitol streets are the divid.
ing lines of the four sections Of the
city as named
All streets I'm each section OF the
city are either lettered or numbered
streets
All avenues run at angles to the
streets. and radiate from the Capitol,
the White House, and several Of the
larger parks. These avenues are
named for various States.
Every street running East and West
are lettered streets, those running
North and South are numbered streets.
All lettered and numbered streets
are duplicated in each Of ,ue four sec.
tons
numbers allotted to IL. thus-beginning
"a al gNW al nfVaa ysNf
Cin any street running north Of same)
the first house on the right will be
No. l. On the second square the first
house Will be No 100, and so on to the
end of the street.
In like manner the numbers run
from East Capitol street on all streets
running south Of same.
In the same manner all streets In
all sections Of the city start and num-
ber from a Capitol street. The odd
numbers are always IN the righthand
side, and the even numbers on the left
hand side in every street, as you start
from Capitol street in either section
Of the city
iue house numbers on the various
avenues correspond to those Of the
street to which they run nearest par
alel.
Some Of the avenues extend through
two sections Of the city, but the house
numbers are not disarranged thereby,
as all numbers begin at a Capitol
street. whether on an avenue or street
BY this system OF numbering houses
any desired locality or number can be
readily found IN either section of the
city
Short streets and places running
through the center of a square have
the same numbers as the streets be.
tween which they run, thus-Madison
street In the Northwest section is be.
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. and the first house on that
street is number 1900.
Washington is really a Cosmopolitan
city, its population embracing people
fr M III parts Of the United States, and
Representatives from all civilized ma.
tions
It is rapidly becoming the great cen.
ter for holding conventions, assem-.
blies and reunions, and the chosen city
for institutions of learning
It has the largest library, and the
most scientific and historical collec-
tious I'm the country.
Tt Is a mecca of American thought in
all its phases.
The general opinion outside Of Wash.
ington is that it is of no account as a
manufacturing city but the following
will show that it stands we'll In com.
parison with other cities.
Capital employed, S2s,876,000.
The various trades representing
Stair builders, Carpenters, Painting
and Paper Hanging Copper, Tin and
Sheet Iron. Plumbing and Gas Fitting,
Lumber Mills, Marble and Stone
Works, Masonry, Brick, Plaster and
stucco work number 553, and the mum.
Der C. establishments Of every kind In
the city numbers 2,3O0 and employ
over $4,000 hands
The city Of Washington was incor.
Dorated I'm 1902
The present system Of numbering
houses was adopted o .5o9.
Th- shade trees Of the city begun to
develop their proportions and beauty
in 1880.
When the cornerstone Of the capitol
was laid in 1898 the country around
Washington was practically an un-
broken wilderness.
The Government Offices were first
opened I'm the city OF Washington in
the year 1900 and Congress met there
for the first time in that year.
There are 331 Reservations all told.
including the great Mall, which ex-
tends from the capitol to the Potomac
River. a distance OF over two miles, the
whole covering an area OF over 900
acres.
These parks and reservations are
bountifully supplied with every known
kind Of tree and shrub and number
over 900 varieties, About 100000 .
ornamental foliage and lowering .
plants and shrubs are annually propO- /.
gated in the Government Propogating .
House. and in the spring months are .
into the various parks .
throughout the city,