Evening star., 1901-03-11
NEW FIRE ALARM BOXES
LOCATION OF THOSE PROVIDED FOR
BY CONGRESS.
Total of Fifty to De Introduced July
1-Changes i'm Box
Numbers.


District The funds to pay for their in
stallation will not, however, become avail
able until July 1, but Mr.. Walter c. Allen,
the electrical engineer, has selected the
points at which these boxes will be located,
and has recommended their purchase at a
cost of $6,25O from the Gamewell Fire
Alarm Telegraph Company of New York.
This recommendation the Commissioners
today approved, and the boxes viii be
located as recommended by Mr.. Allen, as
follows:
Brookland and vicinty-Eighth and keo-
kuk streets, 10Th and Quincy streets. 10th
and Milwaukee streets, 18th and Emporia
streets.
Tenleytown and vicinity-Wisconsin ave-
nue. near Erie street, Wisconsin avenue and
Belt road, Grant road and South street,
Wisconsin avenue and Pierce Mill road.
Cleveland Park - Third and Newark
streets
Anacostia-Nichols avenue and Sheridan
avenue.
Georgetown-Twenty-ni and N streets,
35th and . streets, 35th and M streets.
Washington Heights - Eighteenth street
and Columbia road, 18th street and Wyom-
ing avenue.
Columbia Heights-Fourteenth street and
Euclid place, Park and Pine streets
Brightwood and vicinity-Brightwood ave-
nue. and Umatila street. Brightwood ave-
nue. and District line, Brightwood avenue
and Rock Creek Church road.
misunderstanding road and 10Th street,
Lincoln avenue and T street, 7th and {
streets, 18th street and Maryland avenue,
9Th and E streets, I'd and r streets North
Capitol and streets, North Capitol and
streets.
Southeast-Third and C streets, 1st and B
streets. South Capitol and o streets.
Southwest-Water and o streets. 1st and
K streets, AZ and F streets, 10th and Water
streets.
Northwest-First and S streets, Cd and
T streets Sth and Grant streets, 4th and K
streets, Sd and @ streets, 10th and W
streets, 18th and T streets, 18th and L
streets. 18th and v streets, 1st and W
streets. 18th and N streets, Sth and N
streets. 4th and E streets, 18th and o
streets, 22d and streets.
''These locations explains Mr.. Allen,
''have been selected from a list of over one
hundred places where boxes required,
and represent as near as can be those most
urgently needed. Congress was asked to
appropriate for 100 boxes, but only fifty
were granted. A number of very important
locations will therefore not be provided
with boxes this year, but it is confidently
expected that the other fifty will be au-
thoriZed in the next appropriation act.
The Original Districts.
'"The city was originally laid off into fire
to the police precincts, and the numbers Of
the boxes arranged to correspond. In add
ing boxes during the last few years, how
ever, this plan was not closely followed,
with the result that two consecutive num-
hers indicated locations widely separated
For instance, box 6SS is at 1st street and
Maryland avenue northeast practically the
Congressional Library. while box 639 is in
Brookland, an airline distance of over two
miles. To prevent further confusion, and
to remedy the more glaring defects in the
present numbering, I would recommend
that the following changes be made in the
numbers of certain boxes: Change box No.
ia to No. 637, change box No. 16S to No
26S, change box No, 159 to No. 269, change
box No. 2i2 to No. 343, change box No. 253
to No 663, change box No. 234 to No S2S
change box No 264 to No. S1S, change box
No. 50, change box No 80 to No. 636,
change box No. 641 to No 671, change box
No. G29 to No. 679, change box No. 635 to
No. 675, change box No. 61S to No. 67S
change box No. 637 to No. 6S7, change box
No. 619 to No. $50, change box No. $50 to
No. G69, change box No. 724 to No 764,
change box No. 72J to No. 765, change box
No. 734 to No. 7s4. change box No. 736 to
No. 1SG, change box No. 16 to No. 7G1
change box No. rs to No. 76S, change box
No. S37 to No. S67, change box No S24 to
change box No. S36 to No. S66, change box
No. S31 to No. S61, change box No S32 to
No. S92, change box No. S34 to No S94
change box No. S35 to No. S95, change box
No. 912 to No 962''
The above changes in the numbers of the
boxes have also been approved by the Com
mlSSiOnerS.