Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01
ABOUT WASHINGTON.
Some Useful Information Of the
City for Visitors.

per OF visitor and residenter alike In
view of these facts, The Sunday Morn.
ing lobe will keep standing the fol-
lowing useful information, both as
guide to visitors and an advertisement
Of the Capital Of the Nation
Washington City is 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 streets.
and these Capitol streets are the divid-
ing lines Of the four sections Of the
city as named.
All streets in 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 I'm each of ,le four Sec
TORS
Each front of every sQsuare has 100
nun bers allotted to IT, thus-beginning
at Fast Capitol street and going north
in any street running north Of same)
The first house on the right viii be
No. /. 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-
Der from a Capitol street. The odd
numbers are always on the right-hand
side, and the even numbers on the left
hand side in every street, as you start
from a Capitol street in either section
of the city.
Inc house numbers on the various
avenues correspond to those Of the
street to which they run nearest par
allel.
Some of the avenues extend through
two sections Of the city, but the house
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 he
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, it's population embracing people
from all parts of the United States, and
Representatives from all civilized ma
tions.
Tt is rapidly becoming the great cen
ter for holding conventions. assem-
blies and reunions and the chosen city
for institutions of learning
II has the largest library, and the
most scientific and historical cOllec
tions in the country
It is mecca of American thought in
all it's phases
The general opinion outside of Wash
ington is that il is of no account as
manufacturing city, but the following
will show that it stands we'll in com
Darison with other cities.
Capital employed, s98,S76OO0.
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.
her Of establishments of every kind I'm
the citv numbers 1900 and employ
over $4,000 hands
The city of Washington was incor.
porated I'm 1902.
The present system Of numbering
houses was adopted i'm 1868.
The shade trees Of the CITY begun TO
develop their proportions and beauty
in 1880
public buildingg of Waehington
have already cost over 100000 00O.
When the cornerstone Of the canitol
was laid I'm 1898 the country around
Washington was practically an un-
broken wilderness.
The Government Offices were first
onened I'm tho city Of Washington i'm
the year 1900 and Congress met there
for the first time I'm that wear.
There are 331 Reservations all told,
including the great Mall, which eX-
tends from the capitol 10 the Potomac
River. a distance of over two miles, the
whole covering an area Of over 900
acres.
These parks and reservations are
hountifullv supplied with every known
kind OF tree and shrub. and number
over 900 varieties. About 100000
ornamental foliage and Towering
plants and shrubs are annually promo
rated I'm the Government Propogating
House, and in the spring months are
transplanted into the various parks
throughout the city
Fountains abound everywhere. and
provision is made for the weary on the
1900 settees which are annually placed
IN the choicest and shadiest parts OF
the parks.
CIRCLES, SQUARES AND PARKS.
Garfield Park-South Capitol, Third
| and b Streets Southeast.
Botanical Park-Pennsylvania Ave
nue., OPP Capitol Northwest
Marine Park-South Carolina Ave
| nue., Fourth and Sixth Streets South
east.
Stanton Massachusetts, and
Maryland Avenue, Fourth and Sixth
| Streets Northeast
Seward Park-Pennsylyania and
North Carolina Avenues, Fourth and
Sixth Streets Southeast.
Mount Vernon Park-I and X, Ninth
and Tenth Streets Northwest.
Lincoln Park-East Capitol Eleventh
and twelfth Streets Northeast
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