Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-15
ABOUT washington.
Some Useful Information Of the
City for Visitors.

also the favorite Sunday morning pa
per Of visitor and residenter alike. In
view of these facts, The Sunday Morn
ing Globe 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 (the 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 diyid- |
/ 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 in each Of Lne four sec
tions
Each front Of every sqsuare has 100
numbers allotted to 1t, thus-beginning
at East Capitol street, and going north
! On any street running north Of same)
the first house on the right will be
No. 1. 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 t( 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 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.
ne house numbers on the various
, avenues correspond to those Of the
( street to which they run nearest par
b. allel.
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,
J. anv desired locality or number can be
! readily found in either section Of the
[ city.
y Short streets and places running
] through the center Of square have
, the same numbers as the streets be-
. tween which they run, thus-Madison
: street I'm the Northwest section is be
4 tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
a streets. and the first house on that
= street is number 1900
% washington is really a cosmopolitan
!, city. it's population embracing people
I fr m al parts of the United States, and
4 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
tions in the country.
d. 1t is mecca Of American thought In
1 all its phases
The general opinion outside Of Wash
= ington is that It is of no account as
! manufacturing city, but the following
a will show that 1t stands we'll in com
parison with other cities
CAPITAL employed S2S,S76,00O.
The various trades representing
I Stair builders. Carpenters. Painting
y and Paper Hanging, Copper, Tin and
o Sheet Iron. Plumbing and Gas Fitting
Lumber Mills, Marble and Stone
3 Works. Masonry, Brick, Plaster and
Q stucco work number 553, and the mum
q ber OF establishments Of every kind In
T. the city numbers 1900 and employ
over $4,000 hands.
U The city Of Washington was incor
= porated in 1902.
i The present system Of numbering
5, houses was adopted in 1903,
The shade trees Of the city begun tc
y develop their proportions and beauty
= in 1880.
IS public buildings Of Washington
s' have already cost over 100000 900.
: When the cornerstone Of the capito
was laid I'm 1898 the country around
1, Washington was practically an un
y broken wilderness
IS The Government Offices were first
opened in the city of Washington in
IS the year 1900 and Congress met there
9 for the first time in that year.
d There are 331 Reservations all told
d including the great Mall, which ex
e tends from the capitol to the Potomac
River. distance of over two miles, the
Il whole covering an area Of over SOC
u acres.
IT Theee parks and reservations are
e bountifully supplied with every known
a kind Of tree and shrub, and number
IS over 900 varieties. About 100000
It ornamental foliage and Towering
u plants and shrubs are annually propo
e gated I'm the Government Propogatne
y House. and in the spring months are
l. transplanted into the various parks
+ throughout the city.
Fountains abound everywhere, and
o provision is made for the weary, on the
e 1900 settees which are annually placed
in the choicest and shadiest parts OF
u the parks.
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