Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-10
Seeing Washington,

The Sunday Globe Is now mailed to
many States and Territories. 1t is
also the favorite Sunday morning pa
per Of visitor and residenter alike. In
view Of these facts, The Sunday Morn
ing Giobe will keep standing the fol-
lowing useful information both as a
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 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 in each Of Lne four sec
tions.
Each front of every square has 100
numbers allotted to it, thus-beginning
at East Capitol street, and going north
Tin 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 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 righthand
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
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 IL 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.
II has the largest library, and the
most scientific and historical collec.
tions In the country.
1t Is a mecca OF American thought in
all its phases
The general opinion outside OF Wash.
lngton is that It Is OF no account as a
manufacturing city, but the following
Will show that It stands we'll In com
parlsOn with other cities.
Capital employed. s28, $4,000.
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 q establishments OF every kind In
the city numbers 1890 and employ
over $4,000 hands.
The city OF Washington was lncor-
porated In 1902.
The present system Of numbering
houses was adopted in Issa.