The Washington times., 1901-10-30


| other business establishments. 5000
| Under the head of street lighting the
| following items are enumerated:
For Illuminating material, lighting ex-
tinguishing. repairing, and cleaning pun
| lie lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and
| alleys; purchasing and expense of erect
| ing and maintaining new lampposts,
! street designations, lanterns, and hNtures'
| moving lamp posts, painting lamp posts
| and lanterns; replacing and repairing
| lamp posts and lanterns damaged or uu-
| tit for service; for rent of storeroom. cart
! age of material, and other necessary
| items and services 500, ,000; provided, that
| the Commissioners of the District of Co
| lumbla are hereby authorized to permit
| the erection of such poles. and the string
| ing of such overhead wires thereon out
! side of the fire limits and east of Rock
| Creek. as may be necessary for the main
| touance of public incandescent electric
| lights said wires and poles to be used
! only for public lighting purposes.
| For electric arc lighting, including
| necessary inspection, and for extensions
| OF sUch service, not exceeding $4,000.
| The Commissioners approve the esti-
mates of the Board of Education without
| material change, as recently published IN
| The Times. The same is the case with
| the estimates of the Police Department
! and of the Health Department. The es-
Inmates of the Fire Department were
| somewhat reduced in the item of addi-
/ uUnal companies. The estimates for the
! courts carry a few additional items over
/ those of last year, as do those for the
/ W aShington Asylum and for the Board
| Of Charities The estimates submitted by
| the commanding general Of the militia
| of the District received almost no amend
! ment.
The Water Department estimates carry
! the usual salary lists, 600 for special Of
| flee expenses; $50, 600 for fuel repairs to
machinery, and other expenses included
| in the pumping plants, and 100000 for the
! high service system.
| The schedule of proposed work on the
| streets and avenues of the northwest sec
/ tiCn contains the following named thor
oughfares: + Street. from Twenty-third
! Street to TWenty-fourth Street, pave
$500; Twentyfourth Street, from =
| Street to f Street, pave. $500; Twentieth
! Street. fiom S Street to Florida Avenue
! pave, $500: Florida Avenue, from First
| Street to Fourth Street, pave, Sl4.OGt; New
| Hampshire Avenue, from | Street to
! Washington Circle, pave, $500; c Street,
| from Second Street to Third Street. re-
surface, s.. 900; d Street from Ninth Street
| to Tenth Street, pave, 5000; Third Street,
! from Pennsylvania Avenue to b Street,
! pave, S2.G0; B Street, from First Street
| to Third Street, pave. $500; Louisiana
| Avenue, from Fifth Street to Seventh
Street, rave t30-foot strip. 5000;
! Street from First Street to New Jersey
Avenue. pave. $500; Twenty-third Street,
from NJ Street to n Street, pave. $500;
Tenth Street, from Pennsylvania Avenue
to 3 Street, pave. $1,000; Twenty-seventh
Street from Virginia Avenue to l. Street.
pave, S12.G90; Vermont Avenue, from R
Street to S Street. pave $500; Vermont
Avenue from S Street to 7 Street, pave.
S.. 0O0: Bates Street, from North Capitol
Street TO First Street, pave, $500;
Street, from New Hampshire Avenue to
/ Florida Avenue, pave, Sll,OD; thirteen
and-a-Half Street, from ID Street to r
Street. pave, $500; Indiana Avenue, from
Third Street to Fourth Street pave, $500;
New Hamushire Avenue, from V Street
+, to w Street, pave, 5000; street, from
Seventeenth Street to Eighteenth street,
pave 50 100.
The schedule of proposed work for the
northeast section:
Delaware Avenue, from II Street to
Florida Avenue. resurface. $1,000; Third
Street, from II Street to Florida Avenue,
resurface, s.. 600; Second Street. from NJ
Street to Florida Avenue, resurface,
5000; Eighth Street, from X Street to l.
Street resurface $500; East Capitol,
north side, from Thirteenth Street to Fif-
teenth Street, pave $500 Tenth Street
from II Street. to Florida Avenue, pave.
$3.50; Seventh Street. from H Street to
X Street. pave, 5000; g Street, from
Fourteenth Street to Fifteenth Street,
pave. $500; Street, from Ninth Street
to Eleventh Street. pave, $500; Tenth
Street, from Maryland Avenue to d
Street. pave. S7,00e; F. Street. from Fourth
Street to Seventh Street, pave, $4,000;
Fourth Street from Street to H Street,
pave, $1,000; C Street, from Tenth Street
to Thirteenth Street, pave, Sl2,500.
| For the southeast section: Virginia Ave
( nue., from Third Street to Sixth Street,
! pave. $1,000; Virginia Avenue, from
Eighth Street to Eleventh Street, pave.
/ SIG go: South Capitol Street, from P
Street to River Street, pave. $4,000; e
Street, from Tenth Street TO Eleventh
T Street. pave. $500; Fifth Street, from G
Z Street TO Virginia Avenue, pave, 5000; r
( Street, from Sixth Street to Seventh
( Street, pave, 5000; Second Street, from D
! Street TO + Street, pave. 1880; c. Street,
( from Third Street to Fourth Street, pave.
/ s.. 500: Il Street, from Fourth Street TO
{ Sixth Street, pave. Sll 500; Ninth Street,
/ from B Street TO North Carolina Avenue,
aaf
! TO East Capitol Street. pave, $500; c
/ Street, from Seventh Street to Eleventh
! Street, pave, N2.0D.
For the southwest section: South Capt.
| tol Street from NJ Street to F Street.
! pave $500; NJ Street. from Four-and-a-
/ half Street to South Capitol Street. widen
and pave, s21 800; o Street: from Third
| Street TO -Four -and-a-half Street. pave,
! s.. 900; Second Street. from F Street to h
| Street, pave. $1,000; Street, from First
| Street to Four-and-a-half Street, pave.
! $1,000
For the Georgetown section: Thirty
second, or High, Street, from P Street to
] L Street, pave. $1,000; y Street. from
Twenty-ninth Street to Thirty-first Street,
| Street to Thirty-hfth Street, pave, $500;
! L Street, from Thirty-fifth Street to Thir-
| ty-siXth Street, pave, 1850; Street
from Thirty-sixth Street to High Street,
! pave Sl3 Ctf.
The estimates for the construction of
| county roads in the suburban sections of
| the District are:
Columbia Road, widening and paving.
$50. 600: Sixteenth Street place, Columbia
| Road to Park (JacksonD Street. widening
and macadamizing. $1,000; Benuings and
{ Anacostia tkc;li!worth Ayenue) Roads,
/ grade and macadamizing, 5000; Joliet
| Street (Girard Street, west from Niscon-
sin Avenue, macadamiZing, $GV0; ProVi-
dence Nawrence) Street, Brookland,
macadamize. 6. .5j0; r Street Florida Ave
nue. TO massachusetts Avenue, pavement,
( $500: Nebraska Avenue grade and regu-
late. 81 800; Blagdeu Avenue, macadamiZe,
s. 600: Reno Road and Emerson Street.
I grade and improve. 5000; Kramer Street
( (Fiske Place. Sixteenth TO Seventeenth,
! pavement s., go. Connecticut Avenue.
/ Leroy CT1dtD Place to Wyoming tWirD
Avenue. complete paving, $500; kenesav'
| Avenue. entrance TO 400, grading, $4,000.
The Commissioners of the District of
Columbia ask to be authorized TO adjust
the lines OF the streets at this locality
so as TO afford entrance to the Ioologl-
cal Park upon good and satisfactory
grade with authority to exchange with
The ov ners of the abutting property any
land now within the lines Of said streets
that may be necessary 10 accomplish said
purpose; provided, that no expense Is
incurred thereby by the United States OF
the District of Columbia:
| PENNSYLVANIA Avenue extended, grade
| SO coo; Eleventh Street extended, grade
ana improve, 1900: New Hampshire Ave
neu, Whitney Avenue jackson Street tc
Seventh Street C3rightwood Avenue)
| grade and macada miZe, Si3, 800: Erie (Bry-
anO Street. Champlain Avenue place tC
| Sixteenth Street, macadamize. $500; Rhode
Island Avenue, Florida Avenue. TO First
pave, SIS 600; Illinois Avenue, grade anc
improve $1,000; Bladensburg Road, grade
and Improve, $1,000; Twentieth Street
Queens Chapel to Brightwood Road
| grade and macadamize, 5000; Fourtf
Street northwest, Elm Vance? to Pom
Avenue extended, grade and macada mize
Sl0.OD0; Wisconsin Avenue and Thirty