Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-29
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 Llobe 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 the four Sec
tions
Each front Of every square has 100
numbers allotted to it. thus-beginning
at East Capitol street, and going north
Gin any street running north Of same)
the first house on the right win be
No. /. On the second square the first
house win 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 IN 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.
lne 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 100.
Washington is really cosmopolitan
city, its population embracing people
fr m IL parts Of the United States, and
Representatives from all civilized ma
| tions.
1t 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.
It is a mecca Of American thought in
all its phases.
The general opinion outside Of Wash
ington is that It is OF no account as a
manufacturing city, but the following
will show that it stands well In com
parison with other cities.
Capital employed, s2S,876,OOO.
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.
ber q establishments Of every kind in
the city numbers 1900 and employ
over $4,000 hands.
The city Of Washington was incor.
porated in 1902.
The present system Of numbering
houses was adopted In 1908.
The shade trees Of the city begun to
develop their proportions and beauty
in 1880.
The pubic BUILDINGS of Washington /.
have already cost over S1OO,O000O0.
When the cornerstone Of the capitol
was laid in 1898 the country around .
Washington was practically an un-
broken wilderness,
The Government Offices we're first
opened In the city Of Washington In .
the year 1900 and Congress met there
for the first time In that year
There are 331 Reservations all told,
including the great Mall, which eX-
tends from the capitol to the Potomac
River, a distance Of over two miles, the
whole covering an area of over 800