Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-22
ABOUT WASHINGTON.
Some Useful Information Of the
City for Visitors.

also the favorte 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 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 tue four sec
lions.
Each front Of every sqsuare has 100
numbers allotted to 1t, thus-beginning
at East Capitol street, and going north
lin any street running north Of same)
the first house on the right will 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.
me 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 OF 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. it's population embracing people
fr. m al 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.
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 1t 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, S28,S76000.
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 j53. and the num-
ber OF establishments Of every kind in
the city numbers 1900 and employ
over %. 1000 hands.
The city Of Washington was incor
porated in 1902.
The present system Of numbering
houses was adopted in lo69.
The shade trees Of the city begun to
develop their proportions and beauty
in 1880
public buildings Of Washington
have already cost over 500, 100000
When the cornerstone Of the capitol
was laid in 1898 the country around
Washington was practically an un-
broken wilderness.
The Government Offices were 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 900
acres.
These parks and reservations are
bountifully 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 propo-
gated in 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.