Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
WASHINGTON DIRECTORY.

WAOHIAJlUA DIRLClORl.
The Sunday Globe is now mailed to
many States and Territories. It is
also the fayOrite Sunday morning pa.
per of visitor and resldenter alike. In
view OF these facts, The Sunday Morn.
ing Liobe will keep standing the fol.
lowing useful information. both as
guide to visitors and an advertisement
Washington City is divided into four
sections, viz: Northeast, Northwest
Southeast and Southwest.
The four streets which run due
lNorth, South and East (the West line
being Imaginary from the center of
the capitol and named respectively
North, South and East Capitol e.. Gets
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
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 will be
No /. On the second square the first
house will be No. 100, and so on to. the
end Of the street
In ike 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-
ber from a Capitol street The odd
numbers are always N the right-hand
side, and the even numbers on the left
hand side in every street, as you start
from 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
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 a cosmopolitan
city, its population embracing people
fr m II parts Of the United States, and /
Representatives from all civilized ma.
tions
II 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 I
tions in the country.
It is mecca Of American thought in
all its phases
The general opinion outside Of Wash. I
ingtOn Is that 1t Is Of no account as a
manufacturing city but the following /
will show that it stands we'll In com.
parison with other cities.
Capital employed, s28,S76 ,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 num-
Der 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 Ao69
The shade trees Of the city begun to
develop their proportions and beauty
in 1880.
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 hrst
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 paris and reservations are
supplied with every known
kind OF tree and shrub and number
over 900 varieties. About 100000
foliage and lowering
plants and shrubs are annually propo
gated In the Government Propogating
House. and in the spring months are
into the various parks
throughout the city