The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-28

CouE-eSS Heights Citizens Approve
the site Chosen by the Commits
| sizes for the Proposed Municipal
81 .tShouse-LiubfIity for Damages.
Warner Stutler. Superintendent OF the
S.r,,t-CIeanfnE Department, recently re-
csiy,G "a letter from l.. ~ King, Superin-
tcnde-t Of street Cleaning in san Fran
cisco. in which some interesting facts are
SCI forth relative 20 the cost OF street
cleaning In that CRY. as compared with
that in Washington. MI King writes;
eli was with great pleasure that ] re-
ceiy,a the copy OF your report Of the
Street Cleaning Department Of the Dis
triCt # Columbia for the fiscal year end
cd June 80 1901. and thank you for kind
j. remembering as. With the possible
execution Of Colonel Warnings report Of
TIL street-clcaning department Of New
York made al the erd OF his administra-
ton B. have not seen any which are so
compete and interesting as those OF your
department
You are 10 be congratulated upon your
success in securing the extension,
throughout such a large district. Of hand
cleaning by your department direct and
you certainly have brought the cost down
TO a very low figure il is costing rs this
year on the block system in the heavily
Travelled downtown streets - cents per
loo cubic square yards, which is a re-
ductiou Of cents from last years price.
This is by contract and covers all kinds
OF payements, a large number 81 which
are basalt blocks and some c0bbles.
1.-THE sweepIngs also have 10 be hauled
quit, a distance We are now dIsposiug Of
the great portion q our swsepings by
having the same hauled on electric cars
TO Golden Gate Park, where they are Of
great value as "a fertilizer. The city
erected at a central point bunzars TO
which swe,pings are hauled by the con-
tractors and from which they are trays
ported by the street railway company,
which latter charges for this transporta-
ton 20 cents per cubic yard The distance
hauled is about seen miles This 80 cents.
OF course. is not included ia the contract
ors price Of 90 cents for cleaning and
hauling TO the bunkers.
Il have been much interested I'm your re-
poTt on the use OF hand sweeping ma
chimes and am trying 70 get sample
machine for oNrerimrutaiy use here
The price this year for cleaning -treets
other than the first class, which arc
cleaned by the BLOCK system, is % cents
per 1000 square yards.
The Commissioners today received "a
Congress Heights corcplimeutiug them
upon the purchase OF Bale Eagle Hit
as the site of the proposed municipal
almSh0uze. The citizens write
1T is A beautiful. healthy. and pictur-
esquc section Of the District The high
hills overlooking the Potomac River OPP
posite Alexandra give magnificent view
OF this historic river with It's fertile val
leys
"Thi~ tract purchased by the Commis-
si0uers for the almshOUso has large riv-
CT front and is accessible both by rail-
road and steamboat, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad has a connection on the
north and Shepherds wharf viii De- used
as a landing place for steamboats,
Mis- II A Mannakee. Of 1926 Nine
teeHth Street northwest recently wrote
90 the Commissioners complaining that
the front steps 20 her house were out Of
plumb, due, she thought 10 the settle
ment Of the sewer trench recently filed
aouS Nineteenth Street. The matter was
referred 90 the Sewer Department and
David Il. McCOmb. the Superintendent ~
Sewers, has reported that the foundations
Of the steps were disturbed by the settle
mcnt 81 The back Milling of the trench. He
stated that the contractor was Adam Nc
Caudllsh. and that under the terms of his
contract b. Is responsible f1r the cost NJ
repair 20 the steps. Die rsr0WEIs q "a
that uoIc, De served upon the contractor
20 cause the steps To- De repaired .J 1l
estimated cost Of yl5.
j. p. Hedricz has written 10 the Com
misaioners suggesting that a water main
b. laid on TE1iElCIm Place 10 accJmmo-
date his premises. called THE Oaks" "
A. Mcfarland. Superintendent Of the Wa
ter Department. has reported to the Com
missioners relative 90 the matter that
Linthicum Place has not been dedicated
as far west as Thirty-sscond Street and
he SAYS that main laid there al the
present time would BE- too deep for any
CASTOREA Fulrtahs and Chldan.
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