The Washington times., 1904-10-09
PROGRESS OF WORK
AT UNION STATION
Thirty Per Cent Of FOun-
datiOn l. LliG.
ENGINEER HUNTS REPORT
Twelve Hundred Thousand Dollars Elk
pended on Street and Highway
Improvements,


improvements
Referring 10 the work of eliminating
grade crossings in connection with the
new Union Station. O. b. Hunt Eugi-
neer OF Highways in his annual report
10 the District Commissioner. has TO
say.
About Sd Der cent of the. foundation
work on the Union static, bui15fr.r has
been. completed. and in win probably be
eighteen months or tvy, wears before
me structure win be ready for aecu-
nancy
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Neary Completed.
The grading and restoration Of *
and J. Streets northeast. between First
and Third Streets 10 mass under the
viaduct bridges is nearly -7rr1refe1
N Stree northeast between r,0rrb
CaUit0i and Second Streets. IS also be-
-i'- z'aue' 20 lne revised levers
L-i1 WIN tI lllAA-i- l-ie SURFACE Oh
80 one VI lAe mann arteries Oh
li--Fe- from the eastern section OF the
cry where IL VIII 90 under the F-aduct
10 the new grade. has just been begun
and VIII Ice so conducted as not 10 i'm
lerIere WIN travel on The street
I'm connection with work ON this
street ~ Tas necessary TO devise some
means ot Ece-inE the street car trafnc
open, and This VIII be ACCOMPLISHED by
grading ou= side Of the street at a time,
while the present underground con-
srrucuou IS being brought 10 grade.
.'lu the matter OF acquiring the neces-
sars- Dr0ufrtv Id Ia- o17r ma pfaga and
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80 5-- '''i-ll-- L'losl7S
was made More IMAM one-thlrd of the
Mo @c- .-'I 20 mas s 3esn s, sg1ifea and
have bern erree5 20 IS ~ .7ifrfl,-.,1
urCpertv.. costing abour s108 ana aI-ho4rsI7
these purchases have nor besn enrfrzI,-
c0nsumuated
THE balance Of the necessary land
TO complete che project win n is esri-
mated. cost nearly 100000. ana as 10
the acquisition Of these portions only
preIiminar- steps have been taken
largely from lack OF funds
g..
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A total az $4,000 was expended dur
ing the past nseal year by the District
surface division, or street and highway
division, according 10 Engineer Hunt
OF this amount about SZ5.0Jl was for
paving sidewalks and ALLEYS rhro-7s-f7r7rf
the District OF Columbia: So. 655 WAS
Ior paving new streets and repairing
anu -1PaF-Hs olu ones WITHIN -ne city
llTnlIsi about So, 900 was Tor c0ustruc-
rion and repair OF suburban streets ana
country roads. -.f,---- s446r 40 az.
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60 --1-- -'' ----' o- -l---s@7
FHE ID Hl rFHH
in connection with the elimination ar
grade CROSSINGS while sDurarIr-1rzTz-
$4,000 was spent in repairing payements
other branches of ne 1isfrief 49, ~ ~
meut and by various CORPORATIONS and
plumbers
Laying Sheet Asphalt.
ga ----tr- f- -
7.-.,-t 7-,,.5-,, 3D.. --...lt . $3.50
-. @t7 '-@ ie'oil
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~-,.--tf p - 15- %
anu '-S -ii''-i ga ii--z-iis
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-t@P -'-- --'--- t-i- -'47--l-- 3 quarry
dl LillA7 ie'A' Ao-' was used almost =<-
cllsiFely Cor macauam work during the
year. about $1,000 cubic Yards being re-
r17Tfr-F Continued .a--rarfl.,-a ,r-f+t, t5-f5
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--e-e- -5 amy Y-i-eL afi----Jle
stone ana me results indicate that add
Eautases ana economies Of large value
have come -rom the ACQUISITION and de-
,-arourrarr rr This source .-f --lr-r,. %
rrFa re.E1vvsna IS "A Ef5r .r rr- a,
t-Hslve r-uairs made on roads ana
streets Jest YEAR,
..-TE- roadway OF BrlehtWo1d Avenue
from the BrlELtWBgd school 10 LHe
piney Branch Read uuc tle east road
way from the Rock Greek Church Road
uorthWard 20 Richmond Street was
Uacadamized. as was also the roadway
OF Sherman avenue between Harvard
and AarsilaA streets . ne lni tfate--el.E
Of the E9ek 1lveA D. yi1 --.a4 ".l7 COM
l-AAe4 e- "a 's7t e- e-'e'- --'
KTaaa7av15gfug and EeUafrz
''lne work or rlttctu.-ii-A-A= L'-r ROAD
way of Detroit Street. Er1okiaud, be-
tween H-gr-IftH and thirteenth Streets.
49,. ,..----.r.raf -rra Pierce lTu Road
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q entey town f-oe--r "-e @------'