Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-21
NEEDS OF TIE DISTRICT
SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS
ESTIMATES.

''Fo-, separate high-pressure fire service
system, Sf5O, 600
This item, included in the estimates Of
the Commissioners, which were submitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
is of the most important among the
recommendations for extraordinary i'm
provements. For several years past efforts
have been made before Congress to have
an appropriation made for the installation
of big mains in the streets in the business
and downtown residence section of the
city, and with specific recommendation to
that end in the present estimates, q deter
mined effort will be made to have the pro-
vision enacted into law at the coming ses-
sion. Those favoring the high-pressure serv-
Ice have many arguments prepared to ad-
vance its cause, not the least among them
being the example of wastefulness of using
filtered water which alone is flowing
through the regular city mains now. An
other item which will doubtless receive the
support of the citizens associations gener-
ally, Is that which provides for the i'm
provement of streets and roads outside of
the city proper The list, arranged in. the
order of relative Importance, the Com
missioners see 1t, with the amounts asked
for each thoroughfare, follows:
| massachusetts avenue, grade and improve
$40 900
Connecticut avenue extended, grade and
improve SO
Lincoln road north of r street. grade and
Rhode Island avenue east of Brentwood
road, grade and improve provided the land
| necessary for the opening of this street be
dedicated to the District of Columbia with
out cost. $500.
Good Hope road CHarrison street extend
edl, grade and improve. $1,000.
sixteenth street extended. grade $4,000
Bryant street east of list street west pave,
$1,000 f -
Gresham Dearborn place., grade and i'm
prove 81 800.
Fifth street, L (Spruce) to w fpomerov,
grade and improve, 2,4OO.
Fifteenth street Florida avenue to EnIcIid
(trie) street, grade and improve 5000
jackson street, 10th to 18th and ION
prove, 50 go.
Monroe street Sheridan avenue), 14th to
nth, grade and improve. 5000.
ehepherd Philadelphia) street. Bright
Wood avenue to Sth street and Sth street
Shepherd philadelphia to Upshur (Rich
mondl grade and improve, $1,000.
lame, Lanler place Nanier street,, grade and
improve, 81, $50.
Sheriff road grade and imnrove Sa,sn
Newark street, Cleveland Park grade an,
improve, $4,000 ana
lngraham (Chesapeake) street, Bright
prove, 81 500 anu iii
eighteenth street, Irving street Okenesau,,
avenue to Lamont (JolieO street, grade
improve, S2,5tD
thirteenth street, Clifton to Euclid CRo-
anoke) street, pave, $4,000
Fourth street, Elm to w GPonero,,, s.roo.
pave, $500 Stieet,
Shfeon street, grade and improve. 50 OOO
fehnsylvan1a avenue extended, grade and
improve, 5000. N0 anu
Monroe street Gydecker avenuel from,
l4th street to Holmead place (avenne) and
18TH street, Park road CWhitney avenneI
$4,000. I'M oNe'
Brookland avenue Bunker Hill road IN
Bates road grade, 1000
SedgWlck (Shepherd) street Connecticut
avenue to Pierce Mill road, grade and inn
prove, provided the land necessary to omen
this street be dedicated to the District of
Columbia without cost, 1920
Nlchols avenue, Anacostia, grade and i'm
prove, 5000.
avenue. grade and improve, $1,000
kalorama road Iavenue), 10Th street to
Columbia road, pave 81 1850
Streets in American University Park
grade and improve, 5000.
Albemarle street, east of Connecticut ave-
nue., grade, $500.
street, North Capitol street to 1st
street, west, pave, $3.50.
Franklin street, ODD to Goth street. grade
and improve, s., 500.
Reno road, grade and improve, s., $50.
Chesapeake street, Rockville road to
Grant road, grade and improve, $4,000.
Todd place, between LIST and I'd north
west $4.70O.
Adams Mill (Park) road, grade, $4,000.
The Commissioners were unit in express
ing their satisfaction with the completed
Characterization West in particular
stating his satisfaction that the estimates
came within the available revenues.