Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-21
ADDED FACILITIES
sCME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG WATER FRONT.

Within the past eighteen months about
! $40 90 has been expended by leaseholders
! of wharf property on that portion OF the
! District river front lying between the foot
| Of 1oth street and y street southwest, and
! if is stated that other improvements Will
! be made in the near future that Will add
| considerably to this sum- This estimate
! is exclusive of the cost to the District au-
thorities of the new mo"gue building ana
of the home of the marine fire engine, the
F'reighter adjoining an old one-story
frame building now being used as the
harbor precinct police station. Old tumble
down structures have been removed to
make room for modern buildings.
About four years ago when improvements
started the District authorities built the
Chapel-like structure, the morgue: year or
two afterTard the frebOat headquarters
was constructed. These buildings are botn
two-story pebble-dash structures, and are
we'll adapted for the uses for which they
were built.
Steamboat Terminals.
Two years ago when the Norfolk and
WASHINGTON Steamboat Company acquired
the ferry line between this city and Aexan-
dria. a fine new terminal with deep docks
was constructed. This terminal is located
at the foot of NJ street southwest. II Is
finished with pebble-dash in front and
metal sides, that it is practically ire
proof. 1t not only contains the SIP ana
waiting room for the ferry steamer. but
has also roomy dock which is used by
the day line boat to the jamestown expo
stion and Norfolk
The Mt. Vernon and Marshall Han
Steamboat Company about two years ago
enlarged it's office building by bringing 1t
out to the building line and erecting neat
pebble dash front to 1t. Within the past
wear the Washington and Potomac Steam
hDS hlliIt
one on the pier at the foot of Sth street
southwest for it's passenger and freight
business and the other near the loot or
n street southwest for the excursion lines
to River View and Colonial Beach. The
river line office is a tWo-Stcry frame struc-
ture ami contains the general offices OF the
company well as offices for the operating
department of the line The excursion line
building is also two-story frame struc-
ture but has pebble-dash front, and con-
tains the offices and storerOoms used for
excursion business during the summer
months.
New Buildings.
Last spring the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company more than doubled
the size of its office building at the foot OF
7th street, and the new structure is the
largest and one of the most ornamental on
the river front. 1t contains large waiting
rooms for passe myers. the operating offices
the second floor are the offices of the gener-
al officers of the company, and for the
bookkeepers and clerks. The building Is
modern one, and is one of the first seen by
the stranger coming from UP town to take
a steamer for a trip on the river.
Less than year ago a big hre destroyed
the offices and other buildings at the wood
and coal yard of Johnson Bros, and at the
big wholesale lumber yard of Johnson &
Wimsatt on Water street between 18th and
18th southwest. New structures to take
the place of the burned ones have just
been completed and in use. The new
office of Johnson & Wimsatt in a two
story frame building, and is the first i'm
provement that has been made in the west
ern section OF the river front for many
years. A new lumber storage shed, of
the largest in the south. is now being COM
pleted, and will be ready for use in short
time. 1t is to be used for the and
is fitted with all the modern appliances for
More Wharf Room.
If the plans of the District authorities are
carried out Washington will some time in
the future have dock system that will not
be inferior to that of any city in the coun-
try. Just now there is scarcity of wharf
room for steamboat landings and the steam
boat companies that have one or two boats
in their feet have TO use piers that
often a square or two apart. Under the
new wharf system this Will all be changed
and the arrangements will be much more
convenient for the companies using tie
Washington docks.