Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14

Geor getown District markets and the
old part of the Eastern market, 5000.
improvements and Repairs.
The Secretary of the Treasury is au-
thorized to transfer to the Jurisdiction of
the Commissioners Of the District for
street purposes the portion of square 65S
necessary to widen LIST street east from
| its present width OF forty feet to total
width between building lines of sixty
feet from G street to the south portico
Of the Union station, and ninety feet
thence to the plaza. in accordance with
the plan on file In the Office of the Engi-
neer Commissioner of the District And
the authority to sell or eauitably ex-
change any portion of the then existing
public space in connection with the lay
ing out OF the plaza and its intersectinG
streets, given to the Commissioners by
the Union station act. is extended to in
clude any, portion of public space nee
essariiy acquired under the laws to pro-
vide for the elimination of grade cross
| ings. but not needed for street purposes.
And the provision of the act of March
5, 1909, which authorizes the use of
portion of the appropriation for elimina-
ton of grade crossings. Improvement OF
the plaza. for the construction of three
fagstaffs. on condition that the Washing
ton Terminal Company shalh first convey
| to the United States a certain portion of
the terminal area specifically described
therein. Is amended by substituting for
the area required to he conveyed the
following: ".All that portion Of the termi-
nal area rs described in the act of Feb
ruary IS. 1902. lying north of the north
building line of Massachusetts, avenue
and south OF p line running from point
(A) at the intersection of the north build
ing line of Massachusetts avenue and
the curb line of the central island Tex
tended, to a point CD on the north curb
line EXTENDED, east of the Delaware ave
nue. axis of the plaza and symmetrical
with respect to the axis with point A.
and thence to the intersection OF the cast
line of the terminal area and the east
and west axis of the plaza as shown on
the plans.
The unexpended balance of the appro-
priation I'm any event is made available
for all necessary expenses for the i'm
provement of the plaza and also for the
construction of the flagstaffs when the
conveyance specified shall be made by
the Washington Terminal Company.
Streets and Avenues.
Work on Streets and Avenues-Work
on streets and avenues named in the
book of estimates. 1911. $4,000. a de-
crease of 81 Loo. to he expended in the
discretion of the Commissioners. 1t is
specially provided that the streets and
| avenues named in the schedules already
paved with Belgian block or granite shall
not be paved or otherwise improved I'M
der this appropriation, and the remaining
streets and avenues, except as specified.
shall be contracted for in the order in
which they appear on the schedules.
shall be completed in such order as
nea as practicable. and shall be paved.
in the discretion of the Commissioners,
instead of being graded and regulated
1t is also provided that no contract
shall be made for making or relaying
hale
81. 50 square yard. Both these are re-
enactments of considerable interest from
the current appropriat ton law.
Two new provisions under this head
are: For replacing with asphalt the
granite block pavement on Market space
between eth and sth. forty feet wide,
$500. and for replacing with asphalt the
granite block pavement on D street north
west between eth and 9Th, thirty-six feet
wide, $4,000.
Suburban improvements.
Construction Of country roads and sub
urban streets $4,000. The current ap-
preparation for this purpose is $1o7,
Following are the detailed estimates IF
the Commissioners on which the expendi-
ture OF the amount named will be ex-
pended. although of necessity, it will not
cover the entire list:
In the northwest section: Macomb
street between Ross place and 33d street,
$1,000.
Irving street. 18th to 18th, pave. thirty
feet wide, $500.
Otis street. 18th to 18th. twenty five
feet; 18th to Holmead streets, thirty
feet: 18th to 14th streets. grade and i'm
Varnum street. Georgia avenue to s1h
street. grade and improve, S.
Chesapeake street Wisconsin avenue to
River road, grade and improve $3.50.
hSr1 ofr
of Shepherd street, grade and improve,
s.. 600.
Blair road. Cedar street to Piney
Branch road, provided the necessary land
is dedicated to widen to fifty feet grade
and improve. $500
Quincy street between 5th and eth
streets. grade and improve. $500.
Thirty-sixth street. Macomb to Newark
streets, grade and improve, $500.
Macomb street. 36th to Wisconsin ave-
nue.. grade and improve. $3.50.
Colorado avenue, 14th street to A road
grade and improve, $1,000.
Eighth street. jefferson to Longfellow
streets. grade and improve. $500.
Massachusetts avenue extended. Wis
consn avenue to Idaho avenue, grade AMI
improve. $4,000.
Mount Pleasant street, 18th street to
Park road, pave, forty-five feet wide
$1,000
Rock Creek Church road. Georgia ave-
nue. to Hardwood road, 3J feet wide,
$1s, 300.
Butternut street. Pney Branch road to
9th street. and 9th street from Butter
nut to Cedar street. grade and improve,
$2,4O.
Van Ness street from Connecticut ave-
nue. to Pierce Mill road grade and i'm
prove. provided the land necessary is
first dedicated to the District of Column
bia without cost, $1,000.
Lamont street, Georgia avenue to 9th
street. grade and improve, $500.
Sixth street, keefer to Lamont, grade
and improve. $3.50.
Shepherd street. 18th to Rock Greek
Church road. grade and improve. 2DO.
Twenty-third street north of Calvert
grade and improve. $3.50.
Eleventh street. Otis TO Spring road,
grade and improve. $1.9.D
Upshur street. Georgia avenue to 9Th,
grade and improve. $500.
Longfelow street, Georgia avenue to
Colorado avenue. grade. $500.
Fuller street 10th to 18th, grade and
improve. ST. 800.
Yuma street Wisconsin avenue to 41st
street grade and improve. 5000.
Michigan avenue. from LIST street west
ward. grade and improve, $500
Adams Mill road, grade, $4,000
FesSenden street. River road to Wis
consin avenue. grade and improve. $500.
Lamont street. Warder street to Park
road. grade and improve. $3.50.
Clifton street, University place, west
ward. pave thirty feet wide, $1,000.
Eleventh street, Irving to Kenyon, pave
fifty feet wide. $1,000.
Twenty-third street. S street to Kalo-
rama road and Kalorama road from a3d
street to Connecticut avenue. pave thirty
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