Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-28
SAVED LARGE SUMS HOT WAVE BROKEN
Report of Union Station Grade
Damage Commission.
PAYMENTS OF $4O3,2 43.10
Estimate of 5000, 900 for Injured
Property Owners Had Been
Made in Congress.

In his annual report. submitted today
to Capt. Mark Brooke assistant to the
Engineer Commissioner, A. Leftwich Sim
clair. special counsel for the District Of
Columbia, showed that total of siO3,-
80 has been paid by the District up
to the close of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1910. in the settlement of grade
damages incident to the construction Of
the Union station and its approaches. A
detailed statement of the amounts of
damages paid to different property owners
is included in the report. and 1t has been
estimated that fully 100000 has been
saved to the District in the settlement OF
these particular cases.
The original estimate upon which the
appropriation of Congress was based. al
lowed about 100000 for the payment of
damages in the sections specified.
Forty-one Claims Rejected.
In the body Of his report Mr. Sinclair
says:
There were 1873 claims for damages
heard ard determined by the grade-dam-
age commission during the year. involving
10 pieces OF realty. In ninety-two OF
these cases damages were awarded land
owners aggregating $1O4,S1O. while in
forty-one Of the cases the commission
awarded no damages.
The Commissioners Of the District ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the appraise-
ments Of the commission in thirty-six Of
the cases tried during the year. where
upon the Supreme Court of the District
passed orders setting aside the appraise-
ments Of the commission and directing
trials of such cases by jury The sum
of 11,375.6O was saved to the District
during the year by the compromise OF
thirty-two cases in which jury trials were
held
During the year there were sixty-seven
petitions for damages filed, which make
a total of $50 petitions that have been
filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court
of the District
There were only fifteen cases awaiting
trial by jury at the close Of the year.
Many Of the cases in which "appeais,:
were taken from appraisements made by
the commission have been compromised.
Compromises Saved Money.
At the close Of the year the sum of
$31,o2o had been saved to the District
by the compromise of seventy-four OF
the cases in which appraisements of the
grade-damage commission were set aside
upon the application of the Commission
ers of the District of Columbia for a
jury trial.
Included in the report was statement
OF the streets. avenues and alleys in
which the work of changing grades has
been completed, as follows:
First street northeast. from c street to
D street.
D street northeast, from 1st street to
I'd street.
California street northeast, from the
Union station plaza to I'd street.
G street northeast. from North Capitol
street to list street
North Capitol street, from street to E
street.
The alleys in square 677.
street northeast. from North Capitol
street to LIST street.
Myrtle street northeast, from North
Capitol street to list street.
street northeast. from Sd street to 4th
street.
Florida avenue northeast, from 9th
street to 10th street.
D street northeast. from Delaware ave-
nue. to list street.
D street southwest, from 11th street
to 14th street.
Maryland avenue southwest, from 18th
street to 18th street.
D street southwest. from 9th street to
18th street.
Tenth street southwest, from D street
to E street.
Ninth street southwest, from C street
to D street.
street southwest, from sth street
to 9th street
Virginia avenue southwest from 81!
street to 9Th street
Virginia avenue southwest from Sd
street to AZ street.
Virginia avenue southwest, from I'd
street to Sd street.
Virginia avenue southwest, from 1st
street to I'd street.
Virginia avenue southwest from
South Capitol street to Delaware ave-
nue..
South Capitol street southwest, from
E street to G street.
Third street southwest, from D street
to Virginia avenue.
Ivy street southwest, from New Jer-
sey avenue to Canal street.
And the alleys in square 693