Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03

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to Longfellow street. according to the
highway plans. The widening of the two
avenues named is being made necessary
by the increasing traffic from the city into
Maryland.
The following street extension measures
were passed during the year: The ex-
tension of
Street and Lanier place
Alley Extensions. a, QUAR- road
To form a new entrance to the Geological
Park: the condemnation of land neces-
sary to connect Belmont and 18th streets
northwest; the extension of Reno road
from Fessenden street to Chesapeake
street: the extension of 18th street north
east from Brentwood road to Rhode Is
land avenue, the extension of 18th
street northwest from Madison street to
Piney Branch road, and the extension
Of Van Buren, street northwest from Piney
Branch road to Sd street northwest.
Twenty-four alley concentrations cases
were filed during the year to open alleys
in squares 2S43. 51S, $40, 79f, ST., Ill,
oS5I. 2S43. -. 3n19. 2S41, 1921. 1855. 2S,S
% o591 1J7 80, $50 $3.50 2,t'1. 3o49
317 and 3Sa2.
PROCEEDINGS were also instituted to open
minor streets in squares 2SSS 2Sse,. 16 and
300. and also to establish building re-
striction line on Columbia road between
18th and 18th streets northwest Some OF
these cases have been finally completed
and others are pending. as shown in the
report of the surveyor. District OF Co.
lumbia.
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The lumber of trees planted on streets.
in school yards and on Fairgrounds dur
ing the year was
Cifv Trees 1884, a decrease of
forty-iive under the
and Parkings. trees planted dur
ing the preceding year The NUMBER OIL
trees removed was o,646 an increase of
AL over the preceding year The net IN
crease in the number of trees during the
year was LIS.
The total number of trees planted on
streets in school yards and on play
grounds at the close of the year was 100
1877. of which 99S67 are on streets.
There are oSs7O miles of streets on
crease of 3.1S miles over the preceding
YEAR The mileage of trees on these
streets is $40. an increase OF $50 over
the preceding year. The trees are plant
ed on both sides of the streets, and the
mileage is based on 332 trees per mile
The amount expended i'm the planting
and care of trees was $9.6l0'%
The varieties of trees planted were
elms gingkos. lindens, Norway naples.
sugar naples. silver naples. pin oaks, red
oaks SVcamOrPS and ash.
The work of spraying the trees by use
of the hgh-power spraying machines pur-
chased i'm the last two years has pro-
gressed very satisfactorily. BY these
means the leaf-eating insects were de-
stroyed and the trees are i'm fine condi-
tion. The average cost for spraying each
tree was GO. cents !
The street and alley cleaning division
serves a population of about 331 600 and
covers an area of
Street and approximately sew
Alley Cleaning. II has charge Of
the sprinkling. sweeping and cleaning of
streets. avenues and alleys. except such
work on county roads and suburban
streets as is done under the supervision
of the Superintendent of county roads.
ton and disposal of garbage. ashes. mis-
cellaneous refuse dead animals and night
soil.
Previous to July /. 1872 the work OF
street sweeping and cleaning alleys and
tract but Ii is now done by day labor
under the direct supervision OF the super
intendent of street cleaning Inc area
cleaned by machines was 2,16i,oCo square
g oil OH
1.O33, 900 square yards: the cleaning OF
unpaved streets amounted to 1.4Io.4ou
square yards. The cleaning by use OF
the white wings in the central portion OF
the city amounted to about 2,I4o,oo4
square yards. Three hundred thousand
square yards of cobblestone, granite. as
phalt block and poorly paved streets were
flushed twice weekly. and the smoother
paved streets in the whitening area were
squeegeed two or three times a week.
the area amounting to 1,166,OOO square
Yards To prevent dust during the sum-
mer and fall. about sixty TO seventy
miles of gravel and unpaved SUBURBAN
streets were sprinkled and oiled.
Forty thousand dollars was spent for
the purchase of new equipment
BY reason of the operation of this serv-
ice under municipal control unit costs
have steadily decreased, the averages be-
ing considerably lower than the cost of
the work previously done under contract
In addition to the greater economy the
work has been of higher quality, the
streets and alleys having been kept
cleaner. The success of municipal street
cleaning is due largely to the fact that
il is much more flexible than the con-
tract system. Under the contract sys-
TEN every street and every portion of
each street received the same amount OF
sweeping and the same price was paid
for each LEGO square yards swept In
der the municipal cleaning system more
effort is put on the streets and the pOr-
tions of the streets which have the most
traffic. Under the contract system the
schedules were arranged for each days
work and that amount performed each
day whether il required full days work
or not. Under the present system con-
tinuous schedules have been arranged,
so that each foreman and his gang cleans
as much area possible during the day
and commences the next day where he
left off the night before.
On the suburban streets calcium chic
ride and emulsifying oil is used for
sprnkling n
Substitute for stead ~of water.
Water on Streets. Tho dnst n,,;
sance was almost entirely eliminated and
less money was spent for sprinklng and
oiling than for sprinkling alone during the
previous year. This Oil is required only