Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
Improvement of Streets in
Every Section of the Dis
trict Contemplated.
PAVING AND GRADING,
LAYING OF SIDEWALKS
Bids Asked Under Prepared Specif.
cations. and Contracts Soon
to Be Awarded.

Bids for extensive street improve
nents to be made in every section of the
District Of Columbia during the coming
fiscal year will be opened at the District
building during the latter part of the
month.
| Specifications for paving and grading
already have been issued. while the side
walk specifications will be out within a
few days. With respect to improvements
Of the latter class. it is the custom OF
the municipal authorities to order the
laying of sidewalks from time to time
under the terms of general contract
price previously agreed 10.
! Contracts for paving and grading will
be awarded upon the basis of a definite
schedule of improvements authorized to
be undertaken during the year.
Distribution of improvements.
+ In accordance with the Commissioners
estimates for street paving for the COM
| ing fiscal year, Congress made appropria-
| tions as follows:
| Georgetown-From Wisconsin avenue,
| from r to :;4th street, $500.
| Northwest section-Vcrmont avenue.
| from street to Florida avenue. $1,000:
V street from New Hampshire avenue
| to 18th street. 5000, and 18th street,
| from c street to Virginia avenue $500.
Southwest section-I street, from 9th to
| 7th street. $500.
Southeast section-Pennsylvania ave-
| nue.. from 14th to 10Th street, $3.50;
South Carolina avenue, from 18th To 18th
| street, 5000: A street. from Massa-
| chusetts avenue to 1fth street, %ii.VVJ.
and 18th street. from Massachusetts ave-
nue. to B street, $1,000.
Northeast section-K street. from 9Th to
7th streets. $4,000, Sth street, from
| * street to Florida avenue. $3.50. and
Lexington Place, from 9th to 9Th street,
$4,000.
Street Paving Authorized.
In addition, Congress authorized the
paving of the following streets not in
the Commissioners schedule: G street
northwest from 18th to 18th street
$500; c street northeast from 1st to 4th
street, $1,000; I'D street from kalorama
road to S street, 5000: Girard street
northwest from 14th TO 18th street
$500; Euclid street northwest from 11tf
to 18th street, $500; L street northeast
| street, $500; Randolph place northwes
from 1st to I'd street. 81. 500: Sd stree
northwest from Florida avenue TO r
street, $1,000; V street northwest from
F1agler place TO 1st street. $500: kalo-
rama road northwest from I'D street 10
Connecticut avenue. $3.50.
Besides providing for paving work, the
appropria ton bill designates a number of
streets to be graded and improved. These
streets will be graded under contract.
but improved by the engineer department
of the District. lump sum for both
grading and improving being appropriated
in each instance.
List of the Thoroughfares.
The streets are the following:
Northeast, Rhode Island avenue, Lin
coin road to 4th street. S11.O00; north
west. Connecticut avenue. Newark
street to Tilden street, $500; north
west, 1Ith street. Clifton street to CO.
lumbia road $1,000: northwest. Adams
street. North Capitol street to lst
street. $4,000; northwest. 18th street.
Euclid street to Columbia road $4,000:
northwest Ontario road. Columbia
road to 800 feet south of Euclid street.
$500; northeast. 10th street. Gales
| place to Rosedale street. and Rosedale
street. 18th to 17th street, $500;
northwest Fuller street 10th to 18th
street, $500; northwest. Colarodo
avenue between 18th and 10th streets.
$500: northwest. kalmia street end of
northwest, Sherman avenue, Florida
avenue TO Columbia road. $4,000:
northeast. Franklin street. I'D street
eastward $500; northeast 18th street
street. s3,i0u, northeast. Hamlin street
| 18th to 18Th street. si,ioU. northwest
| Chesapeake street. Wisconsin avenue
! 10 River road. $1,000. northwest. Illinois
avenue. Kennedy street TO lngraha stree:
| and Kennedy street. 9th street 10 Georgia
| avenue. $500; northwest, Sth street JEFF
| ferson to Longfelow street. $500:
northwest. 18TH street Park road TO New
ton street. S3.JUO: northwest, Macomb
street, 33rd 70 36th street. $500: north
west. from Connecticut avenue to Ross
place, S6,UU.
Work to Begin in July.
| Work the street improvements pro-
vided for in the appropriation bill will be
commenced Immediately after the begin
ming of the next fiscal year. July i, and
continue through the succeeding twelve
months. 1t is planned to prosecute the
work generally instead of taking ii up in
one section at time.
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