Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13


9TH STREETS.
Grant place was a large lot marked
Mcleod"
Other subdivisions of lots in the square
quickly followed the subdivision made
by J. r. Fisher, Some OF these were OF
and some were subdivisions laid down
on lots bought from Fisher. The first
reference to Grant place which the
Rambler found In the proceedings Of the
corporation Of Washington was special
law passed by the sixty fifth council in
July, 1867. 1t follows:
An at for the improvement Of the alley in
square No. 375, called Grant street.
Be it enacted by the board Of aldermen and
the board Of common council Of the city Of
hereby. authorized and requested to cause the
alley called Grant place. running east and west
through Square No. 37S. to BE- graduated &C.
surveyor. dated June Il. 1se7. ana that the
same be duly recorded In the surveyors office.
Section 2. That the water board be, and they
q four.inch water main to be Laid along the
said alley or street, extending from 9th to 10th
street and to defray the expenses Of the same
amount is hereby sppropriatec. said funa to be-
Unidentified by the assessment ON the property
bordering said alley in the same manner and
W kuS ohut eAtSUt ~ 10 pfOvl0e0 DV law Tor
assessments on private property for laying
water mains.
Section 8: That the mayor be. and he Is here.
py. anthorized and requested to cause curb
stones to be set and cutters paved on both
sides Of the said alley or street from 9th to
l0th street, the work to be done in conformity
with existing law.
Section 4. And be 1t enacted, That in order
70 defray the expenses Of graduating and gut
tering a. herein provided for, a special tax
equai to the cost Of the said improvement be,
Tod AOAt ssn,.n rod .r
just proportion upon all the lots and parts Of
lots bordering on the said alley or street, said
tax to be assessed and collected In the manner
JAMES G. DUL1N,
president OF the Board Of Common Council.
Vice President Of the Board Of Common Council
Approved July o, 1867.
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In an act of the common council on
November Z, 1867, being ian act to es-
tablish the width of the sidewalks on
the alley known as Grant street." the
mayor was authorized to establish
the width Of the sidewalk on both
sides of the alley known as Grant
street by width of eight feet from
the building line to the outside Of
the curbstone." The Rambler turned
many pages of the records of the cor
poration of Washington without find
Ing any appropriation for paving the
roadway of Grant street and then ran
through the list Of thousands of the
contracts, entered into by the board Of
public works under the territorial
government, but without finding the
fact sought.
In going through those old con-
tracts there fell under his eye the
names of many Of the men who gain
under the board Of public works
Among the names were those of AL
bert Gleason. Andrew Gleason, Owen
O'Hare. William Buckley, Evans.
Teemyer & Cotton. George Neitzey,
Frank Finley. Emmert. Dunbar & Co,
& Miller. Patrick Cullinane. r. y.
Hulse. William Fletcher. Patrick
Crowley, H. McGiniss. Riley A. Shinn,
Lewis Clephane. L. 8. Filbert John o.
Evans, w. B. Parisen. c. e. Evans. H.
H. Bingham. H. J: Mclaughlin. George
& Holden. Daniel Hannah. Albert
Campbell, Brennan s. schroyer, Alex
ander Patterson, Thomas Kirby, Childs
& Neville. Leonidas scott, W. ". me-
Lanahan. Barry & Fitxmorris, Robert
g; Campbell Thomas Bets. Samuel
wa VIE AAASA AAAtSAys w AAiAAu CCUOOl"
err Michael Sinner, Morris Murphy. q.
w. G. Islin. David Keppel. Bartlett 4
Williams. Thomas Joyce, Joseph 8.
Weems. Stephen Tally. John G. stat
ford, Dennis Mcnamara, Timothy
CBrien, ]. v. W. Vandenburg, Bene-
dict Hutchins. Patrick Brennan. z. e.
Barnes, Dan A. Connolly. Henry Bircn,
James q. Naylor. J. P. Crawford Il
Co.. John Chapman, William Holmead,
Newman & Middleton, William Arnold
and Jacob Fisher These were the m en-
who graded the streets. laid the pave
ments and sidewalks and dug the
sewers Of the new capital.
The next subdivision In the square
bounded by @. H. 9th and 10th sire cts
after that made By Joshua Francis
Fisher was ono by b. F. Gilbert and e.
x. Allen, which was recorded In 1857.
Then followed subdivisions recorded
by Walker 4 Gilbert. 7: w. Soran. Il.
M. Whitaker, q. W. Clark, Geofeeto WI