Statement of location, size, and number of feet of pipe luid, &c.-Continued. Diameter. Length. 93 93 93 385 159 550 624 1,612 165 585 785 150 1,087 367 370 24 514 400 673 Statement of location, size, and number of feet of pipe laid, &c.—Continued. There are seven hundred and thirty-eight fire-plugs in the District of Columbia, nearly all of the McClelland patent. During the year there have been erected sixty-four new ones, of which the following is a correct list: One at the northeast corner Third and Q streets northwest. One at the southwest corner Second and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. One at the southwest corner Third and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. One at the southwest corner Fourth-and-a-half and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. One at the southwest corner Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. One at the northeast corner Seventh and I streets northwest. One on the south side of E street, between Thirteenth and Thirteenth-and-a-half streets northwest. One on the south side of F street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets north Trest. One at the southwest corner F and North Capitol streets northwest. One at the northwest corner First and G streets southwest. One at the northeast corner First and I streets southwest. One at the northeast corner First and K streets southwest. One at the northwest corner of Second and C streets southwest. One at the southwest corner Fourth-and-a-half and M streets southwest. One at the southwest corner Thirteenth-and-a-half and C streets southwest. One on the east side of Thirteenth-and-a-half street, near Maryland avenue southwest. One at the southeast corner O and Water streets southeast. One at the southeast corner First and D streets northeast. One at the southwest corner Second and D streets northeast. One at the northwest corner Fourth street and Georgia avenue southeast. One at the southeast corner Eighth and A streets southeast. One at the northwest corner Ninth and A streets southeast. One at the northwest corner Eleventh and D streets southeast. One at the northeast corner Seventeenth and B streets southeast. One at the northeast corner Nineteenth and C streets southeast. One at the northwest corner Maryland avenue and Eighth street northeast. One at the southeast corner New Hampshire avenue and N street northwest. One on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, east of Fourteenth street north west. One on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets northwest. One at the southeast corner South Carolina avenue and Eleventh street southeast. One at the northeast corner Tennessee avenue and B street northeast. One on the south side of Virginia avenue, between Fourth-and-a-half and Sixth street southwest. One at the northeast corner High and Stoddart streets, Georgetown. One at the northeast corner Nineteenth and T streets northwest. One at the southwest corner Maryland avenue and Seventh street northeast. 2:05 fire-plugs shut off and examined after street-sweepers. 774 fire-plugs oiled. 774 fire-plugs painted. 740 fire-plugs opened to flush pipes. 150 fire-plugs repaired. 4 fire-plugs moved to new curb. 3 fire-plugs lowered. |