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60 pounds Alley amount appropriation asphalt average Barbour & Son Brick building cement cent Colored Company Congress corner cost December diseases District of Columbia dozen east ending June 30 Engineer Commissioner estimates expenditure expenses Expires F street F street north feet fever fiscal year ending fund Georgetown grade Horizontal tubular boiler hose Hydrostatic pressure increase inspector Jersey avenue July K street labor Massachusetts avenue months Ninth street Ninth street west North Capitol northeast northwest November number of deaths October Order pavement Paving Pennsylvania avenue police pounds to square pressure allowed pupils repairs report on examination respectfully River salaries September Seventh street west sewage side Seventh street Sidewalk Sixth southwest square inch street north street west superintendent teachers tion Total deaths total number Vertical tubular boiler Washington White Woodward & Lothrop yards
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Page 1007 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Page 213 - ... the same into the treasury of the United States to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia...
Page 564 - All loss or damage arising out of the nature of the work to be done under this agreement, or from any unforeseen...
Page 551 - ... per cent. If the proportions of the mixture are varied in any manner from those specified, the mixture will be condemned; its use will not be permitted, and, if already placed on the streets, it will be removed and replaced by proper materials at the expense of , the contractor.
Page 564 - Contractors will be held responsible for the faithful execution of their contracts ; and upon all technical questions concerning the execution of the work in accordance with the specifications and measurements thereof the decision of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall be final.
Page 238 - OFFICERS The officers of the Association shall consist of a president, one or more vice presidents, and a treasurer who shall be elected annually by the Board of...
Page 551 - ... then be carefully spread, by means of hot iron rakes, in such manner as to give a uniform and regular grade, and to such depth that after having received its ultimate compression it will have a thickness of 2 yz inches.
Page 550 - That under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than two dollars per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness.
Page 657 - ... conviction, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; and it shall be the duty of physicians while in attendance upon cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria to exercise such reasonable precautions to prevent the spread of the said diseases as may be prescribed by the health officer of the District of Columbia in regulations.
Page 906 - In this school, whatever may be the social standing or importance of the fathers, the sons go together to the same work, and are tested physically as well as intellectually by the same standards.