. Guide to Washington; . t, in the western section. \Miat first attracts the attention ofstrangers is the unusual width of thestreets and avenues, the former averagingfrom ninety to one hundred and thirtyfeet and the latter one hundred and sixtyfeet, while the sidewalks are from ten totwenty feet wide. A better idea of this may be obtainedby comparing the amount of ground occu-pied by streets in other cities. For in-stance, the street area in Boston is 26 percent, Philadelphia 29, New York 35, Ber-lin 26, Vienna 35, Paris 25, while the areacovered by streets in Washington is 54per cent. The ci
. Guide to Washington; . t, in the western section. \Miat first attracts the attention ofstrangers is the unusual width of thestreets and avenues, the former averagingfrom ninety to one hundred and thirtyfeet and the latter one hundred and sixtyfeet, while the sidewalks are from ten totwenty feet wide. A better idea of this may be obtainedby comparing the amount of ground occu-pied by streets in other cities. For in-stance, the street area in Boston is 26 percent, Philadelphia 29, New York 35, Ber-lin 26, Vienna 35, Paris 25, while the areacovered by streets in Washington is 54per cent. The city is divided into rectangularsquares by streets running east and westand north and south. In addi- f^- tion to these a series of a^ - ^broad avenues are ar-ranged to intersect eachother at the Capitollike spokes at thehub of a wheel, whileothers meet at theWhite House. Strangers find itvery confusing, asthese avenues crossthe streets diagonal-ly, and for squaresthe street is lost. Aduplication of thenames of the streets. is another difiFiculty. It is well to under-stand the method of numbering. Com-mencing at the Capitol the streets runningnorth and south are designated by numbersand those running east and west by there are A, B and C, etc.,north, and A, 15 and C, etc., south; ist,2d, 3d, etc., east, and ist, 2d, 3d, etc.,west. To simplify matters, however, asystem of beginning each square with anadditional 100 has been adopted, so thatone is enabled to tell iiow many squaresone is from the Capitol. The present street railway electric linewith an extensive system of transfers,makes it possible for visitors to reachnearly all points of interest cheaply. Thefare is hve cents, or six tickets for twenty-five cents. The Pennsylvania Avenuecars may be taken at the Baltimore &Ohio station direct to the PostGZ -A Ofiice, Treasury, Botanical Gardens, Executive Man-sion, State, War andNavy Department,Corcoran Art Gal-lery, LafayetteSquare, WashingtonCircle and George-t
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