National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-12

Fire-PluEs, II drnnts, Metres and Foun-
tains-Rcvcnues OF the Department ss
Compared with Other CitIe.-Recom-
mendaiions Of Changes In Existing
Laws-Important and Interesting sta
tisiics.
WATER REoisrRAR's oTTIcE.l
wAsHINoToN,D d. O., June !, is1s I
Nor n. " tooi., Gossrnor Disi,i., 81 Col.s'bis
gates herewith submit report Of the operations
Of this department from June, 1871, to the pres.
ent date, giving, under proper headings, brief
panyinsi the report with statements IN detail.
., wATERMAfNs
laid by water department from June, 1871, to
finch, rs Ig2 feet, SAB miles; s-lnch, $50 feet,
o.oos miles; iA:nch, lCS feet, oe9i miles. Total,
i2s,s25 feet 2s;ia miles; Laid By act Of the
cock, chief engineer Washington aqueduct,
9l,e6S feet ul6 miles, Of Se-lnch distributing
main, i,ISo feet 1881 miles, q so-lneh dstIioa!-
tributing main; total aI,sls feet, t5,Q6T mlles.)
Laid by water department from It's Organization,
main, 90 6oI miles. Length Of mains laid in
Georgetown, 5000 feet, i0.tl miles, making q
total Of bJ5,66i feet uOo.Ois miles, under charge
So iss feet, OF 1851 miles, OF distributing mains
laid by the Washington aqueduct, and we have
total length Of distributing and supply mains
or $4,000 miles. Mains lowered and raised TO
new grade: i2iso feet u5.09i miles, OF pipe, dis
tIbutlng and supply mains, with the hundreds
| OF stop-valves and attachments connected
| thereto, have been raised and lowered to com
| ply with the new and proper grades OF streets
vim a. ilttle Incnnyenlence 10 The hubble n was
posSIble-in many instances without shutting on
So'inch mains on n street. Maine avenue. Penn
| ayiyanIa ayenne and Sixth atreet Southwest,
TiRyNpipos
Five hundred and ntty,one nre.plugs Is The
| some few exceptlons are Of what la known as
the HMcCIelisnd nre-piug, ~ ali OF which arc In
good order and cniclent. OF this number there
new Carl and react, IsI fepaired in various
ways. Isp: oiled and examined, as,
Sror-yIIyEs
| Seven hundred and seyenty-sIx stot,- valves and
boxes are now in nse They are Of The most i'm
proved pattern and ali in rood order Reset to
SOS; boxes lowered, los; new boxes put in, 80,
UYpRlgTs
The whole number now within the limits OF
the District is Y59-that il, in washington, 2Ol;
in Georgetown, Is; erected since June, ISL, sl
| MAYED II now rnrb and reset iOT, renaiTe,l aOI'
taken up, q old ones replaced BY new, 10.
v,vo ,,on.an IN ,spo m hnndr.1 nj o,,n,v ,o,r
ia the wh"is nnmheS ~ fans made tn"iudIns
those made on streets paved with patent pave,
~ " ~ s,r,'lso ,tn, ~ ,o'si y, r. aia M
, % ,n ,n M i,s P'Po !" 'o'" W w 1'''oV
r sErEns: a,,.,
sJsa, III VI III ,an o. a
n,apr,npDInrh IA 1,,c.,nch S,yyo.inrh afo1r'incb
I'VE 49, ~ s,,,Itas,,,. y, ~ ,,nsh ~.
we rate al e., sstI6i.snmenn ~ 30 mneh pe n
,nc1tng' an ,n,snaI nss o. vasts ~ sya,sr IN
hotaIs iivsry s,shies ami rs.fsnranta ,xhera
,hcy a. now .,,schc5 T'ha msInp,tS ~ ,hese
Iney ave nov n Inc e, m n.y o. tn naG
haye eontin1ed ~ he nsed nv me' ""'
"-'0 pnIsSIsa youSrans.
for he nsc ~ man and hsssi They nave nrovsd
a great sonyenl"nee 10 inc nubiie' aiihorpS an
iestiona6Ie in shane, on account Of t6e npper
rs,t ~ snna hsintt an nbS,Trt,nn 10 rasrIagge
, mi sTssnn noies " w
1"' ""s'" P0'''' ,K.Kz
Sly bundrcd and tnT,S.iTo ioal. Of ali Kind,
nave been attendch toE,eryien nines, IeaI Joints
. h1ssts IN stTcci mains Ioasc parkInJ, a. '''"''
1 NiaSEiiISEoIrs'
e In addition TO the work already detailed, q
Ing ~ .mn ~ iASUr hece hS, I n
acribed, in Connection with the collection OF
: water Tonts taxes. pefmts. inspectlon Of watei
nxtures together with iushinR mains and ont
iets' oiilng 6Te Mugs and yaives rsnewinS pSeE
ing In valves painting Ac
WATER REsTs.
!, The amount collected for water rents Il
. date IA 500 IA. IA ThIs sum. realized iron
: nearly 1000 water, takers appears small wheI
I compared with the receipts OF other cities for
o like purpose I will illustrate by naming thu
!, city Of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a popula
tion OF ap ga; lts humber OF water takers nearll
; equal our own, and for the year isI9 IL receive,
!; from water rates the large sum OF Si2T, 901 30
: Other cities could be quoted, showing the same
!, large receipts from water rents. or course her,
+ the law OF Congress prohibits these water rent
! from becoming source OF revenue or profit
while In other cities they are the means OF
!, large surplus. For instance, brooklyn last yea
! showed an excess OF income over interest, cos
snd o expenses, o. Hartford an excess aS q
y Cleveland, $40 800; Chicago, ti0, 1911; Troy s9Ii5
Baltimore, tsI,sOO,
any other city In the Union, the amount receives
2 would now show large surplus over expenses