The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1879-09-14
Our Water suppIy-yfs Mtsmeuagc'
mcut and tho Remedy.
o Me Editor Of Tue Sunday Herald


Ia me Editor Of me Svp5ov UsyotJ,
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SIR. Nhen tne cltHens ot iNpltOl mn ana
the Commissioners. were before fine uousc committee
lac, ,.t,,., Il, -, r.,.., .. A.. ,,.,,.,, 49,. -,
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nlssoncrs stated distinctly that they hd plan That
would increase the How ON the lIil and all that was
uce,r1 y,a ,I,e 40, 600 Ia carry n nu, tl,,, ~ ,,csa
,So,,, oni,o,,, ,,c rr,snr =, ,y,,,co ,,,a, o,n,,,
"""'" "''''"l'@V 'u treasury ""N""'' '"" "'houhl'
they would have the wo,k done In a few months at
asked, and now what Is tie result
The whole summer has passed and not a thing has
been done Last week capt Phelps stated In reply to
drcdsd on ann piIn net; that thew were totnr pres
sure at yarlous ,oiuts to md ont the condition and
ascertain what Tho result Womb l,c of tbc rroposcd
changes and finally that me sos ana r1y not Srrfcut
to afford remedy ion the deficiency ON capitol IIIu
but that If they could get an appr0prIation next wine
Ter Of sl2S 900 10 sI90 O00 so tnt thcy could lam
pipe from 10 stand Jipe 10 CAPITOL mn that would
afford "A remedy lut that n vos nsccss 10 niicnnt TO
do an Wiling thia senson and tI,ot Mai Tlning would
sn, nuIigI s,ntomcr si,nvriw,, WV noihine could
bc dome wy
And now comes Iicui UoyIc with n statement of
what may I've done In Which he saws The head of water
on tbc i'm NAV br in"rcoscJ sven cn,, hv lnying
certain Mines N, "" COS, nt sS Soo, n, If tha, Ic
done the head on tho Island win lie reduced thirty
hc r,cn,,vcnds ,.i " mi,cs h i,iI and ,inscs viii
ibis rcmarLablc statement
,Thcse mains viii form a mart of tl,c permancnt
distribution sv"tr,n and sbnnI he nut down gLs1,
rim raj Ia ojrs rejer Ia he Gig5 gcopmds because
tns water s o W. ny"so, rcEHr'nm Of ,be
consnmntio" Of w",c, ,nr",hcn, The civ. or hy
,,,itj5, III, rot;r, s,n,I,, r. ID, L;yb JrayyjS =
Whcthcr Ills Is ,hc ctrrinn,tory statement which
cant rhclns slated was ~ i,' ,nnjc or not do moi
Sn , m,l , o W. ~ Wv , , W. , "" hn '"
cnmc,. i,ciy c ,,,,, i, ., az t. ,nn,nissinn
c,s and te,r water ieuo,tr"r,t /" nroperIy manage
The wafer nr,y or n,id ,nc ",iycns Ihe ,icsiicJ ~,
iicf '''
ru,i,,,, u,nof nr i. A ia nutv necessary Il, re-
fer 10 Mai T,yiWluc's statement, m rrniy To Inc in-
nuirv nT n ,n,,ni,rr ,s III, Innsc tuniuItrr os Ia
hv Inv u,,noscJ ia 0,st AMY mcicrs on ihe nm
| 10 Whci; he nnswcrcI 'tircs,so IL costs so much
NOR, To- ",o, In, muller 81, jbSrr when AS every
" rn" ' NO., ~, ,,ro, has cycr IL en- nm,i on 10 ITO
| i'm ' ' ~ '''' ~
Of the same character was the plan of iIoxlc To In
| creosc thc snnnlv nn tIc lin ny ruiiinp "A sion
inn" The no. incl main n Tho junction OF Mnsarlsctts
and Nav I,,scy avenues in ,S7G The result of which
| is best ol, ly the following extract from the report
| ur den Walirock for ihat Year ns follows;
an Ang,,s, the rnrncer Of The plsIlc, of Column
lila nnnljej for mrrmlssion 10 slut oil the Potomac
vnt.r In nrle, la Mae, "A snn.cock In Tho no
incl, main in Ma,rn,,se,ls avenue ,snr lis inicrscc
.. III" Euo,nr,r al I'm, nisi,i,i vns of lin, oplnon
that e pnrnp of ihis sion in the ~ inch main and
.los,ns Y WOULD io'r'a" the pressure Of tho pipes ."
| Although Of - deciieily cont,1,ry opinion, I
granted the permit as the expense attending the work
when placed in the main ,cnuhI becons ne yiopcriy
Of lie United States me water was therefore shut
main and closed Tho result of closing 1t was that
on ,apio i'm certain siga,is almost icct deprived
,Vijr,iu Of potouoc ,patar amt others bcJDrr ,o,H
s"rpiicd not o"iy q rartioi s"ppiv. 1t remained
closed for several nys In order to give 1t fair trial
and Nns thpu ,nnufI or,lpr al The district Conn
| missInucrs
\ ConLi there he more grarhc description or illus
,rn,j"n Of Inc incararily Of his man Hnsir, who
srif ,rs us viii ID, rs no r"ody rhai i"n cost Tho
District several thousand dollars and was Of no
| earthly bcnrni Nnl nniy that hr WAS told liz Mr.
iar,nan and iy tho Engineer Of Tie A1nc,imct nj
The Time that il would moi increase the How on the
| n tx clear from tlc statement of Cant phclps sun
ulrmrntr,l uy the published statement Of IloNc that
they sin contemplate the absurd idea of connecting
"a, ..ts.t.'
standing the fact that il min not SUypiy tie houses
vo,o co,,u,rt,T NTH II,
of itself evidence OF the rapacily of these parties.
| When il was being built Water Registrar COX told
us that Within six weeks we would have all the water
We wanted on tho Iii and that the only trouble we
would have would he the danger of bursting our pipes:
and vet as soon us II was started the head the i'm
mas ipnered acpcyul rect and has grown less ever
since,
/ AGAIN. the commissioners stated I'm their letter To
the COMMITTEES that two million Of gallons were
ruu..I thruuph II daily while IL is s,,sccptjble Of
demonstration that ii does not ana cannot deliver near
that nmoini will its present suruly ripca When IL
was proposed TO erect they applied to the Auucluct
Engineer for AN estimate tile amount the H. inch
main w,ul ,onycy Ia IT, and when he rrnortel "A at
.. 900 900 or less they Insisted il would deliver
D. 900 OuO am, finally that IL would deliver . 400 900
~ ,"y ,~,,. n,n w,i Mai rwimimu ,,imii,i Lnr"r,,
| The committee Thai he was not certain that ever
mo 400 Was delivered daily through The stand pipe
and that even that was merely estimoicd
| IL may moi Ir generally known Int IL IL "A fact
that t, pump Is moi filed iy The s,pply nine and
that consequently II is Dunpj,V air instead q" water
| N
linen again IL is a fact that pa,t of the water tn
the stanIsppc is pumped i,occ aud hesi,les is actu-
a,iy ,,uiou,i ,io,ou bjUt BeshIrs that. the hin.
through which THIS water is pumped dow, h Is
copurrej al us deIirrrv end min one of Inc other
Mains, 50 that whether Inc water that is pumped
through IL roes 10 tlc stand nine or hack uto The
main depends entirely upon whether the prcssne in
the main is or Is not greater than that in The pine
l,er We oy, nm Illustration Of hyirau,i engineering
such M the world never witnessed before With such
foolish expenditure of money and such reckless mis-
m,mogru,rn il il M wonder ihnt ihr district oulnr
| inf,
cale, for y the spcciai Senate committees having t
,",r IN y 3a ,mo ''' '''''" '''''' "''s wv
'',,'t ,hi ia conul,;o o, ALL, ,n,, M ma, I'm,
nrn The honesty Of Mai Tyjunp or any of these lnr
more which ni,,bt he citr ,cmnnstrn, beyond any
question the pr0priey and necessity of aboliShing the
Water Rerisipr's oncc and turning the whole man
aSemcnt III te water srnnIy over To- the En.nrcr of
Ma Anue,iuct ''''
II is absurd an lis face To continue the present plan
bf yiieI resnonsibliIy win two sets of oicnis en-
oloyas book iccoumts etc.. when The whole conil be-
much better managed hyonc and AT much less expense
pense greatly Iesscned also y alois,ina the water
,,tes n,i ,LIin whatever ia nscessnry In The .eusr
~, If "aks ~ nm% nr"npts and i ., "rks ' w c"
them In ths Water Registrar onc" and save the cti
zsns The rounl Of roiI,p twice or three times 10 nay
their tnyea Ia say n,n1 oT ina cnlless unoy,uc,, Ia
Witch citizens mr., constantly subinrieI hv threats In
turn " the w,tsr even whe,, tei, tax has been raid
hy the blnnders Of the Water Registrar onicc
'lnL.eI shouL smnnos. tho nI,trict Connissiun,rs
would he clad to he relieve, Of mis- Whole matter whj.
inns far hns neon In tI,e, 40 well ma In lin ,ityrn.
rnnsinnt so",c ng ,r"n,,e and veyation ran unlc'
s,anL yhv the "entle,nnn Of honda whiskers and i'm
acuI,e shir runs whn nn,y occuni.s tho no.Itnn nj
Water Pa"istr,r and who saws a hail a. Iuyurv fo,
which n.nI, n,,I,t In ,e maj, In nav In n,lnr
Ia nav cn,ue 10 IolI his .in.c,r, nynsiinu .honl
nhia"t m nhn,ishin h,s once. It la nn",,, ~ IL,
tn,yLt If he ,,nes MI now know that hc AMI lis o,c,
4, n2 no consan,,.nca a. cnnn,n VII, in in,nras, nj
4 tIa nmhIic i " 'i' ~ "
u ia tnc r,tur. s,,,lv thinl an ara ,or.el n,
,,nra 10 mo r.naJy ,,t . nrn,',nnt ,ncra.s Han
,hat 10 hnst ,n IL n ,nattar ,nt a, m r.,,,i,
, " r, ~, ~ '' ~ ~, n,,
$ into the civ ACCORDING To the s,atememt Of col
~ 49,, , ,, AZ ,t,, LIE -, 40, nnu n "a 400 n",
~ a,,., LII, IT," IL ~ az "o" o"o , w., IT,,
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q v"m,iy ,hn,ar, , ", H., Him. ~, t I Ia, II
a m ~, ,a a, , t vi ,i ,', y, rn,i ui,,