National Republican., 1883-08-27
n CONDENSATION or LAND FOR WATER
" SUPPLY.
WAsHINGTON CITY,
DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE.

DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE,
August Il, lSsa.
An Act TO increase the water supply OF the city Of
other things proylded-i
survey and tie land mseesS sssy To 10 Oe eEsG
the Washington Aqueduct from its present eastern
near sixth street extended and OF the land necessary
FOR reservoir at thnt point the capacity of which
aud like survey and map of the land for
q dam across The Potomac river at the Great Falls,
Land required for the extension of said dam across
We se 40 n n pp a pe hNva Te ees ae as
Secretary of War and the Attorney General Cf the
United States the outstanding tile ii any said land
and wafer rights and to the land which the gate
house at Great Falls stands, by condemnation"
''Whenthe map and survey are completed the At
torney General shall proceed to ascertain the owners
or en9nts Of the premises embraced in the survey.
days, in one or more Of the daily newspapers pub
llshed in the District of Columbia. description of
yey, with notice that the same has been taken for
the uses mentioned IN this act, and notifying all
Within It's period Of publication in The Department OF
Just O. deiorp!ion Of the tract or parcel claimed.
aud statement of its value as estimated by the
An ofwhch Will better appear upon reference to
And whereas such map and survey have been COM
Now, therefore, in accordance herewith, and
under the above requirements, hereby give notice
low described have been taken for the above In
dlcated, viz:
(a) FOR EXTENSION OF AoUEDUcT
LIST. 1t is proposed to take right of way for a
tunnel, whose least depth below the surface of the
ground Will vary from ~ To l7J ieet shown in de-
oftunne commences nj the auxiliary Iate house Of
the distributing reservoir; thence north $40 4Ol 2V
SSi s e OF s q of the
, Cd; u T. proposed to take aud acquire title to
te following tracts ofand al the sites OF the several
shafts, VIZ
res more less located in the valley OF Foundry
Ernnch south of, and fronting on, the New Cut"
At LHyee Street, air shaft. lot 5oxlOo fronting
half js) acres on the left bank Of the creek extend.
Ing about 1909 feet down stream from the lower mill
AT an Air shat located about 1900 feet of the
Columbia road ON tunnel line lot comprising about
road 80 feet wide, leading from the nearest public
Al (Tdmpiain 1uenuo, working SHAFT lot fronting
on Champlain avenue and comprising 10000 square
A roadway 60 feet wide and about $50 feet long,
from the auxiliary gate house at the distributing res
ervoir 10 the intersection of the Foxhall lane and
The several parcels of land referred to above arc
Indicated by the spaces inclosed In green on tracing
a. Their exact boundaries are not specified, because
view TO conforming, as far as practicable 10 the
wishes of the property owners.
(b). FOR RESERVOIR NEAR HOWARD UNIVERSITY
is 1t is proposed take and acquire title to about
Howard University together with ali Improvements
thereon comnr,slng property Ia Howard snb.dys-
10, H. - S "a %, e. with adioining streets, and
ali IL block 10, together with that part of College
street adoining lots 10 to G, inclusive In said block
containing about 40 acres also about = i'lO acres
undivided land, said to belong to the Howard Unit
ard 70 $40 acres said 10 belong 10 O. T. Moore Also
Lott 20 feet square In the southwest corner Of Gen.
I'd. il is also proposed to take right of way 50
extend ~ street $50 csiedj fron Boundary to and
upon The property to be taken for The reservoir
along Ins line; the right OF way through Ge6rot
Park has been promised ~ writing free of cost and
Howard University grounds. This Will leave a
length ofnboul 800 feet to be condemned.
The lands referred 20 under this heading are shown
Oh tracing B, indicated by the parts olOred In green.
(c) LAND For DAsr, ErC., AT GREAT FALLS.
ls For extending the dam TO and upon the Va.
shore, u IS proposed to take and acquire title to
the Virginia channel ANA co.. meeting the u. - prop.
cry on Falls Island and hard'lo come at with the
T. = properly on the Virginia shore. This viii extend
the present llmits oftnc U $ property on the Vir-
This tract i eoored In yellow on tracing g
lol on which 6e gale house % at lhe Great Falls now
slanls containing about one-iiilh ofan acre.
II X proposed to take and acquire title to a
traci con neetinE the gate-house lot with the u 3
acres The inhuent conduit ard part Of the dam
are localeN ON TINS tract ana the chesapeake Ohio
canal passes through It, II is colored in green on
tracing G.
ith. In addition to acquiring to and .or the u S.
any outstanding title TO these lands at the Great Falls
i Is also proposed 10 acquire all water lights implied
In the possession of the same needed Tor purposes
contempt plated by the act under which these proceed
ingS are taken.
The map of the surveys lin three tracngs) required
for the uses enumerated In the above named act of
1882 Ch IN may be seen at this Department by all
claimants to any portion of said premises and tey
arc heitbg rGspecfhey not BedtoWe inihfn he period
of The pUbiiCutiO QJ ms advertisement t the DeDari-
HpntQf Justice description Qf the tracts or parcels
resuccfiueV by them cldinled and statement or
their Udtue as bg each cldbndnt estimated.
BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER,
-- Attorney-G General,
*NoTE.-rhis lot Is required for the construction OF
the valve chamber
CDEMnEpIKM IMV