National Republican., 1884-08-23


No; n Irdootor,s renort of onora.
' -, a. 80. -. n-,..,an ,.o.
''ons on tne wafer "o'.' oA'o"',oa W.
made public yesterday oy the chiei Oh
engineers. In the charge Of this duty
Mai. I,ydocker has been assisted by Capts.
;, I tIo,io and r w svmons and he
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pays nign eon'p'onen' 70 'no eiuo.Yny
OF these onicers, referring particularly W
Capt. Hoxio. whose zeal and energy In
the prosecution of tho work are warmly
.o,,,n,ndoa
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TIE wAsHlNaroH AaOHuc'i.
There was little done upon tnls struct-
ure except in the way Of routine work.
tho removal of woodwork in tho super
str,o,,r. ovor Rock crack. the buildinp
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OF an aouit'onai s'ory !" 'no "quouue'
Office, and the renovation oil the Dniiding;
the macadam surface over the aqueduct
roadway was repaired and extended and
n telcphonic communication with Great
ToIis es,obiisbod
TI. -. ia.o, =. ..,o s. 10, -;oa
ihe "osof io'o' a' 'ho '"nn ha' Naiieu
from 3.35 feet above its crest to on feet
below it, = huctuation of 4.12 feet.
Tho average water pressure for the year
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- - yns 20 "a nounas n"r at,,aro w. i,,"i,
.to n,ona1,o Jnn;. Nv poa slu". 1 ny, ~,
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,o ,ho d;s, ,ih,,i, Va t',ts ssa
tor twont,'fonr IA ,I. '"us n,,,.ni Uu
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TomnJ tn bo o. coz nta ILL.,, ,o .n"s Ji,Ou
a;n,;Iar o,,no,r,o,,t hI o1 iSs5
sho,vsd n consn,nr,;ou &c %. 9,a 1is ~
Ions aud In 1850 nr oo -S- sei ,,,tions sa 81
;nference hoin, tSat thn as, s, ;,,o,,a,, ~
ratcd in 1850 tp nro,ort ~, ,,o.., ar 80.
have not been witbont n benafcial effect
IThe total nnnranr,ations -, oa,a,,t ~
tho WASN'T, ,tan nn,sdnc, % Tro,, o Sout so NJ
isso to Inne 9n iSli 'Iur. hara honn IL Ssg ~
1hS Dnr;n" ,ha na.t ,oar soa oon ,r,,
eynepded and ror nart rnos 100 0on -
rsa,,irsd e. ooo of which ;s ,or H. no,, 20
atr,,nt;nn ss .n ,,.,ga,., at .i,n -
roservoir -" 'A'" ~ VIZ -o''''-"s
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49,. H "niIn
At tne close oil the last hscai year the
preliminary surveys ana examinations
required lor mapping OUT the lands TO DC
taken for this work ana ior supplying
"onIa,d a" H Tho ,r;ec, So w." as puS, gub;,tS Wead
,ndar Sota of i,lv Issa and ;nuni',a1.
uH Tha avtors;an as ,ha Wash;n,tn,
aonedect from tho Jistrihnting ressrso;r
near Drovars, Past En- the site of na,.
reservoir. near Howard uniyerstv. bv n
tunnel 20,7159 feet long, located at
depth that would carry it below the bed
of Rock creek, and that would permit of
its construction in solid rock as far as
possible.
(2.) The extension of the dam at the
Great Falls of the Potomac. across Conn's
island aud the Virginia channel to the
Virginia shore, with its crest at an
elevation of 145 feet above mean high
tide in the Potomac river at the navy
yard, and, raising the dam over the
Maryland channel to the same height.
49, Constructing a new distributing
reservoir in the valley east of the How
ard university capable Of holding about
100000 900 gallons, and
(4.) Laying cast iron water mains sew
enty-fve and forty-eight inches in diam
eter, from the new reservoir to the center
of distribution in the City of Washington.
at tho intersection of New Jersey avenue
and north L street.
This project was approved July 80,
1883. In August the necessary con-
tracts awarded for supnlyino cast iron
pipes In October bids far tbe constrnc-
tion of dam, reservoir, and tunnel were
opened, and work promptly oommepced
under the several contracts.
rur n,,, n ,nr,r 80,
MI H IAN o.HNi rnhL'. -,
inc cohstructioh OF solu masonry
yam az .onn isisna, i,S4o Leet IN length
anu Vi ~ maximum ny neieht Vi - ieet' was
aisn ha rai"ad "a tho pI ,.oI Ian, u vii vii
be 2,S77 feet.
once and the ouarrvinp of The stone near
by and at Seneca az once commenced
Since April the work has been ranidIv
pushed, exccpt during the June Hoods.
when considerable DELAY and loss to the
contractors were encountered.
At the close of the year the foundation
bed for the dam across Conn,s island was
nearly completed and about one.third of
the dam finished up to the coming. All
the dimension stone required Ia already
on the site of the work and 900 cords of
stsne deposited for n rip.rap dam TO pro-
toct the permanent dam pendinp its
completion.
Up to July 30. S2l, ,O26. 20 had been ex-
pended on this branch of the work, The
land taken in this locality is about
twonty- -dne acres in extent in addition
to that already owned by the United
States, and the value has not vet been
determined by the appraisers.
Congress appropriated $4,000 for pro.
tecting the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
from increased flooding by reason of conf
pletinp the dam at Great Falls. The snm
was, however, paid to tho canal company
in full satisfaction of oil such flooding.
rup ruyyp,
80 -os.A-
~ 70 70 au a e1uene,ono r VI .he present WASH
,ngtoh hqueuuct, from i.s terminus al the
@ als.r'pnting RESERVOIR 70 Ine new feser-
Noir near howaru @ univarsiey. ~ ID run
on an ar iihe po1ween these points and
US Iens'n WIZ DO 80 ieeti lts cross sec
t,on ID ~ ~ II 1851. tour WORKING
snaIts aro usou. one cach ~ fouhury
orhheh, hocN creok, Shalnplaln avenue,
ana the ste Oh ene new reservoir, mead
)ngS Delhg driven IN Doth directions from