Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-16
For maintenance and repairs Of the
aqueduct. the reservoirs, mains,
roads, &c, connected thercwith.. 21,oOo
$407,2O0

aqueduct. the reservoirs, mains,
roads, &C., connected thercwith..... q, ZOO
louA $4Vf ,<UO
THE 46-rNcH MAIN.
The work of laying the 4s-inch main, for
which s575, 900 was appropriated by the act Of
March 2, 1883, the laying Of the 30-inch mains
In East Capitol street and in New Jersey avenue
| north west, and the 24-inch mains in 18th street
/ northwest, in street northeast and in 18th
street northwest, which we're done BY means Of
| the same appropriation, had been completed at
the close of the last fiscal year.
The remainder Of the appropriation, amount
ing 10 go, $50 a. remaining in the hands Of the
officer In charge, was turned into the treasury
on the 9Th of September, 1891
As far as can be foreseen the available re-
| mainder Of the appropriation will not be re-
quired for future expenditure.
| IscRHAsrN8 THE wArRA SUPPLY.
! This work was commenced under an sppro-
| priation made In the act Of Congress approved
July Is, 1882
All operations on this project are suspended,
and no work has been done under it during the
year.
The work Of replacing the decayed timber
Innings OF the upper portions of the tunnel
shafts, which xas IN operation at the close of
the last fiscal year, was continued, and COM
pleted early In the year. The work consisted
I AZ an tNtlTeIE new inning OF the Oest
quality Of Georgia pine, extending either from
the surface Of the rock, at Foundry branch
| shaft (Which was completed in the previous
! fiscal year) and Champaign avenue shaft, or
from the top of the brick lining that had been
carried at the Howard University shaft to with
, 10 about twenty feet of the surface OF the
ground
At Foundry branch shaft the now lining was
Of 9-inch plank set behind horizoual frames of
l0-inch BY Pinch timbers two feet apart. At
Champlain avenue and Howard University
shafts the lining was built solid OF 10inch by IL
inch tubers
The interior stone lining, pitching" Of the
new reservoir near Howard University having
been considerably injured by drainage water
from ground around the reservoir which found
its way to the bottom of the reservoir under
the stone and undermined ii, 1t Was found nee
essary to cut of these streams and sew eral small
retaining walls were built to prevent further
damage About 7I5 square yards Of the stone
lining of the reservoir, which had sunk from
the washing out of the sand under it, was re-
paired. guard strainer six feet square, COM
posed of pinch Georgia pine plank. bnilt
around the inlet month of the 12-inoh drain IN
der the dam to prevent n possible disastrous
obstruction of this drain masonry wing
wall was built on each side OF the mouth of the
great sewer which passes around this reservoir
for the protection Of the mouth and the Garth
which had been washed away reflled back of
the wall and over the sewer
\ Waterman has been employed during the
year at the new reservoir. His duties have in
cluded the guarding Of the stone at the mouths
of all of the shafts except the one n. Foundry
branch, which is under the Of the watch
man at the distributing reservoir
An available balance Of $3.50, l79 is on hand
! and no estimate for further appropriation is
submitted.
FIsHwAYs AT GREAT FALLS.
At the commencement of the fiscal year
operations were in progress under the contract
entered into June 9, 1891. with Isaac H. Hath
away of Philadelphia, Pa, for the construc ton
of fshwnys at Great Falls, the plans and speci-
ficGtions for which had been prepared by tho
commissioner of fish and fisheries, as contem-
plated by the act making appropriations for the
same.
By direction Of the Secretary of War, the
engineer officer in charge is held responsible
only for the proper protection of the aqueduct
dam at Great Falls and for the disbursement
Of the funds appropriated.
The commissioner of fish and fisheries having
discovered that his plans for section of the
fishways were not adapted to the site of the
work new plans and specifications pre-
pared by him for this section, and on the 10th
tered into with the contractor for the work
under the new plans for section G.
By tho terms of the contract the work was to
! have been completed before December r. 1891,
but the contractor, finding that this would be
impracticabe, asked for an extension of time
10 July l, 1892, and this granted him, the
additional expense to the United States by rea-
son Of such extension being deducted on final
settlement, as provided for in the contract.
By reason OF the uncertainties as TO the
amounts Of excavation, concrete and riprap
work that would be found TO be required to
completely finish sections 4, 8 and of the fish
ways, and of doubt whether all of this work
and the superstructure Of section 4 could be
completed, as was greatly to be desired. before
| the next spring freshets, with the appropria-
ton available for the fshways, after paving
the contractor the amount then due him
Cthe contract provided that the excavation,
the concrete and the riprap were to be
done at rates per cubic yard), 1t
was deemed advisable to enter into supple
mental contract with the contractor to COM
pletely finish section 4. and to finish all the
work remaining 10 be done sections 5 and 8
q; lump sum which within the amount of
the appropriation remaining available. This
agreement was entered into on the 22d day Of
December, 1891.
There remain to be done sections /, and
TO complete the fshways, for which the COM
missioner viii prepare modified plans. and for
which $4,000 was included in the estimates
submitted i'll my last annual report.
PARKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Gen. Casey reviews the work done on the
parks and public building of the city, an &C
count Of which has heretofore been published
in THE STAR. The following estimates for the
coming fiscal year are submitted:
For Improvement and care OF public
buildings and grounds. ........ sls4, O22
For compensation of persons en-
ployed on public buildings and
grounds Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
For replacing the overhead system of
telegraph wires with duplicate six
conductor underground cable and
for care and repair of existing lines. s2,5oo
For contingent and incidental ex-
penses Of public buildings ard
grounds ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
For care Of Washington monument
and maintenance Of elevator:
Salaries of employees $500. $1,000
Fuel, light, contingencies,
&c ............... 5000
1860