Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-18

| MHon Oh iaW reiaung TO appropriations for the
crease asked for In the general appropriation
| FOR preservation and repair Of tho aqueduct
and its accessory works, are Of great Inn
portance. and the renewal Of the rccommenda-
tions OF the officer in charge in respect Of them
| 10 concurred in.
THE <s-YxcH MAN.
The work Of laying the forty -eight-inch main,
for which $675. 900 was appropriated by the act
OF March 2, 1889, the laying the thirty-inch
mains In East Capitol street and in New Jersey
| avenue northwest and the twenfy-four-inch
mains on I1th street northwest, In X street
northeast and in 18th street northwest, which
were done by means Of the same appropriation,
had been completed at the last fscal year.
ing to 4lo, esq 81, remaining in the hands Of the
ofhcer In charge, was turned into the treasury
on the 9Th Of September, 1891
July !. 1891, balance unexpended. 1l0, s66 IS
june 50, 1892, amuont expended dur
ing nscal year lS 81
July I, 1892 balance unexpended. .&l0, 66e 81
July 1, 1892, outstanding Liabilities. 81 20
July I, 1892, balance available =. enc. 5ss 81
As far as can be foreseen the available re-
mainder Of the appropriation viii not be re-
quired for future expenditure.
INCREASING THE WATER SUPPLY
This work was commenced under an appro-
priation made in the act Of Congress approved
July Is, 1852
All operations on ibis project are suspended,
and no work has been done under Il during the
| year.
The work Of replacing the decayed timber
Innings OF the upper portions Of tho tunnel
shafts, which was IN operation ut the close Of
the last fiscal year, was continued and oom-
piesed early In the year. The work consisted
In making an entirely new lining Of the best
quality OF Georgia pine, extending either from
the surface Of the rock, a. at Foundry Branch
shaft which wss completed In the previous rs
Gal year) and Chanlplain avenue shaft, from
the top Of the brick lining that had been car
NED at the Howard University shaft to within
sbout twenty feet Of the surface Of the ground.
At Foundry branch shaft the new lining was
Of S-inch plank set behind horizontal frames Of
l0x12-inch timbers two feet apart At Cham
plain avenue and Howard University shafts the
lining was built solid Of l0xl2-inch timbers.
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 il, il was found nec-
| essary to cut off these streams and several
small retaining walls were built TO prevent fur
Their damage. About 7l5square yards of the stone
lining of the reservoir which had sunk from the
| washing out Of the sand under it was repaired
A guard strainer, six feet square. composed Of
two-inch Georgia pine plank, was built around
the inlet mouth Of the twelve inch drain under
the dam to prevent a possible disastrous OBJ
struction 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 earth
| which had been washed away was reflled back
Of the wall and over the sewer.
watchman has been employed during the
| year at the new reservoir. His duties have in
I'M fha Gfrv att k1 a,1th pf
all OF the shafts, except the one at Foundry
branch, which is under the care Of the watch
man at the distributing reservoir.
July 1, 1891, balance unexpended on
all items Of appropriation. S433, 7924 Al
June 30, lS92, amount expended
during fiscal year 9,466. "a
July 1, 1892, balance unexpended-. 4s0, s25. SO
July i, 1892, outstanding liabilities. LAGOS
No estimate for further appropriation is
| submitted.
ERECTION OF FIsHwAYs AT GREAT FALLS.
At the commencement Of the fiscal year opera
tons were in progress under the contract en-
tered into June 8, 1891, with Isaac Il. Haths-
way of Philadelphia. Pa. for the construction
OF hshways at Great Falls, the plans and speci-
| fications for which had been prepared by the
commissioners Of fish and fisheries rs contem-
plated by the act making appropriations for the
| same.
By direction Of the Secretary Of War the en-
gineer officer in charge is held responsible only
Tor the proper protection Of the aqueduct dam
at Great Falls and for the disbursement Of the
funds appropriated
| The commissioner Of fish and fisheries. hay
ing discovered that his plans for section Of
the ishways were not adapted 10 the site Of the
work, new plans and specifications were pre-
pared by him for this section, and on the 10th
OF September a supplemental contract was en-
tered into with the contractor for the work
under the new plans for section g.
BY the terms of the contract the work was 10
| have been completed before December ~,
1891. but the contractor finding that this would
be impracticable asked for an extension Of
time to July 1, 1892, and this was granted him,
the additional expense to the United States by
reason 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 rip-rap
work that would be found to be required to
completely finish sections 4, 8, and Of the
| fshways, and Of o doubt whether all Of this
work and the superstructure Of section could
be completed, as was greatly to be desired be-
| fore the next spring freshets, with the appro-
priation available for the fshways, after paying
the contractor the amount then due him (the
contract provided that the excavation, the
concrete and the rp-rap was to
be done at rates per cubic yard, Il was deemed
advisable to enter into q supplemental contract
with the contractor to completely finish section
and to finish all the work remaining 10 be
done on sections and 6 at lump sum which
was within the amount of the appropriation re
naming available. This agreement was entered
into on the ed Of December, 1891.
There remains to be done sections /, 2 and
to complete the fishways, for which the COM
missioner win prepare modified plans and for
which sl5, 900 was included in the estimates
submitted in my last annual report This
amount is again submitted.
July /, 1891, balance unexpended :. &29, s74 Is
June SO, 1882, amountexpendeddur-
Ing nsca year. ................... 29,626 20
July !, 1892, balance uneIpended 47ss
July /, 1892, outstanding liabilities. ASS
July I, 1892, balance available..-... As6
THE CONDUIT ROAD.
In subdividing the land purchased by syndi-
Gates between the receiving and distributing
reservoirs several new streets have been opened,
which are . damage TO the Conduit road by
reason Of the great quantities Of earth and
clay washed down from them. The trouble
could be avoided by the owners Of the land,
and II they allow II to continue authority will
be asked to fence OF the streets from the Con-
duit road.
Col. Elliot says he expected to find some de-