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


young men remarked, Sliding squaw Of the
Big Tcpee." She did mot know that she vas
being comphmented. nor did her companion,
fat man on whom the ride was telling, who was
hailed as the "Big Tired Sachem Of the Down
Grade"
And SO i. went. every new conner evokine
sally OF comments until the GLOSSARY Of the Sioux
language that CHANGED to be in stock was ex-
hapsted. "Bent Bach" "PufHng Warrior"
Six Stroke" and many more were devised, but
the climax came when . tall, gaunt man ON an
upright went by, and With one accord the crowd
murmured, Rolling Fence-Ran in his paint ="
THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCr.
Annual Report Of Col. Geo. II. Elliot, the
Engineer in Charge.
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT TIE
WATER SUPPLY OF THE pIsTRIoT-wHAr HAS
BEEN DONE DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION MADE.
Col. Geo. h Elliot, in charge Of the wash-
1ngton aqueduct, has submitted his annual re-
port to Gen. Casey. 1t contains considerable
valuable information about Washington's water
supply and many important recommendation.
The estimates Of appropriations for next year
are omitted for the present. The report says:
WASHINGTON AauEpucT.
The masonry dam at Great Falls is in good
condition. Some Of the rip-rap back filling
that had been carried away by ice in the pre-
vious fiscal year could not be replaced by reason
OF the inadequacy of the appropriation for pres
ervation and repair and the pressure Of more
immediately important work.
The feeder at the head Of the conduit at
Great Falls has been cleaned out several times
during the year.
The trunk mains that lead from the distrib-
uting reservoir and supply the distributing sys-
mlssloners OF the District OF Columbia are In
excellent condition. A break occurred in the
main In street east, but it was not extensive
and was repaired at small expense. No other
serious leaks occurred during the year. An
extension Of the blow-of in the 4s-inch main
creek by means Of 20-inch cast-iron pipe and
the outlet Of the blow-of on the 36-inch main
at Foundry branch was repaired.
A serious leak of from $4,000 to 40, 600 gal
Ions day that existed for some years near
Cabin John bridge has been stopped and the
oflcer In charge, taking advantage Of the op-
portunity presented by the necessary emptying
OF the conduit for making the repair, made
thorough inspection Of the whole length Of the
interior Of the conduit between Great Falls to
the distributing reservoir on the LIST of Septem-
Der last: As was to have been expected. large de-
u,
nearly thirty years, and estimated at more than
1S,oVV CUBIC yards, were found In the conduit
=. ne masonry OF .ne conouit was generally found
ersI crneks in The conJuit ar DS' 'asre srs sew
rule these were found where the conduit was
built on high embankments at the culverts and
where settlement doubtless took place soon
after the conduit was constructed. None
OF the cracks leak except one at
culvert No. rs, and from none Of
them is any present danger to the conduit to be
apprehended. They will be repaired as soon as
the conduit can be cleaned out and money can
be had for the purpose. Considerable progress
has been made in the removal Of the deposits,
but Is the work, which must be done while the
water is cut off at Great Falls and the conduit
L. emptied, is done mainly at night, 1t IL expen-
sive and tedious.
Inc annual appropriations for the mainte-
nance and repair Of the aqueduct and the reser-
voirs, mains, roads, &C., connected with it are
80 small that the work of removing the deposits
cannot be done without neglect OF other neces-
sary work, and even with this neglect to finish
the work by means Of these appropriations
would require many years.
Several times during the year when the
water on the dam at Great Falls was low, and
also during the times the water from Great
Falls was cut off to enable the work of cleaning
out the conduit to be carried on, it was found
necessary to reinforce the distributing reservoir
W eAO wosck VI INC fecolNlug TeeefvOlr oQQ the
three streams that Aow into it.
SURVEYS CONTINUED.
The .urvevs ond ,oort;nr, ~, ,..
A., IsNs'',.s ing ~ monuments VI
ne boundaries OF tne aqueouct lands, both, In
the District OF Columbia and in Maryland, have
been continued
The conduit manholes sixtv-six in numher
mainly under the Conduit road, were uncovered
and their distances from reference stones along
the road were measured for future use when
the manholes are opened for cleaning out accu-
mutations of deposits or for repairs. II was
found that several of the castings of the man
holes should be raised. Nine of the reference
stones that were missing have been replaced bv
new ones.
, Inc work OF erecting strong guard fences at
n1 onn ssas On .ne Sonaut ROAD was
in the iscai yenr making ia feat " or .Sont
one and q half miles, in ali.
Improvements were made in the approaches
to waste weirs Nos. and 2 and in the means Of
controlling the water at waste weir No. 8. New
frames for the two waste gates set in the wall
under thu weir were built, and leak that has
existed at waste weir No. for several years wa
stopped.
Repairs were made to the pavement Of the
Conduit road, which was made for the protec-
ton of the conduit under the road at MANY
places, but the appropriation for Degeneration
and repair il not sufficient to Keen the entire
pavement in as thorough repair as d desired
The officer in charoe sne0esfa tb.t th;. h..ns