The morning times., 1895-12-10
BIG TUNNEL
Major Powell and Capt. fieheger
Consult with Gen. craighi|l.
QUESTION OF COMPLETION
EHa mination of Men for the New
Truck HOUSE to BE Held December
20-Liauor Licenses for Pool Rooms
Permit of Potomac Power a nd Light
Company Enlarged.

Engineer Commissioner Powell and Capt.
F1ebeger. of his office were summoned
yesterday, by Il special messenger from
Gen. Graighill, of the War Department to
mect the commission recently appointed to
consider further the problem of bringing
INTO use the big Lydecker tunnel. that runs
from the reservoir, above Georgetown, TO
Ine new reservoir uear Howard University.
Inc sessions VIII begin at Gen. Craighirs
oIiice today How extensive will be The
inquiry is not now known.
An Item in the District approximation
biii, passed last March, set aside $4,000
70 pump out tnc tunnel and aiow a caF re-
1ul examination OF its condition. This
was done during the summer by Major
Knight with the assistance OF Gen. Casey
and Col. Elliott. Their report was 10 be
ready al the opening OF Congress, but with
possible to make statement that seemed
likely to be conclusive. Therefore. the
present commission was appointed.
COMMISSION OF EXPERTS.
The members are Major W. Z. Marshall.
corps or engineers stationed ut Chicago:
Capt. James l.. Lusk. corps OF engineers. at
West Point. N. Y: Mr.. Alphonse Fteley.
chief engineer OF the New York aQueduct
dent engineer OF Bruckline station. Boston
water works: with First Lieut.. ID. ID.
Gaillard, corps OF engineers, as recorder.
MeSsrs. Fteley and Fitzgerald by having
best qualified men In the country TO Judge
what can be done in this case.
In the investigation made Dy Mai. Knight
the tunnel was pumped out, but il is now
probably half full OF water again. To
pump it out a second time VIII entail con-
siderable expense. This must be done.
however, or the experts VIII be obliged
TO take their facts from Mai. Knights
compilation or data. They may prefer TO
make a personal examination OF the de-
fects IN the wall OF the tunnel One set
OF EXPERTS nls already reDDrfP6 against
the possibility of usirG the huge CONDUIT
Mai Knights examination has not given
a decisive answer. These gentlemen may
feel u great responsibility resting upon
them. and SO consider tieir repufa ions at
stake. II they should REPORT 10 favor of
finishing the work and-it should after all
prove failure after Spending another mil
lion they would come In for some very
severe criticism.
PROBABLE SCARCITY OF WATER.
Maj. Powell said last night lie did not
know whether they would look through the
tunnel. He had not seen the inside of 1t
himself aud had not made up his mind
whether 1t ca u be used. He was decidedly
in favor OF its completion IL 1t was found
to be practicable to make it serviceable.
Last winter the city was once or twice in
danger OF being short or water and the
situation Is worse this year by reason
of extension of the mains and for other
reasons. Already complaints are coming
of Insufficient pressure. Every new main
laid diminishes little the force availab BILE.
AT times wafer cannot De uuu on Sec
ond and higher floors on Capitol Hill and
other high localities distant from the reser-
voir. Raising the dam at Great Falls Will
partly supply the deficiency. but the Ly-
decker tunnel and new reservoir would
afford an ample supply for many years.
The examination OF men for the truck
company at the new house at New YORK
truck house A. on North Capitol street.
near c. on December 20. There have been
sixteen applications. but very few appear
~l.ra will I'm nj hrE.f a
quirements.
The new truck house was completed last
week and examined Oh Saturday by the
Commissioners. Building Inspector Brady
and Chief Paris They found the work
satisfactory and the fire department took
charge. The building is handsome brick,
two story: 80 feet by 90; and finished shed
for its uses. The work of furnishing is
going actively forward. A truck OF the
latest pattern has already been secured
Men to ru q the place. as told by The Times
recently, cannot be engaged Till Congress
makes an approximation. That is ex-
pected by the time the result of the ex-
animation of applicants is known.
Retail liquor licenses were granted yes
terday to Theodore NJ. Rudd. No. 80 Louis
in ma avenue. and Charles II. Parks. No. i
Sixth street northwest, in connection with
their pool rooms. Both sig ned papers agree
ing that minors shall not frequent their
places. This was made necessary by a
recent decision of the police court that pool
to exclude minors from their places.
Licenses were also granted William Cannon:
No. 1918 Seventh street northwest, ana
Michael Hallinan. No. 1250 Seventh street
norfhwp on condition that they would
move their bars TO the front OF their rooms.
POTOMAC LIGHT COMPANY'S PERMIT
The Potomac Light and Power company's
permit for putting up poles and wires from
Tenleytown road. Wisconsin avenue, to
Connecticut avenue. near Woodley Park
has been modified so as to run everywhere
on the opposite side OF the street from the
telephone company's line: also SO as to
give facilities to light square at which
inlportant real estate sales are likely soon
TO be made. The permit provides against
obstruction Of privase pad residences. st,s ,o tho
cancellation of number of water main
assessments under the Buredorf decision:
to grade and repair part oI aiiey IN square
Iumbja road and Rock Creek bridge on
Cincinnati street. cost $1,000; tn extend
sewer between Bladensburg road and Trjnl-
dad avenue twenty feet to serve No. 1O44
Blatiepsburg road: to place new hydrant
west side of Twelfth street. between and
s: to extend contract of Henry F. Never
for wall on Sherman avenue: to construct
a catch-basn on east side of Florida av-
euue between O and R streets; to lay 516
feet al x Inch water main on the south side or
street between fIIteensn bs and @ eiS.eGne
water main on Keresaw avenue. between
Sherman avenue aud Thirteenth street
northwest.
extensions made by Commissioners Attor-
new Thomas yesterday is probably due to
desire to employ additional counsel before
the case proceeds 1t has been stated
that Mr. A. 8. Worthington has been
secured, but no official noticc of the fact
has vet been given. Mr.. Thomas held con-
eultatiop with him yesterday sonn after
the postponement was obtained. Late in
the afternoon Mr.. Ross Perry was seut for
by the Commissioners and with him they
held an hours consultation behind closed
doors. One difficulty the Commissioners
have to contend with is lack of money to
employ special counsel.
c..orata ru Smith RETURNS