Evening star., 1901-09-23
DISTRICT WATER SERVICE
ANNUAL REPORT MADE BY SUPERIN-
TENDENT MCFARLAND.
Total of G5.S12 Feet of Mains Laid
Capacity of BriGhtSood Reservoir
Estimates Submitted.

The annual report of w A. Mcfarland
! the superintendent of the water depart
| ment has been received by the District
! Commissioners. The total length or ne"
mains laid of all sizes, was 6o,sl2 feet or
| about 12A miles. The most important con-
struction work of the year was the COM
| pletiun of the north basin OF the Bright
wood reservoir which was put in service
in December 1900. and has been continual
| " in use since that time. The capacity Of
| this reservoir Is now 81 100000 gallons. of
| which 30GO0 600 are available for use. The
| basins are so designed that the final drain
! ing cannot occur through the mains to the
| city.
! A contract has been entered into for the
| construction of two reservoir gate houses
| of granite. and the work of grading and
road construction about the reservoir is
| nearly completed.
| Direct-Seryice Pumping Station.
During the early part of the year small
| direct-service pumping station was estab-
! lished in Anacostia. For equipping this
station boilers and pump were removed
| from the old @ street station in George
| town which has not been in service for
| number of years past. This new station
| with a maximum capacity OF 15O0,ooo sal-
| Ions per day, was put in operation thirty
| five days after beginning work of exeaVa-
| ton for foundations. it has been in con-
| tinuous use since installation, and is de-
| livering water at a height of about $50
| feet above level When supplied by graV-
| ity the water in this part of the District
reached a height of only about 120 feet
| above tide.
| Middle and High Service Areas.
| An increase of 9.O4 per cent of water
pumped in the middle and high services Is
noted over last year. The mean number of
| gallons of water pumped per day was: Mid
die service 7,22S, ,561 high service, 1858 147;
total, 7491. 100.
The report shows the total cost of pump
ing 1000 gallons under actual conditions
Gncluding interest and Depreciation to be
1O4 cents and the corresponding cost per
loco gallons per year ending June ~, 1900,
1OO3 cents.
During the past year the principal work
contemplated by this department. other
| than ordinary routine construction main
tenance and repair, Is as follows: Building
of gate houses and completion of roads,
grading and fencing at Brightwood reser-
voir; excavation for foundation of Trum-
bull street pumping station; execution of
contract for building and for large part
of the mechanical equipment and COM
mencement of work of construction; laying
of 4S-inch suction mains to connect new
station with Howard University reservoir
and alteration Of mains on Capitol Hill in
anticipation of extension of the high
SCi NiSc ~ SlSLu " lliiS lOCdhly
The Estimates.
Superintendent Mcfarland submits esti-
mates for the fiscal year ending June 80
1903, which include s23.3sO for salaries. $780,
600 for pumping expenses and pipe distribu-
tion. 5000 for purchase and repair Of
pumps and care Of wells and for continu-
ing the extension Of the high service system
OF water distribution, ETC., SO much as may
be available.
Revenue and Inspection.
George +. Green. the water registrar, has
submitted to the District Commissioners a
report Of the operations of the revenue and
inspection branch Of the water department
for the fiscal year ending June 80 last. The
inspection work is summed up as follows:
Inspections made, 111.299: premises in
which leaks were found. e,747; water rent
bills deliver ed by inspectors, SO, 1853; water
main assessment notices served, 1,222; tax
certificates examined, 6,O21 taps issued,
1893; stop-cocks issued, 1881; permits ex-
amined, 1865
Mr.. Green states that during the fiscal
year just closed a remeasurement and re-
examination Of all the houses in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, supplied with Potomac
water, was commenced and has been push
ed steadily forward, SO that, at the present
time the re-rating is about two-thirds COM
pleted, and he declares 1t Is safe to esti-
mate that the expense of this labor will be
many times repaid by the large increase in
revenue from premises heretofore under
rated.
'In November last" he adds "the water
main tax branch Of the department was
transferred to the office of the assessor and
with 1t one OF the clerks Of the office, re-
ducing the number to three, who are even
when business Is at its lightest, unable to
cope with the ever-increasing volume, thus
necessitating the detail of inspectors to
clerical work and reducing another force
already far too small to cover a rapidly
growing territory
att tentton to the request in his last annual
estimates, and those Of this year, for an
increase Of two in the clerical and like
number in the inspection branch Of the
bureau.
Receipts From Rents.
Five tables, covering the revenue branch
Of the work, are submitted with the report
The amount received from scheduled water
rents was $24S, ,51s.3S, while from meter
rents the revenue was $55,OSs.s1, making a
total of 1908 557.19. The water main tax
total. with the per cent abatement de-
Quoted, was $50 6359.72. The total collections
amounted TO 1863, 12215. The total expendi-
lures were 1921 ,8S7.OS The water fund now
amounts to 1886, t22.07.
Voice of Organized Labor.
At a recent meeting Of the Journeymen
Tailors' Union Of this city resolutions Of
fered by James McDermott were adopted,
deploring the treacherous assassination OF