Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-08

Tor the improvement Oh the properly WHICH
has been suggested is to place a house in
the center of the ,oI, leaving space on each
side for a driveway to the stable in the
rear.
Mr.. j. NOta McGfII's Residence.
The residence Of Mr.. J. Nota McGill,
which he has recently completed, is a type
Of house which, as far the architecture
is concerned, was more common in the
earlier years of house building in this To-
cality than it has been in more recent
times. Its pillared porticos and plain out
lines place 1t at once in the style of ar
chitecture that is now popularity known as
the colonial. AS far it represents the
comfort and ease of former days, this
house is also colonial in its interior ar
rangement as there are wide halls and an
abundance of openings, giving an oppor-
tunity for the free circulation of air, which
Is such an important consideration In a
country house. The location is such as to
invite the breeZeS, as the house is located
on the west side of the Tenleytown road
at the end of the Woodley Lane road, and
on the crest of a wooded hill, just south of
the country place of Mr.. John r. Mclean.
The architect was Mr.. T. ]. D. Fuller of
this city.
Concrete Instead of Iron.
An interesting piece of constructive work
is being completed by the Washington
Traction and Electric Company, the effect
of which will be to bring the Potomac
river, or such portion of it as may be need
ed, to the central power plant of the sys-
tenn, which is located at the corner of 14th
and streets northwest. The construction
of duct to supply the water needed for
condensng purposes is part of the plan
for the enlargement of the plant, which is
being carried out under the direction of
Mr.. "a E. Sinclair the superintendent of
the electrical department Of the company.
When this scheme for securing a supply
of water was first contemplated 1t was
proposed to bring the water from the river
through a fifty-inch steel pipe. 1t was
suggested, however, by Mr.. w. B. Upton
of the Brennan Construction Company that
a concrete duct could be laid for about the
same amount of money, and that 1t was.
OF course, superior in point of durability to
steel pipe. This duct has been built of con-
crete, which has been put In place by TIE
use of molds. First, a fiat bottom was
laid, ten inches thick. and upon this walls
were built on each side some four feet
high, coming together in an arch. The
walls are also ten inches thick. The duct
Is 800 feet long, and is some twenty feet
below the surface, starting from the banks
of the river at point below extreme low
tide.
A Continuous Flow.
1t is carried along practically on a level
until the power house is reached, when
tnere Is a sliSAt UP just peioie 'he oucI
empties into well twenty-eight feet deep.
The flow of water will be continuous, so
that both the duct and the well will always
be full. 1t is estimated that this supply of
water will be sufficient for a station hav-
ing a capacity of 1900 kilowatts The
highest consumption of power by the en-
tire system was during the last Inaugural
ton period, when the pull amounted to
about $500 kilowatts.
When the work now in progress is COM
pleted, the station at 18th and B streets
together with the Potomac station and the
one at the foot of Az street, will furnish
the electric current that will be used by
the entire system of street railroads and
electric lighting plants now controlled by
the Washington Traction Company.
1t Is expected that in the course of the
next two years the proposed water plant |
at the Great Falls will be finished, and in
that event the Traction company win buy