Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-02
WATER DEPARTMENT
ESTIMATES FOR THE ENSUING
YEAR SUBMITTED.
Amount Asked for Salaries is Less by
$3.50 Than Appropriation Of
Last Year.

as salaries are concerned, than they were
last year. 1t Is alleged that the charwoman
objected strenuously to being placed on
the annual pay roll, even though she there
by received thirty days leave each year.
and declaring that ut sholy wouldn't pay
her to wash the towels and scrub the foo $
for any measly $780, she quit Ever since
then the water department has been with
out a scrublady, and 1t appears that Super
intendent Mcfarland sees no possibility of
filing the departed ones shoes, inasmuch
as he does not ask for an appropriation for
a charwoman's salary for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1907, in his estimates
which were forwarded to the Commission
ers today.
Otherwise not a change in salary Is ask
ed for any employe of the department,
Superintendent Mcfarland estimating that
SCI los will suffice to pay his own salary
and that of all his subordinates.
Other Items in Estimate.
For contingent expenses. including books,
blanks, stationery, printing, etc, the wa
ter superintendent asks $500, also the
same appropriated last year
For the purchase of fuel repairs to boil
ers. machinery and pumping stations and
work on the street mains, an appropriation
of $4,000 is asked, as against $4,000 this
year; 5000 is again requested for mainte-
nance of public pumps Other than this
Superintendent Mcfarland makes an earn
est appeal that all moneys available in the
water fund after providing for other ex-
penditures be utilized for continuing the
extension of and maintaining the high serv-
ice system of water distribution, and for
laying necessary trunk mains for low sery-
ice, to include all necessary land, machin-
cry. buildings, mains and appurtenances
and labor, and for the purchase, installa-
ton and maintenance of water meters, to
ha YN1a in ne @
be directed by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia. said meters at all
times to remain the property Of the water
department, and the purchase and MAIN
ness necessary for the proper execution OF
this work.
The Reservoirs.
In his annual report, which accompanied
the estimate sheet, Superintendent McFar-
land said:
Reno and Brightwood reservoirs have
been In continuous service during the year.
At the former an additional triplex pump
with a capacity of 400 gallons per minute
was installed for use on the fourth high
tower) service: the combined capacity of
pumps available for this service is now
600 gallons per minute.
plans have been secured for watchman's
house at Brightwood reservoir, but no con-
tract has yet been made
"Since September IL, 1904, the Trumbull
street station has been in continuous serv-
ice, the new twenty-mllion-g gallon pumps
being used to supply additional pressure to
parts of the city having elevation between
70 and 40 feet above tide; their operation
has proved satisfactory.
1T Is believed that the dismantling of the
L street station and removal Of machinery
to Trumbull street will be begun In Sep
TENDER next
I'm connection with the location and in
dexing Of all gate valves in the District, as
described in previous reports a systematic
method of inspection and repair has been
adopted and is proving of much value; the
indexing Is not yet completed, but good
progress has been made"
Operations of Street Station.
Operations at the U street pumping sta
ton during the year were summarized as
follows:
Water pumped during year, 1888, OO0. 600
gallons; water pumped per day, 7,735,512
gallons: coal burned during year, 6,619,sS1
pounds; coal burned per day, 1877 pounds;
cost of coal per year, SIC, 1856. Sc; cost of coal
per day, mean, $29.5 So.
Cost of pumping during the year:
Running expenses at station-Labor,
s11 219.33; COAL SO 1856 SO; oil. $767. 40; waste,
1851 IA; miscellaneous supplies. $57S21; ma
terial for repairs, $235.75; total x23,94S.71
per day, mean. $6561. Cost of land, $2275;
cost of building, $4,000; cost of machinery,
cent, $3,21S. %; depreciation of building and
machinery, $3.50; grand total, $3O,316.98;
per day, $S3.O6 Total cost of pumping LOCO
gallons under actual conditions, including