The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-30

Congress appropriated s24c59 for this
work. and provided that all assessments
collected on account of the mains should
be turned over 20 the Treasury Depart
meut, 10 the revenue credit OF the Dis
trict and the United States in equal parts,
so that the water department gets none
Of the assessment. An interesting fea-
ture In connection with this work is the
fact that no assessment will be levied for
the water main in Conduit road. Under
an opinion rendered by f. H. Thomas,
corporation counsel for the District OF
Columbia. no assessment can be levied
against property abutting the Conduit
road for the reason that this thorough
fare is under the control of the United
States, While this opinion Is evidently
correctly formed. It nevertheless will re-
lieve a large amount Of property owners
from an assessment while other owners,
whose property does not happen 10 abut
the Conduit road, will be compelled 10
pay II is not at all improbable that Con-
gress will be asked 10 pass law empow-
ering the Commissioners 10 assess ali
property abutting this main.
Main in Conduit Road.
Shortly after the act directing the work
in Conduit road as far as Weaver ter
race became a law, application was re-
eeived from the Potomac Heights Land
Company for permission to lay a main
from the terminus of the Weaver ter
race line 10 afford temporary service for
their property The Commissioners in
formed the company that the request
could not be granted, but that If the
streets In their subdivision were brought
approximately to grade. the work of pro
viding permanent water service in the
subdivision would be undertaken immedi-
ately upon the completion of the work
provided for by Congress- The company
at once proceeded to establish proper
grades. and the Commissioners then or
dered that 1850 feet OF main be laid in
Conduit road between Weaver place and
Jewett street, also in Jewett street. from
Conduit road to Potomac avenue; in
Sherrier place from Jewett street 10 Man
ming place; from Sherrier place TO Con-
duit road and in Carolina place, from
Jewett 10 MacOmb street. This work
will be commenced during the current
week, and will take about a month to
complete The estimated cost Is $500,
while the assessment to. be levied against
the property abutting the collateral
streets Will amount to S47H.7.
Permission TO lay the Conduit road
main had 10 be secured from the Wash
ington Aqueduct officials. The water
will be pumped directly into the main
from the District pumping station in
Bryarf@street. The source Of this service
is through the trunk main in r street,
New Hampshire avenue NJ street, and
Conduit road This is the system that
supplies the greater portion of the Capt.
tol Hill section.
Other Big Projects.
Another important project of the water
department is the extension of water
mains TO Congress Heights. In Septem-
Der Supt. Mcfarland forwarded a recon-
mendation to the Commissioners that a
special appropriation be asked for the
extension of water mains to Congress
Heights, and Congress, at its last session,
passed an act aprropriating $4,000 for the
extension. The department has begun
active operations TO carry this mandate
of Congress into effect, and considerable
pipe is already in the ground At present
there are mains at Potomac ard Ken
lucky avenues In the southeast section.