Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23
Recommends Adoption.

Gen. Bixby recommends the adoption
of one of these projects as necessary to
provide substantial and stable struc-
ture, without the present liability Of the
bridge being rendered unstable by the re-
moval of a number of stones from one
or more of<the old piers during an I'M
usually heavy freshet.
Estimates aggregating $2S7,IGO are SUBJ |
mitted for the maintenance and improve |
ment Of the District water supply system, |
made up as follows: |
For operation. including salaries, etc, |
$50 600; for surfacing Conduit road from
Foxhall road to Great Falls, $4,000; for
care and operation of the Washington |
aqueduct filtration plant, etc, sd. UD;
for emergency purposes. 5000; for con-
tinuation of parking of the grounds of
Mcmillan Park, 5000: for continuing lin |
ing of Inlined sections of tunnels to pre-
vent disintegration and fall Of rock x12,
600; for remOdeling the Georgetown res
ervoir, to complete the works for the pre-
liminary treatment of the water supply.
| etc, $jS,O0O: for completing the purchase,
| installation and maintenance of the wa
| ter meters to be placed on the water
services of the United States buildings.
reservations and grounds in the District
| Of Columbia, $3S, COO and for thepurchase
| of material and employment of labor to
erect a frame building tor the assistant
to the overseer at Great Falls Md, s.. 500
Estimates for Buildings.
| Estimates for public buildings and
| grounds in the District of Columbia for
| the next fiscal year aggregate $464, 800
made up as follows: For Improvement
| and care of buildings and grounds, $40
| $40; for compensation of employees, $7S,-
| 500; for telegraph line connecting the
| Capitol with departments, 500: for con-
| tingent and incidental expenses, $4700:
| for care of Washington Monument, SILL,
SO: for maintenance of Highway bridge
ross the Potomac, SIG. $40: for minor re-
pairs to monument and wharf at Wake
| field, Va, birthplace Of Washington, 500.
| and for unwilling the Columbus memorial
on the Union station plaza. $500.
In chapter of his report regarding the
District water supply system Gen. BiXby
adopts the views heretofore expressed by
Col. Langfitt and Capt. Hannum, the en-
gineer officers directly in charge of the
system, as to the necessity for the prompt
installation Of meters as adjunct to
the system. He refers to the report on
Increasing the water supply Of the Dis
trict' submitted at the Sixty first Con-
gress. and says that 1.-THE finding in that
report that a new aqueduct was not
necessary was based on the assumption,
| among others, that metering of all serv-
| ices in the District of Columbia would
be Immediately provided for
Investigation in Progress.
under an appropriation of $4,000 made
at the latest session of Congress to de-
termine the availability and adaptability
of the Patuxent river in Maryland for
increasing the water supply of the Dis
trict. special report on that subject
will be submitted next year.
while the work done by the engineer
department of the District of Columbia
to detect and prevent the waste OF water
says Gen. Bixby. ''is highly commend
| able. and the results accomplished are
exceptional, a study of the consumption
of water in the District of Columbia in
| its relation to air temperatures has led
| the officer in charge to conclude that the
necessity for the general and complete In
stallation of meters is still very urgent, not
only to remove the necessity of an eXpen-
diture of $4,OOO,OO or S5.OO0,O00 for the
construction of q new aqueduct, but also to
| remove the possibility Of the consumption
of water exceeding the maximum capac-
+! ity of the aqueduct, which is still likely
| to happen in case of the recurrence of
period of cold weather similar to that Of
| the winter of 19O4-5.
IAN installation of meters made i'm
mediately may postpone for several years
| the need for the construction of a new
aqueduct.
IAN estimate of $4,000 is submitted to
| complete the metering of supplies to
| federal institutions. So far but three
| ouch services have been metered.
| Water in Good Condition.
The water furnished the city may be
considered to have been excellent
| throughout the year. The filtration plant
has been in continuous operation through
out the year, and the entire water supply
| of the city has been filtered. The bacteria
| have been reduced from an average OF
/ $3.50 per cubic centimeter in the Mcmillan
! Park reservoir to an average of 30 in
I the filtered water reservoir. The average
turbidity has been similarly reduced fom
i, to parts per million.
/ THE actual number of bacteria in the
city water varied from 800 to per cubic
.entimeter, while the number in the river
water ran from $1,000 to 25. The actual
! average reduction by months varied be-
| tween 1913 and 1868 per cent.
1.-The total quantity Of water pumped to
| the filters during the year was 0o
! million gallons, or an average OF 6O3o
/ million gallons per day. During the year
: 14941 cubic yards of sand were washed
! and 13,21S cubic yards were replaced in
the filters.
1.-The cost per million gallons filtered
| was So. IT,
PROGRESS of Work