Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
TTaE NECESSITY OF SECOND GREAT FALLS CONDUIT

water supply and when prompt measures
shall be adopted to prevent waste on
water" He said that several years pre-
viously, as chief OF engineers OF the army
he had urged In one OF his annual reports
that an additional conduit be construct
ed between Great Falls and the receiving
reservoir so that the daily supply Wouio
be at least doubled: that q small ap'
propriation was asked for the necessars
that Tits request hsid been continued ant
unsucessf,iiiy Urged annually by the en-.
g1neer In charge Of the aqueduct. Gen
Wilson showed that the reservoirs helt
less than a weeks supply. Of water ant
on this point said:
Gentlemen. Of the Board OF Trade. do 80,
realize what this means to us in case our singF
conduit should be rendered temporarily useless
By aea %.1 20 upFe mon
an additional conduit bringing to us hundred
million gallons OF water daily; an enlarged re.
ceiving reservoir and machinery TO remove from
the Dalecarlia reservoir the deposits OF mud
additional distributing reservoirs; an enlargement
n I up and that Come method shall be adopted
Immediately to prevent useless waste OF water
can present superb supply. Of pure water foI
the one million inhabitants Il will have In my
opinion, before the close OF the next quarter O
a century.
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Congress in the spring of 1905 appro
priated the money for the second conduit
survey and report. The report was mad
by Maj. Jay J. Morrow. Corps of Engi
neers, L. s. A., and Engineer Commits
sioner. Of the District Of Columbia, with
the assistance OF r. F. Longley and Allen
Hazen. The report was adverse to the
present construction of second conduit
and held that there was no justification
for fear of failure in any part of the
structure OF the existing conduit. The re
port is a long one and takes into consid
GRAFTON the propositions to increase thu
District water supply by using the Pa
tuxent river Rock Creek north of ths
Military road, and Seneca creek eigh
and a half miles beyond Great Falls
Should the need Of second conduit be
come imperative, one could be put III
commission within four or five years.
In the report of Gen. w. L. Marshall
chief of engineers, u. S. A, for 1909, 1t i.
set forth that the act of Congress ap
proved May 26, 1908. appropriated S1O.OU
for preliminary investigation and surve,
for increasing the Washington water sup
ply. THE results of this investigation,
he says, with recommendations Were
made the subject of special report t.
the CHIEF Of engineers by the officer In
charge, which report was submitted aftel
the close of the fiscal year, July 3, 1903
Summarized. the report finds no presen1
necessity for construction of a new aque
duct. provided the measures for the pre-
vention of waste are completed as rapidly
as can be economically accomplished
Recommendations are made for the com
pletion within three years of the install
lation of meters in private services, fol
the metering within one year Of all gov
eminent services aid for the immediate
construction of the coagulating plant and
remodeling of the reservoir for use there
with as previously recommended
There is a vast amount of official litera.
ture on the subject OF this new conduit
but the time is drawing. near when such
a work will become public necessity.