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upon some other source of water sup
pay.
TIE committee also recommended
the entire control of the maintenance
and extension of the water works
system, including the aqueduct, the
filtration plant, reservoirs and dis
tribution system be placed in charge
of the District of Columbia water de-
partment; that disinterested engineers
be hired to determine the total cost
OF the water works system, and that
additional trunk mains be built where
needed to improve the service in sub
urban sections.
Urges New Conduit.
The seriousness of water waste was
pointed out by the committee and also
by DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, who urged
conservation of the water supply as
public health necessity. The commit
tee recomme nded further efforts to
obtain Legislation to stop the waste,
and to authorize the Water Depart
ment to charge the Federal and mu-
nicfpal governments for the water
they use.
]. S. Garland. Superintendent Of the
Water Department of the District.
said the District needs an additional
more than fifty years old. and If 1t
should get out~of order, Washington
would be without water.
Asa z. Phillips, District sanitary
engineer, also urged conservation Of
the water supply. He said an addi-
tional aqueduct could not be put In
service for six or seven years.
Members Criticise Congress.
gresham Frederick N. Zihlman, rep
resenting the Senate and House Dis
trict committees, were the guests of
honor.
Senator Phelan declared Washing
ton is the most beautiful city of the
nation, despite the lack OF co-opera-
tion by Congress.
II am not in favor of dealing with
the Nations Capital" Congressman
Zihlman said, 'in a parsimonious or
niggardly fashion"
The need of permanent Fairgrounds
and recreation centers in the District
was told by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes,
who rendered a special report on play
grounds. Mrs. Rhodes said most of
the Fairgrounds loaned by individuals
may be lost unless they are bought
by the District. The Fairgrounds, she
said, served 20 per cent of the popu-
lation, and for a longer period than
do the school buildings. She urged
Fairgrounds for the entire year.
Would Buy Five Fairgrounds.
A resolution presented by Judge
Charles s. Bundy, was adopted urg-
ing that the District Commissioners
include in their next estimates to
Congress an item for specific appro-
prtation for the purchase of the fol-
lowing sites for permanent play
grounds: Columbia Heights, Park
road near Fourteenth street; Park
View, Warder street and Otis place;
Logan (colored), Third and G streets
northwest Rose Park (colored).
Twenty-seventh street, between n
and o streets northwest; and CALM
ger, F street. between Twenty-first
and Twenty-second streets north
west.
Roy G. Claim, chairman of the
committee on public schools, recon-
mented teachers salaries be in
creased. the extension and develop
ment of vocational training, a teach
ers' retirement law, and a business
manager for schools. He also re-
commended a generous building pro-
gram. early construction of a new
Eastern High School. concentration
of manual training work in the. Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. re-
lief OF principals from class room
duties. passage by Congress of an
emergency appropriation providing
for additional teachers and school
buildings, and the supplying of text
books to students
Walter A. Brown, president of the
Board OF Trade, announced that the
annual meeting of the organization
would be held November IL.