Evening star., 1919-12-01

az about eighteen miles. of which
| about eight miles is set aside for parks
and government purposes.
, Condemnation Of Buildings.
The board for the condemnation of
insanitary buildings held nine meet
! ings and issued orders for the demoli-
! ton of 116 buildings and the repair of
sixty-siX buildings
OF the buildings ordered to be de,
moliShed, Seventy-one were located
! on streets and forty-tfve on alleys,
| Since the creation of the board May
l, 1906, it has examined INA bulid-
iings of which 2.265 were demolished
and 1,700 repaired.
OF the buildings demolished, 1,52S
were on streets and 1856 on alleys.
The estimated number or tenants re-
! quired to secure other living quarters
: through the action of the board IN the
demolition of buildings since the crea-
ton of the board is $50. .,
The number of tenants benehted
by repairs to buildings required 10 Dc
| repaired by the board was 800
| Eestimated value of repair required
| bv the board for the year ended June
! 80, 1919, was $15,75o
Total of ID. c. Sewerage.
! The length of main and pipe sewers
constructed during the year was 7.9S
miles. The total length of main and
pipe sewers on June 80. 1919. was
1852 miles. of which 147.79 miles are
main sewers and 591.O3 miles are pipe
sewers. There was expended during
! the year on the sewerage system the
! sum of s2S2,Q2S.55. and on the sewage
disposal system. $S3,337-33. The total
cost of the sewerage system to June
80, 1919, was $14,231,0 ,065. The cost or
the sewage disposal system to the
same date was S4,803, ,662.25. making
total cost of the complete system
to June 80, 1919, S19,034,727.2o.
The following table shows the
length and cost Of sewers construct
ed during the year:
Lenght.
Section Feet. Cost.
County west of Rock ..., So, o
creek Il,3of-'' Tio"'o'-'''
County east Of Rock E.,o
creek .........--..... o,-'l.o' .'i'1'''A
County west of Anacostia
County east of Anacostia .o
river ......-.......... S.Sb.-" $500 30
Washington city II ,526.6I 3I,6l6.s2
| The main sewerage pumping station
was in continuous operation through
out the year, handling the sewage OF
practically the entire District and
also the storm water from the 900
acre low area within the dixie lines.
At the main pumping station sewage
| to the amount of 25,3SS,S79. 600 gallons
and S65, 1856, 900 gallons of storm water
were pumped during the year, an IN
crease of 1.713,S79,000 gallons of sew
age over the amount pumped the pre-
vious fiscal year. At the Poplar
Point pumping station 469.052,00O gal
Ions of sewage were pumped. de-
crease of S.74S,000 gallons over the
quantity pumped during the previous
fiscal year. At the Woodbridge pump
ing station sewage to the amount of
14,519,000 gallons were pumped dur
ing the year.
Water Mains; Use and Waste.
The report of the engineer depart
ment stated:
During the year 47.6SS feet. or
9.03 miles of water mains of various
sizes were laid, making q total length
of mains now in the service OF 633.1
miles. The aggregate cost of the
water-distributon system to June 80.
1919, was 81 G32,965.59. There were
In service at the end of the year 3,61Q
fire hydrants. 233 public hydrants, II
sanitary fountains. 156 horse foun-
tains, 42 deep public wells and 4 shall
low wells.
The per capita consumption of
filtered Potomac water cannot be
given owing to the lack of nforma-
tion as to the. present population of
the District of Columbia, which has
been largely augmented during the
year on account of the influx of peo-