Evening star., 1922-02-08
DEPEND ON SENATE
FORWATERC CONDUIT
Belief That So, 1000, 900 Item,
Omitted From D. c. Bill,
Will Be Restored.
$50, 100000 IN MEASURE
Adopted by House Without Amend
ment, Though Omission Held Dis
regard of Real Needs.

Confidence that the Senate Will m
clude in the District appropriation BILL
which passed the House yesterday
without amendment, the item OF 3d.
900, 900 included in the budget recon-
mendations but omitted by the House
committee for building a new conduit
from Great Falls to give the seat OF
government safe and adequate water
supply was expressed during the de-
bate IN the House yesterday.
The District appropriation bill. car :,
rying $50. 400. 900 to keep the National
Capital going concern during tne
fiscal year starting July l next. was
passed by the House without amend-
ment.
.Ruthlessness" Emphasized.
Friends of the District in the House
especially Representative FREQ ~.
Zihlman of Maryland and Representa-
,vie r. Walton Moore of Virginia, dur
ing debate on the bill. emphasized the
ruthlessneSs and utter disregard 1or
the real needs with which the sub
committee on District appropriations
had slashed into the budget bureau
recommendations even after the DUG
get bureau had cut the Dlstrlct olh-
cials' estimates.
The question of providing a new
conduit was one which was most IN
sisted upon as of immediate impor-
tance. In replying to the obJection
that only the legislative committee OF
Congress had passed upon the project,
Representative Zihlman reminded his
colleagues:
rs it not a fact that two Secreta-
ries of War and the chief of the Corps
Of Army Engineers and the water,
power commission. which is composed
Of the Secretary of War and the Sec
retary of the Interior and the Sec
retary of Commerce, have reported
on this proposition. and the present
Secretary of War. Mr.. Weeks. has in
two instances. at least. urged upon
congress the imperative necessity of
beginning the construction OF TINS
conduit?"
Letter Put In Record.
Representative Moore put into the
record a letter from Maj. Gen. Lam
sing III. Beach. chief of engineers.
which he said points to the pro.
prieH Of an amendment which. if
adoIfed. will avoid delay in providing
newAfacilities. and. at the same time.
in 10 manner interfere with the fu-
lie decision of the question raised
by the committee as'to how the water
gathered in the proposed new filtra-
tion plant at the District line shall
be distributed.
THE view expressed by the COM
mittee relative to the distribution
feature of the Tyler project" Repre-
sentative Moore pointed out. differs
from the view of the engineers of the
War Department.. and the question as to
which is the correct view and the view
which should receive the approval of
Congress can hereafter be determined
without much difficulty. Meanwhile
the confessedly' necessary construc-
ton of a new conduit from the Great
Falls to the District line and the con-
struction of a new filtration plant at
the District line can be rapidly car
ried on if the bill finally includes an
appropriation confined to that portion
Of the project.
View Of Representative Evans.
Representative Evans of Nebraska,
member of the subcommittee that
framed the appropriation bill. discuss
ed the new conduit proposal at con-
siderable length. He did not criticize
the engineers plan as submitted. but
with sufficient detail" Representative
Evans emphasized that there is need
for additional conduit facilities and
for improvements IN the distribution
struction work ought to begin. He did
rot dispute the need for an additional
conduit from Great Falls to the District
line. He did not dispute the need for a
new filtration plant at the District line.
He did not propose system of distrbu-
tion from that new filtrat tion plant
which differs from the plan proposed by
the Army engineers.
Former Republican Leader James
r. Mann of Illinois and Representa-
tive Moore. in questioning Repre-
sentative Evans. brought out that
there is no disputing the fact tina t
while there is difference of opinion re-
garding the method of distribution,
there is no disputing the need for the
new conduit. Representative Moore.
in letters to Gen. Beach. proposed that
the construction OF the new conduit
should be started. leaving the disputed
question of distribution for later set
tlement. and Gen. Beach indorsed this
proposal 1t also was put into the
record that $2.000.000 was all that the
Army engineers estimated would be
required for this work during the next
fiscal year.
ElabOrates Objections.
In his speech Representative Evans
said, in part:
Now, if we are going to spend, as