Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-08

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Of money and great risk to again
jeopardize our city by constructing
dirt dams, which under no conditions
can Withstand an on.rzh OF water IMe
the one that descended upon them
that eventful night. / must now urge
upon everyone that the dams be re-
constructed of such material that they
will stand the weight OF the water.
and in a time like the one we have
just gone through let the water go
over the top without destroying the
dams.
As To Filtration
Before reconstructing the dams
the question OF filtration should be
settled. for II the water is to be fl
tered one dam, as advocated by Nor
ton, Bird and Whitman en- page 16 Of
their report, except as to height, will
be all that is necessary. cannot
agree with them as to height, for do
not believe that we could store water
to the height of thirty-five feet at the
| spillway without throwing it so far
back up stream that we would
smother a great many If our springs
and flood great deal of the sur
rounding country.
Il also do not believe that Annapo-
lis will need 4OO,OO0,000 gallons of
water stored for some time to come.
IL we are not going to have filtration,
| and are still going to retain settling
basins, then / must recommend that
the upper dam across the north basin
and the dam across the east basin be
| constructed the same as the main dam
with spillways in the center to let
heavy flows of water go over them.
AS in the present case you are expect
ing man to risk his life going to a
sluice gate to open it, II you decide
| not to have filtration, then / must
again call TO your attention my re-
ports of the last two years, of build
ing the third dam on the north stream
and piping the water to the clear
water basin. AS the consumers of
water are the ones interested. would
| suggest that the two questions-filtra-
tion and bonding, for improvements,
be submitted to the voters at the com
ing city election.
AS to filtration, | do not know whe-
Their the City Council has the author
ity to submit 1t, but they have author
lity. under Act of 1922, Chapter $40, to
| sumbit the question of bonding for
| 100000, or so much as may be neces-
sary. And even il not legal, be-
lieve the vote Of the people could be
taken on filtration, as this question
should be settled before the dams are
rebuilt permanently For the pres
ent, l would recommend that the core,
as recommended by Norton, Bird and
| Whitman, be placed in the brakes of
the main dam at once. II can be done
at this time, while the dirt is all out,
much cheaper and quicker and with
much more permanency than by again
filling the holes up with dirt.
| To Harness Present Streams
CAS- the question of more water may
be upon us this summer. / would rec
ommend that we start at once to har.
ness the present streams the company
now owns and has never used, and that
I'VE also take steps to secure the Bacon
Ridge stream, or pump water from
the head of South river by the route
Of the National Defense Highway
whichever is found to be the most ad
vantageous.
"As to the taking care of the bond
issue, I believe that it can be done
without any increase in water rents
as the receipts of the company have
increased from $2S,756.26 from June
80, 1919, to July 1, 1920, to approx
mately $36.000.00, the present year
with very slight increase in operat
ing expenses.
For your convenience 1 copy the
report of Norton, Bird and Whitman
on how the dam should be built:
CONSTRUCTION OF Dam And Cost
| Along the center line of the dam
will be driven row of interlocking
sheet steel piling to an average depth
of 25 feet, which will prevent any
leakage through or under the founda-
tions. The tops of the steel piling
will be imbedded in a core wall, a
comparatively thin wall of concrete
which is carried up through the GEN.
ter of the dam to the top. The pur-
pose of this core wall is to interpose
continuous impervious structure
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