Evening star., 1926-06-01
FORJJM Is CALLED FOR TONIGHT
ON ARLINGTON WATER PROJECT
Officials Will Attempt to Clarity All Issues Raised in
Connection With Referendum to Be Held
in Two Weeks.

purchase Of the water from the Gov
ernment. That totals up to $40 800.
equalling the water revenues at $27
from 1850 users.
Arrangement Held Sound.
'The arrangement is perfectly
sound and business-like and has no
'jokerS' or other drawbacks.
Consumers will be assessed 81 per
front foot for water mains running
in front Of their premises, the pro-
ceedS to go toward extension Of sup
ply mains in other sections. A small
fee for tapping to the main also will
be made, perhaps about Sc. House
holders must lay their own pipes to
the main. No consumer will be as
sessed more than 500 under the
front footage charge, however, as this
would be inequitable.
IT have never, as charged, threat
eneG to fix it so that If one of the
magisterial districts should not sup
port the bond issue it would never
be able to get water in the future
I have stated. however, that one dis
trict, falling to join in with the
others at this time, should not expect
the other two to bear the expense or
constructing supply mains large
enough to furnish the other district
with water sometime in the future,
and that in view Of that, the repent
ing district probably would have to
lay it's own separate mains through
the other counties to the Da1ecarna
pumping station"
The fourth question propounded OF
Mr.. Phillips concerned his salary as
consulting engineer. In advising The
Star to consult the official records In
the Arlington County Court House LOT
this information, he added that his
present service as consulting engineer
was on q per diem basis and that 1t
would automatically end on June Is.
He is being employed, he explained.
solely to work out the engineering
phases Of the project. and when that
work lis completed, he declared, the
county will have no further need OF
an engineer.
Record Shows Salary.
The minutes Of the meeting of tho
board of supervisors held April 16 at
the courthouse, and recorded IN the
annals Of the county. contain the fol-
lowing:
"On motion Of Mr.. Ingram, second.
ed by Mr.. Turnburke and voted
against by Mr.. Duncan, Asa E. Phil
lips was appointed consulting en-
gineer on the water supply at com.
pensation Of $25 per day for actual
time, in days and fractions OF days, en-
gagged on work connected with the
water supply. AS stated by Mr.. In
gram, Mr.. Phillips, serving as consult
ing engineer to the citizens water
supply committee Of Arlington Coun-
ty, had drawn the bill introduced in
Congress by Representative r. Wal
ton Moore and known as H. r. 45O5,
to permit the delivery Of the water
from the Federal water supply pump
ing station at Dalecarlia, had appear
ed before the House and Senate COM
mittees and before the War Depart
ment, urging approval Of the bill. and
was an engineer of wide experience
and especially fitted to successfully
handle this undertaking, both in the
design and installation and in conduct
ing the necessary negotiations with
the War Department.
HE also stated that while the mini
mum compensation fixed by consult
ing engineers was 500 per day. Mr..
Phillips, on account of his deep in
terest in the successful consunmation
Of a water supply system for the
country Of his birth, and realizing
that the board in undertaking this
work would be required to exercise
the strictest economy, had stated that
he would serve the board for COM
pensation of $25 day."