Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-24
REPORT SHOWS D. c.
WATER INCREASE
1877 Gallons Used by Each
Consumer Last Fiscal Year.
$430,506 Extensions.

People Of the District used water
| freely during the last fiscal year, &C
cording to the annual report of j. S.
Garland, superintendent OF the Water
Department. which was made public
today by Engineer Commissioner
| William 3. Ladue.
The report showed that the mean
daily consumption for the year was
| 68,721,450 gallons, which gives
mean daily per capita usage for all
purposes of 1877 gallons. The total
pumpage for the year was 1892
| 468.7Si gallons, as compared with
| 14,3O2, 69S,765 the preceding year.
| Mr.. Garland listed as the important
| work of his department the extension
| Of water mains, which added 126,121
| linear feet, or 23.sS miles, to the
water distribution system. making a
| total length of main now In service
| of 1897 miles. The cost of the ex-
tensions amounted to $430,506.11.
New Meters Installed.
The Water Department also in
| stalled 1894 new meters during the
| year, Mr.. Garland reported, making
| $50 per cent Of the total water serv-
| ices metered.
| The report, in part, said:
1
year was the laying of the following
trunk water mains which were au-
| thorized by act Of Congress:
"a 16-inch trunk water main In
Sixteenth street from Euclid to
Meridian street, Euclid street from
| Sixteenth street to Columbia road,
| Columbia road from Seventeenth to
Eighteenth street, total distance of
SAP feet. The completion of this
main insures to a section built up
with large apartment buildings, large
| churches and residences, a much
needed reinforcement for both domes-
tic service and fire protection. Here.
tofore 12.inch mains have supplied
this large territory. They are now
| connected with the new main.
"A 16.inch trunk water main in Fl
street from Eighth to Thirteenth
street, a total distance Of 1,7S0 feet.
This completes a trunk main begun
last year at Sixteenth and I streets,
where a connection was made off a
| 48-inch trunk line main in Sixth
street. All fire hydrants and service
mains were connected directly to this
| trunk main through its entire length
| thereby providing a much needed
reinforcement for both fire and domes'
tic service to a large portion of the
| business section or the city.
Water Mains Laid.
projects originating in the Water
Department, aggregating 1914 linear
feet of 16-inch water mains, were laid
as follows:
! sheridan street east Of Fifth
street. This main will shortly be ex.
tended south in North Dakota avenue
to connect to the present dead end of
16.inch main in North Capitol street,
/ thus forming a trunk line loop to
serve a rapidly growing section Of
the city.
"Otis street between Fifteenth and
Twentieth streets northeast. This
main serves both as trunk and
service main.
| Concord avenue between Fourth
and Fifth streets. This main Is a por-
ton Of a connecting line between
Georgia avenue and North Capitol
street, and will act as a trunk and
service main through g. residential
section.
Firth Sterling avenue from Howard
road to Stevens avenue southeast.
Boiling Field will be better protected
against fire by the laying of this
main. which will also act as feeder
for smaller mains.
"Kenilworth avenue from Benning
road to the viaduct at Deane avenue
northeast.
ITO extend the first high Anacostia
service through Deanewood to the
District line, to provide sufficient
pressure at high elevations, it was
necessary to lay this main to con-
tinue to supply the gravity service
through Kenilworth to the District
line.
Sn several streets in Georgetown
old 4-inch mains have been replaced
by 8-inch and 12-inch mains, for the
betterment of the service as we'll as to
assure a sufficient supply for fire pro-
lection and domestic service, done
under special sum appropriated for
work of this nature"