Evening star., 1927-09-19
THOUSANDS SAVED
IL WATER PLANS
1!eces1ty for Temporary Ar
ranj,ment for House of
Cb tention 0bviated.

Officials of the District government
and representatives of the supervis
ing architects Office of the Treasury
nave made arrangements which will
oDVlate the necessity of making tenn
porary water service connections 10
the House of Detention when eXc@Nat-
ing is started for the new Department
or Commerce building. Engineer Com
missioner William II. Ladue was ad
VlSed today by j. $. Garland. super.
lntendent of the water department.
The Commissioners were notified hy
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
Dewey last week that the District
would have to make plans to provide
temporary water connections to the
House of Detention when the under
ground construction in the vicinity of
Fifteenth street and Ohio avenue is
removed. 4 study of the mains in
this section, however. revealed that
The pipes under d street which sun.
ply the detention house with wator
would not have to he disturbed by the
early excavation work. and officia' i,
of the supervising architects office Of
the Treasury. it was said, agreed t.
let them remain until the House of
Detention is vacated.
Saving of Thousands.
As the District would have been re-
quired TO pay the cost of the tenn
porary connections. the arrangement
will mean saving OF several thousand
dollars
The big problem confronting D.s,
frict officials. it was pointed out. in
wolves the underground construction
near the Farmers Produce Market
where the new Internal Revenue Build
ing will be erected Trunk sewers
and water mains are in this section
and some provision. il was said. will
have to he made to keep them in serv-
Ice while the eNcaNating is being
done and the building is under con-
etruction.
DIR. William c. Fowler. District
health officer, also declared today
that he is confronted with a perplex
Ing problem in connection with the re-
moval of the health departments med
ical clinic, on Fifteenth street. Under
the recent edict of the Treasury this
building must be vacated by October
4, along with other buildings on the
new Department OF Commerce Build
Ing site. and no provision for tempo
rary quarters has been made.
May Close Clinic.
L lie HSdltl OII1cPF Sa1U 1t mlClt be
necessary to close the clinic tempo
rarily unless quarters are found for it
within the next II days. In this event
the equipment would have to be placed
In storage. and the department is with.
out funds to pay the rent. DR. Fowle.
estimated that it would cost approxi.
mately $4,000 to dismantle and reas-
Eembfe the N-ray machines and other
apparatus in the clinic. and no funds
are available either for this work.
With actual work on the $50 900 900
pubic buildings program imminent
Capt. IA. c. Whitehurst, Assistant En-
gfneer Commissioner. who has super
Vision over the highway department
revealed that no further street i'm
provements would be made in the
pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle un.
I'll the buildings are completed.
Some OF the streets in this area arc
70 be closed while the construction is
IN progress, and others are to he
torn up. so Capt. Whitehurst feels
that 1T would be an utter waste of
pubic funds TO make repairs. Fedora
Government officials, however, have
not vet notified District authorities
of the streets they want. closed dur.
Ing the building construction. 80