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 752 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 176. 1895. Gm ··f bmw- Cum or Bmnens: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, three thousand nve hundred dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Bri¤]q_;g`¤¤g_¤:·; Bnmen nonoss rim Ensrnnn BRANCH: To enable the Secretary gtk onpminme. of War to make a survey, plan, and estimate of the cost of the con- · struction of a substantial and suitable bridge, with necessary · approaches, from the foot of South Capitol street, or below it at the most available point, across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, and to report thereon to the Congress of the United States with such recommendations as he may deem proper, three thousand five hundred dollars. Aqwim. WASHING-TON AQUEDUCT. mginwrhz- For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars. · asserting maven. For completing the improvement of the Dalecarlia receiving reservoir by the works required for cutting off the drainage into it of polluted water and sewage from the surrounding country; for completing the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and the excavation necessary at- the head of the reservoir, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be immediately available said work to be done and completed under the supervision of on c¤¤;gqn.n1n. Colonel George H. Elliott, Corps of Engineers, notwithstanding his
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' pay and allowances of officers of his grade on the active list, and in _ case of the death or disability of such officer the work shall be completed under the direction and charge of the Chief of Engineers. mum; cancun. For removing the accumulation of deposits in the conduit, fourteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Dam_at can rain. For raising the height of the dam at Great Falls, together with the Rm""' "°‘¥’"·""`“ cost of such other work as may be found necessary in connection therewith, including the cost of strengthening the conduit, and for damages on account of flooding of land and other damages, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, for which amount and purposes the avail- ` able balance of the appropriation for increasing the water supply of the city of Washington shall be applicable, subject to all the provisions V¤¤.2¤. p.1¢& and restrictions of the Act to increase the water supply of the city of \Vashington, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen v¤1.24.p.m. hundred and eighty-two, and of the Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eightyiour, making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, as to apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia, Gen. Thomas L. and the refunding thereof. And in the execution of this work, General gjfg °°'“’““""‘ °“' Thomas L. Casey shall be associated with the proper officer in charge of the \Vashington Aqueduct as consulting engineer. b°T‘¤;_¤;·•—(l ¤¤¤<1¤i¤ to For testing the tunnel conduit to determine the amount of its leak- “ °ago, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be taken from the appropriation '·‘ibr increasing the water supply of Washirngtoii, District of Columbia," to be immediately available. inggmxgfgewjgj; There shall be prepared, upon careful investigation by the proper offisa. cer of the Government having the charge of the W aslnngton Aqueduct and the water supply to the city of Washington,a full and detailed report, which shall be submitted to Congress on the first Monday in December, eighteen` hundred and ninety-five, upon the feasibility and propriety of completing the tunnel conduit as now projected; the completion of the new reservoir, including its dam or any modifications to the same deemed necessary; and upon the results as to the supply of Falls, the conduit, and reservoir are completed. And if such officer and
 * water to the city when said dam, the raising of the dam at the Great