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 602 F1FTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. cn. 1352. 1902. B°¤“’°°°*'=‘· set to forty-five minutes before sunrise: Prooidedfurther, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with a selfregulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of five m¥**‘P°"°’ ““"l‘°· cubic feet of per hour: Procidedfurther, That not more than fifteen A thousand dolfaarh of said appropriation may be expended for lighting, extinguishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning public lamps of a higher candlepower than those provided for above, and not less than. sixty candle ower, which lamps shall not cost to exceed twenty-tive d dollars per liimp, apd shaléeplt erwlige `gehsuléject to ghe resprictions of ·*"°” g*’,°,"“ ‘° this ra a h: An avi urt, at uringt eiisca year ninewww hed` teenpliundied and thin); the illifiminating power of the gas furnished by any gas-lighting company, person, or persons in the District of Columbia shall be equal to twenty-two candles, notwithstanding the Vol- 29. p- YM- requirements as to candlepower prescribed by section three of the Act regulatingl the sale of gas in the District of Columbia, approved June sixth, cig teen hundred and ninety-six. ¤¢<=¢¤¤¤&h¤¤¤- For electric arc lighting, including necessary ins ction, and for extensions of such service, not exceeding seventy-six iihehusand dollars: gépgtm me Provided, That not more than seventy-two dollars per annum shall be · ° Ppaid for any electric arc light burning from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wire; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the city of Washington: Provided, overhead wiresper- That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author- {',‘,§}f$ °“‘“l°° °" ized, under conditions and regulations to be prescribed by them, to permit the erection of poles an the stringing of overhead wires thereon outside of the fire limits and east of Rock Creek for electric lighting purposes only. dxgasnisgwu Aqua . WASHINGTON AQUEDULT. .For o ration., maintenance, and re air of the a ueduct and its M°mt°°°m°e` accesmig, including Conduit road, thepnew reservoiii, and \Vashington Aqueduct tunnel, thirtythree thousand dollars. Fmmm mm Toward establishinga s ow sand filtration plant, and for each and Pevery purpose connected therewith, including the preparation of plans, ` and for the purchase of such scientific books and periodicals as may be approved by the Secretary of War, six hundred thousand dollars, to hmm be available immediately and until expended: Provided, That a conccnméa. tract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary for prosecutin the work to linal completion within the shortest practicable time, or tie materials may be purchased and work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not L**¤“ 0* "°¤*· to exceed in the ag re te two million seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundredihnd five dollars, including the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. INCREASING THE WVATER SUPPLY. ID0l‘88.Sl]'l§ WRIST "“°""· For iron fence around reservoir, to cost not exceeding twentyseven cny reservoir. thousand dollars; for fencing, cleanin, gradin , and improving the public grounds pertaining to the Washington City reservoir and the shafts of the Vllashington Aqueduct tunnel; for necessary atekee rs’ dwellings, and for structures needed to rotect the west shaft andythe intake and Congressional Spring at the Washington Citv reservoir; in all, sixty-seven thousand two hundred and forty dollars, to be available immediately and until expended.