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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314. 1929. 1297 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT Washington Aque° duct. For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, main- Maintenance, etc ., of, tenance and repair of Washington Aqueducts and their accessories, and accessories' including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, First, Second, and Third High Service Reservoirs, Washington Aqueduct tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the pre- liminary treatment of the water supply, ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road, purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services, purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles, including the pur-. chase and exchange of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $1,200 ; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, purchase of parcel of land containing six thousand eight hundred and thirteen and seven-tenths square feet, more or less, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $441,000. Nothi ng her ein sh all be const rued a s affec ting t he sup erinte ndence control of Secretary and control of the Secretary of War over the Washington Aqueduct, ofW arnotaf fected. its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. For revenue and inspection and distribution branches : For per- Revenue, inspection, sonal services, $154,800. branches. For maintenance of the water department distribution system, Operation expenses. including pumping stations and machinery, water mains, valves, fire and public hydrants, water meters, and all buildings and acces- sories, and the purchase and maintenance of motor trucks, purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materi als, an d the employ ment o f all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work ; and for con- tingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing and binding not to exceed $2,000, postage, damages, purchase of technical reference books, and periodicals, not to exceed $75, and other neces- sary items, $7,500 ; in all for maintenance, $365,000. For extension of the water department distribution system, laying pe Distribution ex- of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment system, $250,000. For instal ling w ater m eters on ser vices t o priv ate re sidenc es and M eters in r eside nces, business places as may not be required to install meters under existing e t•' regulations, as may be directed by the commissioners ; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $30,000 . For insta lling fire a nd pub lic hy drants, $50,0 00. Hydrants. For replacement of old mains in various locations, on account of Replacing old mains. inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of pavement, $50,000. For three thous and fo ur hun dred a nd fif ty feet of th irty-s ix inc h thoriLed. mains au° main in M Street northwest, from Eleventh S treet to New Jersey Avenue, $105,000. For one thousand four hundred and fifty feet of twenty-inch main in East Capitol Street between Fiftieth Street and Fifty-third Place, $9,570 . For two thousand four hundred feet of sixteen-inch main in North Dakota Avenue between North Capitol and Third Streets, northwest, $11,640. For two thousand one hundre d feet of sixteen-in ch main in Sixteenth Street from Alaska Avenue to Holly Street, northwest, $10,500. For two thousand seven hundred feet of twenty-inch main in proposed Fiftieth Street from Upton Street to proposed Lough- boro Road, northwest, $17,820.

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