be no objection to the proposed legislation, or to the recommended modification BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 4, 1930. Hon. PROCTOR L. DOUGHERTY, President Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. DOUGHERTY: I have your letter of March 25, 1930, transmitting, pursuant to the provisions of Bureau of the Budget, Circulars No. 49 and No. 273, H. R. 9408, a bill to amend the act of March 3, 1917, an act making appropriations for the general expenses of the District of Columbia. The act of March 3, 1917, authorized the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to supply water to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission at four designated points. The purpose of the proposed bill is to add a fifth point at Forth-ninth and Chesapeake Streets NW. You propose in your report to recommend this fifth point, at Forty-seventh and Fessenden Streets NW. You are advised that, in so far as the financial program of the President is concerned, there would be no objection to the proposed legislation, or to your recommended modification thereof, provided all expenses of making the connection with the Maryland water system be borne by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Very truly yours, J. CLAWSON ROOP, Director. O 71ST CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session TO CREDIT REVENUES OF WATER DEPARTMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR PURCHASE OF SITE OF BRIGHTWOOD RESERVOIR AND TO USE SITE FOR PARK PURPOSES JUNE 10, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MCLEOD, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 4358] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4358) to authorize transfer of funds from the general revenues of the District of Columbia to the revenues of the water department of said District, and to provide for transfer of jurisdiction over certain property to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass. The purpose of this legislation is to permit the District government to transfer $20,729.90 from the general revenues of the District to the water department fund, as formal reimbursement for the purchase in 1898 by the department of the site of the old Brightwood Reservoir. The reservoir property is no longer needed, as the result of the establishment of a new water-distribution system in the District, and the property is desirable for conversion to park purposes. The commissioners therefore seek to transfer jurisdiction over the site to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. The measure was introduced in the Senate at the request of the Commissioners of the District, and their report, as well as the report of Col. U. S. Grant 3d, Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, to Senator Capper, chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the Senate, is appended hereto and made a part of this report. ★6-11-30 COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Hon. ARTHUR CAPPER, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. SIR: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to inclose herewith the draft of a bill to authorize the transfer of $20,729.90 from the general revenues of the District of Columbia to the revenues of the water department of said District, and also to authorize the commissioners to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, parcel 72/1, the site of the old Brightwood Reservoir. This property was acquired by the water department in 1898 for the sum of $20,729.90. The new water-distribution system serving the area formerly served by the Brightwood Reservoir has been in service a sufficient length of time to give reasonable assurance that the Brightwood Reservoir is no longer needed by the water department. The water department is unable to maintain this property in good condition due to insufficient funds and the commissioners believe it to be desirable that the property should be transferred to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks and operated and maintained as a part of the park system of the District of Columbia. The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks has no objection to assuming jurisdiction over this property. It is the opinion of the commissioners that the amount of money to be transferred to the credit of the water department is a proper and equitable charge against the general funds of the District of Columbia. A legislative item to effect this transfer of funds and jurisdiction was contained in the District of Columbia estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, as approved by the Budget Bureau, but the House Committee on Appropriations took the position that the item should not be included in the District of Columbia appropriation bill but should be handled by specific legislation. Very sincerely, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS Hon. ARTHUR Capper, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Subject: Transfer of Brightwood Reservoir (S. 4358). MY DEAR SENATOR: In reply to your note of May 13, 1930, I am glad to recommend passage of Senate bill (4358) authorizing the transfer to this office of the property heretofore used for the Brightwood Reservoir. This property is by its location naturally a part of Rock Creek Park, and if no longer needed by the water system of the city, it should be amalgamated with the park. I find on investigation that the property was bought from funds derived from the revenues of the water department, and that it is, therefore, perfectly proper to reimburse the water department from the general funds of the District of Columbia for the value of the property. Very respectfully, U. S. GRANT, 3D, Director. AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND USE OF A BANKING HOUSE UPON THE UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVATION AT FORT LEWIS, WASH. JUNE 11, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WURZBACH, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 11277] The Committee on Military Affairs, having had under consideration the bill (H. R. 11277) authorizing the erection, maintenance, and use of a banking house upon the United States military reservation at Fort Lewis, Wash., reports the same, with the following amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass. The amendment of the committee is on page 1, line 8, after the word "regulations" insert "and conditions and for such term and terms." This amendment gives the Secretary of War ample authority to order the removal of the building if desired by the War Department. The proposed legislation will not require any appropriation of public funds nor involve expense to the United States. The necessity for the legislation is due to the fact that the past-occupied quarters of this banking institution are in a portion of the reservation that is being closed. New quarters are necessary if a great convenience and benefit to the entire garrison is to be continued. Similar outside banking facilities are at least 17 miles distant. Due to this fact the bank has been used as a recognized United States depository. The War Department is favorable to the bill as will be seen from the accompanying letter from the Acting Secretary of War to your committee. |