62D CONtas, I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DocuMENT .

ei &ei6m. ~ ~ No. 525.

POWER PLANT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DIS-

TRICT OF COLUMBIA.

T. Em Tm E
FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

REPORT OF TTEE APPOINTED BY T RASURY DEPART-
M=NT TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY AND COST OF ERECT-
ING; A POWER PLANT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLU3XBIA .T
FURNISH POWER, HEAT, AND LIGHT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC
BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON AND RECOMMENDING FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION.

FERUzY 8,
1912.--Referrd to the Committee on Apppons and ordered
printed with illustration.
to
be

TrREABURY DEPARTMENT,
On'Ox OF Tri SECRETARY,
Wa8hingto, February 7, 1912.
Sm: I have the honor to recommend that consideration be given to
the passage of an act to authorize the erection 0and
completion of a
power: plant to furnish power, heat, and light: for certain public
buildings in the'District of Columbia, and making appropriation uf
the sum of $i,350,050 for the same, draft of which is herewith, the
reasons for ths recommendation being given in detail in the report
hereto attached, dated June 3,1911, and presented by a committee
appointed by this department to investigate and report on the
feasibility and cost oI contructing and equippg the proposed
power plint. The committee's supplementary report of January 16,
1912, is also- herewith.
-Repectfully, FRwNKwLI MACVEAGH,
Secretary.
The SPEAKEX OF THE HOU'SE OF REPgESENTATIVE8.

A N ACT To authorize the erection and cornletion of a power plant to furnish power, heat, and light for
crain public buildings in the Distri of Columbia, and making appropriation lov same.
Be iteae by` enaadoue of R etav of th United Stae of America
in Congrcu assembled, That the Secretary of thsur be, and he iF hereby, author-
ized and directed to cause to be constructed, upon the and and wharf property of the
2 VOWER PLANT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
United State hereinafter described, a ctral htin, lighting b d power lint, to
finish heat, light, and power for the buildings, old and new, of the Bureau of 0Egra-
ing and Priting, the buildings of the Department of Aclturte, the Tresnury Build
ing, the White House and the buildings on the ds thereof, the State, War, and
Navy Building, the Winder Building, and thebuildi, whn constructed on the
site heretofore acquired for each of the Departments of State, Justice, said Commerce
and Labor, and, in case of emergency or breakdown, the power plant of the Capitol
Btifldin,: i. -
Th toht~~al limit of cost of such central heating, lighting, ad powerplant, includ-
ing all necessary buildings boilers, engines generators, pumps, machinery appliances
and equipment tunnels, ducts, and so forth, is hereby_ixed at not to exceed the sum
of one million three hundred fifty thousand and fifty dollars, and the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts to the full limit of cost hereby
fixed.
That authority is heby given for making a cro connection between the central
heating, lighting, and power plant aforeaid and the Caitol power plant so that either
plant may supply to the other electDric enery in case of a breakdown or other emer-
gency, such connection to be equipped with the cessary meters so that reimburse-
mentmay be made for the amount of current actually supplied by either of said plants
to the other.
That in connection with the construction of said central heai, lightin', and
power plant, ftheSecreta of the- Treasury is hereby further authorized, in hs dis-
cretion, and within the totl limit -of cost hereinbefor fixed, to cause to be installed
at a cost not exceeding *fftythousand dollars, an undeground tnsporttion system
or deviceY for transferring money7 securities, etc., between the Bureau of Enaving
and Printing and :thTeasury Buildin:ld
Thatthe lease datedpril eight, nineteen hur i et, b th m
missioners of the District of Coluimbiaand John:Miller, for ha' prope in:h
ttof. Columbi situated on the PotomacRveraid desribedas stuct
r twenty-four twenty-Aive, t*enty iand twentev on , as
shownon the official m-ap$aced in evidence bythe1 United' Stisiintie case of the
United States againstMartin F:. Morris and others. (One hundred and seventy-fouirth
United States, page one hundred and ninety-siZ) forapid of five years ending March
fifteenth, nineteen hundred -and thirteen, and anyintt therender, i herebSr-
td witho:U compension under the covenant contained in said lea it
may be terminated at ayt timof without compensationby act ofCnre and the land
ann robpertv covered; by said leasw being land owned by the United ntatting
on Water Street between Thirteenth and Tirteen-nda Strts southwest,
tether with lnd owned by the United 0tat on the Pot River, -fronting on
Water Street, betweenlhirthen-and--half and Fourteenth Streets southwest, are
hereby designated'as the site for said central heating, lighting, and. power plant: Pro
vided, That the building or1buildings, of said central eati, lig ting, and power
plant shall be so located upon said site as to reserve: a sufficient area: for asphalt
plant for the District of Coulmbia in the vent of such asphalt plant being hereafter
authoriked,-'
That for, the commencement mof wr on said central heating, lighting, and power
plant the um: of three hundred and fifty .thouaAd dollars be, Iand the same is hereby,
appropriated, out of any monys in theTreasury not otherwise appropiated, to be
immediately avaidble and to reman available unti exeded:
That the Becretar of the Tr yis hereby further puthrized and empowd,
without regard to cilsrvice laws, o to uch special rchi
tect,renrng, oru othe tehialsrvices ashe mwy d necr d silly
order in-wring, to serve either within or without thte Ditrict of Columbia, toasist in
epreparaon of the ideis pl drwngs, specifitio estimates,ad oforth
andthechanges oriiodificationGs th f if ayarenecesryto be madeforthebiding
or buildings and the mechanical equipmnt, machinery, appliances a o forth, for
said central heating, lighting, and power-plant, and for e tm of t station or
device for transferring money, securities, and so forth, between the Bureau o En*'avng
and Printin and the Treasury Building; for the c onnecionwith the capitol power
plant, 4dnfor the-neessy tuiels bways, and duts connecg the said cental
heating lighting, and power plant with the several buildings herein before mentioned
to which heat, hght, or power are to be supplied, as aforesai and to pay for'such serv-
ices at such prices or rates of compensation as he may consider just and reasonable,
fiom the a ropriation hereinbefore made, any tatute to the contrarynotwithstanding:
Provided, That not to exceed the sum of thirty-five thou d dollars shall be liable
from said appropriation for special architectural, enier, or other technical serv-
ices: And prodded fuer, That the foregoing authorization for securing the services
 POWER PLANT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT-OF COLUMBIA. 3
of secilly qualified persons shall be in addition to and i de ndent of the authori-
zations and apprpriat ions for personal services in the office of the Supervising Archi-
tect otherwise made.
That the cent l heating, lighting, ad power plant herein authorized shall be con-
striicted under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury as other public build-
ings are constructed
Tbhat the said central heating, litingt and power plant shall uporn its completion
remain. n the custody and control of the Secretary of the Treasury, and be operated
and maintained from appropriations to be hereafter provided, and that heat, light, and
power furnished from said plant to the buildings hereinbefore enumerated shall be
charged for at meter rates to be fixed by him, as nearly as may be, at the actual cost of
production.

REPORT OF COMMITrEE (SUBMITTED JUNE 3, 191 1).

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFIoE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT,
'Washington, J~une s, lgt1.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
SH: In theaccordance with department letter of the- 1st ultimo,
directing undersigned to investigate and report on the feasibility
and cost of constructing and equipping a power plant to lfurnis
power, heat,and light to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (new
buildIng and old), the Department of Ag culture buildings, the
buildings for'.the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and
Labor, the Treasury Department, the White Housp, the State, War,
and Navy Bulding, a the Winder Building, we have 'the honor to
submit the following report:
Appended ta and drawing8.-Ini order to make an intelligent
study of the problem presented, data have been collected in regard
to t e equipment an operation of the mechanical plants of the
occupied buildings; and similar data have been carefully estimated
upon in connection. with the new buildings contempt ated to be
served by the proposed central power plant. Attention is invited
to the tabulation of the data, which is attached to ind forms a part
of this report.
Drawing No. 1, also attached to and forming part of this report,
shows the location of the proposed power plant, the buildings con-
templated toube served thereby,- aid the distributing system connect-
ing the buildings with the Power house.
An analysis of the data shows that it would be feasible to serve the
group of buildings under consideration with power, light, and heat
from a central power plant, and that the project presents no unusual
engineering problems as the layout of power house and distributing
system Iwoud fall wel within te lies of conservative practice.
Site.-The ideal site for a power house to serve te buildings
named herein is the Government property lying south of Water
Street and immediately east 'of the northern approachi to the Long
Bridge;-:and this location of the power plant, with: the other factors
hereinafter set forth, dictates that the Bureau of Engraving and Print-
Ing (old and new buildings) and the buildings of the Department of
Agriculture should be served with high-pressure steam and direct
current, and that all other buildings (old and new) should be served
with hot water for heating and alternating current for power and
I

light.
4 POWER PLANT -FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The site referred to fulfills better than any other obtainable site
the general commercial and engineering requirements relative to (1)
reasonable cost of land; (2) situation -so that fuel may be readily
and cheaply supplied by aI railroad spur, by boats, or by both, and
that ashes may be readily disposed of; and (3) that suitable water in
ample volume may be available for condensing purposes at minimum
expense for pumping. This site also meets as nearly as possible the
further requirement of being within reasonable distance of the build-
ings to be served.
Dei+i of Gsilding.-The central station building should be designed
along accepted architectural lines for such a structure, with sufficint
power and dignity to make it expressive of its important service, while
having in view the fact that the site is n a part of the city where
architectural beauty may safely be subordinated to engineering fea-
tures.
Size of pkbnt.-Withya slight enlargement (overled in the estimated
Cost, p. 7) the site is 'of ample area top accommodate Va -power plant
with a boiler room approximately 160 by 86 feet, and a turbine room
and switchboard- spea proximately 1156by-80 fet-; boler`'roo-mto
be placed with its le'th tight anglesto the'turbine room, thus
insuring the best osible layout and themost direct syistemof piping.
by.-l~or the plant estimated upon the following equip
ment is contemplated:
Boilers.-In boiler room: Twelve (12)hh eure al-steel water-
tube boilers, each rated at 500 horsepower equippedgwithmstokers
and
or chain grates designed to burn cheap bituminous coal economically
and smokelessly. Boilers to be arraned in t*w main batteries, with
space provided in each battery for the ture installation of two'4di-
tionOal boilers; each battery-to be erv by a separate okestk.
Coal and ashAAkl g complete coal and as handling system,
with a storage capacity of 2,600- tons ini the buyers.
Turbo-alternato8- tune rom: 'Two 2,000-K. V. A.; one
1,000-K. V. A., and one 500-K. V. A. turbolternat, with'direct-
connected exciters; provision to be made- for an additional 2,O0-K.
V. A. machine in the future. - Turbo-alternators to generate g '3-
phae, 60-cycle current, at a pnegssr of 2,300 volts. Each turbo-
alternator to be connected to; a'barometric condenser, andfom each
exhaust pie a connection to be taken on the trugh-way principle
toaa special heater for the purpose of heating the convection water
supplied to the upper group of buildings.
Fump8.-Pumps for circulating the convection water to be steam
driven anld of the piston pattern, with the exhaust led to the special
convection heaters.
AuzQiarie,8.-All auxilia"ies-to be in duplicate, and only those to
be steam driven df which the exhaust is necessary to heat the boiler-
feed water to 210' F.
Motor generator-fr breakd&nm serwce.-One ,000-. V.- -A. motor
generator to be installed in the turbine room-and connected to the
bus bars of the propogedplant and to the 'bus bars of he Capitol
power plant, so that either plant could run the other in case of emer-
gency. This motor generator is' necessary r the reason that the
alitmating current generated in the Capitol plant is' 25-cl, 3-phase
and its -pressure is 6,3600 Volts, current not desirable 'to be generated
and transmitted by the proposed new station.
 POWRB PLANT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 5
Storage batrfor breakdo'v sert "'.-One 800-ampere-hour storage
battery to be installed and so conneewd thLat the eXCiters of the turbo-
alternators, w supl Same One-fourth of all the
station and ttunnel ighit' an the craneversa..
in the turbine room should
,

be arranged 'to befei frm the storage battery in emergencies.

steam forAeativag n^d indisd ial puposes: Bureau of Eigraving and
Pineingand L~epartme* ofAiutre.-Steam is selected for'heating
theAgriculture buildings gand the old ;building for the Bureau of
having and Priting floor the reason that these structures are now
equipped with stem-~heating, apparatus nd require approximately
350 horsepower of steam for industrial -purpo. For the latter rea-
son the new building for the Bureau of En4ving and Printing should
also beheatied by steam.- All these buildinsare quite cleto the
powerhouse site and the trsmision of high-prets .datm for the
distance involved is good practice; further, under .-. frir operating
conditions, te aust sjtem from the turbo- enerators and the con-
vection-wat circulation pumps will be sufviient to heat only the
remainder of -.the, buildings 'under consideration., The condenation
of the steam uBsed& in the buildings would be readily returned to the
power house and discharged
pumps take,suc6.tio n, z
into a hot well from which the boiler-feed
so at th cost of heating the Bure'au and Agri-
culture buildings by this method-would be comparatively small.
Hotwdter for keating upper group ofuild'ngs.-Hot water would
be the best medium for heating the remaider of the buildings, which
are farther from the power house. With this medium the transmis-
sion losses would be rduced to a iniiimum, and the exhaust steam
from the turboternators and the circulation pumps wouldLjust
serve_ t heat the 'onvection water under normal conditions. High-
pressure.steam in special heaters or boosters would thus be very
seldom- required.
The Treasur Build'ing, the State, War, and Nav Building, and a
part of the White House are now equipped with hot-water heating
apparatus, and the same system should be installed in the new
buildings-for th Department -of State, Justice, and Commerce and
Labor., The s am eating equipment which serves part of the
White., house oulde be replaced Lb a hot-water system, as should
be the antitiqiu steameatyin system inthe Winder Building and
the steam-heating apparatus in the Mills and other rented buidi
now served frolmthe State, War, and Navy Building. A small
amount of high-pressure steam for sanitary and laboratory purposes
is required by tis8 group of buildings, which could readily be oup
plied.
Stearm 'an water, distribticn.m-Separate flow and return mains
should be installed to sePre the group of buildings comprising the
Treasury Department, White House1 State, War, and Nav uild-
ing, and'the Mills and Winder Buildings; and separate flow and
return mains to sre the new ,Departments of State, Justice, and
Commrere ,and Labor, with a cross connection between so that in
an emergexacy one set of mains could serve a11 the buildings; each
set of-'mans to be proportioned-to serve two-thirds of the total
maximum demand of alr the buildings, which would be ample in an
emerne.-.
A 4pllcate'set of Mgh-piressure steam mains should be installed
to serve the Bureau of Eigraving and Printing (new) and the Depart-
6 POWER PLANT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF1 'OLUMBik.
ment of Agriculture, and be proportioned and cross connected similar
to the hot-water mains above described.
It would not be necessary to duplicate the high-pressure mains for
beating water for sanitary and laboratory purposes for the upper
group of buildings.
Tuinnel-For ping oly.-An uninterrupted tunnel for the entire
distance from the power house to the State, War, and Nav Building
would be desirable, but the cost of same would be matrially-increase
by the existence of the two large sewers min B Street northwest-. A
tunnel should be run at least to a point lose up to said sewers and
the obstruction be passed by installing the bot-water and steam pipes
in extra-heavy cast-iron piping for the short run necessary to connect
the tunnel sections, which should be not less than 4* feet wide by7
feet high inside dimensions, and be rendered as neary wate roof as
possible by means of special manholes, tc., and specially denied
entrance at the power bouse and outlets at the bidings. Itis
believed that the danger of the river ristig high enough to fill the
tunnel;- is remote, but nevertheless the waterproof feature should
receive attention.
Enlarged fotranspoaion of currency eteen fBurea,, and
Trean ry.-At a cost of $50,000 additional not included in estimate
hereinatter> the tunnel cross-sction -between the Treauty and the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing could be, increased to 10 by 9
feet avd loeredf to pass under the B Sure sewers, with a view to
running in the tunnelan automobile truck or a trolley car to transport
money between the buildings named. The advantages as to saving
effected, as well as safety, eed, no argument.
Electrical equipment of present biWildiv .-The cho-0e6of alternating
current for thief upper group of Ibuildingsnceitat the real of
the direct-curreni motors in the TreasuryD Bulding White HEo use,
State War, and Nav Buildin and the Mlaid Wnder Buildings
and their replacement withalternating-current motors; ad the pro
posed new buildings for the Deatments ofStates Co- Ju~tice, and
merce and Labor should be equipped with -alteratin ent motors.
Static transformers would be requiedinthe abovenamed buildings
(except the Mills and Winder Buildings) to --reduce the 2,300 volts
pressure to 220 volts for motors andii 10 volts for lights.
The Bureau'of Engraving and Printing i now equipped with about
900 dire-current motors, and it is the intention to move this motor-
operated macehinerly in'to the new--building-.-
The Department of Agriculture has a large number of direct-current
motors installed and requires a large amount of direct current for
laboratory work.
As the expense o replacing the direct-current motors in these two
buildings would be ver large two motor generators should be
install din the new bulldin for the-Bureau of Engraving and Printing
to transform the alterilating current fm the power house into direct
current to serve the Bureau and Agriculture buildings, which are now
connected by ag feeder, the power plant .f the Bureau of. Engraving
and Printing (old building) now supplying the Agriculture buildings
with electricity for power and light.
The electric generating plant mi the State, War and Navy Building
and the turbo generator in the Department of Agriculture:power
house should be removed and sold, but the electric generating plant
Table: [No Caption]

POWER PLANT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 7

of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing should remain in place
unless it is desired to raze the build.
Ele~vtor8 and pump8. -Al hydraulic passenger and freight ele-
vators now in service should be replied with electric elevators, and
hydraulic plunger lifts which could not be replaced with direct-
connected Alectric elevators should be- operated by electrically
driven pumps.. Steam pumps and engines now in place should be
remove and replaced with electrically operated apparatus, to re-
duce the use of steam to a minimum.
8I
Electrical distrnting tem.-T*o separate main electrical feeders
for power and light` onuld- be run from the power-plant switchboard
to serve all the buildings, and be so proportioned that eith er feeder
could supply the maximum demand iin an emergency without undue
heatig. A connection from, each main should be taken into. each
building except the Depa t of' griculture: (which, would be
serve from the new aBursau of nag: ad Printing) the White
House, and the Mills and Winder- :iing -(which would be served
from the State, War, and Navs Building)
On the: witchboard inside of each building a reverse-current circuit
breaker should be installed in the connection from each main, so that
a short'circuit in one main would not ground the other through the
building connection.
The electric feeders should be run in standard nitrified earthen-
ware ducts; and be sufficientlyseparated -from the pipe tunnel to
prevent any- heat transfer from tunnel to ducts.
Continuity of servie.-In working out the problem, continuity of
service has been provided for under every possible exigency that can
be foreseen and guarded against.
ESTMATED COST.
The estimated cost of the proposed new central power plant, the
distributing system, and the necessary changes in the equpment of
the present group of buildings is as follows:
Cost of erecgtion, equilpient, etc:.
Site (Govrnmeni Pw t pertyj; new a wall for same on lines recom-
mended byethea rbor Coission, which includes enlargement
of sie referred on p. 2 of this report .......................... 0, 000
Pow !,houi;buildi............I.....n-... , . , . 22, 000
, ...

Two aitacks, 11 feet diameter by 200 feet hi ................. 24,000

Boilerplatninplace, with breeching and
horsepow*er, t$20 per horsepower.120,000
ttokers (no piping), 6,000
Turbo-generators, exciters, foundations, and leads (no piping). 5,500
kilowatts, at $15 Per kilowatt. ..... . .. 82, 500
. . .. . .

Swithboard 6,000 kilowatts at $10 per kilowatt. 60,000

Motor enerators aand switchboard, 3,500 kilowatts, at $30 per kilo-
Watt......-...... ........ . 105,000
Condensers, piping, pumps and motors, 6,000 kilowatts, at $3 per
kilowatt. ......... 18,000
. ... and ...........
.
Bole-ee
Boilerfe
"um
aitfbjud-toumps' foun~dation6,0
............. ....... ......... f ,000
Feed-ater lieateri, 6,00 horsepower ............................. 3, 000
800-ampere-hour tore battery .......... .
......................... 20, 000
Coal and ash handling pparatu ........... ................. 15,000
Alternating-current motors to replace- direct-current motors, 508
kilowatts, with wiming changes, at $30 per kilowatt. 15, 240
2,000 lternating-current desk fans to replace direct-current fans,
$8 each ... , . . . ..... .16,000
3,000 kilowatts of static tauforme, at $8 per kilowatt - 24,000
Table: [No Caption]

8 POWER PLANT FOR BUIDI*GS IN DISTRICT -OF COLUMBIA.

Cost of erection, equipment, etc.-Cntinud.
All n,duct8,} aid connections to buildings, including cross
ne with Itol poer h ................... $75, 000
Tunnels for Piplng, 7,200 feet, at $12 p ft. 88, 400
.in tunnels, with coverig complete.
Special heaters for convection water, 6,000 horsepower, at $2 per
139,910
horsepower ................... 12, 000
Pulmps for citculating convection watex, 1,9 horspower, at $20
rhors er. ....... 30° 000
Traveling crane in power house 50-ton .............................. 7, 000
Piping in power houie, all kinds, ,600 horsepower, at $6 per horse-
power.., ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000
Removing 13 hydraulic peenger ad freight elevatars;ad install-
ing electric elevator in lieu thereof; also installing electric pump-
ing plant for plunger lifts.. ....... ...,.. :65,000
65.
Railroad spur and bridge to plants, 300 feet, at $100 per foot........ 30, 000
TO ...2......
.6...
..65,050 . . . .

The cost of maintenance and operation of the plant is estimated

as follows:
Fuel: 25,000 tons of coalpranum, at $247 per~t&i.$6,*Y.. ..25
..................
Rep'sir and misellaneous supplies: :The cost of waste0, suppes, repairs,
and disl:of ases is diffcult : es e accurately, but for Oeurpose
of comparison it will be sufficient to assume that the ost of said items for
the central plant would be practcally equal to the expene which would
be incurred by the individual buildings for the me item.
Personnel:At
1 chief engineer.3,50
3iett niners, at $1,500O., 500.............. 4i
3 switchbo perators, at ............................. 6
3 dynamo tenders at $900.2 0.................
..... 2,:00
Shedfilremen-ater
6 fireimen'i -it. tDo.w
tenders), $1,000...
-
Om
.,......
.............
3,00O
56,400
laborer, at $0 ... .00................... 600
1 conveyor man .......... ..
. . . . 1, OOO
2 assistant conveyor men, -at $720. 1,440
Eng eeing personnel of individualfbuildings when served by the pro-
posed central plant, 48 men, at an aggregate cost of.48,940
Total -cot of central station and building servdthereby, per annum. 146, 930
tM.;-tC

The cost of operating the present building and the estimated cost of operat-
ing the new- buildings without a central power plant is, per annum. 263, 066
The annual 8avn.A annual saing b theprtion of the.- pro-
posed central plant. $26'3,066 ,ess$146,930, is'$116,136, wrch, on
an investment of $1 265t050 is slightly more than p9.er cent,
Vi ewed from a b? e88 atnd int. -This would not be advantage-
ous as a commercial roje, r the mason that 15 per cent of Athe
investment would in tlat:case have egured on to -cover interest,
depreciation, taxes,,insurance, and dividends, and the projec'tcould
not be rendetied commercially attractive, een if the cost of ,the cen-
tral `plant and distributing system were reduced to' $1,000,00 by
omitting the duplicate feeders for elecity and heatthe;'break-
down connections with the Capitol power plant, one stack, and the
storage battery, and reducing the size of the power house.
Viewed from a Governument stanpipit.-As the diffrence between
the annu il appropriations for the maintenance and operate of the
isolated plants and the amount which would need to be appropriated
for the maintenance and operation of the proposed central plant is
actually $116,136, :the project appears deairabh from a Government
point,as insurance and ties do not have to be provided for,
stand
aud the cost of repairs, as hereinbefore indicated would undoubtedly
run lighter for the new plant than for the individual building plants.
 POWIM PLANT FOR BUEILINGS IN PSTRIOT OF OWUMBIA. 9
Allowing 7 percent for depreaiationand interest, the-investment
would then pay an aualdividend of 2.18 per cent, which would
warrant erection of the piant from a business standpointeven setting
aside the :advantage of the additional space to be gained by the
removal of old boilers and egins btc., and the important aesthetic
considerations which the Secretary- of the Treasury referred to in
initiating the power plant projects
Attention is also called to the fact that the cost of replacing motors,
elevator, etc., in the upper group of buildings incident to the use of
alternating current, in amount $96,240, is not to be considered as a
dead loss, for the reason that much of the machinery recommended
to be discarded is old and rapidly reaching a point where it must be
replaced i any event.
F1 oil-While the foregoing estimates are based on the use of
coal, onsideration should also be given to the use of crude oil for
fuel, autan underground storage tank of large capacity could be placed
on the Government property across the channel from the proposed
powerhouse and be filled by tank steamers. T _1.o would
result in a-reduiction in boiler-room labor, the attainment of smoke-
lessneas' and the elimination of the serious problem of ash disposal,
which is troublesome and expensive under the most favorable
conditions
Sevi -g aitiol prticable and desirable from an
econftic 8tandpoin*.-The project could be rendered more commer-
cially attractive b serving from the ne plant the Army; Medical
Museum, the Smithsonian institute the National Museum (old and
new)" the Post, Office Department, the Municipal Building, the Court
of Claims, and the Monument. This would require an additional
investment of $300,000 and would necessitate carrying high-pressure
steam approximately 1 mile to serve the Post Office Department and
the Municipal Building, which would be somewhat objectionable on
account of transmission losses. This addition should effect a further
annual saving of $50,000, making the entire project save slightly
more than 10 per cent annually on the investment instead of slightly
more than 9 per cent, as previously noted.
Speeslk1l- m.M-If this report receives favorable consideration,
we beg to mvite special attention to the necessity of bringing the
matter to the consideration of Congress at an early date, for the
following reawns:. i
The site herein suggested is, as stated, e property of' the United
States and by an act of Congress it ha' been placed under the jurisdic-
tion oi the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with authority
to lease. - A' lease (which will expire Mar. 15, 1912) is now i.g force
with the White OakL Coal Co., and the company has been notified
that there will be no renewal, as a bill now before Congress provides
for the transfer of the property to the District of Columbia, with a
view toderecting thereon a municipal asphalt plant. This site is the
most favorable one obtainable for the proposed central.station, and
it is important that steps be taken to retain the title to the property
in the United States if a central power plant for Government buildings
is ever to be erected in the vicinity referred to. Other sites, equalTy
desirable, could be obtained for the asphalt plant.
The consent of Congress would also be necessary to permit the
electrical cross connection hereinbefore described between the Capitol
power plant and the proposed central station.
 ~ ~ C.
10 POWBR PLATT FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTICT OF GOLUEBIa
Thefollowing gentlemen were invited to be present at the committee
mtet and jon in the discussion of the subject, and they concur in
the fin k of the committee as expressed in this report: Mr. C. B.
Gliem, chief electrician, Capitol; Commander W. W. White, United
States Navy; Commander J. K. Robison, United States Navy;
Lieut, Commander J. Halligan, United States Navy.
Respectfully submitted. .A
C. A. MoALLxSTER,
0hoarman.
R. H. CHAPPELL,
N. S. THOMPSON,
Members of Committee.
JANUARY 24, 1912.
With reference to the total estimated cost of the power plant as
given in the foregoing report, which is $85,000 lower than the amount
of the appropriation recommended in our supplementary report of
the 16th instant, we beg to state that the difference is due to the in-
clusion of an item of $50,000 for enlarging the tunnel between the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Treasury Building so as
to permit of the transportation of currency in accordance with para-
graph 4, page 5, of the foregoing (that sum being estimated in the
report as the cost of this item, but specifically excluded from the
total), or for a pneumatic-tube system for the same purpose at prac-
tically the same cost; and to the inclusion of an additional item of
$35,000 for the technical assistance (including traveling expenses,
etc.) described and recommended in paragraph 4, page 2, of the
report of January 16, 1912.
A. MCALLISTsE,
Chairman.
R. H. CHAPPEIJL,
N. S. THOMPSON,
Members of Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF ComivrrEE (SUBMITrED JANUARY 16,

1912).
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT,
Washingtmon, January 16, 1912.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
St: In accordance with your verbal direction, a meeting was held
on January 12, 1912, of the committee appointed by you under date
of June 1, 1911, to investigate and report on the feasibility and cost
of constructing and equipping a power plant to furnish power, heat,
and light for the Bureau of Engraving and Printin (new building
and old), the Department of Agriculture Buildings, tie buildings for
the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and Labor, the
Treasury Department, the White House, the State, War, and Navy
Buildings, and the Winder Building; and we have the honor to sub-
mit the following recommendations:
That a bill be drafted without delay carrying an appropriation of'
$1,350,050, to become available immediately on passage of tbhe bill,
for the erection and completion of the power plant recommended in
Table: Equipment and operating data of present buildings. [Ac ompanying com it e report on central power plant for the above buildings. Dated June 3, 191 .]

Table: Estimated equipment and operating factors of the new buildings.

Equipment and operating data of present buildings. [Accompanying committee report on central power plantfor the above bltildings.e
Dated-Ju-ne 8, 1911.1

Boilers. Engines. G enerators. Motors. Light data. Heating data. Power andl lighting
load. IElevators. ('oal lised, Engineering
soulilel.
Ix.r-
Steam for 'ost of
II- -1I -
7 I-
I-- industrial I--- I I 4curreIlt
purchased
Building. Number Total purposes for over
Total Total Total Total 16-candle- kilowatt (horse-
Maxlnimm I Average - power). AlaxiIIn Average Number To'ns per (Cus At ix'r 'T'otal (rst. Numbher Total lidight
nd
Number. horsepower Number. horsepower Number.I kilowatts Number. kilowatts k horsepower. horsepower. k ilowatt s. kilowatts. hydraultic. electric. year. toin). ier year. of ell( -
anlnul al
per year.
rated. ratedl. rated. ratedl. ghts lights. ployees. salary.

I
-Bureai of Engraylng alil Printing ..... 7 1,250 4 1,300 4 1,000 914 800 10.000 500 2(X) 100 2-50 1300 400 2
2 6,700 $3i.3. 014 $20, 374 19 $18,452
Department of Agriculture ............. 8 1,125 1 150 1 100 137 1350 2,845 142 625 300 17, 176 I) 3 5, 000
12,000
20) I 6. W) 13 9,640 $2,501)
State, War, and Navy Department..... 4 740 3 525 3 350 27 205 4,000 200 r550 2(10 1561 8 ............ 2 1, ;IM 31.25 11,980 20 11;, 1,500
36 3 6000 { 18,50 3.40
'T'reasury Department ........ 45 4 5(;10 1}..
240 ......
. . . ... . . . . 20 12() 5,000
800
2,50
40
4(X)
10)
200)
50
715
10
175
7
100
I
4 2 1,55-0
3(0
3. 30
3.30
(I 8,005
9¢90
13j 1,110,
2.440)
12,842
748
Winder 130li(iig..................... 4 .......... .......... ............
:1
Mills Building ............
3
2 200 2 i 16 160 1,000 120 100 50 10 100 20 ..., ........ 6(5 3.3(1 2,145 4 3 450
White House .. 3100 10 23 2,400 1'20 2,30 115 10 120 2 U1.. 1..S__ 33, 2,4 (&)
4 -) t;2,,;|400
-I-
4
4 130
-I-- ..l .. S-
.. I ..] -l - S
I- -.-
.-
Total.. .. 40) 4,945 10I 2,22'5 10 1. 124 I, (vis8 2(6 045 1, :(22 2,205 1,040 1,:3:8 932- IS8 1() I 9, I.7...
j7 - 6;, 294 75 62, '732 18,040 -

T o. tc..........
........... .. ..... --L- -, !. . I I
I Anlthracite. 2 3ituminous. 3 Water. 4 Steani. 5 ('urfrent stIllime d by State, War, and Navy.
N =When -thi h rnulic elevator in the State, War, an Navy Department are replaced with electric elevators, and the steanm-driven ice machine is replaced with a motor operated machine, anmd when the sevenlhyvdralc elevators in the Tr
IS()treplaseurithelectric
elevators, the
TIreasury' Butildinlg, adlditionlalalo
re
present steamn-driven apparatus is replaced with mnotor-driven apparatus, the total motor horsel )Ower and the power and light loads will be increased as follows: Treasury Building, additional motor horsepower, ;State, War, and MNa power
and light load maximum, 100: average, 50: State, War, and Navv B3uilding, additional power and light load, maximuim, 100; average, 150.
There are approximately 2,000 direct-current desk fans in use in the 'lreasury,,the State, War and Navy Bluilding, the Winder Building, and the White House.

Estimated equipment and ope-rating factors of the new buildings.

I I I

Boilers. Engines, Generators. Motors. Light (lata. Ileating data. Power mnd lightingi Elevators. (I oa lise'dl. Engineering. pe1r-
.Steam for load. st~l1Olll
industrial
Building Number purposes
Total Total Total Total Total (horse- 'Tuns lxr ('ost per Total (ost NubIII-er
Number. horsepower Number. horsepower Nunmher. kilowatts Number. kilowatts 16-candle-
power
Maximum Average
kilowatt horsepower. horsepower. power). hMaximu Average Number
kilowatts. kilowvatis. |lv'irad11 e
Number
electriv. year. per year. toll.
f
ploNcesm.
Total
salary.
rate(l. rated. rated. rate(l.
lights. lights.,

Department of Justiee 400 3 450 3 300 12 240 4. 480 180 40o 225 75 190 "012W0 $:1320 $65,400o 22 $17,000
.................. 3
850 1 }............ it; 2W)0 3. 2,) Wi ,0 34 24,0001
Department of Commerce and Labor...
Department of State...................
Bureau of Engraving and P'rinting.....
i

47 11 2 1(00
850
S,0o
4
3
1
1,000
600
750
4
3
1
750
450
500
24
20
1,000
520
400
1,000
14,000
15, 0X)
15MM 500 250
5(0
270
(100
300 60
500
525
30)
1.0
100 300 __1. .,
............
115 2,5tN0
8,
X ()(}t
3.2 )
:3. 21
S. (0X)
25.601) _ 7,, X)
22
_7
17,000
.I
[..f-1. .1.I _~
g~~~~~~~~ I ..I, - 77'1:-
r,u ..........
Total ............................. 20O i 3,850 11 2,800 B)
_l_ 11.

11 2, 50 1,056 2, 160 40,280 I,1tiO 2.20

I
,- .._

1,300 625 ,I5,80 ! -17| 17.500 . . . . ..... . 8OM.,1)81)

5 001. (15

NOTF.-On account of the lack of definite knowledge as to the exact construction of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing the above estimate is approximate but Is near enough for practical purposes fn estimnathilg cost of plant.
II. Doe. 525, 62-2. (To face page 10.)
 POWEM PL&WT FOR BDuILDNGS I DSTROT OF COLU . 11
our report of June 3, 1911, this bill to contain provisions to the
following effect:
That the site of the proposed power plant, namely, the land and
wharf property, being land ed by the United States fronting on
Water- Street between Thirteenth sand Thirieen-and-a-half Streets
SW., together with lud owned by the United States on the: Potomac
River fronting on Water Street between Thirteen-and-ahalf and
Fourteenth Streets SW., may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury
and by the Commissioners of the District of Columbila, jointly, under
an agreement to be made between them, for the purpose of locating
thereon a central heating and power plant for the Treasury Depart-
ment and an asphalt plant for the District of Columbia; tie central
heating and power plant to occupy the western portion of the property,
as that location is imperative for economical design of the plant.
That the central heating and power plant shall supply heat, light,
and power to the asphalt plant on a basis to be hereafter determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of C:olumbia.
That permission of Congress be granted for making an electrical
cross connection between the Capitol power plant and the proposed
new central heating and power plant, m order that either plant may
supply the other with 2,000 kilowatts of electric energy, or such part
thereof as may be necessary in case of a breakdown, this connection
to be provided with the necessary meters, so that reimbursement may
be made for the amount of current actually supplied by either station
under such conditions.
That of the $1,350,050 so appropriated the Secretary of the
Treasury may, in his discretion, expend not exceeding $50,000 for a
transportation system or device for transferring money between the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Treasury Building, and
not exceeding $35,000 for drawings, etc., and for the employment
(independent of the civil service rules and regulations) of technical
assistance, etc., in designing and completing the work, and for pay-
ment for said drawings and technicaL assistance, etc., including all
necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by those who
shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to carry on this
part of the work.
Attention is respectfully called to the fact that even under the most
favorable conditions the proposed central heating and power plant
could not be completed and placed in continuous and satisfactory
operation in less than 30 months after an appropriation is available
for the purpose. In view of the fact that thetcontract time for com-
pletion of the new Bureau of Engraving and Printing is May 1, 1913
and that no provision is made for a heating and power plant in
building, and of the further and more serious fact that the power
plant seeing the present bureau is working to its ultimate capacity
and can not be made to serve both the old and new buildings without
enlargement, it is necessary, if it is intended to keep thepresent build-
ing in operation after the new building is completed and equipped,
that steps be taken as soon as possible to increase the capacity of this
plant in order that it may properly and economically serve both the
old and the new buildings.
Further, the majority of the boilers in the present power house of
the bureau are antiquated and defective, and should be renewed in
12 POWER IANT 70 BaUUssIMG IN DISTIT OF GOLUMEIa.
the near future on the ground of safety alone. The main generating
units are working to their full capacity daily.
We therefore recommend that a separate bill be drafted carryg an
appropriation in the amount of $50,000, to become available iHoe.
diately on its passage, for new boilers, etc., for the present power house
of the Bureau of Engra and Printing, to enable it to serve both
the old and new buildings of the bureau with heat and with- steam for
industrial purposes, pending the completion of the proposed new cen-
tral heating and power plant, to serve these and the other- buildings
previously mentioned. It is proposed to purchase the electric current
for operating the new bureau building pending completion of the new
central plant.
If, the views of the committee as herein expressed meet your
approval, drafts of either or both of these bills as you may elect, will
be prepared andpresented for your consideration.
Respectfully, C. A. MOALLISTER, Chairman.
N. S. THOMPSON,
R. H. CHAPPELL,
Members of Committee.
0
Drawing No. 1 Showing LOCATION OF POWER HOUSE, PIPE TUN ELS, CONDUCTORS, ETC.