The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-18

to the health Of the city. which should be
abolished at the earliest date. Congress
at its last session appropriated $4,000 for
the preparation of detail plans and speci-
ftcations for the sewage disposal system.
Work upon these plans is being pushed
TO completion, and rs soon as they are
finished the matter viii he presented to
. Congress. with recommendation for their
immediate execution
During the last session Of Congress the
plans referred to were completed so far
as the pumping station was concerned. and
together with general plans of the entire
/ sewage disposal system, were submitted
ana an appropriation for the pumping
station and for the necessary machinery
! WAS included in the District ApprOpria-
uon blU, approved March ]. The item
/ reads:
For sewage disposal pumping station,
$4,000, and the Commissioners of the
: District Of Columbia are authorized TO
enter into contract, or contracts, for the
completed building and so much Of the
/ machinery as may be Immediately needed,
not 10 exceed $3.50. coo
The contract for one of the reserve
pumps TO be used in the station has been
advertised for, and the final plans for the
building and the balance Of the ma
Chinery are being worked out as fast as
possible, with a view 10 the erection of
the building, at least in part, during the
d. L. McComb. the Superintendent of
Sewers in speaking Of the sewage dis
posal system 70 a Times reporter, said
that the purpose Of the pumping station
at the foot of Delaware Avenue was 10
raise the sewage from the level Of the
sewer in that avenue 90 a height sufti-
cient 70 carry it across the Eastern
Branch by the Syphon principle and dis
charge il into the main sewer Their. to
be carried down the river to a point near
the Naval Magazine and there emptied
-.
ARA ngcment, Mr.. McComb said, was TO
get rid OF emptying the city sewage into
adjacent waters at points near enough
10 render such discharge from the mains
dangerous to health. lie explained that
the present level of the New Jersey Ave
nue. sewer is below the surface Of the
Anacostia River. In order. therefore, TO
carry IL across the river it is necessary
TO resort TO pumping up the entire mass
about twenty feet and disCharging il into
pipes at a higher level which viii force
the sewer there.
Mr.. McComb explained that all the
sewage Of the city would be conveyed TO
that point through the sewers now built
From the pumping station he said the re
fuse would be carried across the river in
two iron pipes FIVE feet in diameter, living
side by side on the bed of the river. Mr.
McCOmh stated that bOrings had been
made and souudingS taken so that the de-
partment knows the exact contour Of the
river bed, and IL would b. possible to
Just how the sections must be made to
ft the bottom Of the stream. The length
Of pipe required he said. would be APP
prOyimately 500 feet. and the shane of
the conduit when completed. would be
that OF a bow with the ends rising above
the surface Of the water and the centre
in mid-stream- The north end, he said
would be several feet higher than the
south end. so that the syphOu would ex-
haust itself mechanically.
Mr.. McComb explained that the pump
fHaTV .HrsH f..Ha ia q. III
of great capacity. He stated that the
purpose OF the station was two-rOld-to
raise the sewage and to pump the storm
water into the AnacOstia River it was
shown 10 the reporter that both the sew
age and the storm water Of the District
west Of the AnaCOstia River would be as
sembled at the foot Of New Jersey Ave
nue., and the engines of the pumping sta
tiOu would elevate the storm water lust
enough 10 discharge il into the river.
while the sewage would be carried much
higher for the purpose described.
ldT McComb stated that there would
always be two pumps IN operation, while
they would have other pumps in reserve
10 be used I'm case Of a breakdown or
other emergency He showed that i'm case
of . violent storm the capacity Of the
station in the storm water wing would
have to be large 70 meet the emergency.
1t Will be remembered that there was
such q storm last June, he said. when the
storm water sewage system was for
short time strained TO its fun capacity.
AZ Suft "a llIlNs ne explained, II would
be necessary to call into operation one
or more reserve pumps 10 DO the required
work
Under ordinary circumstances, he ex-
planned that there would be one pump
at work with capacity of 80 cubic feet
second. and another with capacity
Of 100 cubic feet a second. in other words
the small pump Will discharge l120 gal
Ions each second, and the larger one
SIS gallons a second. II was expiaincd
that II might not Dee necessary to run the
pumps always AT that rate. but they were
10 be capable of being so run
In Mr. McComb's report to the En-
gineer Commissioner II is stated that the
pumps are 10 be OF the centrifugal type.
revolving on vertical axis, each driven
by horizontal engines, the sewage pumps
20 be driven by compound engines, and
the water pumps by simple engines
It Is expected that when the pumping
station Is completed il will be well
adapted to the purpose. and that Il will
be the means Of putting an end to much
OF the danger 20 health which now threat
ems the lower section Of the city.
Harsh purgatiye remedies arc fast giving way
70 the gentle action and mild effects Of Cafter's
Little Liver Pills. If you Try them, they will
Certainly UleIe.