The Washington times., 1919-04-19
HYATTSVILLE VOTES
TO SELL SEWERS
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far from satisfactory. We have
bored wells and a standpipe. We
have no filtration plant.
THE change will mean a modern
filtration system, more extensive
sewage and extensions that are GER
tain to mean a wonderful growth in
our community. We can, after the
improvements are made, guarantee
prospective home-seekeTs every ad-
vantage they would have in Washing
ton We already have a large num-
Der of Government employees and
business men and women making
their homes here
Plan Mass Meeting.
Mayor Brooks was planning today
to call a mass meeting of citizens Of
Hyattsville for Monday night next,
to explain the details of the sale of
the property, to tell of the advantages
that are expected to accrue and to
ask the sanction and cooperation OF
the town.
The Washington suburban and san
itary commission was created several
years ago by act OF the Maryland leg
islature.
Montgomery county named as its
representative on the commission
William T. S. Curtis. of Chevy Chase:
Prince George county named 7. How
ard Duckett, and the former governor
of Maryland, Emory H Bogley, is the
third member.
'"The action of the mayor and COM
mon council Of Hyattsville is a long
step forward in our undertaking, Mr..
Curtis. who is chairman of the COM
mission, told The Times today.
We have had a corps of competent
engineers at work for a long while,
making preliminary surveys, but no
suburb had taken definite steps to en-
ter into the system until HyattsviIIe
accepted our offer last night.
VIII Rush Work.
Work on reorganization and re-
building Of the HyattsvilIe system will
proceed as rapidly as possible. We
cannot fix a date, but can say that the
new plant will be ready shortly.
AS soon as we get the HyattsviIle
plant under way, we will take I'D
the Montgomery county system, since
both Montgomery county and Prince
George county will be co-ordinated.
and the comprehensive program we
are working on will include water
systems for communities having an
area twenty miles square. a popula-
tiOn Of about 10000. and an assessed
property value of $4,000, 900.
Under the act creating the COM
mission, we may issue bonds I'D to 10
per cent of the assessed valuation.
That means 81, 500 900 for deveIon-
guaranteed jointly by the two coun-
ties"
The sytems for Hyattsville and one
or two other suburbs which are ex-
pected to come under the jurisdiction
shortly Will be temporary. The com
mission has hopes of developing. in
cooperation with the Government of
the. District of Columbia, the pro-
posed PatuXent water system. The
plan is to use the waters of the Pa
tuxent- the Middle Patuxent and the
Little Patuxent rivers for Washing
ton and the various suburbs in Prince
Georges and Montgomery counties.
Under the present plan, Washing
tons water supply is from the Po-
tomacr" Mr.. Curtis said today. "It
comes from a limestone section and
is hard. 1t comes from three States
and the sanitary restrictions are un-.
satisfactory.
FatuXent WAFER Better,
We have had an analysis Of the
waters from the Patuxent system
made. We learn that the water is
soft, that it is as good as the best
and the topography Of the land is
such that it could be brought to
Washington by gravity, giving Wash
ington consumers twenty-five pounds
additional pressure.
with ifs daualonraa1A
would have a dual system. Should
the Potomac system break down the
Patuxent system would be available
and vice versa
I'VE got permission some time ago
to cut in on the District system, but
the increased population Of wash
ington, due to the war and the
resultant strain on the water supply.
made this move impracticable."
The Patuxent system, according to
Federal engineers who made the sur
vey. would guarantee a supply OF at
least 16O,OOo.oOO gallons of water ev-
cry twenty-four hours.
This is great big undertaking.
II Is the beginning Of a great me-
tropolitan idea" Mr.. Curtis said.
"Greater WaEhInEtOn.7
"It will mean eradication of the
District line. It will mean a Great
er Washington that will extend into
two Of the best counties in Maryland.
I'VE already have thousands of
people working in Washington and
making their homes in the suburbs.
Development Of the proposed plan
will meanga certain growth in these
communities
"A phase that we consider as i'm
portant as any is making provision
to assure no pollution of the water
in the District Proper sewerage will
solve the problem"
The sanitary commission yesterday
held conference with Berry L. Clark.
treasurer of Montgomery county, at
Rockville in regard to a special tax
authorized to raise funds for a sinking
fund for the gradual redemption of the
$4,000 in bonds recently issued. The
bonds were issued to meet the ex-
pense OF the preliminary surveys and
engineering work in connection with
the plans Of the commission.
Present plans for development under
the commissions program include Ia