Evening star., 1921-10-15
ARLINGTON SURVEY
REPORT PRESENTED;
e
Cost of Combined Sewerage
System for Two Districts.
S645,OOO.

DaEld j. Howell & Son, engineers,
VIII" recently surveyed Arlington
county Tor water and sewerage, ha~
just submitted to thc board Of super
visors a supplementary report c"u.
tanning facts concerning the rcquirr
Hents relative 10 Il combined scVrr-
age system for sanitary districts NJ.
IS and 10, which embrace Rossly 81.
Clarendon. EalIslou, chcrrylalc, IJ,t-
minion Heights and 1hriftpn. ia ali
considered .ne AMOS tHlCkly rOpGlat'.l
sections OF the county.
In the original report il was pro
ptsgd t. sew~r these ewo dis.rIcts 3,
the construction of u disposal plani
on Little river with a trunk s"y""-.
known as the Potomac Iilt"rCrptrr.
from the disposal plant up Poioti'.'-
river to Windy run and with trul'!.
sewers up Windy run, up spout run.
up the ravinc north of Rosslylt 3rit
Rocky run. The new report stat.
however, there is n small area ia s:,u-
itary district No. 10 at the southern
end of about 21o acres which v"ulr
drain toward the -Four Mile run z"r",
and suggestion is made thai - r"uih
probably be best il sanitary di@'rI''.
and 10 decided 70 vote upon m
question, of a bond issu" for seweral-'
10 omitting the area abov" r"f'rr' ="
to and making il a part of dis'ri".
No. {.
SG45,OOa Estimated Cost.
With the revision in district 10 An"
based on an area of 2.3;p acres ana q
population Of 5,400--ostimc ted. ia
l92O--the engineers state that II IN"
whole of these two districts was 10 %
covered with lateral sewers ana IN
Il Sr..-f h
of way for the trunk sewers ana N''
disposal plant, making a complete !"
stalled sewerage system rc"d% -.
house connections over the entire dl.-
tricts. would cost about s645.oo4.
Regarding the question OF raisill-
the money to meet the cost VI
proposed project the engineers -
the total valuation of the Two a.
tricts. as received from the tax hooi.
emitting the small area IN diStrlct ~.
is about s3.iQ0.G00.
If Il bond issue of s6i5.oeo "
authorized" the report continues, ,' 80
cover the completed sewert &c system
and the bonds as specified III the a..
were pavablc in thirty -four year
these bonds 10 be assumed to he so.f'
to net par valUc, with an annual IN"
est rate Of per cent. il would r. qh
ahout Sc 200 be set aside annually -
!; sinking fund and invested al a cor
mound interest rate Of per cent ''
produce a sum to retire the total !ssr
at the end of thirty-four years
s449O0 Interest Annually.
In addition TO the sinking fund =
renort sets forth. the interest must ~
maid on the bonds at 6 per cent. r
nui~ing an annual sum Of S4i,sO" /" =
raised by tax levy in the two dlstr!''
ITO produce this sum on tpla'
assessed value Of s3,i9V.O0e III sam
rary districts and o. M rep"
continues, would require a levy -
sl3.o5 per thousand of assessed va ia. IN
tiou. The assessed valuation as no"
made. We understand. cannot '"-
F., changed for the next fve years an
We understand the valuation ls' - ''
r1,le. generally very low. Any rtdu
tion in the levy per Si,ogo NH'i' .'
have 10 he brought about by ah".
tionaI taxable property in the u"
districts during the nNe Nears' .,t
IF At the end Of five years, WI
g, r.w assessment was made
assessed value of IS. 100000 was ma"'
! for. these two districts. II WoulH J
l.uire then tax levy of about - J.,
/ thousand of assessed valuation
, produce the interest on lHe poNue az
! the sinking fund.
The engineers claim it would ~
he necessary to issue bonds 10 Gu
struct lateral sewers over ule eull'
area OF the two districts at TINS mn
of the 1900 acres In these TWO ~
tricts. they contend not i.rr W.
about 700 acres would at this time J.
nuire the construction or :as-i
Syetep, the estimated cost OF Vhl'
is nlaced ut $4,000 instead OF aEoo
S460.Oo0 for the entir" area: IN
would reduce the amount OF no"'
70 he first issued from Shi".o"V a.
shout s34o.o0r, which would max"
annual levy per $1,000 Of yaluai'"'
about s..
) Vote Is Required.
The report further sets forth In. b
: while the total required issue OIL o"'.' .
] would probably be voted upon uha' 2
, the act only such bonds wouid o" i
sued from time to time as were r.
uuired for construction, thus ketPlh- =
| down the rate OF levy 10 nneei
sinking fund requirements ana III
terest.
If this work is undertaken for tn
two districts, the report continues. -
is proba BILE that the dlsp"sdl pa,
and trunk sewers would at least o.
built at once. and the Iaterdl s!s s.tL.
over the populated area requiring th''
same, and these laterals extend ',
from time to time as the needs p
quired.
pending the construction of thes'
last laterals." the report says, N
taxpayer over the area nhocGuI"." y!
said lateraIs. would. under the term
Of the bill. have to pay the same rat
of levy as those covered by lateral Is.
but this is condition not only IN thl> :
instance, but in others. in which eac"
nerson cannot enjoy to the same ex-
tent all benefits of taxation at ih'
same time"
The engineers conclude their repor:
bv suggesting that the taxpayers O.
the two districts request. by the prop
er number Of signatures, 10 have -
vote taken on the proposition az 70
the bonds which would obliSate then