Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-03-21
consider desirable.


Z. To the commission should
be delegated the authority 10 de-
wise a practicable method of rails
ing the funds necessary for carry
ing out the project and TO DEFER
mine the ALLEGATION OF the charges
to be borne by the several govern
ments concerned.
g. Sufficient funds should be
made available 10 the commission
10 carry out fully the duties out
lined in Section ) Of these recon-
mendarions IL is suggested that
the State might provide initially
for this expense, the proper re-
endorsement 10 be made later 10
the State in accordance with the
distribution OF charges determined
upon by the commission.
g. Ii is recommended that leg
islation he enacted al once 10 pro-
vide for the effectuation of the
above recommendations.
The plan comprises the intercept
ton of the sewers entering Spa Greek
by trunk sewer starting on Holland
street at King George street and pass
ing along Holland and Craig streets 10
Market Space. thence through Main.
Conduit. Cathedral and Charles
streets. across an arm OF Spa Creek,
thence near its shore to Southgate
avenue Branches of this sewer would
be built in Compromise street and
along the shore of Spa Creek from
RevelI street TO Charles street, col
lecting small outlets and areas that
would not be reached by the main
sewer itself.
The. sewage from the, Naval Acad-
temy grounds can be easily collected
near the northeast corner OF the res
crvation and conveyed through q. short
sewer to the upper end OF the inter
copting sewer at the corner of King
George and Holland streets.
! A sewer starting on st. John street
and passing through Calvert and Clay
streets. thence along the upper end OF
College Creek, the Bay Ridge Rail-
road. and across an undeveloped sec
ton. to small branch of Spa Creek at
Second street. and along the shore of
Spa Greek to Southgate avenue. would
collect the sewage from the westerly
and southwesterly sections of Anna
polls. Branches of this trunk sewer
could be made to serve West Annapo-
lis. Germantown. Camp Parole and
sections draining to the upper end OF
Spa Creek.
The two intercepting sewers above
mentioned would join in Southgate
avenue, from the foot of which street
the flow would pass under Spa Greek
through an inverted siphon and thence
through an outfalI sewer crossing the
Eastport peninsula and through Ches-
ter avenue of that town TO an electric-
ally-operated pumping station. From
this pumping station the sewage would
! be pumped across the narrow mouth
of Back Creek to treatment works
which it is proposed to locate near the
shore OF the Severn River. short dis
lance east of Back Greek Z The etliu-
ent from these works would be dis
charged through an underwater out
fall into at least twelve-foot depth
OF water in the Severn River.
The sewage originating on the gov
eminent hospital grounds northwest
of College Creek can be collected and
treated in a.Sseparate small disposal
plant and then discharged into the
Severn Rivef; orssit can be conveyed
across the mouth of college Greek BY
an inverted siphon and discharged into
the system on the Naval Academy
grounds. whence ii would finally enter
the main damage system.
1t is not economically feasible to
bring into the main system the sewage
from the negro settlement on Lincoln
Place and the westerly end of st. John
street. 1t is proposed to pass these
wastes through a small settling tank
and discharge them into College
| Creek
The cost of construction of the pro-
posed main drainage system and
treatment works is estimated to be APP
proximately 100000.
Type OF Intereepting System
A large proportion of the existing
sewers of Annapolis are of the COM
bined type. that is, they collect both
sewage and storm water drainage. An
intercepting system TO relieve at all
times the waters surrounding the city
from the discharge of house sewage
would require a considerable amount
of reconstruction in the existing sys-
TEN. The Commission believes that,
in general, the expense of separating
the storm water from the house sew
age would not be warranted as far as
the sewers already installed are con-
cerned. 1t recommends, however, that
all new sewers, both in the city and in