Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
CONGRESS GIVES NEROUSLY
FOR SEWER AND WATER WORKS
Sanitary Engineer Gets $253.390 More
Than Last Year as Rates Take
Drop-Other Revenues Fall.

expects to be able to keep more nearly
abreast with applications for extern
sions during the coming year.
The corresponding fund for water
main extensions Is the same for next
year as at present. $3.50 900, but Con
gress authorized the water department
to make two big trunk main extern
sions during the coming fiscal year
that will represent large outlay, and
to meet which the water department
was authorized to augment It's own
revenue collections by drawing funds
from other sources.
As n general rule. the water depart
ment is self supporting from water
rents and assessments. In the new law.
however, Congress gave the water de-
partment an unexpended balance. ieft
unobligated by another department In
1925, to lay 1000 feet of 12lnch main
in Alabama. avenue southeast. at
cost of SAP 800. to supply a community
which has been depending on wells.
The new main will extend from
Branch avenue to the District line.
New Project Costly.
The other big project in the new law
is for the laying of Il 900 feet Of AZ
inch main from Nebraska and WIS
consin avenues to Georgia avenue
and Military road and to build an ad-
dition to the Reno Reservoir, $500, 900.
TO meet this unusual expenditure.
which is necessary to link part OF
the distribution service with the new
water supply system, Congress direct
ed that $336.500 of the cost should be
taken from the general revenues OF
the District.
The new law also carries 10000
for the erection of new tower at
the Reno Reservoir to improve serv-
ice to the high points in the city
served from that reservoir.
The fund for the construction OF
suburban sewers was raised by Con
gress from the current allotment OF
$3.50 900 to $648,S9O. This additional
sos, $50 will be used to complete the
Piney Branch trunk sewer to clear
the way for the paving of streets in
the Manor Park section.
AnacOstia Improvement.
The next item of importance in the
sewer program for the coming year Is
the initial allotment of 100000 to be-
gin the upper Anacostia interceptor,
a continuation of the interceptor pipe
below Benning. This project is de-
signed to intercept the two sewers
that now empty into the upper Ana
below the National Training School
for Boys. 1t fits in with the Anacos-
tia Park development and will call for
$43S,000 in addition to this first allot-
ment.
Another installment of $4,000 will
be spent in the coming fiscal year
on the upper Potomac interceptor,
where four sewers from the north
western corner Of the District still
empty into the river at the foot of
Nebraska avenue. Weaver place,
Chain Bridge and the District Line.
Funds are already available to COM
plete within this fiscal year the Rock
Creek interceptor.
OF the $250,000 In the new appro-
priation act for tho construction of
a new bridge across Rock Creek at
NJ street. $33. 500 will have to be spent
to rerOute a main trunk sewer from
Georgetown, which now runs through
the understructure of the old bridge.
The new bridge is being so planned
that the sewer will be, carried around
it instead of in its archway.