Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
SANITARY BOARD
PLANS NEW WORK
1924, 900 to Be Spent on
Sewer and Water Systems
This Spring.
By GEORGE PORTER,

Plans for an extensive program Of
work to be done during the Spring con-
struction season, utilizing the proceeds
OF its last bond issue, which totaled
1924, 900, were approved by the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Commission
yesterday
Foremost in the list of projects au-
thorized is the completion of the Rock
Greek trunk sewer from the District line
to a point opposite the Chevy Chase
outlet sewer, about $500 feet, at an es-
timated cost of $4,000, together with
the completion of the Chevy Chase out
a cost of about $4,000.
The completion of these two items, 1t
is pointed out by T. Howard Duckett,
chairman of the commission, will relieve
Rock Creek of most of its pollution and
will to a large extent comply with the
agreement between the Sanitary Com
mission and the District of Columbia.
Protects Rock Creek.
This agreement was made about two
years ago between the District Commits
sioners and the Sanitary Commission
following charges by Lieut.. Col. u. S.
Grant, Sd, that the waters of Rock
Creek were polluted through drainage
from Maryland.
The plans have been completed and
approved and contract let for the pipe
to the Lock-Joint Pipe Co. The pipe is
SO inches In diameter and the contract
price Is about $4,000.
other extensive work included in the
Spring construction program. as an
nounced by j. Darby Bowman, secre-
tary to the commission, consists of the
completion of the Sligo Valley sewer, at
a cost of approximately $500, and the
building of numerous laterals in that
territory, costing $4,000. The main Sligo
Valley sewer Is now nearing compile
ton, and when the lateralS are built
practically all the pollution will be
kept from the valley.
The commission made an allowance
Of $4,000 for the Berwyn water and
sewer system, now under contract, and
expected to be completed within the
next so days.
Extensions authorized by the COM
miSSioners to be built during the Spring
are:
A small extension in Gretta. at q
water main In Marguerite avenue, Riv-
erdale Heights, at cost of $4,000; con-
struction of a water line at Ellaville
street, West Riverdale, at a cost of
$4,000: small extension in Ivy
street, Brentwood, costing $500: a
small extension at Indian Spring
Terrace, to cost $3.50: the compile
ton of water and sewer lines In
part of section 3, Chevy Chase, to cost
$4,000, and an extension in Martins
Terrace, to cost Sits.
Would Serve College.
The only other principal item con-
Sidered was an extension from the
Mount Rainier system to serve the new
De La Sale College, now being COM
pleted on the District line, near Brook
land. This extension involves an ex-
penditure of approximately $40, 900, and
the brotherhood constructing the col
lege has agreed to deposit $4,000
toward carrying the cost of the con-
struction.
The commission has taken no
action as yet upon the request Of the
Chevy Chase Land Co. for water and
500, 900, but Secretary Bowman declares
that this, and other requisites pending
together with the construction that will
probably be made necessary by new de-
velopments In the Spring, will neces-
state another bond issue In the early
Summer. Two other items were APP
proved by the commission, but no es-
Inmates on their cost has yet been OBJ
tanned. One Is the construction during
the Summer of a trunk sewer along
Willett Brook from Edgemoor to con-
meet with the existing sewer along
Little Falls Branch. The other Is a
short extension of the water main in
Wilson's lane.