Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-06

torily for the pest
interests of the Ma
tional Capital. Rep. Holiday.
,,,,astigation that caused the budget
item for the Klingle Valley sewer TO %
omitted from the appropriation Dill Aoi
the coming fiscal year.
Program in Good Shape.
ssThe program of public works Is IN
good shape, Mr.. Hoiaday eAplaiAl 49,. -
discussing the outlook under his cnar-
rnanship of the appropriations suocon-
T1nittee. following general survey OF the
Tistrict. to which he was assigned sew
eral wears ago by the late Representa-
five Martin 3. Madden of Illinois, then
chairman of the Appropriations COM
rnittee. 1--WE do not anticipate that
there win be any great increase IN the
appropriation for highways.
"The appropriations for school build
fnus will be decreased because IN the
bill lust passed for the coming fiscal
wear we endeavored to make clean up
of ali the work in arrears, making the
funds Immediately available so as 70
exuedite the work as much as poSslDle.
To carry out that program we diverted
several items this year that could not
be eficiently used and put them INTO
the school building program.
s.were for the Benning Bridge and the
Klingle Valley sewer, as recommended
by the Budget Bureau. The Bennlng
bridge item will be in the next appro-
priation bill, and the. sewer item Will
depend upon what We work out as a Iu-
ture policy regarding the sewer system.
Looking ahead several years, the
people of the District must be prepared
for a very considerable increase in the
-,~x,rov,yio ffor7r for. the sewer system.
Sewage Survey Result Cited.
saHere is the situation we found in re-
gard 10 the Klingle Valley item--o1 per
cent of all the sewage in the Rock Creek
area comes from outside Of the District
OF Columbia, leaving Is per cent arising
in the District. The proposition that
we cut out of the bill would ultimately
cost $40 ,OO0, 900 and would care for only
about 6 per cent of the sewage.
$50 we are directing particular
study on the sewer situation, in which
the District Commissioners and the
District engineers are cooperating.
Personally I am considering that the
best constructive policy for the future
of the sewer system would be TO start
from the outlet to build the enlarged
system. rather than TO enlarge the in
take and have the entire system clogged
up by a series of bottle necks, through
out the system"
Summarizing the public works situa-
ton. Mr.. Holiday explained that the
normal increase in school attendance
is 100000 in the senior high schools,
600 in the junior high schools and 300
in the elementary grades.
ITO meet that" he said, I'VE VIII
need to build one senior high school
each three years and one unit OF the
Junior high schools each year, and "a
elementary school rooms each year. In
the bill recently passed there are 81
elementary rooms. We are about TO
complete the second unit Of three
Junior high schools and We are be-
ginning on the first units of two more,
and carrying along work on the Roose-
welt Senior High School. This is what
we are figuring on each year as new
school housing, and it will gradually
take care Of requirements on some OF
the old buildings. It Is on this basis
that we figure that the appropriations
for school buildings during the next
few years viii not be as high as they
are in the current bill.
Highway Status Reviewed.
''Regarding the arterial highways Of
the District the work is well in hand
on the entire H. Wisconsin avenue,
Connecticut avenue, Sixteenth street
and Georgia avenue have all been COM
pIeted. New Hampshire avenue Is not
vet commenced. Michigan avenue Is
under construction and about one-half
completed, with more funds Just APP
uropriated. Rhode Island avenue is
completed. There is money in the new
hill for New York avenue. Bladens-
burg road is completed. Benning road
Is under construction. Pennsylvania
avenue southeast is practically com :
pleted until the new bridge is built IN
the future.
THE work Is in a satisfactory situa-
ton regarding the four bridges across
the Potomac River; Highway Brlose -
i'm good condition, the Memorial Bridge
iS being completed. the Key Bridge is
new and the replacing Of the old Chain
Bridge Is awaiting the action OF VIZ
GINA to cooperate.
Across the Anacostia River the
Eleventh street bridge Is gooc, the
Pennsylvania avenue southeast bridge Is
old and must be replaced, and the Ben
ming Bridge is old, with plans for
new structure under way.
Across Rock Greek, the K Street
Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge are good; the M Street Bridge Is
new: the p Street Bridge Is old, and
money has been appropriated for plans
for a new structure. The Q Street
Bridge is in good condition; the Con-
necticut Avenue Bridge is new; Calvert
Street Bridge is old. and money is APP
propriated for plans for a new struc-
ture; the Klingle Bridge is old, and
money has been appropriated and the
contract let for replacement.
Pledges Earnest Help.
ssIn all there are Is bridges, of which
are new and In good condition. OF
the other SIX, for one money has been
appropriated and the contract is let;
for three plans are under way; the
other two are SIN awaiting action
chain bridge and Pennsylvania Avenue
southeast.
saTlnis summary, we believe, shows that
our public works program Is being sys-