Evening star., 1939-07-17
Sewer Tunnel Is Being Blasted
Through Rock Under M Street
Huge Bore to Be Part of S., u 300
Project to Reduce Overflow Pollution

it crosses over Rock Greek Park, a
distance of 1000 feet. Contracts
for the west side swer have not vet
been advertised
The Rock Creek project is a part
Of the more than $4,000, 900 P. w. A
sewer program undertaken by the
District.
Other Projects.
Other P. w. A. projects include
the following:
completion November %. 1899. De
Lashmutt Bros, Arlington, Va, has
the contract. Approximately 100
men are now at work on the under
taking
2. Garage. refuse division, at First
and o streets Sc. This is a 5000. 900
project. 1t was started December
9, 1888, and is nearly completed.
klingle Valley Sewer.
3. Klingle Valley enforcement
sewer. This sewer, for which an
allotment of Se6,o55 was made,
serves the Cleveland Park area.
Formerly a combined sewer system
served the area and during neavy
rains the diluted sewage flowed into
Rock Creek. In order to eliminate
the overflow a second system was
put in. with the idea of CARVING
the storm water into the creek, and
all sanitary sewage at all times to
be carried into the interceptors. A
sewer line of 1890 feet long was
involved. The work was started
December 10, 1888, and was COM
pleted by the contractor, Warren F.
Brenlzer, on June 9.
AS a folloWup it will be necessary
to make changes in plumbing in a
number of buildings in the section
For this purpose a w. P. A. project
involving 100000 approximately
has been set up. Agreements have
been obtained from most of the
property owners to do the work.
4. Good Hope road enforcement
sewers. The purpose of this de-
Velopment, similar to the Klingle
project, was to eliminate overflow
In this case the overflow went into
the Anacostia River. The project
was started on December II and fin
ished on May q. An allotment of
$4,000 was made for the project.
For changes in plumbing a w. P. A.
allotment of $42,50O has been OBJ
tanned.
Macomb Street Sewers.
5, Macomb street drainage area
enforcement sewers. This is an
other completed project. The cost
was $47,870 The sewers did not
go directly into water course, such
as the Klingle Valley sewer and the
Good Hope road line. However,
they emptied into a trunk line which
extended to the Potomac, and the
project was undertaken for the same
purpose as the others-the elimi-
nation of pollution. This was ac-
complished by taking the sanitary
flow out of the trunk line and
dlvorcing it into an interceptor line
which runs in parkway from Po-
tomac to Massachusetts, avenue.
6. Outfall relief sewer. This un-
dertaking, on the east side of and
paralleling the Anacostia River, is
intended to carry sewage flow from
the entire District to the treatment
plant. 1t extends from the south
portion of Boiling Field, north across
the field and will reach the east bank
OF the Anacostia River opposite the
Navy Yard, being $4,000 feet in
length. Most of it is 9 feet 4 inches
by 8 feet inches. The allotment
for the undertaking was $81O,7OO II
was started May II, 1899, and is
scheduled for completion April IS
1910.
7. Flood gates. On a $4,000 allot-
ment flood gates were constructed al
Boiling Field to prevent the river al
high flood stage from flooding the
sewers and getting behind the dikes
of Boiling Field and into the treat
ment plant. The project was started
December and completed March %.
8. Oxon Run interceptor. This
line, 1925 feet long, extends along
Southern avenue, and is intended to
serve a drainage area between the
District line, Nichols avenue and
Alabama avenue. It is an extension
of the recently completed section
of the interceptor, or trunk line
Until its completion additional sew
ers in the area cannot be built, one
reason, probably, engineers say, why
there has been no more development
in the area. The allotment for the
project is $70,375. 1t was started
June 26, 1899. and is scheduled for
completion February 16, 1910.
8. Additions to Glenn Dale sew.
age treatment plant. This project
was to incorporate additional needed
features in the existing plant al
the tuberculosis sanitarium. The
allotment was $20,500. 1t was start.
ed December 80, 1888, and com.
pleted on June ~.
In addition to these P. w. A. I'm.
dertakings the District government
is carrying on q number of smaller
projects for improving and extend.
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