Evening star., 1941-08-01
Maryland Area
ToAsk j. ). Aid
For New Utilities
D. c. Boom Forcing
Water and Sewer
Extensions Nearby

A formal application 1or FeoeraI
aid in financing a s2,3l5, 900 program
of water and sewer extensions in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties will be submitted tomorrow
by the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission.
j. Donald Clagett. commission
member, said preliminary estimates
based on a survey by Chief Engi-
neer Harry r. Hall, already have
been submitted to John M. Carmody,
Federal Works Administrator, under
provisions of the new law making
loans or grants available for i'm
provements necessitated by an influx
of national defense workers.
The commission is now preparing
to augment its water supply by con-
struction of a dam. reservoir and
new filtration plant costing about
$2,500,00 Mr.. Clagett pointed out.
An additional expenditure of more
than 81 900 900 for needed water and
sewer facilities would severely tax
its resources, he said.
Increased Demands Seen.
In his letter listing proposed ex-
tensions Mr.. Hall pointed out that
a line from District Heights to Suit
land would provide water for the
new Government building there, but
would not be adequate to take care
of the increased demands resulting
from general development of the
area, so that further extensions
could be anticipated.
In addition to the demands of
growing residential communities in
the two counties, MI. Clagett ex-
planned that the commission now
is serving many Federal agencies
within its boundaries-the Horti-
cultural Station of the Beltsville
Research Center, the community
of Greenbelt, where an additional
1000 homes are to be built. and
the Glenn Dale Sanitarium of the
District of Columbia, all in Prince
Georges County. In Montgomery
County the commission furnishes
water to the National Institute of
Health and will soon be servicing
the new Naval Hospital now near
ing completion.
Many OF the contemplated items
would have been constructed over
period of years, so that their cost
could have been assessed proper
tionately and absorbed in increased
assessments resulting from gradual
growth, Mr.. Clagett stated. The
sudden rapid development resulting
from the recent infiux of residents
because of the national defense pro-
gram, however, demands immediate
expansion so adequate service may
be continued without placing an
excessive burden upon the residents
of the Sanitary Commission area,
he explained.
Sewers Would Be Extended.
One item calls for completion of
the Anacostia River sewage-treat-
ment works. to provide for COM
plete treatment, and for the ex-
tension of trunk sewers to intercept
the sewage from the new and rapid
ly growing communities which will
cause Objectionable conditions in
some of the streams. Other trunk
sewer projects will provide relief
from pollution of the streams, espe-
cially the Potomac River intercept
tor, which will solve the problem
of proper disposal of the sewage
of a large area now under develop
ment and will permit service of
communities along the Conduit road
as far up the river as Cabin John.
The water projects, totaling
4632.149, are as follows: Block street,
Locust avenue and Ross street, in
Guiding tunnel under railroad tracks;
River road between Tuxedo road
and Newton Village: Burnt Mills
to White Oak to Hillandale; Georgia
avenue, Plyers Mill road to Veirs
Mil road; County road, Rockville
pike to Dresden street, Kensington;
Jones Bridge road and Maryland
6NeIlue, WllcdJOll W hcilSlllB tOll,
Massachusetts avenue, Little Falls
Branch to Glen Echo Heights;
Goldsboro road. Massachusetts, ave-
nue. to Conduit road; Branchville
road Washington Baltimore pike to
Edmonston road railroad crossing;
Calvert avenue, College Park, to
Edmonston road; District Heights
TO Suitland; standpipe at Wheaton
and elevated tank at Glen Echo
Heights.
The sewer projects are: Compile
ton of Anacostia River sewage
treatment works; Northeast Branch
trunk sewer, Riverdale to Branch
vile road; Paint Branch trunk
sewer to connection with Univer-
sity of Maryland Potomac River
interceptor, District line to Cabin
John Branch; Cabin John Branch
sewer; Beaver Dam Branch trunk
sewer pumping station and force
main, totaling 1858, ,849.