Evening star., 1945-09-14

$500, 900 Program
Asked for Aqueduct,
Sewers and Refuse
A $1,086,710 Recreation Depart
ment budget for l947, includin,
funds for equipping a number O
school Fairgrounds, was made publi
today by the Commissioners. De
tails of proposed $500 900 pro
gram for expansion of water
aqueduct and sewer facilities ant
refuse service were revealed las
night.
Capital outlay expenditures Raw
been vastly increased in all thes
budgets. excep, in the case of th
Water Division. Principal increase
in the Recreation Department
budget is for improvement of rec
reation areas, with $259,7l0 ear
marked for such work, compared
with only $4,000 appropriated TO
this year.
If the District is successful IL
obtaining approximately $4,000,
from Federal Work Agency fol
planning money for the first sec.
ton of the departments deferred
development program, additiona
construction costs may be aided
FWA must go to Congress for thu
planning money and, If it fails, the
District may seek a supplemental
appropriation of its own.
The deferred development pre-
gram released several months ago
covers improvements to So recrea.
tion areas, and construction of q
number of swimming pools anc
buildings.
Ask for Information Director.
Recreation officials have askeo
for q director of information anc
research at $3.50 a year, S senior
recreation directors and 19 full.
time recreation directors. The re.
search director is needed, 1t was ex-
planned, to compile reports anc
studies, supply information to civic
groups and prepare press releases
Another item would make it pos
sible to provide s25,000 for equip.
ping school Fairgrounds. Under
capital expenses. the department
has included $4,000 for three shell.
ter houses, two utility buildings ane
alterations to existing buildings
Sl53, 900 for grading, seeding, drain
age, planting and surfacing of rec.
reation property and $23,610 fo
survey and planning work. TIL,
shelter houses are. for Hamilton
Lafayette and East Garfield rec.
reation areas.
Overall figures for the refuse
sewer. water and aqueduct budget.
for l947 reveal requests of $6,375. .O4-
for operating expenses and s9,51o,524
for capital outlay. Similar appro.
prlatlon figures for 1916 are S..
3500o0 for operating costs ane
$3,075, 800 for construction.
s41,427, 200 Program Planned.
A long-range program from 1874
to 1890, not previously released b,
of1lcialS, calls for a $4l ,427 900 con.
struction program for the Washing.
ton aqueduct, which is supported b,
the District but is under Army en-.
gineers. OF this total, $22, 400 900 Of
cost would be borne by the aqueduct
and $l9,025. 600 by the water di.
vision. This program, which ha.
been approved by Engineer Com.
mission Charles w. Kutz but not We,
by the other Commissioners. aban.
dons the idea of third aoueduct
Instead it contemplates enlarge.
ment of the facilities of Dalecarlis
Reservoir,
The aqueduct program. which also
has not yet been approved by the
chief of Army engineers, has beer
divided into four construction
stages, 1947 to 1850, 1851 to 1855
1856 to 1861 and 1862 to 1890. The
work for the first stage would bt
slightly over 5000 900. The maxi.
mum Of water furnished in any one
day has increased from ITO 600. .Oof
gallons in 1881 to 1877 ,480, 900 in 1914
and 1t is estimated that maximum
demand in 1947 will reach 200 900.
600 gallons.
Aqueduct officials have asked fol
81, 5000 for capital improvements
IN l947, almost seven times the
$317 900 appropriated this year
The purposes of the program are to
continue major rehabilitation of
the system Ito insure an ADEQUATE
and dependable water supply" and
construct basic supply facilities and
Improvement as an initial step to
increasing supply.
Projects include: To improve dis
tribution of water in Georgetown
reservoir, $4,000, yentilating sys-
tenn for Mcmillan pumping station
and transformer vault, $4,000: two
new transformers for Dalecarlia
substation, $45,O0O; repair and re-
Mobilization of Mcmillan filter
plant, $85, 900; relocating Dalecarlia
hitter plant acid storage tanks,
$4,000; shop facilities for Dalecarlia
and Mcmillan. $4,000; additional
revetment of the shore of Dalecarlia
$50 900; new bridge floor and light
ing of the Cabin John Bridge,
s53 5000; improvements to Mcmillan
filter plant, 1888. .0000;, relocation of
certain utility items at Dalecarlia
1884 900; new mixing and sedimen-
tation basins at Dalecarlia, $578, 600,
and 10000, ,000-gallon clear water
basin at Dalecarlia, $413,0OO.
The refuse division is seeking al
most double its $4,000 spproprla-
Llon in 1916 for construction by re-
questing 81 ,221 ,720 for 1947. For the
of garage and shop
building in the vicinity of West Vir-
yinia avenue and Mount Olivet road
NE. the division has proposed an
outlay of $730,600.
The division has asked for an ad-
litional appropriation of 1888 900 for
construction Of an incinerator at
Montello avenue and Mount Oliyet
'oad NE, for which $712, 900 already
las been appropriated. An additional
'l39, 900 also is sought because of
higher building costs for the refuse
ransfer station at New Jersey ave-
lue and K street Sc.
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