Evening star., 1948-12-16
Fairfax 10 Buy
Trunk Sewer
or$500,000
U. S. Accepts Offer;
New Extensions Are
Barred for 80 Days

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County for purchase of the Govern.
ment-owned Holmes Run trunk
sewer has been accepted, the Coun.
tvs Board of Supervisors was in.
formed yesterday.
Notification came as the SUPER
visors voted to deny any further
sewer extensions from the Holmes
Run sewer for 80 days. This means
that no new subdivisions can tap
onto the Holmes Run sewer for that
period, and the supervisors indi-
Gated they may find it necessary to
extend the ban.
Their action was prompted by q
recent visit to the State Water Con.
troll Board, which informed them
they were violating the law by per.
mitting private developers to empty
sewage into the Holmes Run sewer,
which flows into the Potomac River
at New Alexandria.
Sanitary Engineer James j. Cor
balls, jr., who told the supervisors
that the Government had accepted
the $50O,00O offer, explained that
the offer and its acceptance are
conditioned upon the Board Of
Supervisors proceeding with due
dispatch to secure the necessary
funds through the issuance Of
bonds"
3 Million in Bonds Needed.
Mr.. Corbalis said it would re-
quire a $3,000,000 bond issue in
Sanitary District No. /, which is
served by the Holmes Run sewer,
to finance purchase of the Federal
facility, extension of sewage lines
within the district to areas such as
Groveton, and erection of a sewage
disposal plant He said details Of
this program are practically COM
plete.
The next major STEP he said, viii
be to secure signatures on a petit
ton requesting a bond issue refer
endum. Then it will be up to the
residents of Sanitary District No.
l to determine if they want sewer
service.
Mr.. Corbalis said it tentatively
was planned to finance the bond
issue through combination of sew.
erage service charges, special assess
Iments against benefited properties
and a nominal tax levy throughout
the district. He said it was hoped
that the So monthly sewer servics
fee now charged users of the facility
could be reduced when the county
takes over the sewer
To Get Credit for Profit.
The county. he explained, will be
credited with all profits it has
turned over to the Government
from the sewer fees since the county
has been operating the facility for
the Government. He estimated this
would reduce the actual cost of the
Homes: Run sewer to s45o, 900.
The facilities extend approxi-
mately 20 miles and the pipe in.
creases in diameter from IS inches
at their upper extremeties on Lee
highway near Falls Church and
Mortified to So inches at the point
OF discharge into the Potomac River
The facility was designed to servs
an ultimate population Of $4,000 Ia
a 30-square-mile area of Fairfax
County, including part of the city
of Falls Church., Arlington and
Alexandria. There are approxi-
mately $4,000 residents in the sani-
tary district now and about one
half OF these are served by the IA
cility.
Meanwhile. judgments have been
entered by default against Is Fair
fax County residents yesterday for
non-payment of overdue sewer serv-
ice bills.
Fail to Appear.
| Most of those assessed live In the
Huntington and Jefferson Village
areas. The suits against them are
among more than so brought by
Fairfax County for non-payment Of
the 50 monthly sewer service fee In
Sanitary District No /.
| The IS. persons assessed all failed
to appear in court Tuesday, and the
judgments were entered by default
by Trial Justice Harry Carrico.
Judge Carrico continued until De-
cember % two more of the suits
which are begin contested. One Of
these. suit against Hyman r. Glass
of Huntington. will serve as a test
case. 1t is understood either side
will appeal the trial justice court
decision to the Circuit Court. Judge
Carrico continued generally 13 other
suits, pending the outcome of the
test case.
Six suits were dismissed because
the defendants had moved, and
warrants could not be served. The
court was informed that 10 other
suits were dropped after the de-
PENDANTS paid the bills.