Evening star., 1952-07-23
Sewer Division
Asks Budget Of
$751; Million
Sum Is Nearly
Three Times That
For Current Year

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priated for the current fiscal
year, was requested today by the
District Sewer Division for new
construction in 1854.
In addition, the division seeks
$1,715,000 to operate the facili-
ties it now has, plus those ex-
pected to be completed in the
next IL months.
Actually, the sewer people had
figured on another $1.2 million in
construction money to remedy
the overflow in the Rock Greek
Park intercepter sewer. But the
Rock Greek situation suddenly be-
came so critical that Congress
granted a supplemental fund for
1858 to remedy the overflow.
Projects Specified.
The big construction request
reflects the divisions concern
over the city's sagging sewer sys-
tenn. The money it hopes to get
in fiscal 1854 would enable these
much-needed projects, among
others:
Widening, dredging and paving
Watts Branch, in the Northeast
Deanwood area, to provide an
open stormwater flow from the
District Line to the Anacostia
River.
Northwest Boundary area -
stormwater relief on @ street,
from Eighteenth to Twenty-sec-
ond, the latter to P street and
thence into Rock Creek.
Slash Run area-Stormwater
relief, on New Hampshire avenue
from a Georgetown Channel out
let to L street, L to Fourteenth.
The above three projects are esti-
mated at So million each, for
only part of the total job.
81 Million Projects.
These are individual 81 million
improvements, chiefly storm wa
ter relief, envisioned in the 1854
estimates. and likewise in most
cases would only partly complete
the projects:
Michigan Avenue Valley-From
Twenty-second street and Eastern
avenue NE. along Varnum street
to Michigan avenue.
New York avenue NE.-Eliml-
nate an open stream and replace
q sewer between Bladensburg
road and Montana avenue-a pre-
liminary to extension of New
York avenue to connect with the
Baltimore Washington parkway.
Polk street MEAN open paved
ditch along the line of Ord street.
from the vicinity of Kenilworth
avenue to the Anaeostia River.
East Capitol street-Start one
section of a big tunnel from Min
nesota avenue toward Benning
road.
Anacostia area-A number Of
small patchwork" jobs Of about
$4,000 each in the section
bounded by the Anacostia River
AldUdI11d dRC1luC
Oxon Run-A new line drain
ing either side of this stream.
Smaller Jobs.
Al number of smaller but vital
Jobs include these:
New storm water line in the
Palisades Park area, 100000; a
sanitary (raw sewage) line from
Dalecarlia parkway to Forty
ninth street and Massachusetts,
avenue, and along Forty ninth to
Chesapeake street NV, $500, 900,
and storm relief in the area OF
Nebraska and Nevada avenues
NV, $500,000
Aside from sewer line replace
ments and additions. Sewer Supt.
Young j. Wright requests $2.2 mil
lion for planning and building and
aeration plant and secondary
sedimentation tanks at the Sewage
Treatment Plant at Blue Plains.
This would very nearly round out
the massive installation that pro-
cesSes all the Districts sewage as
we'll as large quantities that flow
into the city network from Subur-
ban Maryland.
13 More Employees.
For 1854 operating expenses,
the division wants $23, $3.50 to hire
Is new employees to operate the
new $2.6 million sludge drying and
incinerating plant. and the new
sewage chlorination station, both
due to be built with funds appro-
priated this year for the Blue
Plains plant.
Another $34,900 is sought to buy
such equipment as a milling ma
chine to make or repair replace
ment parts for vital maintenance
machinery; buy portable winch
and derrick to juggle sewer tops,
and large special truck for clean
ing catch basins.
The division also needs q new
truck for cleaning streams and
sewer outlets in connections with
mosquito control.
When the city gets its sludge
processing plants in final opera
ton, Mr.. Wright points out, rev.
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