Evening star., 1959-09-30


C-involves a trunk sewer line
from Chain Bridge along the
river down to the Districts
sewerage treatment center at
Blue Plains.
Mr.. Auld pointed out that
this sewer line would free the
Potomac Of rs per cent of the
raw sewage that is now dumped
into the river when the sewer
lines overflow during rain
storms.
To Cost S3O.7 Million
He said that by 1866 the Po-
tomac would be IAN excellent
river" and the foul odors caused
by untreated sewage would be
eliminated.
The total cost of Project C.
is estimated at $30.7, million.
OF this. some $40 million al
ready has been appropriated.
For the overall sanitary en-
cheering six-year program, the
department plans expenditures
OF SALT million from the gen.
eral fund and $43.5 million
from a special sewer fund.
Project c money will come ont
of both funds.
The six-year plan also in
cludes 10 projects for the Dis
trict's water system at a cost
of $7.2 million and six projects
for improvement of the Wash
lngton aqueduct at a cost Of
$2.6 million. Most of the
spending increases in the re-
viSed schedule. Mr.. Aud said. |
are due to rising costs. No
completely new projects have
been added.
Fairgrounds Proposed
Other departments whose
projects were described today
include Welfare. Recreation,
Corrections and Fire Depart
ment.
Seven new playground prof.
ects have been added to the
public works plan, including a
recreation center for the Adams
Morgan urban renewal demon
stration project in Northwest. |
A playground also is planned
for the Southwest redeyelop-
ment area on site at Fourth |
and H streets to be started next
year. The play area will serve
the new Amidon Elementary |
School there. The other new |
projects are:
A neighborhood playground |
near Eighth and Taylor streets |
NV; a play area at Montello |
avenue and Neal street NE: a
new recreation center to be
built at Burns and c street |
Sc; rehabilitation of the ex-
isting recreation center at First |
and I streets S.W., and develop
ment Of a playground at Mis-
sissippi avenue and Thirteenth |
street Sc. in the Camp Simms |
area.
Cottages for Children
Among several new projects
included in the six-year plan !
for the Department of Public !
Welfare is the addition of three
one-story children's cottages
for Junior Village at Blue
Plains. These would each have |
the capacity Of so pre-school
age children. Prior plans called
for only two new cottages.
Another new project is rem
ovation of the second floor of
the hospital building at the
District Training School at
Laurel. Md. This would en-
able doctors to separate chill
dren with psychosomatic i'll
nesses from the other hospital
patients. The department also
plans to renovate Easements Of
eight cottages at the training
school to provide recreation
areas.
A chapel with a seating ca
pacity of 800 is planned for
the Maple Glen School at
Laurel.
An additional second floor
is to be added to the existing
one-story wing Of the Receiv-
ing Home for Children and the
first floor is to be converted
into occupational shops.
10 New Offices
The department also plans
to add a one-story section TO
the administration building at
Junior Village to provide space
for 10 Offices, a conference
room and a waiting room.
Among new project plans
proposed by the Department
of Corrections are a multi
purpose building at the Wom-
ans Reformatory to be used
for Offices and classrooms and
a new heating plant at the
Occoquan Workhouse and con-
struction of three single-story
barns for livestock and ma
chinery replacing an existing
structure.
The Fire Department pro-
posed an addition to the fire
house in the 400 block Of
Eighth street Sc. as one Of
its new projects.
The overall public works
program was updated and the
new features included are
being made public this week.
On Monday the new cost OF
the revised six-year plan was
revealed to be $442.4 million.