Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1935, Page 20

B4 « RIVER POLLUTION| PROGRAN MAPPED! Park and Planning Unit Fa- vors Extension of Trunk Sewers. An entirely new program, designed ! to eliminate pollution in the Potomac River, was recommended yesterday to the interested authorities by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission. Under the program trunk sewers in | Maryland would be extended, a new sewage treatment plant built above | the District line in the vicinity of Bladensburg, Md., existing sewers 1n Rock Creek Valley. already connected With District sewers, would be extend- ed, discharge of sewage into Piney Branch would be eliminated and sani- tary and storm sewers in the Walter Reed Hospital area separated. John Nolen, jr., director of plan- ning of the commission. explained that this new program shows the next steps that should be taken to sup- plement the present pollution-elimina- | tion program. which includes bu llding | of a sewage disposal plant by the Dis- trict government at Blue Plains Th)c] primary treatment plant will reduce the sewage load now being dumped nto the Potomac River by about half, | | he explained The commission said: “After completion of the construc-, tion work for which funds already have been allotted. there will remain the following principal sources of pol- Iution in the Potomac River drainage above the points of discharge of the District and Arlington County treat- ment plants: “A. In dry weather. | Acute in Summer. “1. Serious pollution in the vari- ous branches of the Anacostia River from a sewered population of 32.000 in suburban Maryland. Below the District line the polluted condition ©of the upper Anacostia will continue therefore to be acute. especially dur- ing the low flows of Summer months, and a decided detriment to the further use and development of Anacostia Park, even though all District sewage | will soon be removed. The nm4 for this situation will involve the tension of trunk sewers in Maryla and and the construction of a treatment plant above the District line in the vicinity of Bladensburg “2. Moderate, but increasing pol- lution in Rock Creek Park in Mary- land. and in the District. from a popu- lation of 4.600 in Maryland. This condition can be eliminated by ex- tension of existing Maryland sewers in Rock Creek Valley already con- nected with District sewers. The ne- cessity for remedial action is now be- ing determined by a joint committee under an agreement made in 1931 be- tween the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Maryland suthorities as stipulated in the Cap- er-Cramton act. “B. In rainy weather. ! *1. Occasional pollution in the lower | section of Rock Creek in times of | storm, with subsequent residual | effects, from the discharge of large | quantities of combined sewage into | Piney Branch at Sixteenth street and at various points in Rock Creek be- low Piney Branch. Plans for over- coming this increasingly objectionable condition _are being studied by the Nanonal Park Service under a recent W. A. allotment. Further funds rm be needed to secure the relief | needed, Sewer Separation. “2. Occasional pollution in the upper section of Rock Creek within the Dis- trict in times of storm from com- bined sewers serving Walter Reed Hoepital and that portion of Luzon Valley north of same, discharging Into a tributary of Rock Creek. Sepa- | ration of sanitary and storm sewers | within this area will remove this; source. “The removal of pollution occur- ring during dry weather in the An costia River and Rock Creek is there- fore a responsibility of Mar authorities. while Rock Creek during rainy \wn'hr‘r 15 a responsibility of the District.” The commission saw these results | to be obtained: “When action is taken and con- struction completed under this new program, during dry weather no pollu- tion from any material source will Teach the Potomac or any of its tribu- faries_above Blue Plains and Four Mile Run except as carried upstream by the tide. Downstream on the Po- tomac, the primary treatment of the sewage from a population of more than 500,000 will afford an urgently needed and substantial relief from the excessive pollution load now imposed on the river, especially acute and objectionable dur the low flows ©of Summer months. During rainy weather, polluticn will reach the Potomac River above the points of treatment. the lower Anacostia River ‘within the District, and possibly to a |~ limited degree the lower portion of Rock Creek, but always from combined the pollution in Copyright, A. Michael O'Brien, modesty by the Roadside." fhe Denver Art Gt u!d Hodcarrier Turns Artist 82 years old. of Denver (above) demonstrated that shoulders that carry a hod can bear up well under fame by displaying when procleimed Denver's outstanding artist. painted on a cardboard, won him his first recognition by THE | P. Wirephoto. His picture, “Rest MANCTLLA ACTORS WINPLAY TOURNEY Ted Tiller’s “30 Minutes to Go” Provides Wealth of Comedy. The Man-Tilla Players and their “Thirty Minutes to Go last night were awarded first place in the one- act play tournament of the Com- munity Center Depariment at Roose- velt High School A complete triumph for the Man- Tilla group, with no help at all frem the outside. the play is the product of the nimble humor of Ted Tiller. 2d. wience the “Tilla” half of the name derives. Tiller's piece is a more or less insane frivolity about a young lady who learns at 11:30 pm. she must be married by midnight. a situa- tion which presents much opportunity for comedy. It is a very dizzy farce this “Thirty Minutes to G and deserves to have won a prize even if it had not been so well played. Cast Enthusiastic. But with John Mann's precise di- rection and the gay enthusiasm with which all the members of the cast entered their roles, there could have !'been no other choice. There was Ann rrett, whose happy performance in won her the covet=d title of be le m same best actress award: there was John Mann, who directed the piece and then won more g aining honorable mention in the award for Tiller, Maxine Kahn, and Eugene Kressin, three more amateur perform- ers of handsome stature. That is a cast to win any prize. Second place went to a play of different type, the Washington Com- munity Players’ “Four Who Were Blind,” a thoughtful religious drama, which was performed Thursday and again last night. This also was played by a smoothly performing cast, a group of young locals who know their way about a stage. Two won honor- able mention as actors, John Sikken, who played intensely and authen- who is shown a miracle, and Robert Halsted for his fine character work as an Armenian coffee shop proprietor. Herman Reiss also took part in “Four zewers diluted in varying proportions. ‘This latter situation will necessarily prevail even when there is a complete treatment plant for the District. “Modern sewage disposal practice recognizes that a reasonable reliance may and should be placed on the natural assimilating power of flowing water to purify greatly diluted or par- tially treated sewage. The Potomac River is one of our larger waterways and considering both dry and rainy ‘weather conditions, the results to be obtained by both the present and new program will represent marked prog- ress and be consonant with the prac- tical situation which exists.” ‘This new program is the result of action taken by the commission at its January meeting. Frederic A. Delano, the commission's chairman, and Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Com- missioner of the District, who is also & commission member, were named as a special committee to study the problem. BUG MYRIADS INVADE FARMS DUE TO EROSION By the Assoctated Press. Descent of millions of bugs from the slopes to the lowlands by soil erosion was described last night by the De- partment of the Interior as a threat to agriculture in certain localities. Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, vice di- rector of the soil erosion service, de- clared that a report by V. F. Blan- chard, county agent, and T. R. Merry- weather, assistant county agent of Ventura County, Calif., for the first time called attention “to the danger involved in the erosive shifting of germ-laden soil.” “In addition to damage from de- positing soil which is usually of a different type from the original soil,” the report said, “greater damage is oc- casioned by the spreading of insidious diseases and pests.” Dr. Lowdermilk said an investiga- tion will be made to determine in just what parts of the country such erosion is under way. ~ Couto ol Whsk: % for BUSINESS...1 block from Times Square, 3 blocks from Sth Ave. 8 minutes to Wall S¢. Under- ground passageway toall subways, * for DINING...3 fine restaurants to choose from—the Coffee Room, the Tavern Grill and Bar, and the Main Dining Room, withdancing. $7)50 Srom SINGLE from 50 TWO-ROOM SUITES...from $7.00 Special Rates For Longer Periods Aot/ @LINCOLN the best actor. and there were Ted | tically as one of the British soldiers | George Farrington. Jesse Veitch and | E) ons 1 DOUBLE Who Were Blind,” directed by Frank | Baer. Rhodes Best Actor. Arthur Rhodes w selected best actor in the tournam for his work | n “What They Think." by the Troup: ers of Fast Washington Commuhity Center, another of the four to be p'vu‘ sented in the finals last night. Faith Howell, Marguerite Bone and James Martin were other players in this drama of a boy, a girl, a mother, a ‘ra!h(r and parental misunderstanding. Mr. Rhodes also directed. The award for best voice and diction went to Milton Herschfield. in “His ‘ledrm entered by the Jewish Com- munity Center Dramatic Society. Hon- orable mention was awarded Esther | Galbraith. Hugh Smith, Mabel Sworm- | stedt and Hazel Showalter. Mrs. Carl Hartley and Marjorie Folks are others who won honorable mention in the best-actress nuard The other play r and to be pr st night was An Emergen entry of the Masquers of Sligo Park Hills. William Wight directed Gladys Wight, Betty Lyman, E. Francis McDevitt, Robert | Pigrim and David Harger in this | hospital operating room drama Tu* play selections were made by | the five local dramatic critics, E. de S. Melcher of The Star. Nelson B. Bell of |the Post, Don Craig af the News, 1Andrem R. Kelley of the Times and John Worth substituting for Mabelle Jennings of the Hersld —H. M ]COLORED MAN WIELDS ’ BOTTLE IN BATTLE| | Fred B. Fulcher, 30, of 609 Maryland | avenue southwest., and a gang of | colored men had an argument yester- dav—and Fulcher came out second | Fulcher. driver for a soft-drink com- pany. had parked his truck at Six and-a-half and N streets. A colored | man approached the truck and made off with a bottle of ginger ale. | During the fight that ensued when Fulcher tried to recover the bottle, he was cut on the head with a knife. Retaliating, he hit his assailant over the head with a quart bottle, he said. But meanwhile, & number of other colored men stole three cases of ginger ale, he told police. 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