New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-09
Cro,on, Water Pipes.
hOCIIMENC No. 13.-Board of As:

Croton, Water Pipes.
nOCUMENT No. 13.-Board of As
~ sis.aht Aldermen, July 18th, ls4e.
Report of the Select Committee the subject OF Mayor
Ewbank's Patent Tinsfd Lead Pipe for the conveyanes
Of the cr00a Water RpwaRp ssss4Fd y yWELiS III sfGS Clerk
The Select Committee to which referred The annexed
petition,
That in addition to the written statements presentes tue
following scientific gentlemen appeared before your Com
med to their consderatin brs. chan Elet, Gale and
Griscom. YoGr Committee have ass personally inspected
the process, OF timing the pipes The opinions OF these
they agree in condenng the use IF ordinary leaden pipes
for the conveyance water as dangerous TO health IN con-
crust Of oxdized lead which thss produced They c.n-
slider the Of eaden pipes most dangerous when iae
water is remarkably pure Dr. Elet states that leaden
has mineral qualities that The process Of
oxidiza,os He experimental with the ppres water while
residing in South Carolina and found such tendency to
oxdizaton satisfied aim of the danger OF using eaaen
pipes Tbe Croton water very pure and therefore the
of leaden pipes ought by all means to be avoided.
Dr. Chiffon recently inspected the Croon water drawn
from the leaden pipes by which it las been INTO
the house of wcllknown merchant in Pearsreet IN
this city, and found the water evidently polluted by the
lead Ali these gentlemen agree that tnnng the INSIDE o
the pipes an eeeua dhsy s aG oran stated af al
the lead should escape being coseredthat the proximity
Of The Tin would from certain chemical causes, prevent
idzaon Of the lead Ii further appears that the process OF
Timing strengthens the pipe, without diminishing us eia'
ITCHY: ,o,.,o- r,o,, ;.c,x,, ,,,. connit,.. III,
they willing to furnish the Corporation OF the City with
their timed eaden pipes which thus recommended by
chemists of high epuato ut the same rate as The ordna-
ry leaden pipes the use of which they all unhesatngy
condemn They would furnish them az from eight to nine
cents per pound-n case al more than nine cents per
pound From all the information obtained, and all the re-
hecton bestowed by your Committee upoa subject OF no
little Importance, as connected with the health and comfort
oour citizens your Committee have arrived at the follow
ing conclusions That the Of the ordinary eaden pipes
for the conveyance OF water when as pure as
the Croton is decidedly dengero and therefore ought TO
avoided The danger would be less where the pipes
small 10 circumference and in daily use, and greater where
ted remain unused for any considerable space of time
The internal coating of tin will be secure protection
again the oxidzaton OF the lead The timed leaden
pipes of the petitioners altogether superior 10 the ordi
nary leaden pipes and deserving OF public patronage
Your Committee therefore recommend that these timed
eaden pipes bt adopted for the conveyance Of tie Crno
water into The public buildings in preference the ordina
ry leaden pipes.
Your Committee offer for the consideration of the Beard
the following resolutions:
Resolved, If the Board of Aldermen concur, That the
Joint Committee ths Croton Asueduct be instructed to
make of Naylor Ewbank's patent timed eaden pipes
for the conveyance of the Croton water into the public
buildings provided that the of the shall not be
greater than that OF any other species of pipe which is
equally safe JNO. B. sCOEES,
WIN. v. BRADY,
CHARLES ). DODGE.
The Timed Leaden Pipes, spoken of in the foregoing
Report, are furnished and put up by
au2S Ir1rod Broad street and 7Oa Broedv,.v