New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-14
Cro,on Water Pipes.
nOCUMENT No. 13.-Board of AS

Report Of the Select Committee the subject of Naylor
Ewbanks Patent Tnhed Lead Pipe for the convey ahce
u ''1 0'0'''' EDWARD WILLIAMS, Clerk. .
The Select Committee, which referred The annexed
petition, ,u
That in addition the written statements presentes Tue
following scientific gentlemen appeared before your Com
ml,tee, and were examined by the, upon tne 'ets
mitted 10 their consideration: Drs. Chiffon Eet Gae and
Grscom. Your Committee have also personally lnspeC.ea
the process OF timing the pipes Inc op.sios VI .ese
gentlemen very clearly and posltvey e1 1presSeu :
they agree condemnng the Use OF ordinary ieaden pipes
for the Conveyance OF water as dangerous 10 heh, III I
sequence Of the highly poisonous character OF me wle
crust of oxized lead which is bss produced They con-
slider OF eaden pipes most dangerous when ne
water is remarkably pure. DR.. Eet states that leaden
pipes are the city OF Edinburgh where the water
has certain mineral qualities that cuunc-act the process OF
oxidizaton He experimental with be pures water while
residing in South Carolina and found such tendency to
pIpes be Croon water is very pure, and therefore the
use Of caden pipes ough, by all means 10 be avoided.
Dr. Chiffon recently inspected the Croon water drawn
from the eaden pipes by which las been introduced into
the house of well known merchant IN fsarstTeet IN
lead All these gentlemen agree timing the inside of
the pipes etfecual protection Ihey also s,alea la
would be protection, ailhougE some s',Sl @
of the Tin would from certain chemical causes prevent
idz alton Of the lead. lurhe appears that me process Oh
timing Strengthens the ppe WITHOUT diminishing it'
Messrs. Navlor Ewbank inform yonr Committee that
they are willing furnish The Corporation OF the City with
their timed eaden pipes which thus recommended by
chemists u high reputaon al the same rate a inc oruna
condemn They would furnish them at from eight I" nine
cents per pound-n at more than nine cents per
pound From all The Information obtained, and all the re-
Election bestowed by your Committee upon subject OF no
little Importance connected with tie health and comfort
OF our citizens your Committee have arrived at the follow
ing conclusions: That the OF the ordinary eaden pipes
for the conveyance Of particularly when as pure as
the Croton, decidedly dangerous and thereere ou nj 70
be avoided The danger would be less whsre the pipes are
small circumference and daily use, and greater where
there is of surface asd they have been permit
ted 10 remain unused for any considerable space OF time
The internal coating OF Tin will be secure prsteet!on
against the oxdization OF the Lead The timed eaden
pipes petitioners altogether superior 10 the ord
nary leaden pipes and deserving of public patronage
Your Committee therefore recommend that these tnnea
leaden pipes adopted for the OF the Croton
water into public buildings in preference TO the ordna-
~ eaden pipes.
Your Committee offer the consideration OF the Board
the following resolutions:
Resolved Il the Board of Aldermen concur, That the
Joint Committee on the Croton Aeueduet be instructed 10
make use OF Nayor Ewbanks patent timed leaden pipes
for the CONVEYANCE of the Croton water into the pubic
buildings provided that the of the shall not be
greater than that any other species ot pipe which
equally safe. JNO. b. SCoLEs,
CHARLESU. DODGE.
The Timed Leaden Pipes, spoken of in the foregoing
Report, are furnished and pu, UP by
aug lmeod rs froaa.street and 70S Broadway