New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-15
FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR.
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fifty miles There this grea, work IS coo OF bricks
and 100 600 cubc yards OF Sone masonry.
The the Aqueduct regulated aGthe entrance
gate flow under any pre>ufeit has not been
been permitted To flow in the division the City
greater depth than two fret the works the Cronn
dam required days back that mere water should pass
thrsugh the hrt division (bc distance between sing >uS
and the Cro;on River being cig miles, and was found
10 pass seventy five millions NcwYoh gallons IN II hous
and that rs velocity was Two miles per hour
The CrDon Lake retains, bcysnd the daily Iver
supply, u reserve five hunGred millions OF gallons, and
small expense would aid 9TH artificial lakes Il
hold back an additional supply. bot the necessity OF tbs Is
hardly concs-eablr. 1t estimated that the London
sappy from all Their companies but twen,your millions
of gallons aud Faris four millions only.
The quality OF The Is OF pure and transparent
character and has been oaud already 10 be paaeas'c
beverage to thousands individuals who have used the
water. 1t only remarkable that has been generally
approved
We OF NewYork have therefore got the great de-
>deratuu an abundant supply OF pare and whc!eone wd
ter, N be great millions ct dcias ex
elusive OF the Main and Distributing Pipes throughout the
CITY, tnow laid 10 the OF $50 me exclusive ct ihr
interest accommodating the cost, being all twelve mil
lions of dollars
Well, what OF that does belong the system which
Eternal Wisdom has inflicted on the ord?that the great
est blessings only be procured the greatest cost an
sacnfices9
What, this water 10 do for us 1t TO protect city
now pay in premiums One Million OF Dollars annually 10 IN
sure about half The value Of buildings. goods and chat
tells tor we underwriters 10 the extent oil one
Million more OF prsmiums-here Two Millions 10 pre-
liuHlS paid risks incurred. Ii tbs Crnon Works give
but half security you than will pay the whole
interest OF the Reflect gentlemen the amount oil
property consumed in the CITY, and then consider We can
afford give twelve millions security In Two days
OF December 1885, citizens had consumed by fire en-
~ millions OF dollars, principally in warehouses and her'
chandLe.
1.-THE Twenty Millions OF property destroyed had con
sisted Of DIV cling houses. have turned 100000 of
our citizens into the streets
do not state impossible state eveat highly
probable 10 have happened tor Londoua city built OF
less wooden matealShad re 1906 10 2oe houses
burnt which occupied 456 and embraced 400 street,
81 churches, and variety OF magnificent buildings. The
destruction amounted in value 10 Fifty Millions Doiar-
TIE extensive IRE at Hamb1rgh duag the past year, and
the fires lhroug county show
| the danger were In.
Does any Individual still say that cannot afford 10 pay
much this great work has COST assert that security
agans, such awful caamites be dcaty bought
| lit is buugbt at the lowest possible price.
Unjust be had if possible in every community and the
man who grudges money to the city from destruction
be only who security but for Stocks, and
Dividends, and Bonds and Mortgages, and ioto whose
thoughts the welfare and happiness of his fellow beings
never enter.
But does water cost so much London, in 1884, wassup-
s3anOOo Paris is supplied with quarts per day 10 each
individual spense OF $3.50 900 per The Gro
would furnish hoghcads day 20 each OF our popula
ton al but $500 COO per anruu
After all, we have followed bu al arcSpecahe distance
ancient Rome, with her nine aqueduce, CT which,
longer than the Croton Aquedpct and together
capable OF supplying 250coO0cO of gallons per day Bp'
history does enable say if all OF them IN ope
ration time; do know all The purposes 10
VIII oh II vas applied. The irrigation e the land wis no
doubt Nor do learn
whether these aqueductS supplied million or four mill
lions OF Inhabitants widely do tue accoun OF The popu
laon Of ancient Rome differ
The works OF Rome built by soldiers and by slaves
Ours was voted for by reemen, contracted by
freemen; and make the aspiration that in ages 10
Come il may bless reemen, and ireemen only!
But we pass 10 another branch OF subject: II Is The
value OF the water for domestic purposes. by he almost
mysterious property OF water, the Croton without steam
power, animal human labor descen into Tie cellar and
again mounts into the OF the ottiest house, even op
the cnpola the City Hall This turning OF cock ls
the tubs and culinary vessels OF Tie kitchen IN moment
and almost SOON the fifty hoghead boilers OF steam
boat Nov the sdvin. human lime ana labor IN the per-
omance OF these operations incaiculabe. Thewcght
OF The daily equal 10 lSO tons, and l. goes, Seii
precisely where you want It, Providence has gwen to wa
ter this indescribabe property, that by rivers AMI streams
hows throughout the globe 10 sustain every living thns
While food be carried ported waller OF Itself
moves and travels for the benefit OF all creation The Deity,
with giving this property, evaporaies and
draws the skies, that il may again condense aud Dis
tribute itself the leaves and foliage OF the whee vegea-
BILE Kingdom.
The healthulnsss of all water is proportion alb
,ence of all mineral substances in other words in pro-
portion to its purity. Mineral and other substances in wa
uay beneciay times as medicine, but as
constant beverage water good but pure water ana
the Croon perfectly pure that 1t Is even apprehenqea
| it may have influence lead, which The mineral and
other impurities has tendency 10 pre-
vent.
Numerous analyses, have shown the water to be re-
makaby pure before passed through iour settling
aad clarifying departments o! the Reservoirs.
eleaye the farther consideration OF the security pecu-
iay and practical advantages of this great work. and pass
/ make remark on its moral results
Filth and crims cleanliness and virtue, are near Inns
folks the and conveaences for cleanliness that
furnished population, the more industrious aaI vr-
they viii be. The good water that Is conVe-
nienty supplied temperate Will be people, be
cause we shall longer afford the poor apology for
mixing brandy and with waicr-thnt If making It
d,pkable and may hope The Temperance Cause win
pure Crotsn water, and Croton banner floating To the
breeze will the present system, successfully carry on
The warfare In all rturc times make i; impossible for
them to fad subjects ill up that part OF their corps which
now consists OF reformed drunkards
To the Frcmen OF the City of Nsw-York, who have,
without pay performed arduous duty than properly
falls to the share of any Of free citizens we say Thai Inc
Croton Water Works were made emphatcaiy or them;
nr though ether advantages have been given as reasons o
il, con ruction yet had powerful and controlling
an influence as the universal allegation that the Fire De-
partment enable them prevent the destruction o. be
| City by FIRE, must have full and ample supply oil "alsr
Fremen you have get it, and think hear you say
50 With the Croon Water for Fires and for FueaES-'s
,exr ne a,,fl Conhasratio of 1885 shall he re-
pta.d"
Excuse me fellow citizens for adveng one act ha
in all the expenditures which have been maoe " ou'
agents this great work. the aecouas Of when
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