New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-26
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[ - ,,s yrnuing with plentiful supply of ws.sr
.,;.h !. never falling The area Of this Pond is -
-. bu, 4 VIZ be ehls'seo 10 70 acres w vegetable
go, which grows in . viii be removed, tbs bottom
s.,sd and fhe sdss pJ5dsd This poad capsule OF
-, eehx,ge II $4,000 ,slons After p.rtskinz Of 8
n.fop ginnonsoDs CorDweii's and other roods, p1r
,.d by The Company y,iisd and the qa.y Of the
,ey tested by the conf sny Returning % John Seed
a,s At oclook 81 exc lst dinner was ready at l. 70
-t,.b they sat do~n Hon. T. w Fiske presided. Afser
~ d,cusson Of tbs various dishes, hr Hunter prop sea
A. heath Of Mr. Fke he Chairman ~ho arose and made
seus rtmsrss happy style At the ciose Oh WHICH ne
ercpcsed the health 4
z W. HoughiOD, Esq., President OF the Long i'i~no
w.,., Wo,k.-wbo arose and responded briefly AID pro
M ed the health OF Nicholas Dean, President esct oil tns
coupapy This was greeted With three cheers
N, Dssn srosa ana alter f. y words Of Introduction
10 speak bon the water project. The subject
~ sppty O. wser for BrooklyD aud WILLIAMSBURG has
bep nooo;ed number Of years. but until recently SINAI
orosre.s bias been made II has besa ascerained that
long Island does farnh tie sources Of water for rs Jur
sbt eites To-day have visited some OF !hen, and
have ourd witnin dtarcs Of fourteen End half miles
Of the city, daily supply Of twenty million gallons Of
s,sr These sources haze b-sn carefully goaged By
pfGc men, their statements OF the quantity are
yor,hy Of confidence Tins Is enormous supply for
Brookiyn and WILLIAMSBURG fl the present, and Will be
,nps icr Ae next thirty ears allowing for re most %
rsl ,Dcrsas, O. population
The Croton River 6oss not supply 600 900 gallons
per Day than viii the which you have seen
10 day and by going ca miles further you would have
een hat double the q.sudy-a least f00oOO,0 gallons
DAD b. supplied from thess streams.
L. London where there j. population Of three millions
Ae soppy never has exceeded 100000 gallons per day
ssxnnum supply.
Phladelpb which supplies 80 600 Of its population
sitb asr delivered Cd average in 1852 573lOOO gal
bns Of water per day Toe number Of tenements OF dit
erent binds supplied then vas 3O593 In Brooky and
there IT. such nbers Of water taksrs
The py from Basey Pond alone will De suhcisnt for
some time
In the construction of these works there will be no hea
~ lob LIKE squeducts expensive embaDkmsns &c The
water sill flow TO the DlIe hOaie whey 1t III be els
,sied az .eet-a hight which It wnhov 10 the top
Of the houses Cd the CHEST elevations Of Brooklyn Health
Economy and protection from public csamities call for
the construction Of these works.
After sone iurher remarks. which he demonstrated
the great advantages OF these works to the enr tstac
ton q oil present aud hs establishment Of many, he
olosed by toasiif the Press.
Mr. Arnold of The Brookyn Eagie, responded in good
tyle. and gave;
Iona blond Pndhen they tapped for the benodt Of Brook
bp stueh. there DO Smith to DO the hsnerHs
sbd Dean cay grace.
IApplause
r. q. j. smith made 8 few remarks in response.
bat We could not remsn.
Many Of those in the party were agreelby surprised TO
find 50 plentiful supply Of od water 30 near at hand