The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-17

Appncainhs or water must state fuy ana truly all
charges it. parties must frankly ard whsut sonsesi%en
The officers Of the department every person
them delegated for shs to have free access q,
steam vessel in which Croon wafer delivered and
In almost every part Of the city iu dwelling houses and
ocs aud
y in the lower wards hs common practice cold weather
H. es v d. Ss
eme cold spell Of the TN 9Th and 9n Of Februsry the
water fell IN the distributing reservoir nine feet
lies %s be . 5 To- s
by Gs drss in
su cisnt len asr Tor for the day and shut of
SeSS sd the %Uss s n
sh any fixtures which may be necessary If not already At
eient to the water at night in freezing weather
par,meN resnsd exercise ali the auth y which hss
been ccned TO for the purpose Of suppressng the waste
enarss @ '%s an mp sa he should disc
S the % ss wosa &
million, ai gallons which now into the
event longer SUSPENSION Of the supply than has
@ ses csm AN and :.
The waste yeud certainly pc i1creased II not prevented by
pances rules and requirements in sddirn to ,e ae will be
the prompt soppage OF the supply of water will be
Sss hs
dwelling store and building within water district, The
from sss @ Ss
ss short
CRoIos AoUEDUcr DEPARTMENT, May l. 1855.
very little Ia oil that Is necessary to prevent
the from freezing in the pipes, pro Tded they ore
put the ground properly OF course II they under
the sidewalks in copAct with clay soil they will pretty
surely freeze every winter where the ice strikes down
three feet al leads from the main pipe should bo in
hAv~ .s.tnU nkopr
non conductor, and II the came care 10 manifested
throughout the house will near tf frozen
pipes Az liable to th,s short suppy OF water
every winter, arrange that the Cro,ou Water Depart
ment DO net the public in time, aud furth moro
that they do not insist on the pipes being
put In in euch manner as 10 prevent tue
danger Of their being frozen. On Thursday night a
hydrapt pipe burst the OF Fourth aud
twenty hrst street and found impossible 70 stop
the water running until yesterday morning, all the
bopseboders could do 10 keep the cutters open, to
peSen, thei, cellars from oysrowing By ts. ss MEANS
lie Of great use during the present sca'city.
The bark ron, Capt Gray. Of Bath, from Csrdenss
29h ult with S45 nh ts. Of sugar, Gu, through by
ice yesterday morning, between and 10 O'clock. while
the Middle Ground In the lower bay and sunk In ten
and saved themselves by their boat aod were
pcsed by the iowboat Under rriter vhch rematued
by the wreck until O'Clock in tho afternoon. They
saved the two opgasnt sails two topsas. mizzen stay
rail- snd b ard flying o, some OF the running rigging,
end the two boats The captain and crew lost ali but
wtAt they stood in. Yesterday morning. while the
steam tug Satellite fast in the ice the North river
The engine became DO, ana one OF the nremen named
Noses T. Whjord endesvoyed to raise tue valve OF the
arpunp IN order 10 cool the engine when suddenly fe
killing him instantly.
CONDITION OF THE HAEBoR OF BALTIMORE.
From the Bslii moro sun, Jaa l6.l
The seantuss Tiger, Captain sprasue; Reliance, Cap
tain Shaw and AJAX Captain Bean, yesterday reached
this port after pretty tuseng through the ioe
Tbeec acive little started for Anna
pos TUESDAY evening ana wsre seven hours gsttip
down 10 within three miles Of sandy Point when they
were Obliged 10 put back account Of the ice They
report the tee below very hesv, ana running the late
southeast WIND toy tber with the Hce having driven
Western Shore aud far az the eye reach toere
no water to he seen The brig John Il Rnosfs, from
ton. W Sandy Point bark, (suppesed the
Coreeia from Demarsa) schooner Priscilla from Porto
ldco, ana other. unkLewa very the shore.
The sfip Winged Racer which has beou living for some
time In Annapons Roads. loading for Iiv' rpoo. has
drsRfed considerable distance towards Sandy Point.
The rcbooper A L. Hyee, from Demarsra aud another
upkrovp b. fore ported of mouth OF Chester
and the Man Of War Shoals all in the
same rosiinn, with the Toe p. ed ali around t1cm The
tugs psssed OF North Point, on Wednesday morning,
about IL o'clock tho Herald Captain Pearson,
hence for Norfolk going down The William jenkins,
which left Boeion Sunday night has resohed here,
beng detained below by the ce. thcught she will
not como TO the city, but discharge her
and freght at Annapolis.
THE WEATHER EASTWARD.
HARTFORD jan lie, 1857.
The thermometer here al half past seven O'Clock this
mornng marked TO- and at East Hartford Is degrees
HnEAx, Jan 10, 1887.
The thermometer Is below
sT JouS, " b Jan. Is, 1857.
The n Crmometer marks uetos
woensrocK Conn, Jan. le, 1857.
The iherr ,meter "a below zero.
YArNouru n e., Jan 10, 1857
This morning the thermometer IL 10 below.
SAcgynis, Jan. l6, 1887.
The thermometer Is below zero