New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-27

OF CIVIC tanners wioB 10 perm tneu eotue water sup
ply each succeeding winter in the face Of engineer
din approvall Everybody admits that the conduit is
preferable under all views Of the question, e1cepttha
Of cost. The highest estimated difference between
the two one million Of dollars, and surely the pros
porous and wealthy City Of Churches cannot allow
20 email consideration to stand in the way of having
the purest water supply on the continent. Besdess
according to past increass of population in Brooklyn,
this open canal with bottom only a feet wide, viii
be too small ten years hence Whereas the extended
cortut will be sufficient for ali contingencies during
oil time to come.
THE Distribution PIPES.
There Will be immediately laid 10 miles Of pipe Of
all sizes, the various diameters beiog % follows:
ineA dsme.-rl2 inch asme.se
5mies... 50 inch diameter mlss... inch diame:ee
4mss.....@ ineh dsmetersi niles.... inch diameter
Ofthis there viii be Of castiron pipe,
inch diameter. VI miles: i MI $i.ms;ss
ST uiles see. inch dinneter6i miles.. inch aaetsr
Being 1851 miles Of cast.iron pipe. The following
lengths of patent water and gas cement pipe" are
being furnished by company in Jersey City:
inch dismsterl2 mlss...... sinch asae,ee
mile inch diameterl+ miles Of cement pipe all
There will be used in the distribution throughout the
city:
10 stopcook in dlsmeerlc s Opcocts.. In dsne.se
is cocks in. diameter 9sopcocts.. 80 IN diameter
20 l2 in. dAmerI IS In dsmrt-c
All Of the above are on new and improved prnci.
pie, and manufactured expressly for this work. One
thousand two hundred ard fifty hydrants for the use Of
The Fire Department, will be laid. These are on 6
novel plan, never before used in any city. Each by.
drant will be incased in yellow or hard whi'epne
box, standing ., feet above the sidewalk. For the
purpose of keeping the pipes free from all sediment.
there will be placed on the depressed part of the large
pipes some Is or 90 bow-offs with wells attscheda
these will be located on the East River at the several
creeks along the water and at other convenient
spots. The entire weight Of castings will exceed
10000 tuns.
joseph O. b. Webster has the honor Of having 80.
pc,ptepded the various plans for the distribution Of
pines. His experience in the Croton Department sf
New-York City and elsewhere eminently qualities hing
for such responsible duties.
The following statement viii give some idea OF tho
projected water supply Of Brooklyn as compared With
other cities:
c.oroy wArERwoRKs OF THE city OF SEw-YoRK.
Total length of Pipe of all Sizes from snch to ssneh diam.
eter 100 nNe''
HSssSs .eeoans kept.
The Hydrsnts used project above the ground "A feet
oocHuUATE wATER,wORks, BOSTON.
Total ienath Pipe of all xes from finch to 3Sinch dism'
a,t "'''s
Surface Hydrsnt. here employed
PAssAIc wATERwoRKs, JERSEY CITY.
Total length of Pipe Of oil Sizes from finch to inch DIANE
'''' A"e's
.........'.......'''.......'...m
s%faee Hydi.n: are also used here.
The pipes for the Brooklyn Wster-Works are being
rapidly turned out by the following foundries:
Jones l. Co, Florence, New;geIsey
LOsomotiye Machine Shop Trenton NewJersey
E,Id r.n 4 Go ken
+. D. Wood 4 Co.; Milyile, Pepn.,lvsai.,
Warren Machine Shs p, Esston, Pennsyvsnis
Pbanix Foundry, Glasgow, Scotland
The cement pipes are manufactured by the " Patenc
Water and Gas Pipe Company" Of Jersey City. The
stopcocks are divided between the South Boston lrol
Company of Boston, Muss., and firm at Buffalo, N.
Y The fire hydrants in the hands Of Hessrs. Pc
A. Sylvester and T. f. Coffin Of Boston.
The yard in which this immense amount Of castings
is received is in Wiamsbugh, at the foot Of North
Twelfth street, East River nearly opposite the Now
city Iron Works Of New. York City. There are al.
ready living in the yard upward of IS miles Of this ppes
which will shortly be distributed over Brooklyn, as
he contract for it now signed More than half thu
stopcocks are already in the yard.
The SO inch pipe will be used for bringing the water
from the RidgewoOd Reservoir to the city, distances
of about five miles. Two such pipes will eventually
be laid, and even third when required. The great
pipe will be brought along De Kalb avenue as far a.
Vanderbilt avenue, where it dimirishes to 30nch di.
ameter and along the former to Fulton avenues
by the eastern eide of the City Hail. through Clinton
street TO Hamilton avenue where stops. This then,
is the main artery Of the city, The 20inch pipes ara
found in President street from Hamilton avenue 10 Car
roll Park in Adams street from City Hall to East River
and in Hudson avenue between De Kalb and Mytld
avenues.
Wliamsburgh will be supplied by q 30inch pipe
which leaves the great tube at the intersection Of Die
vision ard De Kalb avenues, continuing its course
sor the former as far Union street. where two 90
inch pipes then lead of-one along Union as far 90
North Second street. the ether continuing through D.
vision avenue to the East River.
The Brooklyn people are In about a. bissfu stat0
Of ignorance as NEWCOMERS in regard to the progress
of these works. Next week, however, they viii find
means taken to constantly remind them Of the near do.
mise Of their city pumps, in the shape OF ponderou1
masres Of tubing which will then be distributed
throughout the different streets. In the Fab Of 1853
they will no longer envy NEWCOMERS their CrOtOn.
The Chief Engineer, j. P. Kirkwood, esq, and his
assistants, Messrs. Lane and McElroy are sddisg tn
their reputation in the scientific world by their exer'
lions on this stupendous work. The seven Water
Commissioners appointed by the Legislature OF this
State are among the most influential men In the coun-
t,v and deserve the grateful remembrance OF theia
fellow ctzens They give their services rstuitously.
The contractors, Messrs. H. 8 Welles e. Co., have
ENGAGED TO complete the entire psns and TO give the
City of Brooklyn daily water supply OF io.oNU"
gallons during the course Of next year. for and 10 con-
sideratisu Of the sum Of a 200 OO0ths odd 100000
being intended to cover losses.