New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-31


Information furnished US by ne Crcton Aqustur. d.
psrtUent relative 70 the supply Of water AMI the
rous Uses 10 which it Is spplei IA the ety. appears
that at the time Of preparing the last report, there
were 1913 private buildings supplied at rates vary
ing from 81 20 so per aAnum; amounting N the sg'
1 gregste 10 $;7j,05j The number Of buildings sup
Piled Q. the 81 rate Wa AZ at S rate, o9 - rate,
10 the greatest namber) $l2 rate 2,775; 81 rate,
So so rate 80 So rate 81 go rate, IL 500 rats,
~ $50 rate and all the intermediate rates in cor
respond irg proportion. or the city churches, 207 srs
supplied with the Croton and in return. they contrib
ute e. s9j to the revenue Of the Department. Baker
les to the lumber Of $751; t yea paid in .he shape Of
water rents, 81 81; The rate charged bakers being
s. per snpum for tie average daily consumption Of
barrel of -four, it may be inferred thst these 81
bakers converted 7Sj barrels OF -four into bread
| during the year; and il is very probable that the
figures given are much below the mark nasmuch
az it is . matter of pecunary interest TO underais
rather than overrate the amount Of business done.
Bapt.teres ~ p.id so; BARRIERS, $780, 81 81 bars,
SID s23 1Oj bathingtubs in public houses bath
ing establishments and BARRIERS shops at IS each aud
extra bathing tubs in private dwellings at 81 each pro-
duced revenue of g. 1877; coda and bathing stab
shments $50. paid 500; breweries 1913 22i;
se,vatories a. 1906 distilleres 22 e., 663 Drove
yards a. 1868 dry docks f6) $40; dyep, f22 $573
extra persons $50 90, SASS In the apportonment
OF regular rents upon blouse extra charge
is made in al where the number OF occupants
ceeds Is, hence the tax for extra persons" Factor
les, 12O paid 1929 fish stands 1O $50; fountains
1884, g. 1884, horses s19 53S. As the average rate Of
charge per horse s about 81 80 would appear that
about 900 horses kept in the city. Horse troughs
on sidewalks &C., 10l, paid s505. Hotels, nljl,
2,437; laundres, o. s7j; packing houses "a,
1862; ssughter-houss ni7, 1896; smok.-housss,
81, $9j; saltwater makers, (5 So; soap and candle
factories, il 81 ,l99 stesm engines i67, 81 ,337.
The number of steam engines supplied with Crotoa
water however greatly exceeds the figures hero given
there being in nearly every large hotel factory
sugar refinery printing estabshmt nt &C. in the city,
not included in the list but charged under another and
moro general head as for instance, the engine used
for working the mammoth ten cylinder press, upon
which THE TRIBUNE is printed, is charged for in con.
nection with otbsr to which the Croon Is applied
in the establishment. Stone dressing establishments
81, paid $l69; street washers 1861 s973i sugar
refineries On. $7,793 Commissioners of Emigration
for Wards Island, 81 900; washing and bathing estab
lshment, o. 4J7; water closets 00,S}4), $2l Cos
water used on o. 1885, 800 bricks laid S9,7S steam
boats supplied sos, DOG; water supplied to shipping
$l2 go; water supplied to street sprinkers 6O,27l
hogtheads A. S0S amounting in all to $2is, J0S; while
the value Of the water supplied for use Of buildings
under the charge of several departments of the city
government, and from which no revenue is received
is estimated at $4,000.
The quantity of Croton water daily distributed from
the reservoirs of the city is estimated at 30 600 gal
Ions while our legitimate necessities do not exceed
I3 600 600 gallons the remaining II 000 900 being lit
orally wasted. The 900 annually paid by the
steamers we understand does not approximate the
actual cost of the water consumed and wasted by Them
49, 900 being considered far the mark for in
majority of cases as the boilers of steamer
are full the end of the supply hose is thrown into the
dock and the Croton allowed to TO waste for hours
at time; and the same kind of waste of water is
stantly going on in private dwellings, all the city,
IL such were not the case assured that add-
tonal reservoir would be required for at least another
generation. And the construction of another reservoir
like the one Just commenced in the Central Park as
costly az may prove 10 be- is not the only expense
which this waists of water is likely to ssion for
simultaneous almost with the completion of that work.
additional facilities for conducting the water over the
High Bridge TO il will be necessary-either an addi-
tonal 3G1 oh iron pipe must be laid the top of the
two already down which plan by some is deemed in,-
practicable on account of interfering with any future
repairs that might be required the psrapet walls Of
the bridge must be raised considerably and the acque.
duct of brick work. constructed through Weschester
County ten feet high by wde, continued across
the bridge; and, when completed, used alone except
in cases of accident need of repairs, when the iron
pipes could be temporarily put in requisitiOn for our
supply.
few year, ago upward of $1,000 we're collected, in
the shape of fines for wfu waste Of water, with good
efect-for which reason another crusade against those
who 80 shamefully violate the regulations OF the De-
psrtment is contemplated.
CRY MISUNDERSTANDING to the report Of the
CITY Inspector there were 4i2 deaths in the city
during the past week increase of 40 as compared
with the mortality of the week previous, and IL
more than occurred during the corresponding week Of
last year. The following table exhibits the number OF
deaths during the past two weeks among adults and
children, distinguishing the sexes:
Men. Women. BoyI ora Total.
Week endin. Msy 22...G so rs le Cog
Week ndins MAY 2s.....II5 as lle IL AZ
Among the principal causes Of death were the fol-
lowing: CONSUMPTION 81; commissions infantlel, 10;