The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-17
THE CROTON ALL RIGHT.
0f1eial Examination Of the Crston Water 10
lhe City and 1t the Lake-rhc Late Heavy
Rains the Cause Of the Uansual Taste
Weed, Vegetable Halter and Earth
Washed Into the Lake Certi6-
cate Of Dr.. ChlltsB-fho Water
to be loalyzed- Curious III
eSoscOpic Dsvelops msnts
SAN on tho Lake,


President Of he Croson Aqueduct Board, Dr. Chiffon tn
eminent chemist and one OF tho Assistant Engineers who
Nssther visited Groom Lake yesterday and CRITICAL
s1snmed the water at various points.
For . week past citizens have observed an unusua
Nase in our usually psltable Croton and mses have
been rife among that something was wrong with !
nhsy to seriously affect health Of the city Stories
we're circulated that fabulous quantities Of dead horses
lad found IN the culve said that the
Dsvcme had driven the hogs into the reservoir
declared that water had favor Of dead dogs;
sssught there had been second battle Of the frogs after
Me manner Of Asjor Robertson and Colonel Dyer" aud
Croton tasted Of the dead bodies Of the slain
ssDe suggested that The interest had poisoned the
vser out Of revenge for the Sunday ordinances and BY
way helping along their trade few limited that the
Axr got up panic 10 brsEen the sale Of filters
the letters Of doctors led the belief
they encouraged the panic in order to get little grasu
osus advertasDg learned gent declared that the
"sleagnous crussacea wss the dreaded evil; another
A1sd upon Tuas IN the ppes wissasres concluded
that she water had grown stagnant in the pip g. and
wasted times the amount accordingly another
ssss tasted deCsyed vegetable matter Tbe sate Of the
ssossn became probem like the ghost Of Junius the
"vnion Of Jadsment"-
And a. you gszsd upon ito features, they
Changed every 'nssans-to what, none could say.
me devil himself seemed puzzled even to guess
They varied IKE . dream-pOw here, nS~ there;
And several people from 0ut the press
They knew them perfectly
wseAsres plethoc with remedies There prof
SeYsd fters clean charcoal hair Selves ie brandy
k the anDacua the constant running Of the hydrants
the drawing Of the from elevation and the avoid
ance Of it altogether
rbe waer question became paramount 10 all others Is
Cassidy sorry for having publshed the Wise letter. viii
Seward be the abolition Presidential candidae2 Did
Branch tell the truth about Mayor nemann Co.. the
Italian question sesued9 Is Or. Ellis a confidence mani
whs Killed Dr. Burde2 Will the City Hall ever be mend
sdP These and thousand other questions became Of pal
Try importance in comparison to that to the purity Of
shs CYotOD water.
Bad CONFUSION Of nature made the North and East
yveTs north all the tme the Astor House and Central
Rass 10 change places, the Br adway Railroad built
N night, all the city into apple stands and
the telegraph wires cut down for clothes lines greater
could have been occasoned than would have
proven the bad the Croton that inestmabe boon
tune cut 10 be impure
IN the midst Of the public apprehension the Croton
Board determined to have critical examination Of the
water and to let the public know from author
tauvs source the true state Of the was accord
bGy determined to invite Dr. Chiffon, the well known
chemist to the water Professionally, In order,
Dsssih e, to allsy the public excitement
Accordingly, yesterday morning the President Of tn
Gso,on Board venerable Ny Ddert Van Schaick, VIII
hes been With this noble work its incep
Gen Or Chiffon and Assistant Engineer Wilder, IL
The TX A. ~ train OF the Hudson River Railroad for Sing
Eng
From some inexplicabe the Cro.on Board in II.
wisdom not think proper to invite the
ths Press-the sonservaors Of the public weal-to be
present at the invesgat or but wearyDg in well do
lag ,he 6ERAID despatched representative as taste
for OCCASION and whether by balloon express
sprtsa telegraph, not, he became familiar with the
evsbss OF the day.
Procuring three minute team from Mr. Cox, al the sta
sion, and enjoying . delightful drive Of eight miss
through The roman &c hills Of westcnester, under sky
Which poet President of the Croton Board declared
yvAkd tint Of Italian canopy the party
q length arrived at Croton LAkethe Of the
greatest boon conferred upon commercial city like
New York-the fountain head Of our metropolitan pros
peri,y
The jolly Mr. Adamson, who has been In charge Of the
dam Tor twenty t~o years. the first stone Laid
hanc with extreme anxiety to do al he could
70 further the object Of the visit &c protested that the
water had taste unusual the season. insisted
what the scientific analysis will most probably prove
that the recent heavy rains had washed unusual
tiy of earth and vegetable into the lake. which
last Tuesday and Wednesday he had noticed guam
y Of drifting brush and than recoected
seeing At any time during mis- experience and this
combined with the loose earth washed by the heavy
rains, he felt certain the solution Of the mystery
M Cox the driver also certain the roads had
within his knowledge been much washed As BY
the recent raps while the nature Of the banks Of the
laKe such that most Of this shifting dust washed into
the lake eventually.
was determined, the most thorough method o
PROCEDURE to take row boat and sail the entire length
Of the lake. observing the appearance Of the water the
surface the character Of the banks and procure from
aherent portions Of the lake quantities Of water for
anay zation.
Aosmsons yard and with Mr. Wilder acting az coxswan
The voyage commenced. Near the dam, over which
The water was running about Two inches Deep surface
quite clear Of leaves and floating matter The waer
has greenish and rled appearance, by clear
somewhat resembling that Of muddy brook, although
the dep,h AZ this point is from nfty to sixty feet.
Al the lower end of the Lake, for the hr mile or two
few trees shrubs overhang the water or line the
shores; most Of the land 10 cultivation, and in
number Of places the banks present he appearance
being recently washed, few cattle standing
n the water and Two or three pleasure boats.
About two miles from the dam the shrubbery and trees
v" WIG osnAo VcSin W MlCkeu, ana Soon tney are 3D.
served Overlapping the water. bottle filed a. any
point between this and the lake contained animalcule
visible with microscope Of but = magnifying power
enc hundred times the size Of the object while with th
naked eye particles Of earth could be dscerped
sort Of fuize having the appearance OF short white
na or the nap Of white CLOTH very fine short brises
could be aeen, which, upon cursory examination, DR.
eh'on thought consisted Of decayed vegetable matter
ana most OF which would be caught by the ters speoi
mem 'ne WAFER were taken At various points, and Dr.
Chiffon has yet to report the results of hin exam,n.
Gon Of them TO the Board. Tho Doctor hs. az
amined the Croton since the present excitement. an
has discovered nothing deleteous 10 health in tho nor
ssnc combonens The microscope revealed no less than
Dozen different kinds Of anmacue, and the Doctor ac
tuay observed two Of these ndn,essmai creatures an
essed IN combat One Of them had claws IKE crab
ano iusuy enoesvored TO pinch his adversary here ia
fact for our philosophers contemplate and poudor
VINO knows but that this puRuaoto,,, oasc, ~ a.. &C.,,