New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22
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whose supples hAd 70 come through tie
Forty -s.cog dstreet ds.,ibuing reservoir, and the
infected district bounded by Forty second sss.,
Third avenue, Fourteenth street. sverue A, TIE Bs'
.ery ard Meth avenue. TIE Croton could not have
been less plentiful Il the pipes Tad responded 20 =
general order TO "dry mp" Pumps were eagerly
looked up ard pstIorizcd, ard the raah With pale
ard buckets, and pans, ard kettles, IS gres, 81
each pump log ga if there had been a dog fight
Scores Of quses ard fghts occurred a. the punps in
the efforts Obtain precedence at the handle, and the
competition suggested to at least parry the idea o.
e1actiTg
ILLEGAL WATER R.TTs.
souless Hebrew named Christopher Wye.h
seized the hsrde Of the pump corner OF Hester aud
Cbrys,e streets and refused 20 let the women have
any water until they paid him At the rate Of two cents
psilul. Some Of tne women were verdGnt enough
20 allow the reprobste 70 impose upon them and pad
him the required two cent?. Mrs. Mary Meehan,
hovever after having pail tbe sum snd got her pail
full conf la ned to officer W Liz Of the Tenth Pfecn;t
xbo proceeded TO the spot and arrested the man, who
wss still e1torting the tEo cent? from the women
The officer conducted Wystb 70 the Essex Market Po-
lice Court. where he SAID that he merely charged Tor
the trouble Of pumping the wster. Toe women IN
dignsntly denied having required his assistance bat
claimed that they were equsl to the tssk Of npng
all the cater they required. Justice Brennan com
rntted the accused 70 answer for having committed
misdemesror.
HOW THE NILKNES SUFFERED.
The consumers Of milk did not receive their usual
sUppy-or rstt err they dIdreceive their usual supply
Of milk but not Of water in sdultersIion which they
were compelled 10 drink without the invgorating
CIoon 70 ada to the Whaling powers OF the liquid
But 10 morrow the pipes will be repaired, and milk
be again doctored to suit the state Of the human sys
tsms Of the metropolis. The loss to the milkmsn by
the want of water will probably equal twenty per cent
OIL the amount Of milk consumed.
Tberewss
Run UPON TIE SALOONS.
MANY who learned that there was DO Croton suddenly
appreciated the existence of an aching void within.
In fact, they were thirsty They rushed for the
Dutcbmans or elsewhere, and sought in inebrety TO
sake their tbrst.
ARRANGEMENTS Is CASE OF FIRE
have been made 20 prevent any increased III effects
growing ont of the want of water. The two steam fire
engines belonging to the city, and one belonging to
the Novelty Works, which has been exhibiting al
Palace Garden and that of Engine Company No. s.
were esrly put in readiness yesterday to pump sat
water up from the docks for the Of the hand'ma-
chimes in case of fire. With the high wind blowing
Yesterday good dosl Of unessness was felt est their
be a great destruction Of property if fire took
place.
CONDITION OF THE RESERVOIR.
At o'clock yesterday the western section of the
distributing reservoir was entirely empty, and the
Department are taking the opportunity TO clean IL
out This has not been done since 1872 Large
quantities Of fieshwser CLANS and muscles we're OBJ
servable on the bottom. The fish were mostly carried
out through the waste pipe. In the eastern section
was about q feet of water, which came in from the
3Opch main in Third avenue. The usual depth of
the water ia % feet.