New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-08

arepate surface of tbriy-egbt acres. From the I'M
con IRON purity Of the water, the Indians gave name
10 the river signifying clear cater. The aquednct
through which the water flows is 8 feet S, inches 10
hight, and its greatest width il feet inches, giving
sectional interior area Of about 534 square feet.
Tie foundation is Of concrete the side walls OF s'one
the bottom and sides of the interior being faced with
brick, ard the top covered with an arch Of brick.
With tie exceptional crossing Harlem River by means
Of PIPES at the High Bridge the water passes through
tbs ctanne-way Of masonry from the fountain reser-
v0ir on the CrotOn to the receiving reservoir at
Eighy-sixih street-a distance of 80 miles IL is cal
Cused that the aquednct will convey 60 600 OOOgaons
in "a hour. The velocity Of the water has been ascer-
taned to he nearly and half miles per hour The
receiving reservoir in the Central Park occupies the
area between Seventyointh and Eghty-sxth streets,
and between Sixth and Seventh avenues, comprising 30
acres. 1t has capacity Of l5e ZOO coo gallons. The
cost Of the work. exclusive of the pipes in the city
below the distributing reservoir, about So OJO0Jb
TIE placing of the great l-too main over the High
Bridge the completion Of the receiving reservoir,
wi ch will be lG0 acres in extent and of capacity Of
IOs9 1l5 gallons aud the layngof the Fourth ave-
rue MAINS will place C,oton supply on altogether
= new basis. The next great work to be undertaken
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by the city in reference to she CrotOn, is the building
Of basins to retain supplies near the Croon Lake to be
uscd in cases Of long-continued drouth.
ARTRsIAS WELLS.
In our account Of the water panic in yesterdays
TRIBUNE we aliuded briefly to some extraneous means
that had Teen adopted by few far-seeing citizens to
reerve their supply of water for manufacturing and
ether purposes Our attention has been called to some
slight errors in paragraph respecting artesan wells
Among the wells therein mentioned, that constructed
Iy Niesas Harris, Kuhn & Co., sugar reGners, should
lie located in Leonard street between West Broadway
and Hudson street and not in Sheriff street. Those
gentlemen state that they have two artesian wells Civ
ing supply of pure water equal to 200 gallons per
minute or 70 900 gallons per hour These wells have
been in than six years and the guam
ty has not been diminished in any respect The same
quantity of Croton they say would cost about 500
per annum, to Say nothing of its variations in temper
ture and continuousness of supply. Similar wells have
been constructed not only in the brewery of Mr.. Har
rison in Sullivan street. and in the International Hotel
in Broadway, but in Totham's lead works in Beekman
street, in Ockershausens refinery, in Rose street,
in various breweries and factories throughout the city,
and in the United siaies Nayy-Ysrd in Brooklyn.
In Our researches for the historical items of the intro
ducion of water into the city, lind from document
cent to the Common Council in 1885, many interesting
fscs the realization Of which is brought TO our special
attention by the accident to the Croton on "Wednesday
last. This communication sets forth an er'ens0, the
geological structure of the island on which the city
located, and infinitely describes many of the wci,ls
that then furnished our people with water. OF this
number there remains in use at the present time,
that our readers will find at the corner of Avenue ID
and Third street. Owing to the superiority OF this
water for drinking purposes, the well has withstood
for thhyhree years, the innovations and prejudices
which the Croton has brought. This well, like those
to which we have referred, was constructed by Mr..
Disbrow.