The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-10
Laying Submarine Croton Water
CaD.e.
The Pipe tEat Supplies 4siac,>Nveli's rsia IA i
with Croton water lain iestcrtia -
How Vt Wns Dove. sc.

The Pipe that Supplies s1siac.>Nyeli's ISLAND
With C-oton Water Lai1 Yesterday
How Vt WINS Dove. sc.
This is The age OF cables, and. especially subhrlre
eables The Atlantic cable tic greatest topic Of
the day in both the old The world. II IL
cossful It viii exceed in s results any other human tr
rnph Of mind over matter. But there are lcrs npor-
tant cables than the great A,2ntc cable and Of
them submarine catlos There less use ul in
,hci. own way then viii bo the Atlantic ca'o. As here
are several of thos in the vicinity " ttis city,
o. which the public know lite OF n,thing,
and they all in respects resemble the ut cable
OF the eran fact Of the eras Of collected hstorywa
will give few particulars concerning Of ,he which
viii not be without interest 10 many
Blackveil's land with its thousand inhabitants,
has been oI many years supplied with CotGl from
the Nineteenth ward Of this city aud Is interesting
tanly to know now this is done the island ie's m
from the city BY hundred yards of deepest
and most rapid portion OF tho East river. II is
through two gutta pcra pipes each about three inches
diameter Onc Of these pires ronnec.i the rcservoir
the lower part Of tho island with the Croton pipe
the foot OF Sovenyrs street, and the other conects
the institutions the upper part Of the Island M
the Croton pipe at the foot OF Seventy ninth street Yes
terday the connecting the lower part OF the island
with Seventy first laid To tell how this
done will communicate intelligence; for the plan
both simple and ingenious and attended with cStrsord
nary Embarking tugboat at the foot OF
Twenty-siSth strcot-which the Great Ess 0rus
Niagara, Agamcmnon and Snsquehalna all in OF the
occason-about three o'clock yesterday aft, moon,
arrived In a fow minutes q, Blackweis Island. There
stretched s,ong the shore resting tho Prov
OF fourteen gigs uidistant from each other the
cable. The GIGS boats resembling whalcboas perap
more than gigs were fastened together by hawser 10
a ~ n,.rNI III
necessary dangerous pressure that nigh: be made
upon 1t by the action OF the wind and water upon The
boats supporting IT, One end Of the cable pipe rested
the island, where 1t was properly made FAST and to
connect with tho reservoir while the other placed
board we perceived tina. the gutta percha had
covering Of cordage, saturated with tar cocd around
II 80 closely as TO DC % prescrve iro dam,
the end board Great Eastern, we began when tho
signal was given, to move OF for tae New York side
This signal did not very soon. however, for we had
10 wait for slack water because the strong
either at the ebb low Of the tide, in this part Of tie
East river that cable might be lost altogether II il
well managed, and then we could got
through TO quonch the thirst Of either or criminals
man was placed in each gig with knife in his hand
ready 10 cut the fastcnngs at moment notice and let
the cable drop from al The boats together into the water
so that part Of could be strained or broken Tor this
another aud danger to be guarded arnnt N
paying out the cable few revolutions ot The wheels
OF our boot brought the New York side, where
several hundred people were assembled, eagerly watch
ing our progrcss A. our steamer NOV on the boats
lett The island after another and reclaimed
Ike dots, showing the direct route across
stream from the island he city but our line
became extended clt the influence OF the breczc
and the current aud became little zgzaggod here
and there There not much time for disorder, hos"
ever before the boat end landed and IN idc lsst
and then the signal TO make ready for letting g. was
communicated u the different t0ss, In which the men
now rpp'icd their knives the fastening vch held the
cable sti the prows, amt then the final signal
was given, and instantly the cable IN every part de-
scended imrlabeou-lv 10 the bottom OF the str afr
II was all right. There neither break nor
strain, and the water flowing through " from
nettxr fN f.lnn nflat
made 10 lay this cable, which failed because OF the tidal
nipcdimcnts Docs no, this remind us OF the fist at
tempt TO iay he Atlantic cable, and the storm which
aud baiacd ~ May the second trial with the great
cable he great sIcccs the second With this
very small rrotcn water cable
several srhooncry lnd steamers passing through the
river slightly domincd compelled TO go on the
other side ~ the island on seeing the line Of boats and
cable with which the channel obsructed. ThA.
created pcnyanir- which well be nas iued
told The afternoon fine aud the scene ex-
ccedingy interesting and pretty.