New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-21
TIE SCARCITY OF WATER.

INcgsAsB or SUPPLY WANTED HEALTH AND oLBAS3
LIsESs-wHAT -Hs CITIZENS DEMAND.
Numerous complaints have been made during uN
ls month with regard the soppy or water both Up az
down town very fortunately favored by ssp1
With respect to accommodation get at the prr1e
moment there great ouoy in this city in consequence ~
The scarcity Of water both FOR eolaiDnay s wen as other
Vices The hot weather OF The lest week hss oaied nsS
requsitiOn remarkable degree all the water New Yofe
could supply and the supply he's fallen very far short CT -
IT, and the surrounding neigbborhood ~
habants complain that IN the 6st story after seve
O'Clock 10 INC morning vac sIpy , In msny - ~
vacr De obtined the basement until late hou
ard then only in very unsatisfactory degree
Around THy TEBUSE Office Park Row and Chathamsdasre
tn same complaint made that no water can obtains
except NJ ucunvpneut intervals why this state OF things
should exist vol appear perpcxng quetos N
lie fac Of The TACT Which Coton Aqaeduc Deparms<s
with al tbAt is required for the eAgenc,es Of tue city
Tle Croon A9uedgct Board claim that # there is dens
with tne pubic VINO waste the snpplI
II would appear howeyer th,t the compiints made ~
city lying below Canss and tai up town there Is penu
aud ee supply mat hoe :nse 70 Dc ee S.Sas sq IL
a,ct IL saSpo ed to BE- ard probafyi equal eee9st
y Eo ea cper dem This gives 20 population OF 100 @
ample snd lbef and exceeds thst afforded inhabitants
Pa. Itbo frserof the ola VOL ssca as foto, s1
sapp state # 'hngs ,babIy owiag system Of
lie system Adopted here e .,e., m, a. a.. press
london 10 eTery available thorough,c belize, there srs
go main PR, s SIs Only y' a IaD Sss'f "a sdess
supply snd here New York to tire least poor on&
way have ~ Sev.Yofk ai5 system TO that adopse
IN London and PARISH We have undoubedy hner supply
and r better system yet We seem 70 De scsng 10 ~
eans Of Ie I u, ,ooOe es ire ~
rent Of the Aqueuc, ocal unless granted hs
rather nprobao story that the water wasted the public
FACILITIES PoR STORING WATER
The means for storing evidently totally inadequa
~ H. sa eocS sround desiring additional M stonG
water Tue valley or the Croon has an ample capacity Zoe
mp ,lind The area OF supply cott aims selOO square
1is and embraces parts Of Wcstche,ter. Putnam soe
b croton has three branches within ares
s the east middle and west each OF which unite ~ Cro
F al M miles above the dam after which various tribura.
res fow into the Cro,on The city depends uoa its dranaee
from derived siom the mountain Iog on tne hss
~ sne teon miles SO fer NeWburgb. The region suH
49, ai.'r'ct yariv in bi9ht from 80 to go IA
aSops tic%ser Ia the Tcry aye rr! ta'rse,r, mans
81 which are Of considerable exteE' s'd hyr sna nc,
tie A rams falling upon nc hscat1ated ,ad.
the noiehboFins distrieis - IA.
Il depends heTefre upon Board whether the City 81
Neyfrk shoad receive al adequate supply OF water or nt
Nature hes youchsfed yors and the pub
lie have Ame bu; their onicis the supply Is noe
equal the demand ar-er aquedoc may aud certainly
win be reqcrod IN tho course Of fen years bat to-day the
want seems % be rather means OF oonr vance than sra
The extraordinary growth OF the C oil New ORR coabned
with is natural ads nages affords state Of things OF which
mercantile ely unFTaei oven " presence Of saeh arts al
commercial enterprise London LEerpo Paris and otasr
midland in the matter Of watersuppy Why should kot
every house have topmos story adequate suPly u
very heart this metropolis czcns borroy the greet
necessary OF life he h aud comfort Al distance oentmes
don things only exists because there somethne radi1
eay wrong either IN the OF he Baid men pro-
hand ..,...
THE SUPPLY =
they Say Is abundant Then why difficulty In obtaining
down Tho cry OF raised holds good oLr
extent This they themselves acknowledge and arc eou
nalrQ4 hU
increased facilities OF conveyance to the houses ana
homes of the metropolis.
che Tor the and tnere ia no Ieasoa
why c for such should not be afforded BY sae
SWIMMING BATHS
provided In Iondon f the great mase, pss rssossx
bv oil classes the feeding them IL supplied by thS
companies supplying tho city with water sceog
this 50 in London With Its compared to Sswa0ra
cie. meet equal requirements, with poPalatlon net
ceodng 900 go To say the least the public demand tbas
they should fair and saa supply Of esh water sas
cleanliness Joins In tAo request
come from all auartors especially the neighborhood a
Greenwicht the swsap doGn town geaeIay ana 50 tAr
that the first door or story no water
can be obtained and in man whole rows OF houses have
been deprived OF altogether TIE FLOWING letter one
among many win give lea Of tho great complaints made
down town on this subject; I
sR: word rsion % the sbu,, Of siins
ooT than soI family Hses You sss,
ts, III waste wasted ny shoost 6-vs investigated
Se "a ia In the nppr stories precisely u oc!os noon whcn
for manufactures stopped - TOE wofh
uen wen, 70 dinner ard woal asn when they rea@6
worn ~ These facts that learn any So~novs
house Engineer a the Arcop board NJ
respectfully, .l.olos . A'A" ''0' I
We have partly ioresbOwed II the supply In inc L.
the time We have "sh sass 81 con-
vn. That detcienoy II 10 exists mset be remedies
nv larger sized main pipe than that at present IN lss
or cse by the employment Of two pipes one Oh sAea 9s
Wssteye, plan may be advised adopted OF lite eonss.
thn
~ e IN sae way changed At present the cry y
Satcr water ws,er and Mater We must have