New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

twenty-five per cent more rain tel AZ th% point, be,
the first day Of July and the thirty rs day Of
December 1862 than fell during the same nohths in 1870
In fact, we compelled 10 OBTAIN part OF
supply Of water from the laAes during the month Of
since we have ceased using the lakes we have built
dams at their outlets, and some OF them hayS now risen
to higher & point tn than 9ey Were We tbS %e we e @ me "a
high water mark and large stream flowing nom IT, and
there be doubt but that the other Will n TO their
normal highwater marx before the dry season of 1871
commences; and, Notwithstanding the fact that the
the quantity OF water consumed Bcrea,nsn greater
ratio han the increase in population, it Is evident from
examinations and investigations that we have made
that an adequate supply OF pure ana whorone water
be obtained from the valley OF the Croton for city
with twice the population oi Aew-forh o. -.
A IL Is now nearly thirty years since the Croton Aque
of the PRESENT generation are familiar With % m early hs
ton the following brief account may be interesting:
1.-THE subject Of supplying the City oSswYork With by
project Of dae for early i xho The popu
aton the city dd not FeDyao ouspd inhabitants works
commenced The then high ol to the northwest the Collect
Pond then bot los oiled up nl eonsrd l9,o b9d5g
direction OF committee Of the ComlOn Council be INSTRUCTED sc
ah and wlies, AID suns se Of large Dimensions The
sorE he corporation issued money smoautiug to 0saai
pee sard posna SndE TIE aea9IafuSa o. Poney
rs to Sne amount 81 gat nasia. sgn ha.5ea d y posh
consequent Of this city b the British tmop
of the abandonment Of tie work n M unuis e state.
Ia 1885, the Common Council appointed committee investigate
the subject Of supply the With good water shO reported a
submitted memoir drawn BY Dr. Joseph Brown,
1889 the Common Council employed william Weston
the city and report his opinion to the Corporation, with the requisite
plans and estmaies as soon as practicable -.
In March 1893 NL Weston made bis report He TO hold The
ogia.o9 that te Bronx T give .app bot furnishes Of e
il pracrs source any estimate Of the
We aud nothing the minutes o the Common Council the
hn Company BY Act Of the Legislature passed the second Of April
The avoved object ofths COmpany supply the city With pore
and wholesome watsr but instead Of okng to oen oare for
their works Chambers sad Rde streets, and Instead
gs & s1pPE " A ns ~ s an an. % se scrsSs S t an ss n
1851 by George Chiffon Esquire coutsns hGHdrei aud twenty-five
subject broasn the consideration Of The
In the month Of March Of ye,r M committee
pestea t9s tley ha9 male persona @ l
Of civil make surveys and furnish Proa maps Aad
The engineer employei csnvas WHIT esq. shshd not gori
the Factory poad; ne
thinks that the natural dow Of the ye ~ lie a ct asoa s i
upper Rye Pond aud lowering he oaei 5eo
e brought to the city eyerT tSsnty,ar hours bsa
the water to "a reservoir near the Pss 55
poaed company By TIE lA, 81 ~ ~, S1Io'S @ , ' c ' we S
ESQ., also appointed engineer % u, o.Pu Ssa ana IN ~
hl. Bg estimates 9l0 ga0us q water be delivered
in the city daily ,nd that The Whole expense E not eaeesi ~
they were unable proceed H. and they accordingly appe 70 ae
Legislature 10 amendment as;horang Toe eompsn = sie
such Of the waters as aud materials by aPeneet of Indifferent
persons might Be required Tor se So'. In sss Rp s1Sn hSs
ineoorste who sIsim under their charter al the ~atr
I Is5 Committee ofthe Board reported
applying the Legislature for an act sr'nny pow, 70 As CSsaa
Loan for tue o introducing Asappy ~
pure toe city, The act vas transmitted to the LIe bot
In sJs De witt Citation esq engineer employed by he
In list vrtT rom nIhaub supply
may obtsud report the best plan Of eroSsh e Harlem RIVER
conducting and the Of the whole protest
December l2 a en,on Teer, IN favor o. ssns u, water,
Of the ooOn at Pes Bs' sSs1 he Gs % to 70 SD e 9 IS % @ . 1a
an open oOwng the hne he Coon and ia'on hys AID
IN
sisG y ssSoc 90 one ''''''' '''' '''''1' - I -
made by Mr. Clinton OF TIE route ne it'ul' uu ny
on the others together sit bis persona Observation Tor
% IN "a The Common Counc petoaed the under he
horiy which le AID wh became ~~ Of tbs se
The foregoing brief outlnc Of the various sem sLch
have been male 20 e.nannae .ns ES . g1 ys t en- % 20
nc the present the project has been considered n5e
. sssr. Of hs Inhabitants Of ibis ct sIi that tie Improve.
nts are EXTENDED population ncess In tie ratio viii
te necessity Importance OF tie measure ness Ase IN ag se
sbS foregoing extracts Water
port f1SB3
On the twenty OF February, 1893 act OF the
Iegslaure passed creating commission %
ne the subject oi supplying t Wy OF New,fork with
Allen, saul Alley William W. Fox, Benjamin N. Brown,
aud Charles Dusenberry were appointed eonis oners
The commissioners employed Mr. David B. Douglass and
Mr. Canvas White, civil engineers to make separate aud
distinct examinations Of the Croton, sawm and Bronx
rivers i'm the counties or Westchestcr and Putnam to-
gether their maps and proleS OF the country
their opinion of the quality OF the water the supply that
might be depended upon In all seasons, aud the prctca
bity Of conveying 10 To the city at an elevation OF suit
cen hight that would preclude the OF machinery aud
answer all the purposes contemplated.
Mr.. White was, by unforeseen events, prevented from
making the examinations but Mr.. Douglass made a sur
vey aud elaborate report this subject, which he
presented 70 the commissioners the first OF May
This survey and report satisfied the that
the Croton river the nearest point from vhjrh ~