The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-13

they have cS.sp:a ,hsmsvs with erecting s
sSay. @.. II an !, article erss ass0ns TO an
'ans i ;s grains h Of o,esn matter in every gallon
Of the Common Council by II. Mayor and committee
81 a I Cd , se ss a q March
personal examination OF the Bronx river and of the lakes
sSa EsSs%" and
Tine Engineer employed was Canvas White, Esq who did
not srO to the Corporation an s, II this report Mr.
sw s. e. rs e sv.. al ;uas.s
aodSos gallons per da and raising
ssl q n eR. ss be Ii:
voir near the PARK /. estimated a. sIsls.sia
company ~ he pane
wssI pI s1 m.e WV a 70 2 as s
s en- to this and in io'
h h i s a. aS S Or at nns
aeyerc! 81 81, daily and that The whole viii
Ths charter OF this company proved defective prac
ent authorizing the company to take sues of the waters
Is
Company incorporsed in u.s. who sa% nS unaer
their cSr:er a. the water on the r9us Of their canal The
TN s sSm%es q .h9 sGara Aldermen reported in
power he common Council to raise money BY loan FOR
the o. supply Of T n e the ety.
1882 De Witt Clin'On Esq., civil, engineer. was EN-
ton river aud such other that vicinity from which
a hs S saa 81 OF the be
taxing ,hs cTs,sn S5iass, wSs. he
ege the wa d IN an open aqueuct following the line Of the
arch Of i3s feet high and 900 feet IN length The whole cost
at appear however that any Levels were run or
sur a male by AIR. 0non 81 the route be
with his personal observation for the subject matter
I'm 1903 he Common Council petitloncd for the
fSs s sias but Sfe oaas he
obJec ana tho reason for he IN Tia report :
mainly show that from period present
welfare Of the nha9se OF ms city and that as the
IN ratio WIN the necessity and importance of the
sure increase IN MAGNITUDE"
n' foregoing se sfsa Y NE Water Commits
was passed creating 10 examine The subject Of
s ely ely Of d Sfw with pae and
liam Fox Benjamin NJ Brown and Charles Dassnoefry
&"1s NJ. ws
w sS sroas rs a as
chester and Putnam, together with their and proaes
supply as Be 0 o son n Se
he na yoa p re IND s S at
and ans , yer an the purposes contemplated
making the exam ons but Mr. Dou lass m ade survey
on h a y Nav was he ss
and satisfied the Comm ssioncrs that the Croton
was the nearest point from which adequate supply
and wholesome the city
s1S s to the Common Council on the 18th Of
ON the % OF May 1894, an act OF the Legislature was
passed to provide tor supplying the city of New
pure and wholesome water This directed the Governor
Rs sa re ssaas no sPn'RP I w
and made the duty of the Commissioners 10 examine and
hcieu quantity Of water for the Of its inhabitants and
TO adopt such plans in their opinion would be ad
vantageous for procuring such supply Of water, and
money would necessary to carry the same into
and % report tho results of their investigations TO the Com
the Common Counc that Al the charter election bal
lot box should e provided 70 receive the votes Of the electors
plan proposed by the COMMISSIONER Under this act
stephen Allen, Saul Alley William W. Fox, Benjamin NJ.
soners and they Immediately entered npon their duties
They employed David Douglass and John MARITIME au civil
engineers to make separate and dstnc and devise
separate plans for bringing water into the city of New
Early In 1885 both Mr. Douglass and Mr. Martinean made
their reports to the Water issoners-Mr Douglass
commencing squeduct Of similar 10 the
that constructed, and following very nearly the
line and OF sufficient capacity to deliver 30 100000 gallons
day; Mr. Martineau recommending round conduit OF
masonry OF sufficient capacity TO deliver 10 900 gallons
means Of a dam $50 feet high
recommended Mr. Douglass and in April 1885,
the question OF authorizing the OF the aqueu
was voted on with ID Following tseveneen thousand
and styhrec against IT, and the h OF May OF that
tho Common Council instructed the Commissioners
Tue Commissioners Immediately commenced preparing for
s construction David H. Douglass cmpioyed chief
and located TIA, part q the line Of The
In October 1886, be was succeeded by John b. Jervs,
who continued chief engineer under the various
1912 Mr. Jervs designed and personally
construction Of the sptire Coion Aqu-nci sDd al the