New-York tribune., 1872-09-11
BREAKING THE AQUEDUCI

ANOTHER GIGANTIC ENrERPEIsE-sEyFN MILES
or PIPES TO BIZ LAID AT JOsI VI
S2,000000
The work of breaking the Aquecuctg re-
ducng it to the level the adjoining property ana COD
ducting the Croton water below One-hundred-anu-lM
tecnthst. through iron pipes sunk below l5 si""'"i
Tenth ave, is advancing Satisfactorily ana WI" '0 ~
peted In a short me More than 500 men arc einPo!e"
upon the work, and the sewers which are p'ui"s "o
nearly finished Pipes and sewers have Deen i"u iU q
distance exceeding a mile since the resumption vi "o'A
last Spring. ,,..o
The nresent line of the aqueduct for soms dst'uce
above follows the muu'e Vi
Teuth-aye but dyerges In an eastery uii'uo" nm ,
One OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ana cIosalhE ui"ao''
One Onehundred-andsixth, Ono-huhdIeu 'n"i''n gu" W
bundred and fourth-sts turns sonthWaru' anu IuS P
aul with Ninthave and about 100 1eet "es oi II " '0
-, ,,so ~ Ninety. second-st where the whole BODY
of water is divided portion passing INTO the ou'
and the remainder into the new reservoir III the Cel'r
p,rk AT one hundred-and-thrteenth-st the adueauct
ts on n level with the grade OF Tcnthaye, IS niue
higher at One hundred-and.twelfth-stp ana az u a-
vances toward NinetysecOnd-s Is mucl gher thl the
property on either side OF ii from the hOrth 10 tebS'
RIVER As IL is impossible TO construct an bque
duct that Will rise and fan with the land
through which il passes, the work beng an maShr!'
I'm some places il rises feet above the surrounding
nroperty IL above the surface az One-humred
andeghth-st % lcct at Ouehundredaid secondst anu
on level at the gate-hOuse at NlnetyecOhdsI 4H'o
oro only three arches between Nnetysec0nd and one
hundred thrteenthsts. to afford passlge-ways Tor
travel under the aqueduct. These are situated at
N,netvciphth. Ninety-ninth aud One-hundredth-sts
This limited number OF course, prevents transit from
one part of the city the other, and it was determined
some time ago by Engineer Of the old Croton
Water Board that II was lmprdcucaDt, anu III M
cases impossible build additional arches, since hsue
weakpning the aQueduct winch iosts III "A hiOuAu OI
Garth auked in stone walls IL could lOt be done III some
nlaces without cutting INTO the aqueducJ ltSelI De
came aDDarpn therefore, that whenever that portion
the city should be built up some Otber provision "Ou
nave 10 be made for conducting the CrOton water De
tween the two strets mentioned III its course to the
In 1909 when an active began in real estate
i'm that vicinity certain gentlemen who owned property
invaded by the aqueduct and Others living IN the Nc
v pettOned the II ogisature to remove the ODsttuc
t1n stating that the aqueduct divided the city, sep
arating the inhabitants or one section IIo thoso O
onotbcr: interfering with the grading OF the Streets ana
niuring greatly the OF property. In 1870 the Leg
sature passed law cnactng that the aqueduct DC re-
moved and that the cTOtOn water be conveyed III IRON
nines nom thirteenth % Nnety-sec
ond-s and that the pipes be hld below Tue situe OI
Tenh-aye Work was begun afterward aud IS now
nearly completed Tenthave. at this point mas not been
graded and when the work begun was several eet
above the Land down the maps and as the pipes
are 10 be laid five below the grade OF the avenue
and are four feet in diameter and a. the sewers require
Is feet In many places, excavations nave Oeth ane 10
the depth OF 2j feet Most OF this WORK has been done
The width OF the opening is GO feet. Provision has
beeu made for the future requirements OF the cj, and
six rows iron pipes, each four feet III dldnete nave
been laid Tue old aqueduc is only eight feet IN diane
ter and consists only OF sugle tunnel 80 that the new
pipes will have capacity nearly three times a. great as
the aqueduct and be ample for the needs Of 100000
people. There about 5000 pieces OF plpe cach II
feet in length and the weight OF each pipe l.
A tuns II mas been matter 10 put them Ia Their
proper places Since last Spring sewers have been CON
strlced distance exceeding mile, ana many OF
the pipes are already In their places IL Is necessary To
finish the sewers before the wafer l. let into tue pipes a.
the blasting would endanger the stability oil tne Pes
The lowest estimate OF the Of the work - s0O0,
which will be borne by the city. The Department OF
Public Works which has the matter III charge has Issued
bonds from time TO time the work has advanced, and
in thai manner raised money 10 on tho WORK.
The work Of demOlishng the aquoduct cannot be be-
gun until connection il made win the pipes at one
nuudretaud thirteenth-st. gdtchOuse at this point
will be arranged as 10 permit the water 10 now INTO
auv or AM of the pipes. The aqucduct Will then be
lowered 10 the grade Of the adjacent streets ana