New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-27

water until Gre which destroyed the ldine
The wehoe Is still there and water continues to ilow
but in sufficient quantities TO make OF any great
use At the old House OF Refuge. in Twentythirdst..
F.rsaye. artesian well was bored ia 1858 cost
but the supply OF water was very limited, aud mainly
surface draoings The bore was hve feet 10 diameter
In 1856 well costing $4,000 bored for brewery In
sxtp-st, Avenue b. The depth is % feet and the
OF the bore five feet II has continued 70 fur
In 1869 an aresan well drilled through sohd
rock Fifty seeondst. and Tenth-ave; depth OF IS
feet reached e bore being ~ inches in diameter
before water was struck and although howins vel,
used Mr. Howe has artesan well at his recti
fying establishment Elmst bored in 1882 which has
continued 20 weld water ever since IL Is 20 feet deep
the bore inches IN diameter. The well not flowing
the water which s hard" rises 20 within ten feet
OF the surface force-pump is required and by this
about 5000 gallons vi water are obtained every
hours.
About 90 wears ago in boring an artesian well at
Yo.ks marble works az Bleecker. Bank, and Hudson
st.. after reaching depth of 50 feet, vein OF water
cutting tine wehoe M depth OF Is feet from the sur
face. and has since continued to flow. The boring oper
atoms were abandoned. This stream was made Of.
and has a. the present time shed excellent
supply of waJeT. The diameter cf the well Is six feet;
IL tank. and the water j. pumped into
the factory by at the rate OF 600 gallons
minute. $4,000 gallons day. The whole cost or tue
well was 5000 ana to run expenses only 500
per while the CrtOn water tax tor the same guam
uty OF wafer would amount u 500 annually When the
vault for machinery OF the Greenwclst. Elevated
Railway being constructed. the same stream OF
water was struck, ana 1t flowed with such force
that the men had 10 keep pumping tic
water out with steamengne until the
vault was walled up. The interruption diminished for
tue the flow IN the well az the marble works, nut did
IL great extent, and il reganed Its
volume During tine course Of the work on Pier
M. ST. North River. al the foot OF ChrlstOphers the
enciueers Of the Department of Docks, while making
boring the Winter OF 1871 struck OF fsesh water
depth of ~ feet below the river bottom, which rose
through The boring with considerable force. On April
2J ls2 the engineers struck the vein of water; it
IN the ne bouf two feet b,,6w the level OF mgh
water it unionted there when the water lowed
over anu continued to do so at the Sae OF 5000 gallons
Henry A Burr has an arteslan well at las nv az
Jacob and Csts. lt was bored about I'VE years ago.
10 a depth of 60 feet it is lined with wooden tubing SIX
dameter four iron tables or pipes SIX inches III
diameter extend IS feet into the sand below the wooden
tubing The cost OF the well about $4,000 and IL
furnishes G0)o0 gallons per day Three or g var
brewery at Twenty -nnth-st and first-ave A Sane.
bore drilled 100 feet through solid rock md at that
deptn only 30 barrels of water day could be pumped
THIS discouraged the projectors, ana the work was
stopped. ., -,
borug was the attempt obtain water at Avenue ana
FIfteenth-si. for the Manhattan GdslSht company;
The work is said 70 have cost s9o,NO ana oeeupei
fifteen months time. SINGLE break cost S4,1Oe anu
tree months of labor get up the rods and 10 crush
them out depth of $40 feet was reached mole hYe
ct in diameter bored 100 feet through sOit SAND
which had 10 be ppeG the sod rock then reached
ana continued 80 feet when the soft sand or rock was
1rerwards constructor a very successful we'll III FIT
teen hist between Avenues and b. when dischargesa
Water tax. An experiment was tired at the new Post
Office recently 10 get water Tor tne D9aIng " ens 1i
aud a well bored 10 deptn OF 80 feet through sand
mn the wafer which was obtained 20 loaded With
slfs mat II was only tit 10 making mortar and
Ike Purposes. The water was submitted 10 FroI Hehry
f the Su Dsoun Institute analysis, and he re-
prrted tut IL would cause IuCrustaon IA the boilers
ana use up the machinery, further effort al boring was
gndoned III Will mus he that aTteslan wells may
be male OF practical II ,his city, ana even o. con
siderable value. as hey eject great sHHS 70 IhelI
owners who do have 10 pay the CrOtOa water TAX
There are many disadvantages IN boring he however
as geolo 1ica formation OF Mdhhit'dn lsIinu - 50
irregular that it j. almost impossible 10 tell the nature
of the soIl Al any distance below the surface As "a
general rule the west SIDE water VIII nt Iounu al
small depth while tue east sdc tne rocks hthS more
II necessary hundreds OF -ecs before
"A stream can BE struck.