, 1876-11-07

New Yorlk's supply of Croton Steadily d.
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New Yorlss supply of Croton Steadily d.
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Eeto Ii1rE Herald. Ser. s.
Complaints Ut Tue scarcity Ut Croton water
inerensc atd multiply to such dcgroo that 1t Is
fair, however unpleasant, TO presume that
wuter.la1niuu h at bant. Up 10 within q few
days aEu tho west sdc Of tho town suffered
most, but tho Gust side now beE'us to feel tic
widespread Inconvenience, aud "honoEs arc
casy'' between tic Two sections. Tbs Herald is
In ta!y receipt Of luttcrs from rarlo.s parts ol
thc c,ty, nil with the snmo cry Of "no water"
III rcgar1 to The Croton supply at ITS sosirce
in r,lt,Iam County there need bc 1iltlo npprc-
hcnsion for u long time to come that t'iidcr
wise management tho city WI! lack for m
tlucctl into Now York III 184s, aud np. tn l54s
lB,01U,00U gallous per day gnYo M abundant
supply. At tuat time tho city had about 49,
o01@ inhabitants, a,l now, viii, popnia;;
Is VU, 00D, 900 gailous per tuy, showing an aYer.
pye ycarly increase IN TIC dnlly consumption Of
a5o,lt i, ,01J, ,000 gallons. The sourecs OF supp1y
OF aIl rivers aro from tho rnin:all and 1Fo't
they arS located, and Il Is highly probable
tllat ,llany iurgo spFings stuAtrd III the
Croton basin rccelva tl!cir supply ifnIn
rain % which ials portion Of i runs d.;
rcCtly tntu tho riycrs. and portion IL absorbed
by tho ground OF that absorbed by tho
ground, part Is ngaiu returned In springs, I'LL!
y.estation. WI. From tho result ot Experiments
nude by engineers Of tho Board, II appease tint
ut least three-elghtls of tho ruin winch falls
during whole year OIL a watershed viii
Several ycars In tho censro ot tho .Croto hasiu
showed an average annual fail Of over forty..
nIno Iueles, whea would give on amount Of
oyes eighteen Inches in depth on the whptc sur
| Tic urea Vi land, which drains Into the Crotch
| River, abovo the Croton dain, Is about Es9
sYuaro miles, which would glvo an aTerago daily
sply sip X, Of vcsT w1'f Of from apdat g sSS tS5opEa gE
,sr wI,ero Wien, in place d Toecving ti!is royal
abundance wo ouly get about 7o,oo0,o ,o0o GALLONS
daily at this present writing. As l;,any largo
cciye fAelr Bupply from SOURCES outside Of tho
watershed, nj doubt a u,,.ch 1arger quantity
than tho foregoing calculation sl'ows might oc
relied on.
nuent anu cyculy distributed throughout thu
year there would bo large nnd con-
staut surplus OF watcr, but % wo aro
subject to long uronglts during the summon
nni autumn 1t frequently happes,a TINT to
il inadequate tu meet tlled duly needs OF tho Gity,
antl the only way to lllsuro u steady aud untal!'
lux supply Ii by C1cass VI storage resGrvoirs wle
uru illcu during tho wot and drawn from IN tho
dry sc1sou III the ycar. Tncneglevt Of thopropcs
authorities In making provision for this eiliur'
gency yours ago WAS rrl5itnAl and inexcusablc
| II enough storage reservoirs were built coll
slant supply Ut wntcr fur tho full capacity ol
thu anucduct conld 10 kept upif no rains should
occur for mora than six successive tnunttls, ol
co.,rse during tho reign Of Tweed and Ills plum
lertug confeucrateS 10 honest enterprise Wns
possible, hut with tao eataDlEshmunt Of rc
iorll,cll City Government tii9 tlrst thing thai
should havp been attended to was the conatruc
t!on Of III additional storage reservoir; Tor the cit.
still kept growing anl Its population multiply
lux vt Il rapid ratc. The cuparity. ot tho exist
inE reservoirs is estimated us follows: I'LL
distributing reservoir ut Forty-serund street
ssUO. QUO gallons; tie old receiving reservoir |,
Central rArk, l50,000,uW gallons; the nov r
ceyinE reservoir ln Central Park, l.1U0,Uoo,0o
raEloEs; tic Grafton reservoir, ut tho head u
tho aol,rtluct, 5oo,Gu0,0 200 galluns, an'
tjlu sturssu reservoir at Doy1's Corner
1,TDO, ,0t0, ,tAU, making total caPacity Of ,379
| tt1lluQD gallons. WErn the new bturagu rusci
!, votr Ii completed thu gsand tutal cnpacity VII
bu i, 5,0o0, ,u0,A'J gallons. At Or near tho so!tree
Of Inuuy OF tic tributaries Of tho Croton Rive
there ure natural takcs which yary In size frOr
) Gilty tu sixty acres. These lulcs ora general
oi considerable depth and cover ln tho agctt
} gate an urea VI over g. 900 arres. Frum thes
1nkes. 1t IL Thought, owing to tho excassy
drought, quantity exaAl to about 4.oU, ,0Q0,uo
OF gal!ons has been drlwn this se!son.