The New York herald., 1876-11-06
Police Captains Ordered To Repress the
Waste Of CrOtOn.
PENALTY FOR EXTRAVAGANCE-
The Region Of Town Where the Drought Is
Most Felt.
PRECAUTIONS OF HOUSEkEEPERS


Board to issue instructions TO patromen to use sheis
utmost diligence in preventing all but necessary use
OF Cro,on water by the citizens u must be inferred
that tho anticipated famine has arrived, and that
tho department begins to realize the fact Yesterday
afternoon all the police captains assembled In Superin-
tendent walling's room at hcadquarters In Mulberry
street. and received verbal orders to exercise strict
surveillance in their respective precincts the
OF the Croton water stop sidewalk and street wash.
ing hose also in stables hotels dining rooms,
saloons. water closets, &c, and 10 report promptly
such persons waseiul extravagant that their
supply may be OIL and that they may learn to ap-
preciato the boon OF Croton water. This order from
the Superintendent unprecedented. as also rs The
application OF the Commissioner OF Public Works Of
course they are acting wisely and right; but what
pity the Department Of Public Works had not the TORE
sight provide for this emergency, as It could have
done by setting to work few years sooner and COM
plotting the storage in time to meet this
unparalleled drought Politics. personal concerns and
jealousics made superior to the public interest,
and the result is what we find. The present manage.
mont OF the department Is doing its best to deal with
the troubie and If the public attention drawn to this
question of the Croton supply only helps To moro
satisfactory solution Of the difficulty the labors or the
HERALD will not be in vain.
THE COCK.
In regard to the method Of preventing an overflow
Of water from csterns situated the upper parts OF
houses the ancient device Of the plumbers craft.
ball cock is what the Croton Bureau recommends 1t
is nsed IN many cities OF the Old World The ball ID
hollow globe Of tin, attached to valve near tue
top OF the cstern. IL hangs suspended
u the cistern when the therein is low but When
Il rsos the ball is hoatcd upwards gradually closing the
valve aud shutting of the entrance OF any
lust about the when the cstern is full. IL Is on
admirable though an old fashioned device ana 1t is
strange that the Croon Bureau does not make u its
Ate ind
IL Il should conclude to do word OF advice IN re-
gard the proper precautions 70 DO adopted IN cases
whore water backs and boilers become suddenly filed
With steam might thrown in Mr. johnson. OF the
Croton Bureau, expresses astonishment that people
should suffer any accidents from expIosaons
plumber tor lew dollars cac spare them. small
safety valve attached TO the hot water boiler viii per-
init rush OF steam TO escape and prevent an explosion
while a small hand pump and length OF rubber hose
can be made available In working up water from one
An ArsLlcrKp REGlos
The HERALD reporter made tour yesterday OF the
region most particularly afflicted by the drought and
heard on ougn complaints TO fill volume. This region
embraced in the square OF territory west OF Fifth
avenue Tenth avenue and from Forty-ninth to
Finy-nnth street. Saturday night, however, the de-
partmeut put pressure and gave relief 70
the some time distressed residents on Fity-sixth,
they hsS water in abnndanco on their ton aoors and
great rejoicing the result, the water getting
considerably mixed before the festivities ended
Mr. q. A. Farnsworth, who keeps livery stable
Flfty-fourth street, between Broadway and Eighth
nue. said he had had water Tor twelve days. except
in tho basement, and this he had to haul up by the
pailiul OF hts stable For several days there
has been water IN the watering box for horses
Eighth avenue between Fifty eecond and Fiftythird
streets Al CutIet's Continental stables on Seventh
avenue between Fity-fourh and Fifty-ffth streets,
where large number Of horses are lodged there has
been water for nino or ten days, except little in
tho basement Tho same has been tho At
tho KnickerbocKer stables, Finy-thIrd street
were succored yesterday morning from the big pps
on that thoroughfare 10 the great cnvy Of ths
people on the next avenue east MT orion, OF Fifty
fourth street. had his water back and taken
few uays ago, aud within the past two weeks O
number OF water backs and boilers were removed from
dwellings on the same street. At Mr.. Hammerslaw's
house, Eighth and Fitty-f0urth street.
tho water back exploded, but, though much damage
water backs have come tosethor-.hat Is. they have
been burned out for want Of water. and must be
ncwed Mr.. Robertson, No. 254 Flfsy-fourth street.
has water In any part Of his house during the day
but at night small quantity finds Its way into tile
basement and Is carefully collected Mr. KingsDury,
his sub-cclar. Mr.. John NJ. Masterson, Mr.. Taylor,
Mr. StctsOn, Mr. r. G. Cornell Nr. Douglas, Mr.. ID
Pcrris and Mr. John Belts whose houses occupy tht
utter lack Of water for ordinary domestic purposes IN
their houses. They say they never remember any
water famine like the present The residents Fifty
third and Fifty streets in the predca-
ment. Quo block Of houses on Fifty NTH street
received supply Saturday night while the oppo-
site block was left 10 drought ana wretchcdness.
LET THE POLICE CUT THIS OUT
The following list OF places where Croton water 'i
=
tho extra duty recently imposed upon them by tho
:-Bxkcries, bapstres, BARRIERS. bars
batns, bottling establishments, breweres, distcrie1
dycipg establishments ferries, fish stands, fountains
green houses, Hanson rams, horse boxes. hotels,
iaunaries mapu.acsonss ~ e. mas nouses marois yaros,
graphic galleries. pickle factories skin dressing estab.
meuts slaughter houses, smoke houses factories
soda fountains, soda water factories steam engines,
stone-sawing establishments, street washera trips
cleaning establishments and watcr closets.
THIN AND NOW.
In tho year 1874 man. woman and child m
New York city had a supply Of Croton all the yeau
round sufficient to swim in The population then vas
that year In Croton water rents $s4 500 The
ceipts now. elter thirty odd years, are nearly
100000 but tho supply in proportion has fallen cn
amazingly
VIEWS OF THE FIRE UNDERWRITERS.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your remarks In today's HERALD regarding the
great insuflccncy OF Croton water are unfortu-
natcly, too true. Tho failure OF supply does
not arise from waste. 1t is that the Croton valley
does not nor cannot relied on for sufficient supply
as any considerable draught upon the slakes" will
soon exhaust them, as they not supplied by any
streams, but by small springs alone, wnen once
drawn out they do not replenisa sufficiently 70 meet
any emergency. Millions OF dollars may DO expended
III that direction without providing our present
wants much less than tor tho future.
what We now want Is rrouse supply. not only for
domestic purposes but for sanitary uscs-for the
cleansing Of tho waste pipes and sewers in DWELL
lngs, public buildings and streets
We constantly warned against the free use of the
Croton, especially ut seasons Of the year when 10 IL
most portant that liberal supply should be had to
cleanse he filth that remains stagnant the sewers
and drains throughout our city
Tho only remedy for all this is that take measures
for utilizing river waters that surround the city
aud winch can bc done at a comparatively small cx-
pcnse, particularly IN tho lower part OF the city No
one has estimated the great saving this would AFFORD
for tho Croton, even at the present time.
Tho Introduction Of the water into our priuci-
hino0 nj
rcs, would be OF incalcuabic value which no ono can
estimate 10 the saving Of property which such sup
ply would afford At present We DO not realize the
cessity oi this great event
Please ventilate this subject your valuable paper II
you view IL In same light as the many
FIRE UNDERWRITERS
THE OUTFLOW AT CENTRAL PARK.
WEsT FoRTy-sfxrH STREET, Nov. 4, 1876
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Allcr roadnr renort tha sra4a= 6.z.i.e of4