The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-07
VOL. XLIV.--NO. 6S.
SCANTY SUPPLY OF WATER.
NOT FIVE HUNDRtD MILLIONS OF
U GALLONS NOW AVAILdBLE

The Cnv's Consumption stiIi 75.0O0.Ooo
GniIon- n Day where the Deprivation ~
Most Felt-iiow the Hipb service ~ Linz
ited-The Condition Of the storage Lakes.
Unless copous rains soon set in, New
York NAV suffer serious discomfort from lack OF
water. The daily consumption OF the city
reaches 100000 gallons, Notwithstanding the
Efforts that the authorities have made to check
waste aud enforce IA diminutiOn OF the use OF
water. when water was abundant the city
used daily from lOOOOO,0D TO 10j,0OO,OO0 gallons.
and the habits Of prodigality then formed can
not be readily shaken IN. Those who live at nn
altitude Of sixty feet above mean tide level al
ready feel most keeuly the lack of their CUSTOM
ary supply of water, nd those who dwell IN the
upper stories ON the most elevated land in the
city are without any supply at all, even IN the
night time, 80 far as the ordinary service pipes
are concerned. and are dependent upon the
high service supply from the High Bridge reser-
voir.
This reservoir Is 2s0 feet above mean tide.
holds l0,0OO0O Rallons. and the existing lump
ing facilities enable It TO furnish 4JUO,OO gallons
q day to Carmansville and Yorkve aud Lenox.
Murray. and Waters Hills. second great
pumping engine to raise the water to this height
Is very nearly completed. The pressure obtain
ed from that great elevation Is enormous, 1t
even tcsts to tho utmost the strength of the
mains and service pi9es that 1t supplies, and
they are constantly giving way; and this In
Wolves loss OF water and much Inconvenience.
Only Yesterday main IN Sixtieth street burst
and let oG such IA food that the houses near by
were entirely deprived VI water until the dam
hge had been repaired late last evening.
IL is not alone thUso who live al greater alti-
fude than sixty feet above mean tide who arc
already surerng serious discum tort from the
reduced supply Of water. AL below Fourteenth
etreet, except In the most denrc-s -sei levels, hnd
that the consumption In the lower part OF tue
city Ia such as to drain OF their supply during
fhe day time, ana even at nlut tbs wator scarce
ly ever rises above the second story. As a fulc
tLe cellar faucets give stream throughout the
tRe twenty-four hour, but the pressure is In
buf1cient 10 force the current up TO tue 1rst
Stories.
{ Mr.. Campbell, Chief Engineer Of the Croton
Water Department, went w tO Putnam county
engineer In cha'ge there. upon the pla ticAOilW
,of obtaining fu.tuer sources VI supply III that
region, anu Of Increasing tho utilization Of tue
water still remaining Ia I've several lakes. Mo-
hausiC lake is the only available lake Of ny iul-
pOItauCe not yet drawn upuL. aud II VIII prob
ably be under the control VI the department tnis
week.
| An approximate estimate Of the quantity Of
water now actually al the CitS's command In
the valleys that drain the CrotOn water shed
Rallons. The fact is. hoNever. that very con-
tiderdbe part Of this Is practically ailabie,
since, TO obtain II, enormous and costly Ork
VIII nave to be done III cutting Gown the outlets
fow. lhe estimate thus apportions the suppl
bn storage: