The New York herald., 1876-11-01
TIE ioilowing table exhbts tho population and total
Ally consumpton OF several large rAties;-
WHERE TIE TROUBLE is.

The number OF buildings in the city Is put down at
$4,000 and othesc about 1000 occupied by single
families II is well TO bear this fact in mind In cousid
crng the waste of and the thousand inconvcn-
fences that connection with during both sum.
and wintee. tenants not having to pay for he
troou supply, apt TO waste IL, anu they just
apt 10 pay te or no attention TO the plumbing, and
when this Is detective there Is q leakage OF water ana
slther lack o II an overflow. rhe TACT is, somc-
thing like meter system Is demanded To prevent tho
uaiy waste OF Croton water that occurs ali over
thc city. Bill Tweed proposed such thing, but
body believed any proposition OF his was honest It
was abandoned, not. however, before named
Navarro brought suit the city for nearly half
million dollars Tor the water meters he made under
the orders of Tweed. The might check tho
waste oil water IN such places az have been enumerated
but when 1t Is considered that the Tor the meter
would also fall upon the. people who live in
houses ana whose means are inadequate 10 meet any
additional imposition, then very serious objections
arise 10 its introduction. In tenement houses
above an others, an abundant supply OF wafer
Is needed but an additional charge of even
only fifty cents month for meter would
be enough 10 induce many OF the tenant house
residents to dispense with the water altogether
AS the Commissioner o Pubic Works says 'lhe exam
nation and Inspection Of the meters by city officials
large number Of whom would be required would
perhaps be considered objectionable, and the meters
would be iikeiy 10 get out oi order and repair still 1t
is thought introduction OF meters would correct
Tho defective nature OF the plumbing. to which is
suributeda great deal OF the and loss OF water
IL IS estimated that the Introduction Of meters would
cost So 600, aud would entail, besides large
in repairs, &c
NOT 4 SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSION
loss through the public fountains, there should be
DO loss there. They manage these things better in
France, or rather IN Paris, the spoutng Jets OF
water at the public fountains after performing their
ornamental mission after gaddenng The eye and cool
Ing the clrcumambient air return to aDssn
her way through the city pipes to the houses OF the
people.
The HERALD reporter his OF the city yesterday
discovered that the greatest waste OF tho Croton water
Is IN livery and private stables. He lazy English
man at private stable Thirty fourth street. near
Fifth avenue, enough the whoels OF Park
a fora n nly
AT a livery stable Thirty street,
reckless sqnanderiDg of tho Crotou, and tho
depots OF the Third, sixth, Seventh and Broadway
and Eighth avenue railroads there quantity Of
Crotoh wasted that perfectly inexcusablc. or
course IL would DO endless cnumcrate the various
ways IN which the water is absolutely wasted. who
has not seen OF morning man with n rubber hose
~ his nann dciueing the pavement until It seemed
II the very flags or stones erred out against
the inhicuony IL must be SAID In behalf OF
the Croon Aqueduct Department, whose engineer
Mr. Campbell, appears To be eonscien-
iious and faithful man as ever nlled
the position, that they are not entirely blame In
politics ana everything else 10 be the ruling
principle with New Workers, Every man for himself
and the devil take the hinumost' and while livery
stables, omnibus stables railroad dcpots docks and
plers and multitude Of factories waste the water AS
II 10 a deep ana exhaustiess as tie Hudson
people the upper reg city who need il for
necessary household uses cannot get a drop. Tenth
avenue has suffered mos, from Tho water famine
Mr. g. Flugge, butcher Tenth avenue and srxty.second
street. that he be Of his sun
rly lie has had repeatedly 70 send down to The
Baudcndshei the same street, cannot his rooms
in the upper part OF his house. owing tho TACT tha,
water rises 10 the faucets Mr. Joseph REM No
800 West Fifty second street. complains the water
Is OF and on every other day Mr. John Fay, No 96j
Tenth avenue, says ''It Is bad enough TO be with
water In houses. but there even In the
hydrants and in case OF nre
WHERE REfn
William Corrlgan, Sixty.secoEd street, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues, had been out OF water four
days 10 the week. Henry Bauer. No. 900 Tenth ave-
nue, could get water over the first floor. W. H.
Buteree, sixty second street. the predica.
mcnt and so were Mcssrs. Brown, DAVIS, Armand and
Costello. Of the same block. William Macdt No 323
West Fifty fourth street, hao tho upper
part oil his house for nearly two weeks N. w. smith,
builder. Tenth avenue aud sixty second street.
conveneBccd IN tie loss OF several hundred dollars by
tho lack OF water. T. ]. Hure, storekecpcr. Tenth
avenue and slxty-ihru street had the same story
TO tell Thomas feely, pLsterer; Michael Balan car
pcnter; Charles Young baker, and others on Tenth
avenue related pretty much the same experience On
the east side OF town Mr. William Schwab OF No. 7G2
Third avcnue bad not sufficient TO wash his beer
glnsscA Mrs. Boufdinoi, h CHER up same block
had not enough to wash her clothes On Second ave.
and seventy fourth street various housckeep-
sers complained 10 tue reporter that they