The New York herald., 1877-10-01

matter the writer called on Assistant Engineer Shea
and made inquiries US to what amount OF water the
department needed and used; what plan, N any no
hnd TO remedy the difficulty. and what he Thought of
driven ellis. He replied that, as "a rule at present
there there was % hydra nydran, on the corner Of each
ners one IA the centre OF eacn s,uc
oil ordinary blocks aud two in long blocks
calculation had been made some time ago as tho
amount of water used by the FIRE Dcpar me nt and tho
result showed that not over twenty millions Of gallons
per used Tor lire purposes. good way 10 get
FIRE supply would be TO have csierns saw four feet IN
diameter by cig feet deep NJ the street corners with
concentrated with snort hose ana all get supply Ii
the proper connections could be had with gangs OF
driven wells lie did not see why they could not be
usod. AS the writer lett Mr. Shea SAID .sls there not
some way you can devise TO keep them from putting
up these high buiidingsf"
CHIEF ENGINEER CAMPBELL
Chief Engineer Campbell, OF the Croton Aqueduct.
then sought and asked what do YOU tuipk OF
driven wells IN gangs AS an adjunct 10 the water supply
Ia case ol nresE Mr. Campbell answered a. at he
hadn't much iath IN the wells; that they got stopped
up after little while and had TO rcpo,nted aad il
they should happen 70 get chokcd up when wanted II
would be bad. The department, however rather en-
couragcd tho putting down OF these wells by private
individuals In factories and large establishments
lie did not think they could be used 10 advantage TOR
TIRE supply, as they would not givo enough water:
that they might act US an adjunct TO the nrc suppv
but their serviceablty would depend upon whcrc they
were put down In the lower part 0: the CITY, in the
sand strata, thorc Is large body OF water. There
would DO no harm in trying these wells II tho city
chose TO tho expense. IL might bc well 10 put
few OF them down, but no did not know where tho
r.,
Campbell tnen said that Mr. Johnson one OF the as
sistunt engineers OF tho nqueduct knew good deal
about these wells and the writer had better SEQ him
Mr. johnson stated that, although those who used
these wells were having very liberal supply OF water
In some places, IN others, by, the supply was
as good. Al the Domestic BUILDING, corner OF Four.
tscnth street and broadway, they used this water
throughout the building and had good supply. Al
the New York Hospital however there was u large
deposit OF iron IN the pipes. When man got good
supply II was good thing but his ncxt-door neigh
Dor might not get IL All the brc got largo
QUANTITIES. No doubt these wells good Tor fac
tories and large establishments. but
gno would exhaust them. These wells as \ fire sup.
ply ~ buildings, are, however, absolutely invaluable
TO use until tho engines arrive but not IN the
with hydrants.
III all manufactures and establishments using
power ana large quantities ot water were to the
water from these wells for all purposes except Tor
boilers u would chcct great saving tho Crolon
water These steady streams used by those establis
mcnts are small out arc distributed large area,
and produce great general elect iiy such OF
these wells 10 take the place OF this water away
with this drain the rc supply would Dc increased and
there would DO cnormous ia wing Of tho water IN
tween 80 900 AM 49, 900 gallons day now, and II they
would use well water II would work difference In
the fire supply In that district ln TINS these wells
could do almost as much Indirectly private wells
saving tho Croon, and they would do 50 II put the
streets and used by tho engines. When lolu
FIRE Department stated that, US result oil cacula
t0n, II had been found that they used but 20 200
gallons year Tor hre purposes Mr. Johnson that
2OO00,OOO gallons month could be saved by these
wells AS twelve establishments using these wells
what largo saving could be effected IN this way.
Finally II these wells could be used adjunct nro
supply thcy would possess the merit of giving speedy
reie and II would not require long 10 establish thcm