New-York tribune., 1880-06-28

HOW 20 100000 GALLONS DAILY CAN BE OBJ
/ TANNED AT COMPARATIVELY SMALL COST.
The Croton Aqueduet has for several years been
rsod to it's full capacity. The increase OF che popu'
lation of the metropolis calls for greater supply Of
water to the extent of .00O, 600 gallons daily.
new aoueduct and additional storage reservoirs
would cost about $12,OOO.O0O. This expenditure
, IL not deemed advisable at the present timei bQt
Commissioner Campbell Of the Department of Pub
lie Works, Is Of the opinion that daily supply of
20 0OO 00Ogallons can be obtained from the Bronx
| and Byram Rivers at m expenditure Of $2.70O,O0
A PROBLEM THAT MUST BE SOLVED.
HOW THE DEMAND FOE MORE WATER CAN gE NET
THE WASTE TO BE CHECKED ASD THE SUPPLY
TO RE INCREASED.
How to add materially 10 the water supply
OF the city without ncurring the large expenditure
which would be enfsiled By the building OF another
aqueduct and necessary storage reservoirs s prob
lem watch has been presented to Allan Campbell Com
missioner OF Public Works. and his predecessors many
times during the past six or eight years The city n
growing rapidly aud the consumption OF Croton water
Keeps pace with the increase Of population. The Cr0ton
Aqueduct now deliyers daily 95000,0O0 gallons and
deliver more. Nearly this amount Is consumed
each day In fact during the weather Of the
Summer months the supply stored in the Central Park
Reservoirs would be drawn down it not for the
watchfuness OF the officials vino regulate the supply
WASTE PREVENTED by METRES
There Is always tendency waste water the part
OF servants and others by allowing 1t 10 run when not
needed The legitimate wants OF the public are very
great, but CrOtOn water Is VaDtoniy wasted In many
ways, especially, however in allowing 1t TO run
continually to prevent tue pipes freezing Winter and
by flooding the streets and yards In Summer. Commis-
sloner Campbell established system OF bOusetOhouse
Inspection competent persons being assigned todstreS
to examine the condition Of pipes faucets etc. and to
report all waste and causes OF waste. Great waste was
found to along the river fronts in the supply Of
water to shippng This stopped far possible,
and when the license which had existed for many years
expired 1S77-under which this branch OF the water
service had been farmed ont for liked sum-tbe duty
was assumed directly by the Department The result
not only great saving OF water but increase of
revenue to the city of over $4,000 per annum.
The most important step toward the suppression Of
waste is the introduction OF the system Under
the provisions OF the law the Commissioner Of Public
Works may water be placed IN all build
iDgs where waller is used large quantities aud for
business purposes other than private houses which
exempt by law from the application o. metres. The
saving OF CrotOn IN large establishments by the uae Of
metres is really startling. The Windsor Hotel, the
1rst ppcaton OF metre. was found to be consuming
the large amount Of 10000 gallons OF water daily.
This was reduced in q very short time to $4,000 gallons
daily. The RossmOre Hotel when the metre first
introduced using so. 200 gallons daily. This was
reduced to 24 900 gallons. In the first instance
resort was had TO the au OF WE'LL but In the OF the
o.smOre the GsrcAce due entirely to the preven
ton OF waste.
There 10 question but there great deal OF waste
IN private houses. The Department OF Public Works Is
endeaVOrng to prevent this waste far poss BILE. Va
rious thOds have tried and suggested
been placed the service pipes of several houses
at the curb ine so that by the application OF portable
waste gauge the quantity water running into
the house may be ascertaIned, It Ia accurately nd
Gated upon the face OF the instrument small portable
metre within box he curb which could be locked
up and left for few days. that the of water
wasted within the house could correctly
aseerained, would HnsWer every purpose. Could
thing Of this kind done the saving CrOon water
would be very great.
As shown IN the Of the two hotels, the saving by
the OF various business places has already
their utility. On May Of the present |
year there 076 metres In use distributed among
railroad depots hotels slaughter and packing houses
breweres and malt houses. stables. gas companies,
tathing establishments and other places.
INCREAsED DEMAND FOR WATER
NewYOrk is great manufacturing city aud from this
cause alone the consumption Of water year in-
creased. The elevated railroads alone, by actual metre
consume iu their engines. depois sta
tions. ETC., less than 100000 RaOus Of Croton daily
the lSOth part OF the entire amount delivered each
twentv-iOur hours by the CrOion Aqueduet Commits
'ioner Campbell estimates that the natural Increase IN
The consumption Of water In the metropolis is 1000 oCO
gallons ycar.y. III 1885. therefore. New-York City Will
rrqnre daily I1OO00,OOO gallons, or be cOmrelled 10
submit n smaller supply per head Of population than
! now hls. The present aqneduct delivers
Ieeity. II lntenoed by those VINO constructed
t hat II should worked TO the that now is
past. Even there a good deal of grumbIing
mOnc aose who live iu tn lower part OF the city over
ne tact that ut certain hours OF the day the water will
lO low nbove The second doors. The fountain in the
iIy llal Park VIII not play during the day time for tho
rgsOn that the pressure OF water Is not sufficient
AN ADDITIONAI SUPPLY NrCEssAVY
Commissioners Campbell fully satisfied the time
las arrived and can be n" longer postponed when the
yOrks for introducing an additional supply OF water
must be begun aud carried through 10 completion as
Ipdly is consistent with good workmanship In any
ase the expenditure OF money for the increased water
uppy will be considerable More than forty years
elapsed suce the construction Of the Crot0n Aque-
uct authorized and begun. Tfe population Of the
then only 100000 rhe work cost over
'1O.0O0,00O Had 1t NOT been for the vast debt put
lpon the city by Tweed and hs fellow consprat rs an
additional aqu' duct would probably have been cOn-
tructed before this time.
uryoys be made with view to the Construction OF
new aqneducl from the Crotop BASIN. His plan
conduit aud capable Of delivering 15OOOOOOO gallons
aily. This supply would be "I90o00O0 gallons by
waste were prevented ms IL probably Will be BY the in
Of water melde' sufficient Tor 100000 IN
ling IN the Croon Ryerat the dam in the drest year. is
equires Delhrd, leaving 2OO.COOO0O gallons as the
uantlty passing over the dam ard into the Hudson
2ver In 1875 year OF great drought when the water
the reservoir IN the Centra PARK was reduced IRON
hriy four feet to eleven feet tue daily guam
ity for the year wns 367 900 900 gallons Reasoning
this it would seem that 100000 900 gallons daily
oud Dc counted upon with sufficient storage.
THE PRESENT STORAGE CAPACITY.
The storage capacity Of the various iroud
ng the natural lakes Ia about 9OO0 600 900 gallons
Which. with the natural flow OF the nver 10 sufficient to
n the present Rqueduct every day in the year. The
rncipal reservoirs and lakes In tho Croton Basin
vailabe for storage purposes as follows Boyd's