New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-07
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PROGRESS IN THE wOkK OF NAMING NEW hESEl
vOIRs IN wE5TCBEsTER COUNTY

| PROGRESS IN THE wOEK OF NAMING NEW nEsER-
voRs IN wE5TCBEsTER COUNTY.
The nndequacy of the present system for supply
| ing the city with water has long hecE fully reozed
| 1t has been Shown recently III tins luconFeulehce
! from low pressure causing a dca't supply ~ WAFER
| IN tie mOre elevated portions Of tbs city. Inc
| drouth of last year. though b. nu means ~ severe
as that of 1876 or 1877, caused tlTeGteNlng dr"h
90 tie storage. Had it occurred earlier III the sea-
| son or had the relief of the fall rains been much
longer postpoLed, dangerous consequences: would
| have followed. To guard against the possibility IN
| the fnturt' aud To i1ect tie growing 'cmahn Ior
water the city, the Comm ssoneI OF lublc orHs
offered plans 1879 for the bulld!n9 OF new res
cryolrs in rhe Bronx Valley, ~ WestcLretor County.
| Surveys had already been made anu tic Work WaS
| begun last October.
| The project of using the Bronx and Dyraln Rivers
rs a source Of water supply to the, oity ~ ny no
| means q new one In 1893. when we'll water was III
general use Throughout the city, plan was snDmit-
ted to the Common Council for conveying tie waters
OF the Bronx to the city by iron pipes and tor build
ing a dam at the Rye ponds. which form the pTin-
cI:lal source of tie Bronx River. Within The neSt
forty years several other plans were proposed Tor
msng these waters, Int nothing WIS done. In 1870
the surveys, were mado for the I s5S
formed by the Cr2ton dam, aTd III iei!
the water wa. received inrg rYn ro, ,he
tom OF The city ct the completion OF the Cr0ton
uqicdrct was 100000 The rapid increase in
pJpu.a,icn und in the ratio OF cOnsumpon, OWING to
he increased demand Tor commercial aHd manutac-
turing Purposes, has rIqui.ed constant addl-
tons and alterations in The Croton works.
The larst of these arc the LRn-aer'ice works
st Ninety -,evonthst. and N:nth-ave, c0m-
prted in 1879 Tie increase Ia tho daily con-
sumption is shout ?.GC0,Ou~ Rallnns year The
par protected 10y the late Commissioner OF fnbc
Works for utiliz,Hg the Hroux Jn1 Cyan nlyerS
and Rye p31dS contains some Impo7tant additions
to the early plans. Many small villages vita
manufacturing rst abliehCeBts have gown up - the
bronx V.llcy below White Plains. To 2Yuld tho
impurities from thcSc. and 10 secuTe Sufficient
hta, tGo stream Is +" bc tapped at"u thtce nlles
ah0v, Whts Plans. near korsico Station on the
Harlem Railroad. 81 this point the lIea drsned Is
1879 III le@. nc,nG.ng the Rye pom !s. Iy means 0t
4 81 ~ M an 4. ,I,.
to he brought fOp this In aidltinn to this.
tlr waters % BYram Eigor are to 70 Hnited. by
ucsns OF IA rH1t tunnel. With tne waters of the
Bronx IRE entire plan comprises thr'c tesrr"clrS
III Wstoejtr' comfy, ami tie little sh.ct of ~aicr
knoy n as Byram grrd. A dRin ls To Ice bIlt a. he
ortrt ot tle Eye tGad. fifteen feet hIG whioh will
convert the two ponds into nnc iak- c0:rcinR 40
2crrr and capable OF storing l,50",9o0CIo gallons.
Another dam t. re hElt en the E:onh n:u hen'Ic".
~ tee. in bright, Will make u reerrT"l: % $50
acres. With an available crralty of t"|V,MO!H~
o. & llIs third reservoir, with st4Ia2c capacity
%: ~ rU0ti!U Ra0h'.w.il be turmtd AZ tho bI?aia
kIvEr ) tie "lcC'i'n II n hi:u 10 e"t hlS". FROM
"a, - sOnIccs combined HOW'u,JvO gIllOho eat be
ssrt ia!!v into IT, city. ihc tOtS cot 81 the works
r,il exceed ~ H"'.U"O.
tho work a. Hcnaicr has hrcn adyalcir. slowly
since II w. !'gIG IN Ort"'.rr 0"iEg 10 the cold
wrather. In@ only o'trr Ttft "t tie work nnd":
c.uir.ct i ;Lr uuu0 oi Cosdp, u, - ,;ne tIn
kr.-'c, 4" VA AIN. h'dEt, wii"mo" CONNECTIONS
Wal or r'dr wi, all lars IF the "lty. As lhs ne"
snur.c i -"Ipiy Is At "tZher elevation than the
i.:ll -. Eyo ponds br'rG sixty feet higher than
.l, II Lane, tn"y wijl br ca.irl l2rGry int" Use g.
toe afpcr lrrt ~ tic civ. wh"r" now the biHt
scry,cr w,rk- ale ding GttY. C"mnt>.io. O.
Inoln;>ou a. the 'r.ftr,o"t ~ l'hnc RI, m
turglrtn I.IDt ~ lfV i'rr ,cr"n;!Y mat tie ""F
luI'oi:,, e.. I.tnI ard b,raa. Rive. Ic.e:vnlr-
". uid ~ hasj.u"i ~ilh Ill p'-- r.r sped, spj
WJni Lu coml ed within ~" teA:s. M!ry VIII"
Eh.w The cLps, ity % TIC CrEon water nhed have
i,.k 81 WHY ulctI, - not taken - make that
fYt;i,~t Aynl.4ulc. t. l. computed 81 the l"It>t
esiIiua'e ais; II wunli ttar scvrr ScAts 10
L,.ii. >.it.'. Wor,a IN ti.A pnr." ~. tc!Ay
4lci. pressing rtc"rrIty II the water sirpiy
t,..d. " lta V.Or "A
"A more ,fnmc IT.. ~: Fl l. completed tbs ei
tIi,iVr pIp.,,t nay t:n" he rde: tahtn A. the
ii, .tn Z ta,rr DiirI syrcr- yOud hrro Already
turut :oned may ht col oil mt I~c. Among tc plans
-i., -i,d ,. oi usIus tie ':uu,..t N i vrr. IN
CoInr,i.c.L. :Ec elevated Iaito,I~ have intro
,urct a nov '.ic.'it-c ia iio rOl-in pl"n CT water
AZ the ia. Is tJt" of iJuUuu "a IONS. he h:si
,rf yt1r WO hive as ID kr!y .lcGeascl the dram
OIL &c ~UIlHy Nv IA rudHriuS hlLL"r PIE Grc.