, 1881-05-08

FnCh LOU See II the FOCk Is OFeTilu Win cAElu,
the water enters tho earth and drums into the
rock, making q watershed, "A reservoir thaG
holds 1t 50 that it can pass off. III the centre OF
tho city tue water seldom rises higher tnan with
10 eighteen or twenty feet OF the surface and 1t
becomes necessary to put in deep-wcll pumps to
raise tho water. Pumps for this purpose hnyoa
pdfaqr nes Franz se1 Y in pumping oil in
"What are some OF the advantages of ar
tes'an wells?" nssed tho reporter
"tartesan wells have an oven temperature OF
5134 deg. or d. deg. tho ycnr round. Their yield
Of wafer contains. no vegetable matter, having
mono Of tho impurities In surface streams. The
increases rather than dminishes One we'll, the
cost OF which is about So co., will pay for itself
In year II u,an uses 1000 to l,500 barrels Of
water day. In regurd to brewers artcsian
wells arc advantageous by reason OF tho cold
ness OF the wAtcr. necr must be kcptAt 36 deg.
and when bre'ycd It Is reduced to that tc'nper:s-
tilrC.- NOW 1t tukC5 lurt!c amount Of ice To re-
ducc Croton, water from its temperature OF 10
deg to 46 deg, but NOT yreat dealof ice to bring
artesinn well water from 5: degrees to the re-
qnircd temperature. Artcsan well water il also
superior to Croton for domestic purposes OIL ac-
count Of its purity. 1t contains very little min
eral, although something's it hAs some iron in it,
which Is not Objectionable. Look ut tho large,
bony men of Vermont. for instance. The water
they drink contains carbounto Of lime. and to
that attribute, III a great measure, their size.
Tho only objection to tho presence OF lme in
water is In tho running Of boiler, but with cer-
tain apparatus It cain DO run with any kind Of
water, unless, OF course, it should contain 90 per
ccntof SALT
l,.at Are artesian wells very much cheaper than
Most decidedly. Croton consumers pay Is
cents hundred cubic feet. Large dealers pay
~ cents for this snne quantity. Some dealers
pny 50, ,uo yeAr in wnter taxes and if they used
VI the M ~u,er they wanted they would pay from
SlG,00O to $4,000. The demands of manufacture
ing Interests arc increasing SO rapidly in tho
upper part Of tho CITY thut III less than tive years.
the city. have. often thought that il [ were
nctlunintcd with members Of tho Crotoa Board
should suggest TO them tho adding of great
boring urtcsian wells along tho nllin line Of tho
Croton. AL wells in the mountains up
tthore should be over!Iow~wclls like those
barrels day, rs the selection Of Il proper stu.
ntlon, it would be possible to udI by lneans of
one well 100000 barrcis In every twensy-four
hours to the Croton supply. The overflow from
largely to tho stream. and ten times as much
could be accomplished by such wells and Mt less
Of making such borlncs thrcugI, Orange and Put
nam Counties, where the CrOtOn ttO.rs uinny,
and MT tho least is that, whereas In times Of
drought the sources of tho Croton dry up. with
the aid Of such :rtcsinn wells there would DC a
constant overflow into tho Croton. Artcsian |
wells run rs much water during At drought US In |
tho wettC5t scusnu."
Mr. Button added TINT tho rock on Manhattan
island was ncurly vertical, and was largcly mica
with some bh1cstone and marble. There h,.d
been no horfngs deep enough To get through tho /
mica rock so fir US he knew. although there ha.i
been drilnEs Ut l,:'N aud 1001 feet respectively
iii Morrisaniu and Mt Higgins carpet factory. 1t I
Il day in some ptlcc=> nnd then again progress
of only three ur four fcer daily could be nlAde
Mr. button said he had also thought Of suggest !
Ing Ing Of series t Of wciis is below Thirty I'd -funrtn
street, by means Of which the streets could
eAst!y be clcancd every night This, pnn, he
thought would effect c,,tl@idera bic Saving u tho
city, und the watcr would be pure and no dan
ger'0uS nildeW would come from it.