New-York tribune., 1881-10-30
THE RAIN or LITTLE USE.

TIE WATER SUPPLY NOT INCREASED.
| A,or-NT or YESTERDAYS RAINFAII-ADDITIoNAL
| PRECAUTIONS AGAINST wAsrE-rHE EXTENT or
TIE sToRM-A GREAT SAVING To BE MADE To-
DAY.
The rainfall thus far has been of little in
increasing the water supply Tho Department Of
Public Works yesterday received a dispatch from
the officer in charge of the CrotOn dam, stating that
the rainfall along the Croton watershed up to Ii
n. M was only 9-l00 of an inch. This was of com
paratively ltte use. The rain gentle, and
it soaked into the ground instead Of filing
the tributaries of the Croton River. Chief Engineer
Newton of the Croton aqueduct said that there was
little to add to what he had previously said. The
precautions adopted by the department had effected
saving of from 100000 to 15,OO0,000 gallons
daily. Several instances of carelessness the part
of builders and Others in the use Of the Croton had
been visited with a revocation of their permits, and
the water had been promptly shut of. An instance
of this kind had come under his observation.
Coming down town yesterday morning he saw a
laborer using a hose to wet down pile Of bricks in
front OF n house in course Of erection. That
builder will have to dry bricks until the danger
of a short water supply is passed.
The gates at the Central Park reservoir were
again closed to within three inches of the bottom
on Friday evening and raised Yesterday morning.
Bv this means the most of the saving is effected.
The pressure is materially reduced during the night
and there is much less chance of waste. The pres
sure is increased in the morning and the manufac-
tories all given full supply The water in the
storage reservoirs in Putnam County is now about
l. 2, 600 O00, 900 gallons. The full supply is
o ,OOO. 600 900 gallons, and the difference between
these figures shows the amount which has
been consumed since the Croton River failed
TO furnish a full amount. 1t is more than likely,
unless the rainfall should be greater than is now
deemed likely, that to-day the pressure at the Cen
trail Park reservoir will be considerably reduced.
This can readily be done to-day because the
number of manufactures using water on Sunday is
very much less than on a working dav. Gradually
the pressure will be reduced from day 10 day until
copous rains afford the much needed relief. The
ousc-tO-EOuse warnings of the police have not had
as much effect as was hoped for 1he supply o.
water has been so free for so many years that il
seems almost impossible 10 induce the occupants of
dwellings to cuTtail their average consumption rs
long as water will ~ any part of the building
At the Signal Service Station on the Equitable
Building IL was stated YESTERDAY that the raInla III
this city about the same III the CTOton water
shed. Up to p. m for the previous sixteen hours
9-100 of an inch had fallen IN tins city. lhs was
hardly sufficient to mOisten the ground. From a.
m to 3 p. IN. 600 OF an inch fell The indications
are that for the next fory-eght hours there Will be
about the same kind of weather as for the past
twenty-f0ur hours. The present storm has come
from the lake region, and followed the Hud-
son River Valley down to TINS city. " 70 I
a. H. for the previous eight hours, the following
was the rainfall in various places: Rochester
22-1O0 Of an inch; Buffalo, 42-lOO of an inch :;
Detroit 40-i00 of an inch Erie. 3Sl0O OF an inch.
From 7 a. IN 10 3 D. IN. the following the rain
fal in the places named: Albany, 31-lOO OF an lnch;
Buffalo, 22-100 Of an inch; Oswego, 2l-lOO Of an
inch: Rochester. 52-1OO of an inch. The bulk Of
the storm seems TO have passed up the 81 Lawrence
Valley. Ncw-England has had very little OF the
rain. In Boston the rainfall was 9-lOO OF an inch
while Portland has had none.
AT 10 o'clock last night the total rainfall only
measured 15-100 of an inch II was then raining al
intervals with "a prospect of continuing throughout
the night The observations taken at the Signal
Service station indicated that there would be con-
tnued showers to-day. Reports from various parts
of the country stated that there ght rains at
most points east of the Mississippi Valley.
SOME STREETS IN BAD CONDITION.
Every street in the city was in dcplorlbly dirty
condition yesterday; but this owing TO the rain
more than TO any neglect of the Street Cleaning De-
partment. The rain had converted every atom of
dust and dirt that had settled into hooks and crew
ices during the continued dry spell into black and
pasty mud which, owing to the many vehicles that
were continually passing through the streets was
carried and thrown in every direction. Dirty as
was the middle of the streets, however, this con-
trasted very fayOrably with the cutters and side
walks in many of the down town thOrOugfares. In
Warren-st. the sidewalks and In many places much
of the street ITSELF were covered with rong straw,
old shoes and ashes while here and there an old
paper box crushed amid he unslghtly mass.
Near Broadway stood an old hat-JOx full of garbage,
which had III some way escaped tne disaster That
| had evidently fallen upon many OF It's fellows.
On the lower part of East Broadway and the east
ern end OF Grandst. were several piles of dirt that
had been accumulated by the street sweepers. The
| dirt-carts failing TO remove them promptly, they
had been partially scattered the street and pre-
sented filthy appearance. The cutters and side
| walks III East Broadway were covered with ashes.
The residents blame the ashmen, who, they allege
| dump the contents of the barrels or boxes into
| the street. Broadway, between Seventeenth
| and Twenty -third-sts., is in q filthy cOndi-
| ton. This, according to the statement made to a
| TRIBUNE reporter by the complaint clerk of the
| Street Cleaning Department. is owing to the recent
| paving of this part OF the street.
| do you receive many complants7" 7" he was
| asked.
| about three a day." was the answer. "We en-
courage them. Each complaint is investigated and
| the cause remedied without delay Our chief diff
culGy is that residents and merchants won't cooper
| ate with us, and don't suppose they ever will"