New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE CITY,s SUPPLY OF CROTON.

MovAL OF THE RESERVOIR AT FoRTY-sEcoND-
TIE hot weather Of last week had the effect feet. Oh
n ~ eity. Fortunately the rains Of the spring and
eas summer filled the storage reservoirs anu f .ne
Is. low of the Croton River prevented these rom
b. g drawn upon to such degree as to cause p any
fsa Of water famine. The large Central rae f fsat
m on made ,1 Vestsrday TO the Commissioner of
Pntl,e Works shows that it had depth of water of
tnr'y fest eas week because of the hot weather
reduced the depth OF water IN the ressry nnn n0
gallons OF Croton which the aqueduct daily de-
Tis large storage reservoirs on the Croton water
shed have been drawn upon thus far to the amount
of roe 600 900 gallons. There are s,40O;O0O0O0
gallons remaining stored The engineers of the De-
partmcus OF Public Works do not anticipate recqr-
renee of the short supply of last summer and fall
Which can be delivered daily by the
aqueduct, they enon caretulness IN the use or me
warrant waste. The work of placing metres in
large buildings continues Since january about
factories, hotels and business houses. There
now about 5000 in use. They are being placed III
number of offices. 1t has been ascertained that
more water is used in these than Is neces-
ceiyed Of a short supply in the neighbOrhood: The
work of surveying for the route OF the
on by force under the direction of Chief Engineer
Newton and Engineers Chcsbroagh and Blrdsall
AIN ae fi tb ror was Vetoed bV fhs
Governor Commissioner Thompson hopes that next
winter he will be more successful and II such should
prove to be the the necessary surveys Will have
been made md the work OF construction can DC
William H. Webb, Orlando b. Potter and Nathan
b. Ety. for themselves and all others similarly stu
ated began yesterday III the Supreme Court by the
service OF summons and complaint, an action against
the Mayor Aldermen and Conmonalty of New-York,
the Commissioner of Public Works, the Controller,
and the members of the Board OF Assessors OF the
City of New-York to obtain judgment that the act
of the Legislature authorizing the removal OF the
ond-sts is void and of effect and that the de-
PENDANTS be perpetnaly enjoined from doing the
thing required by the statute to be done or per-
formed by them or any of them. copy, OF the sum
mons and complaint was served on the Mayor at his
office in the City Hail. who ordered the matter to be
referred to the Corporation Counsel.
The complaint rectes that the city is the owner OF
the reservoir, the removal of winch Is sought to be
enjoined that it and the land which 1t is stu
ated acquired by the city and,set apart for the
purpose of maintaining supply OF water TO mat
portion of the city lying south ry from it and tat
The expense of acquiring the land and constructing
in the city liable to taxation. The complaint then
rectes the act passed June g. 1881, authorizing the
city to the reservoir and grade the ground on
which 1t stands the level of the street for the
pose of making public park, ana alleges an 4Es
necessary acts to carry into erect the purposes
of the. statute. 1t is claimed that the res ts,
TO the southery portion of the city, aud that its re-
moval will greatly increase the danger to property
from fire. MIR. Webb, of the plaintiffs seeks to
obtain the relief as ed for principally on the ground
that owner of the leaseho;d property on Wmch
the Hotel Bristol IS Stlcit ne VIII ne ildDle
proportionate share of the expense which compI7
the part OF the defendants with the act Will
property which would subject them to IL similar
liability. The act of June q Is declared TO DO UNI
constitutional and therefore void.
It is understood that the plaintiffs intend to apply
TO the Court for injunction like that contained III
the prayer OF the complaints 70 continue unui the
hearing and determination OF the controversy. Un-
less such injunction Is granted the city authorl-
ties would be able to remove the reservoir before the
suit could be brought to trial, aud In case they qua
and the suit We're decided III favor or the PLAIN
tiiis they might then be obliged to rebuild IT,
TAKING DESPERATE WOMAN TO PRISON
Sheriff Van Rensselaer,, of Essex County, \. j..
took seven persons to Trenton State Prison from
Newark Saturday to serve out various terms of lun
pTsonment The Sheriff was accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff hughes and two constables. OF the
frederika kentinger, sneak thief, convicted OF
entering house in Mercer-st., Newark, and stealing
years. knowing that the woman was OF desper.
ste character the Sheriff placed her III pc, sOnal
Market street Station of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, where the party driven from the jail, the
Of the train for Treuton, leaving Wood aud his
sharge TO enter a regular passenger car.
which the constable declined to grant. She be
came enraged and fought the officer like ugress
while she bit aud scratched him badly
When the train was nearing Railway
The woman 80 go the closet. lie took the precau
ton to have the conductor hold the door of the ca
to prevent her from reaching the platform. Enter
ing the closet she slammed the door to and locked
|l on the inside. In a moment attefward the tran
stopped at Railway. Fearing that the woman
would attempt 10 escape from the window, the con
stable ran to the outside of the and found tina
she had already managed to squeeze half her bod
out the window. He gave her violent push bac
through the window, and Fastening into the ca
dragged The woman to her scat She fought :
desperately that he was compelled TO put the ha d
curtis her, and then took herntO the smoking can
where she kept up her struggles with him until Tn
train reached Trenton AT time she tasteue
hex teeth in his hIp and was with difficulty com
PEELED to let 20 her hold. At Trenton, when place
in IL hack to be driven to the prison, she mad
another attempt Go escape. Frederlka Rentmger
tine woman who succeeded by clever trick IN CS
Gaping from the T. sex County Jail before her con
yiction and was captured and taken back.
FUNERAL OF ORVIL L. GRANT.
The funeral services of Orvi j.. Grant were hel
yesterday afternoon at No. sol North BrOad-st
Elizabeth n. J. The Rev. l.. X. Dunn, prcsidin
course Was brief and the only reference to the dc
ceased man was when the speaker referred to tl
sublinity OF the human mind and the incalculabi
loss incurred by one who deprived OF full col
troll of his mental powers. The pall-bearcrs weT
William Mckinley member OF the City Council
l.. Ryder sheriff OF Union County ~. 4. Cory o.
Asselnbl lyman Amos Clark, jr ex-CongrcssInan
W. 7. Thompson, cashier Of the First National Ban
OF Elizabeth WInan5 Whitehead. Among the relG
tives present General Grant, ms mother, MIR
Hannah Grant, Colonel Grant, and Mrs Abel |
C0rbin. The following persons were also anon
those present Postmaster Harris, DIR. Morton, j.
Hedges, Mrs. James Moore wife of the supeTinteu,
Of the Central Railroad of Ncw-J crsey and Cal
tam MCGOWAN, who cosnmanded the star OF II